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Case Description

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Jesse Howell, a 19-year-old male, was tragically killed on March 23, 1997, near railroad tracks in Belleview, Florida. Howell, who was traveling with 16-year-old Wendy Von Huben, had met �ngel Maturino Res�ndiz, a notorious serial killer known as 'The Railroad Killer,' earlier that day. Howell and Von Huben had been hitching rides on freight trains, hoping to find work picking oranges.

Res�ndiz, who frequently traveled illegally by train, attacked Howell using a railroad air brake couplin ...Read More

Victim Details

Jesse Howell

Male

Woodstock

IL

1997-03-23

19

Jesse

Howell

05/14/2026