The Railroad Killer (Ángel Maturino Reséndiz): Reséndiz was a Mexican transient who became one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in June 1999. He traveled by hopping on and off freight trains and committed murders, often involving sexual assault, near railroad tracks across the US and Mexico during the 1990s. He surrendered to Texas authorities in July 1999 and was later convic
The Yosemite Killer (Cary Stayner): Stayner, a mechanic, murdered four women between February and July 1999 in the Yosemite National Park area of California. The victims included a mother and two teenagers, and later a park naturalist. He was arrested in July 1999 after confessing to the crimes and was sentenced to death in 2002.
The "Bodies in Barrels" Murders (Snowtown Murders): In May 1999, South Australian police uncovered the remains of eight victims stored in six plastic barrels in a disused bank vault in Snowtown. The primary perpetrators, John Bunting and Robert Wagner, were later arrested and charged. Their killing spree lasted for several years (1992-1999) and involved torture and welfare fraud.
Dallen Bounds: Bounds killed four people in South Carolina between June and December 1999 during robberies and out of personal animosity. A manhunt for Bounds ended in December 1999 when he took two women hostage and committed suicide to avoid arrest.
Reinaldo Rivera: Rivera began a series of abductions, rapes, and murders of four women in South Carolina and Georgia in 1999, with the crimes continuing into 2000. He was later convicted and remains on death row.