‘He has to be stopped’: Officials reflect on the manhunt for the ‘Railroad Killer’ who murdered 20-plus people decades ago

DALLAS — In the late 1990s, the sound of a train whistle would sometimes send fear through cities across the U.S.

There was a serial killer hopping on and off trains, finding victims who lived near the tracks and killing them. He became known as the Railroad Killer.

“I am dealing with it from the aspect of the crime and all I can say is this man is very very violent. The killings he’s committed are brutal and he has to be stopped,” said former Texas Ranger Drew Carter, 1999…

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