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Jesse Howell

Case from Woodstock, IL dated Mar 23, 1997

Victim Details

Jesse Howell

Male

Woodstock

IL

1997-03-23

19

Jesse

Howell

07/02/2026

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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 Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, 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.

Reséndiz, who frequently traveled illegally by train, attacked Howell using a railroad air brake coup ...
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  • Jesse Howell | Unsolved Mysteries Wiki - Fandom
  • Railroad Killer Helps Find Girl's Corpse - ABC News
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