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The idea of using a leaden, dispassionate word like acknowledgments for this section cannot begin to express the depths of my feelings for the many individuals who have made this book possible. I owe them my deepest and most heartfelt gratitude.

, First to my literary manager Peter Miller and my editor at St. Martins, Charles Spicer. Without them this book would never have happened. Their support and guidance have been very much appreciated. Also, many many thanks to Steve and all the rest of the team at PMA. Also, William Annersley, who first inspired me to investigate the case that unfolds in this book.

In Houston and Dallas, numerous friends, acquaintances, and investigators helped enormously despite the depth of their own involvement. Many of them asked that their names be kept confidential. I have respected their wishes and therefore cannot thank them by name.

Then there is my worldwide network of Anthony Bowman, Luc Leestemaker and Mark Sandelson on the West Coast, John Glatt in New York, Jamie King in Dallas, Don Shooter in Houston. Also the FBI and policedepartments of all the cities and counties mentioned in this book.

But one of my biggest debts of gratitude goes to the many friends and colleagues in the U.S. who kept me constantly updated so as to make this book the latest version of the events.

Doctors of Death

Whatever Mother Says

Deadly Seduction

Slave Girls

Death at Every Stop

In the Name of Satan

The Railroad Killer

Wensley Clarkson has written 30 books, which have sold over a million copies in more than a dozen countries worldwide, including 15 best-selling true-crime books. Some of those titles are Doctors of Death, Whatever Mother Says, Deadly Seduction, Slave Girls , and Caged Heat . He divides his time between homes in London, Los Angeles, and Spain.

Back in 1989, lawyers representing Night Stalker Richard Ramirez employed every legal angle available to them to convince the trial jury that their client was innocent.

But the man who Angel Resendez so avidly read about when he was in prison in Florida had sealed his own fate the moment he admitted to an arresting officer when he was finally captured, Yeah, man, Im Richard Ramirez I did it, you know. You guys got me, the Stalker.

It remains to be seen if Angel said anything similar to Texas Ranger Drew Carter.

No doubt Angel Resendezs trial will to a certain extent rest upon the testimony of mental-health specialists who will try to explain Angels personal history and mental instability.

Having met with Angel in the run-up to the trial, they will refer to Angels apparent alcoholism, his lack of an early education, and the trauma of that sexual attack by older boys.

They will talk about conditions such as cortical dysfunctionsomethingthat is not apparent when meeting someone on the street but becomes clear after a battery of tests have been run on the patient.

The results of other medical and educational tests taken throughout Angels life will also be produced in order to back claims of some level of borderline personality disorder.

To many experts Angel is a classic example. He meets all eight criteria as established by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders a standard reference used by clinicians in determining psychological dysfunctions.

It defines the borderline as a personality disorder in which there is instability in a variety of areas, including interpersonal behavior, mood, and self-image. No single feature is invariably present.

The disorder is actually more commonly diagnosed in women, but it is prevalent throughout the clinical population and is associated with the better known antisocial personality disorder. Only five of the eight criteria are needed for a diagnosis. Angel would score well above that:

Impulsivity or unpredictability in at least . two areas that are self-damagingspending, sex, gambling, substance abuse, shoplifting, overeating, phsyically self-damaging acts.

A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationshipsmarked shifts of attitude, idealization, devaluation, manipulation.

Inappropriate, intense anger or lack of control of anger.

Identity disturbance, manifested by uncertainty about self-image, gender identification, long-term goals, friendship patterns, values, loyalties.

Affective instabilitymarked shifts from normal mood to depression, irritability, or anxiety, usually lasting only a few hours and only rarely a few days, with a return to a normal mood.

Intolerance of being alone, frantic efforts to avoid being alone, depressed when alone.

Physically self-damaging actssuicidal gestures, self-mutilation, recurrent accidents, or physical fights.

Chronic feelings of emptiness or boredom.

Not surprisingly, the antisocial personality diagnosis would fit most of the prison population of the United States. But there seems little doubt that such expert testimony will take up many hours of the trial.

No doubt the prosecution will claim that mental impairment is the last resort in defense terms. They will insist that in the eyes of the law it is not whether Angel Resendez was manipulative and pervertedbut whether he knew what he was doing and what he was doing was wrong.

His mental impairment could hinge upon expert testimony and that of Angels friends and family. But thenwho is responsible for the deaths of at least nine people?

Angels team might say it was genetics. They might blame it on his absent father and overbearing mother. He might blame the detectives. He might even blame his victims.

Others expected to give evidence will include Angels friends and relatives when it comes to the penalty phase of the trial.

But the most important witness of all remains the girlfriend of Angels first alleged victim, Lexington student Christopher Maier. If Angels defense attorney decides he has to plead not guilty then she can expect to be put through the appalling pain and anguish of reliving that horrific night back in August, 1997.

No doubt a jury response to such an awful ordeal may have a large bearing on whether she is in fact called to the witness stand.

But this case is about forgiveness. People may well wish to pray for Angels soul as mercy is really nothing more than another word for sympathy.

If the prosecutors have all the forensic evidence they say they have then it would seem that no amount of personal testimony will prevent a jury from finding him guilty and sending him to death row.

After that verdict he may well make a personal appeal to the judge. He may continue to deny the crimes he has been accused of committing.

But by then none of this will really matter. The fact that Angel was emotionally and psychologically a child will cut no ice.

The judge will simply pick up his pen and orderAngel Resendez to be executed by injection. And may God have mercy on your soul.

Angel will be probably looking down as those words are boldly pronounced. The guards will bring him to the clerks bench, where he will be fingerprinted for his transfer into state custody.

Then Angel will be led away in that customary shuffle, ankles linked by chains. He will disappear into a passageway from which he will probably never return.

Of course there is another option in the trial of Angel Resendez that few people seem to be considering at presentthat he might be innocent.

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