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Show A8& TheSaltLake Tribune NATION Se Tuesday, May9, 2000 Accused Texas Railroad Killer Pleads Insanity Lawyerssay strangeletters written from jail cell prove mental illness THEASSOCIATEDPRESS surrendered 23 days after he was added to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list last summer. “When he turned himself in, and when we met him andtalked to him, when doctors have talked to him,the defendant has no remorse for anyof his crimes,” defense attorney Allen Tan- HOUSTON Lawyersfor a drifter accused of being the Texas Railroad Killer acknowledged Monday that heis responsible for nine murdersin three states and entered an insanity plea at the start of his trial for one of the slayings. Angel Maturino Resendiz, 40, faces the death penaltyif convicted of the December 1998 murderof Claudia Bentonat her home.Sheis one of six people he is accused ofkilling in Texas, along with two in Illinois and one in Kentucky from 1997 to 1999. The slayings all took place near train tracks. Maturino Resendiz, a drifter from Mexico, ner told the jury during opening statements. “The defendantin his mindthinks these people were evil and deserved to die.” Harris County District Attorney John Holmes said fingerprints on a jewelry box, a button and pieces of broken plastic from the steering column of Benton's Jeep Cherokeetie Maturino Resendiz to the scene of her murder. DNAand blood evidence tie him to her murder and rape, hesaid. Tanner showed the jury copiesofletters the accused killer had written fromjail in which he complained of microorganisms, of his treatment in jail and of being an“angel of God.” to transfer byair,” of sharing information “like dolphins” and of how authorities had notlived SOCIATED PI THE Marine Corps investigators believe the most likely cause of last month’s MV-22 Ospreycrash, which killed 19 Marines, was a loss of aerody- namiclift that forced the aircraft into a fatal nosedive,officials said Monday. They are close to ruling out me- chanicalfailure and have foundno indication of recklessness by the pilot, Maj. John Brow, 39, of Cali- fornia, Md. The Marinesplannedtodisclose he “T was told at the border I wasto get unre- ceived kosher. “The humanetreatmentI will get will be the death sentence,” he continued. “I will go. I will not beg for my life. I was to be sent to a mental hospital but that will not happen. The USAwill never, never keep a promise...” “Letters such as thoseletters and the defendant’s feeling that these people needed to be killed show that somethingis seriously wrong up here,” Tannersaid, pointing to his head. incident. Air Pro’ aoe 3" Diamond Studs Ak promise; that I could get kosher. I never re- into the ground. Citing unidenti- aw Amie aan stricted visits,” he wrote. “That was a false investigation’s progress. The Washington Post reported Mondaythat the Osprey probably Marine Corpsofficials whodiscussed the matter Mondaystressed that the investigation is incomplete. Families of the victims have been informed of the Domed Pave Heat os up to agreements he madebefore turning him- publiclytheirlatest findings today and possibly to announceplans to use two of the remaining MV-22 Ospreyaircraft to simulate some circumstances of the April 8 Thetilt-rotor Osprey takes off and lands like a helicopter but flies like an airplane. Way Pay More? We Have THE Lowest Prices! self in. Aerodynamic Problem Probably Downed Marine Copter WASHINGTON ,— MOTHERSDAY SALE In the twoletters, Maturino Resendiz warns of a virus “100 times faster than ebola and able pitched over as it began sinking, then flew almost straight down fied sources, the Post also reported that investigators are examining the extent to which the Osprey’s fuel tanks were ruptured in the crash. 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