Tracy Paules and Manny Taboada were found dead the next morning, on Aug. 28, 1990. Hewitt said the man also talked to his family, about life and how he felt he went down the "wrong road." "I didn't think I would ever be able to walk again. I hate having my picture taken.". And they don't even know what the terminology is. He had a violent history, an unstable personality. "I did that at the time because I read that serial killers like to be in control," Mario Taboada told ABC News. They didn't connect the robbery to the Gainesville murders until later on, when they listened to it. Humphrey says 10 men chased him and that he pulled a pocketknife--not a razor--in self-defense. Unit Name Humphrey Lewis' Company (Madison County, Fla.) Unit Leader Lewis, Humphrey Unit Location Madison County Unit Subjects Florida. They wound up having a few drinks and getting in trouble with a security guard at a hotel bar. "He was very good with kids," says Farley. This little fracas could have sent him back to prison. in 11th grade, and I got an 850 on that, which is, like, really low. His friends didn't understand: You really don't need that stuff they'd say. He finally moved back to Indialantic with his mother, where things went smoothly until March 1992, when he and some buddies went on a spring break camping trip to Key West. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOSE your emotional grip on life--when all the joy seeps out of living and every face becomes an enemy's- it happens so slowly you hardly notice. (A high school portrait shows Christina Powell, who, along with roommate Sonja Larson were the first victims of the serial killer at the University of Florida campus. He spent a lot of that time in Chattahoochee, the state hospital for mentally ill prisoners. They returned to the evidence locker, where the gun, screwdriver, bag of money and cassette player had been stored. At the time, Humphrey was manic-depressive who was off his medication. On it, he admitted to killing 55-year-old William Grissom, 24-year-old Julie Grissom and 8-year-old Sean Grissom in Shreveport. I told him: 'Your real friends will stand by you."'. And so Grandma was bleeding and everything, and I got, like, a cloth and stuff and tried to help her out. Includes Address (11) Phone (6) Email (5) See Results. All of Gainesville shuddered. They subsequently discovered that Rolling had type B blood just like the suspect in both the Gainesville and Shreveport murders. And it goes to this officer that's in-the control booth and I'm like 'Yeah, how much longer do I have to sit in this cell, man? Lookup the home address, phone numbers, email address for this person View Public Record Results ✓ Addresses. The killer used a "razor sharp" instrument.) "So, let's take it easy on him. He stabbed a young man 30 times and cut another woman's torso from her pelvis to her chest. "That's all I need.". "So there will always be an association between him and the killer," Doherty said, and some people will say investigators just couldn't dig up the proof. Humphrey, who fit a vague FBI profile of the killer, was never charged with murder but the damage to his reputation had been done; his name, marred. On Aug. 30, the day after the last of the bodies was found, Edward Humphrey--then 19, deeply troubled and wild-looking--was arrested and jailed for assaulting his 79 WHEN THE PATROL CAR PULLED up that day, Elna Hlavaty was waiting in fear on the columned front porch of her home. And that, perhaps, was all I needed to know. We have the last say. But it didn't change the way I felt about him. I had learned he had married and had a daughter. The world is destroying us," said George Humphrey in a statement issued after the death. Danny Rolling was put to death by lethal injection on Oct. 25, 2006. She was hoping to become a lawyer. Christa Hoyt was an aspiring police officer who'd been working part-time at the Alachua County Sheriff's Office while going to school, according to Gail Barber, the first officer on the scene of her murder. "I wanted to be there in the front row if I could. Edward Lewis Humphrey, a former honors student and an Eagle Scout from Brevard County, began classes at the University of Florida in the summer of 1990. Karl Kennedy, a soft-spoken 70-year-old retired real-estate agent in California, was one of several hundred people who wrote Ed in jail, certain that he was a victim of injustice. 1870. "I feel 100 percent that the media is the main reason our country is the way it is," Ed says afterward, disgusted. Humphrey has been jailed on $1 million bond since the beating Aug. 30. I can't handle this.' For several years, the whole family lived with Ed's maternal grandparents. Well, they're influenced so much by what they watch and they think, 'Oh, yeah, I saw where they got the suspect.' "I thought it was totally unfair," Ed says. And now, he doesn't volunteer his history unless people bring it up. Her family said she collapsed after arguing with a relative about talking to a reporter. WebEdward Lewis Humphrey is a resident of Palm Bay. He'd seen interviews with his new neighbors on the evening news, and they had said they were afraid of Ed Humphrey. "The grand jury said it's not true that he probably did it, but he's still left in limbo," said Pat Doherty, a prominent Pinellas County defense lawyer. ET on ABC. We just got in the car and headed for Gainesville. His premonition came true the next day. I got it done . An article in The Orlando Sentinel followed up with Darnell on the discovery; she acknowledged investigators had found promising evidence toward wrapping up the case. His mother was well-intentioned and caring, but nervous. Would you like to meet him?". The murders occurred over several days, which made them all the more