There was enormous pressure on Gainesville police, on state investigators, on prosecutors, to find the killer and put him behind bars. Don Maines, an investigator on the case with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said they received several tips pointing to Humphrey, then 18. ", "I wanted to know every little detail," Ada Larson said. And legal experts say that even if Humphrey is innocent, he'll carry the stigma of the killings with him the rest of his days. He was at the wrong place at the wrong time, said Spencer Mann, the spokesman for the Alachua County Sheriffs Department at the time. She said she thought of Rolling, who, just a few months after the murders in their community, said something deeply disturbing to her then-husband, Steven Dobbin. in 11th grade, and I got an 850 on that, which is, like, really low. 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? But he has not been charged in those cases. "Should I smile? Neither will police talk. On the 30th anniversary of the murders, I was eager to seek out Humphrey. "I had to know what Sonja went through. I can't handle this.' It was going 60 mph at the time. Rolling wanted to address the court. "My husband didn't know what was happening. She also had tape residue on her body and vinegar -- rather than soap -- which was used to clean her body. She hadn't called us and, finally, the Powells, who lived closer, went over there.". I had deliberately chosen 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning so that the chances of him being home would be greater. It made his mouth dry. As for his own behavior, Ed says: "I can't help it if my body (needs) lithium. Family trouble, mental problems and sheer coincidence seem to be the main factors that put Ed Humphrey into legal limbo. And the sad, sad part about it is that we had the parents behind us on the stairs.". Investigators and prosecutors race for justice in an effort that still affects them 30 years later. "I can't blame them for making Ed a suspect, but I can blame them for sticking with it. (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. Earlier that summer, investigators learned, Ed had been kicked out of the Gatorwood apartment complex where two of the victims were killed. John Donvan, a former reporter for ABC News who covered the Gainesville cases, said Lewis claimed Rolling told him many of the details of the murders and that Rolling wanted to confess. But Public Defender J.R. Russo said today that some hospitals rejected Humphrey outright and the only ones that would admit him would charge $600 to $1,000 a day, more than the family could afford. "Oh, that's Ed," the kennel workers will say. Then he would drop into a crouch pretending to open fire. Current address 1294 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905 $1,080: B. The grand jury considered evidence against Humphrey but declined to indict him. The cops came and asked for identification. Finally, they listened to the tape. They couldn't say definitively it was Ed's hair, but they couldn't say it wasn't.". And he reportedly has been whispering details of the killings to a fellow inmate, who has been telling investigators. She is a savvy and persistent woman who tenaciously guards Humphrey's contact with the media. Ed has what doctors call bipolar disorder--known more commonly as manic-depression, a devastating roller coaster of fantastical elation and utter despair. So investigators sat with Lewis and Rolling and had Lewis answer questions for Rolling. In less than five years. Kelly McClory, 24, had joined the kennel staff last October. He was supposed to take lithium to temper his radical mood swings. 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. 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. It was a tidy facade, but if you peeked around the corner, things turned messy. Always," recalls Scott Bedesem, a friend since junior high school. We will prevail. WebEdward Lewis Humphrey, age 50s, lives in Palm Bay, FL. Later, after Ed has gone, one approaches the young woman behind the counter. One woman had also been found with soap on her body and the perpetrator had used duct tape on both of the victims, but the tape had been removed. Includes Address (11) Phone (6) Email (5) See Results. And it just dropped me into a depression. He said a lot of grandiose things (that) caused him to be a suspect. Edward Lewis Humphrey, 19, had tears in his eyes upon hearing the conviction on a reduced charge of battery on a person over age 65. His brother George moved to Texas and practices law in Houston, but he did not respond to my request for an interview. 