Norman J. Sirnic, a 46-year-old pastor at the United Church of Christ, and his wife Karen Sirnic, 47, were bludgeoned to death in their Weimar, Texas, home on May 2, 1999. Both were attacked in their sleep with a sledgehammer taken from their garage; church members discovered the scene after the couple failed to appear for Sunday service.

Investigators linked the killings to Angel Maturino Resendiz, a transient offender who traveled the country by illegally hopping freight trains. The Sirnic home’s proximity to railroad tracks and the use of a blunt instrument matched other cases attributed to Resendiz. Fingerprints at the Sirnic scene matched those from another murder, strengthening the connection.

Did anyone in Weimar know the Sirnics well enough to recall strangers or unfamiliar activity near their property around that time?