terrifying. Without a response, they asked a maintenance worker at the apartment complex for help. "No offense." Rolling pleaded guilty to the serial killings of five young people at the University of Florida in Gainesville.). He mostly stared off into space as the judge imposed the maximum prison term, to be served, at least at the start, in the prison systems psychiatric facility. Investigators and prosecutors race for justice in an effort that still affects them 30 years later. Ed has what doctors call bipolar disorder--known more commonly as manic-depression, a devastating roller coaster of fantastical elation and utter despair. "The difference was like night and day. The sheriff's office says it kept him there for his own safety--not as punishment--because he'd threatened suicide. A suspect in the slayings of five college students has been convicted of beat ing up his grandmother, despite her testimony that her injuries came from a fall. "It didn't matter what the lyrics were or what he was saying at that point. They immediately made her think about a man from her Louisiana hometown church who used to spend time with her and her family. The new students had met each other during the summer and decided to be roommates, ultimately finding an apartment off-campus in a complex called Williamsburg Apartments. As they investigated the case, police grew convinced that Ed Humphrey might be their most likely suspect. It's going to be worse next time.' "He's one of our best employees. Humphrey stood 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. When does Ed stop being a suspect?". Police found Paules on their living room floor. He was the one to call investigators. Even though three decades had passed, I knew it wasnt going to be easy for Humphrey to talk about his darkest days; a time when his name was linked to grisly crimes. Family members had asked that the media not disrupt their privacy during the grand jury proceedings, but a reporter persisted in interviewing Mrs. Hlavaty. Under state guidelines, he could get nearly two years in prison at sentencing Nov. 8. She is a savvy and persistent woman who tenaciously guards Humphrey's contact with the media. Then, Rolling came back with his own gun and shot his father in the face, state attorney Smith said. "It was important because he was participating in the confession," Hewitt said. He apologized, cried and told his pursuers: "Please don't hurt me.". You know, it affects my self-esteem. Humphrey could not have possibly understood at the time how high the stakes were or the consequences of the suspicion cast on him. "And he said, 'Yeah, I'm the one.'". It worked, but it also made him dull, sluggish, overweight. That Saturday, later in the afternoon as Humphrey had requested, I rang his doorbell for the second time. And the sad, sad part about it is that we had the parents behind us on the stairs.". The panel's action doesn't take Humphrey out of jeopardy, though. He was, by all accounts, a troubled young man with a wild streak. It lets him have his old smile back. Instead, he got 62 hours of community service at the local Humane Society--which liked him so much it hired him afterward. The murders were eerily similar to three others that had occurred in Shreveport in November 1989. He returned gasping for breath, and asked me to come back later in the day. Discount stores, supermarkets, a slew of fast-food joints --a lot of places where he applied didn't bother to call, though Ed knew they were hiring. His grandmother, Elna Hlavaty, told a deputy that night that her grandson had beaten and choked her in the familys home in Indialantic. The real killer was eventually caught, confessed and was put to death. He tried repeatedly to find work, but kept being turned away, often with no explanation. The grand jury considered evidence against Humphrey but declined to indict him. Like moths to a lantern light on a summer night, the press surrounded Humphrey with flashing cameras, as he took the stand to plead, Not guilty.. And she's like, 'Oh, well, it says that you have 22 months left.' After she failed to show up to work on the night of Aug. 26, 1990, Det. Mostly he made threats, but he also would gear up in combat fatigues, strap a knife to his leg and tell people he'd fought in Vietnam--though, of course, he was only 4 when the war ended. During that stretch when Ed couldn't get work, Kennedy sent him $1,000. On Aug. 30, 1990, four days after the first victim was found, Humphrey was arrested after a fight with his grandmother and charged with battery. ), "When he went in, I followed him in the apartment and I saw the young lady on the bed. Even Ed's best friend at the time, Eric Bedesem (Scott's brother), had doubts. Late last summer, an 18-year-old mental patient named Edward Lewis Humphrey became a suspect in the stabbing deaths of five students at the University of Florida, a grisly series of On the 10th anniversary of the murders, Humphrey walked across the stage of UCF arena as a college graduate. On the 30th anniversary of the murders, I was eager to seek out Humphrey. I mean, I was amped. He was, at one time, considered the prime suspect. She disagrees. Scott Grissom, the son of William Grissom, brother of Julie Grissom and father to Sean, said they were killed just a week after his wedding, on his first day back at work from his honeymoon. His eyes appeared glazed and barely open, his hair unkempt. "It's been a while, you know?" The hot air folded in waves over the highway. theres a lot more ahead, Humphrey told the Orlando Sentinel before the ceremony. He told me he had done interviews on this topic, and most of his experiences had not been pleasant. Edward has no feeling of elation. . WebDescription Muster roll for Humphrey Lewis' Company from