He could have been killed in Tennessee and somebody trowed him on the coal train car....Interesting the other one mentioned (white male found on the same spot in Georgia on January 1979 in a coal train car) Now I have to go back to search on murder-pedia, because I'm almost sure I read something about a (serial) killer working at the railroad tracks/mines. I'm not sure in what state anymore...grrrrr.
Bringing this post over from this thread about the other John Doe, found in same circumstances.
GA - GA - Eatonton, WhtMale 8UMGA, 25-30, in coal car train from TN, Jan'79
This is a serial killer called the
The Railroad Killer/The Railway Killer/The Railcar Killer. His name is Angel Maturino Reséndiz.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ángel_Maturino_Reséndiz
The only thing is that he is called like that for his traveling habit and not for killing people on railroads/railcars per se.
His known murders in the USA were mostly committed in the 1990's, but he first entered the USA in 1973. It's possible he killed this person (and the other John Doe, 1978) and got away with it. He was born in 1959, so would have been ca. 19-20 years old in 1978/1979. He could have encountered them in the train while traveling/train hopping or maybe they were even his traveling "buddies".
"By
illegally jumping on and off trains within and across Mexico, Canada and the United States, generally crossing borders illegally, Reséndiz was able to evade authorities for a considerable time. United States government records show that he had been deported to Mexico at least four times since first entering the U.S. in 1973.
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I think it's necessary to look into the timeline more to know if he can be placed in those states. His victim list show that in the 1990's he travelled everywhere including GA en Kentucky.
Reséndiz killed at least 15 people with rocks, a
pickaxe, and other blunt objects, mainly in their homes. We don't know what the cause of death for both John Does was. I don't know but if they were hit with rocks and the like wouldn't LE have mentioned visual wounds etc. and know the cause of death. Of course it's possible they just don't want to share this info with the public.