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. Lahey said seeing this man "who destroyed my life" made her feel "frozen to the chair.". That setting seemed to fit what investigators and the media had made of Ed Humphrey, said his brother George, a 1991 University of Florida graduate who was his biggest defender. One day after the last of the five bodies were discovered in Gainesville, police arrested Humphrey not for the murders but for assaulting his 79-year-old grandmother in Indialantic. The old woman's face, Deputy Doug Hammack saw, was wet with her own blood. I knew little more about Humphrey than what I knew before this day. Sgt. ED HUMPHREY HAS NO REASON to trust a photographer or a reporter - or the criminal justice system or, especially, the people who recognize him on the street and point and whisper. They didn't listen to the tape until months later. "I've never been told nothing in reality, I've never read nothing in a Stephen King novel that comes close to what the reality is of what this man did," Lewis said. "So, let's take it easy on him. Would you like to meet him?". Ed Humphrey, on that August morning, had not been taking his medication for some time. One grocery store clerk called him at kome later. That's what did it.". It was repeated so authoritatively and so often that the term began to lose its inherent uncertainty. Current Address: YVXK San Paulo Cir, Melbourne, Journalist John Donnelly, who covered the story for the Miami Herald, said the officers noticed the unusual way in which Sonja Larson's body was posed. Now the scars on his face are softer, his smile boyish, a little shy--not at all the sinister young man he might have seemed when one corner of his lip curled upward. The murders occurred over several days, which made them all the more terrifying. Edward Lewis Humphrey, 19, was found guilty Wednesday of battery on a person over 65. Hammack had been with the Brevard County Sheriff's Offfice for less than a year, but he'd been to the plantation-style Indialantic house at least five times before. (This is the day after the first murders are believed to have taken place, but before the victims, are discovered. "I should have just stayed in jail. And before I knew it, I went upstairs and I told Mom, 'Mom, I probably won't see you for a long time,' because I could see what was happening.". 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. The panel's action doesn't take Humphrey out of jeopardy, though. WebLived In Honolulu HI, Morehead City NC, Orange Park FL, Saint Petersburg FL. I did not want that to be what I carried in my mind of her for the rest of my life," Barber said. "The state attorney fully intends to prove the guilt of Danny Harold Rolling in these murders. He would not be here, sharing his birthday with the media, were it not for the publicist. "Ed, you see, not only has been locked up in a cell for 76 days, he's been sent to a psychiatric hospital, kept in prison for a year, had charges for everything under the sun, had all this stuff hanging over his head. The deputy put Humphrey in the back of his patrol car. The two 23-year-olds had been close friends since high school and had just begun living together. So I kept on pressing the button because I wanted her to open the door. One piece of this wall has remained unchanged for more than 30 years: The section where the names of all five victims are painted in remembrance: Sonja Larson, Christina Powell, Christa Hoyt, Manuel Taboada, Tracy Paules. "He'd come over every night for a while, and then one night, Steven came in and he goes, 'He's got to go,'" Juracich said. "There's this girl at work--Kelly--and she didn't know at all until today. "I can only afford to fill the tank halfway," he says, settling into a window seat at an upscale downtown restaurant. For several years, the whole family lived with Ed's maternal grandparents. "That was real bad, because I couldn't walk," Ed says. And he paid his dues--both in time and torment. I fell asleep there.". "I did not want to see that young lady that meant so much to me. Edward Lewis Humphrey was an early suspect in the case of five grisly murders of college students in Gainesville, Florida; one Daniel Rolling was eventually WebEdward Lewis Humphrey was an early suspect in the case of five grisly murders of college students in Gainesville, Florida; one Daniel Rolling was eventually convicted of the killings, He was on heavy medication. 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. The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville cited sources it did not identify in today's story about Edward Lewis Humphrey. They say Humphrey made a "sawing motion" across his throat with the knife and threatened to get a gun and shoot them. He described Ynnad as a bad person, but not evil. And Ed Humphrey is still a free man with a lingering cloud over his head: suspect. Many panicked. Rolling's defense presented mitigating factors for why he might have committed the murders, including his troubled history with his father. ET on ABC. The real killer was eventually caught, confessed and was put to death. For the families of those students, being there to see him at trial was crucial. I mean, I was amped. "They're gone but their memory has to always endure," Mario Taboada said. As the questioning went on, Rolling began to say he'd "dealt with different personalities all my life." He'd seen interviews with his new neighbors on the evening news, and they had said they were afraid of Ed Humphrey. Among the evidence was a pubic hair _ similar to Humphrey's _ found at a murder scene, and statements from two witnesses who said they saw