Madison County, ca. John Donvan, a Blood spattered an easy chair, the carpet, the coffee table. In custody, he was questioned about the killings. "Your honor, I've been running from first one thing and then another all my life," Rolling said. I wanted to know whether he still carried the weight of what he had endured almost three decades earlier. Genetic tests conducted on pubic hairs were similar to Ed's - and about 8,000 other people in Alachua County. But Friday, a grand jury declared there was no probable cause to charge the 20-year-old former University of Florida freshman. Hammack stepped inside the wide front door into the living room. He no longer saw any point in getting up in the morning. I want to get married some day and have kids. Now, sitting on the beach, a breeze mussing his blond hair, having just let Eric borrow his surfboard, Ed says Eric was just trying to grab the spotlight, to make himself look good. Although police had collected the evidence, at the time, they did not connect the bank robbery to the student murders because a gun was found at the campsite and the murders didn't involve a gun. There was a large window from the ceiling to about waist high, so they could see his every move. "It's just a negative," he says. The killer mutilated the breasts of two of the young women. Humphrey reportedly had been in the surf shop "raising hell" with the female patrons, making general threats, saying they didn't know how many people he had killd, and that he would cut their hearts out. ", Mackenzie answers quietly. He described Ynnad as a bad person, but not evil. "I'm like, 'Yeah, right,"' Ed says. She knew hmm only as Ed--a nice guy, hard worker, easy to get along with. Ed Humphrey had been arrested and charged with assaulting his grandmother, but investigators were taking a hard look at him for the student murders as well. Officer Steven Smith responds. There is muffled conversation by a table of three-piece suits, who glance over suspiciously at Ed. After Lewis told the investigators what Rolling had told him, investigators would then ask Rolling if what Lewis said was correct. "In a way, talking about [Manny], as I do sometimes with those who knew him they're kind of alive for that moment, and so, it's comforting. Ten years ago, 18-year-old Ed Humphrey seemed to be Florida's Public Enemy No. I had practiced so many times what I would say in this moment. He takes a slug of coffee and fidgets with an unlit cigarette. Suddenly, Humphreys tabby snuck out the door. She had been raped and stabbed multiple times and had been mutilated. He was supposed to take lithium to temper his mood swings. He demanded officials exonerate his brother. He is released to the custody of his mother. "All I want to know [is] what was she thinking. "And I was glad to do it.". The red sun marched its way toward the horizon, whipping at my windshield as I drove back to Gainesville. The killer would enter the homes through the back doors, and each home was near a wooded area, which "allowed the killer to operate, to get in without being noticed," Donnelly said. (Danny Harold Rolling appears at his trial in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 13, 1994. He surfed, played soccer and football, and joined the Boy Scout troop that his father founded, eventually becoming an Eagle Scout. Doherty said authorities later tried to show a connection between Humphrey and Danny Rolling, the Louisiana drifter who was indicted Friday in the Gainesville killings. Once Florida investigators realized that Rolling had multiple convictions for armed robbery, they realized he could have also been responsible for the bank robbery that occurred on the day that Christa Hoyt's body was found. Ed already worked there. And it got worse as more people came forward. "This was Danny looking for something that would make what happened more dramatic and minimize his own culpability by saying, 'The devil made me do it.'". I knew little more about Humphrey than what I knew before this day. Authorities believe Taboada was the first to be attacked after the killer broke into their home, and that they fought for some time before Taboada was killed by multiple stab wounds. "It sucked man.". When the police arrested Ed, they put him in a solitary cell in the infirmary for 76 days. Before he could stand trial for the murders, however, Rolling was convicted on federal bank robbery charges, Smith said. Then 28, he received a bachelors degree in business administration with a 3.76 grade-point average, graduating magna cum laude. Chubby but cunning and fast, the cat ran from behind one bush to another. They had softened with time, but they told his story. It happens too often, though less so now than when he first got out of prison. The officer, now-retired Det. "I don't want to be on TV," he says. Her right eye was swollen shut. "I can only afford to fill the tank halfway," he says, settling into a window seat at an upscale downtown restaurant. Betty Curnutt, the manager of the apartment complex, said she was standing behind the worker when he broke down the door and that a police officer was behind her. Related To Gabrielle Humphrey, Graciela Humphrey, George Humphrey, Elna Humphrey. He is questioned and officers search his car, finding two knives under the seat. "He trusts me and I trust him," Pauwels says. He'll never change his name, but some day, he says, when he's done with school, he might move somewhere far away. "The first night I was in there, no one told me anything," he says. "I don't know," he says. Crime lab experts had damning evidence that semen found at the murder scene came from Rolling. ), "I screamed," Ada Larson said about discovering her daughter had been killed. 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