Resendiz, 39, told Marion County sheriff's detectives during an interview in Texas that he killed Jesse Howell, 19, with a railroad air brake coupling and that he strangled Wendy Von Huben, 16, about eight hours later.
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Resendiz said that he and Howell left the car when the train stopped at a switching station and that he killed him with a broken air brake coupling, a three-foot long rubber hose with brass fittings on each end.