Weimar

But just two months after her birth, he went back to the United States, specifically

Weimar, Texas.

Now, Weimar is a very small town, a place where everyone knows everyone, and you look out for your neighbors.

Right.

The resident said that it was one of those places where no one locked their doors and still had no worries of anything bad happening.

genuine.

Yeah.

So according to a really good article in Texas Monthly, Skip told his father that he truly felt he had found his calling in Weimar, telling his father it was the happiest he had ever been because the town accepted him, not just as a reverend minister, but a normal person who could drink a beer, play volleyball, and participate in practical jokes.

The hunt for Resendiz continued for over three months, but the killer remained elusive.

By the spring of 1999, he was back in Texas, this time in the small city of Weimar.

On the night of April the 30th, he entered the home of Norman and Karen Cernich.

The Cernyks were both asleep in their bed.

There is an advantage to this as an offender because if you're not carrying weapons around with you, then you're not carrying evidence around with you.

The escalation in Dr. Benton's case, he hit her with a smaller figurine, and she fought back.

This case with the Cernyks in Weimar, there was no fighting back.

He made sure with that first blow, but he didn't want to fight.

The hunt for Resendiz continued for over three months, but the killer remained elusive.

By the spring of 1999, he was back in Texas, this time in the small city of Weimar.

On the night of April the 30th, he entered the home of Norman and Karen Cernich.

The Cernyks were both asleep in their bed.

There is an advantage to this as an offender because if you're not carrying weapons around with you, then you're not carrying evidence around with you.

The escalation in Dr. Benton's case, he hit her with a smaller figurine, and she fought back.

This case with the Cernyks in Weimar, there was no fighting back.

He made sure with that first blow, but he didn't want to fight.

And then 1962, I was playing with him, and we went to play a gig.

It was Juneteenth, and we went to play a gig on our way to play in Weimar, Texas.

And there was one guy in the band before Doug Song.

He was in the band for a while, but then there was another guy.

In the 62, I had a low rider 55 Chevy.

you know, flat top kind of stuff.

And we're cruising on the way to Weimar.

And, and of course he pulls out a joint and he goes, Hey, you got to try

Claudia Benton, West University Place, Texas, December 1998, killed in her home.

Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic, Weimar, Texas, May 1999, near the tracks.

Christopher Mayer, Lexington, Kentucky, June 1999, bludgeoning.

Girlfriend survived.