Erica Hernandez , Courthouse Reporter. Leigh Waldman , Investigative Reporter. Kolten Parker , Manager of Content and Coverage. Tim Stewart , Video Editor. In , Holly Dunn was enjoying her life as a college student at the University of Kentucky. But everything changed that summer.
On August 29, Holly and her boyfriend Christopher Maier were walking home alongside some railroad tracks in Lexington, Kentucky. Out of nowhere, a man who was hiding behind an electrical box jumped out and attacked Holly and Christopher.
Christopher died right there, along the tracks, after their attacker dropped a pound rock on his head. Holly was tied up, severely beaten and raped. I was saying my last prayer and thought I was ready to die as well.
The attacker left thinking he had killed Holly but she was able to gain consciousness and find her way to a nearby home and call Holly survived but what she endured would stay with her for the rest of her life. Get an email each week when we publish a new episode. At the time of his arrest in July , he was suspected in 9 murders near railroad tracks in Texas, Kentucky and Illinois. Authorities were able to link him to at least 15 murders in six states.
Those murders began right here in San Antonio in Here is a look back on his victims:. Jurors would eventually reject his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and convict and sentence him to death. The psychiatrist examined by the defense opined that the defendant was schizophrenic and could not tell right from wrong on account of his delusions that his victims were evildoers. Holly testified at the hearing and, for the first time, saw her attacker again, this time in court.