Humphrey and Rolling together. The rest of the time he sat in his cell, building card houses, reading books his mother sent, or sleeping. It was too painful for them to remain here. Legran Hewitt said they dispatched Barber and another officer to Christa Hoyt's home. He no longer saw any point in getting up in the morning. The two had gone bowling, played pool, hung out together. "Recon lock and load!" It was a nasty, turbulent, protracted parting that left Ed's mother--a devout Catholic--devastated. His grandmother, now passed away, forgave him. Anniversaries of the murders come and go, I explained. But that's pretty much how I feel.". I had to know it. Smith said Rolling also talked about the best way to kill a deer. And then he disappeared from public view. The killer mutilated the breasts of two of the young women. "And I remember Grandma yelled when she hit her head, and Mom called the police immediately without knowing what was going on. Humphrey also faces an assault charge in Gainesville and a 1988 attempted rape and burglary case in Indian River County. Prosecutors also attacked Rollings' claims that he had multiple personalities and that he was overtaken by his evil "Gemini" side when he murdered his victims. When Ed first got out of prison, he tried living in Orlando with his older brother, George, who gave him a cellular phone to carry around as protection. "The first night I was in there, no one told me anything," he says. Newspapers reported Humphrey revealed to investigators that he had an alter ego, named John, who knew the details about the crimes. They think, 'Well, there's a good chance he did it because he's on TV.' A judge ordered him removed from the court. And law enforcement officials felt intense pressure to bring in a suspect. "My mouth dropped open when he told me," she says. 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. His brother, George, tried hard to clear his name. He also said he hopes to resume his studies _ but not at the University of Florida. At the time, Humphrey was manic-depressive who was off his medication. 1. Meanwhile, Lykkebak hopes eventually to get Ed's record wiped clean of a felony --a move that would require a governor's pardon. When the discussion turned to a human anatomy class that McGrath was taking, McGrath said, Ed asked her what it was like to cut up bodies and if she ever took skin or body parts home to "mess around with it.". "Here was a kid who was held up as a ass murderer," Mackenzie says. The transcript of that interview has never been made public. "We made a mistake.". They immediately made her think about a man from her Louisiana hometown church who used to spend time with her and her family. He wears a blue-green polo shirt and tan trousers and expensive sunglasses. Edward Lewis Humphrey became a familiar figure to law enforcement officials as he shuttled between his apartment near the University of Florida and his Brevard County home in Indialantic. "He trusts me and I trust him," Pauwels says. Humphreys off behavior, Mann said, drew attention to him. But months passed and Humphrey was never charged with the crimes, the Alachua County grand jury deciding that there was no case against him. Even Ed's best friend at the time, Eric Bedesem (Scott's brother), had doubts. And I said, 'Holy sh--.' I had practiced so many times what I would say in this moment. By August 1990, when Humphrey enrolled as a freshman at the University of Florida, some close to him feared his violently unpredictable behavior was worsening. Rolling pleaded guilty to all counts but, because he was facing the death penalty, a jury was still required to hear the evidence and make a recommendation on punishment to the judge: life in prison or death. Russo estimated Humphrey would be in custody for only another seven to nine months because of time served and the states early-release rules. Ten years ago, 18-year-old Ed Humphrey seemed to be Florida's Public Enemy No. The sheriff's office says it kept him there for his own safety--not as punishment--because he'd threatened suicide. She had been raped and stabbed multiple times and had been mutilated. (Edis Catholic.). (Manuel Taboada, left, and Tracy Paules, right, are seen in undated photos. Rolling pleaded guilty to the serial killings of five young people at the University of Florida in Gainesville.). On Aug. 30, Humphrey returned to his Indialantic home from Gainesville, where he had enrolled as a freshman at the University of Florida. He didn't want to go to school because he didn't want to see anybody. I thought, 'Here's a guy who's sort of down and I think I'll cheer him up.". After five students were found brutally slain, a shocked and terrified community demanded quick police action, and the media descended on Gainesville to monitor investigators' every move. They had been responsible for maligning his name, reshaping his life. It was upon revisiting the scene that he decided to decapitate her. We have the last say. Then, Rolling came back with his own gun and shot his father in the face, state attorney Smith said. Leave him there.'". In one of the songs, the man sings, "Mystery rider, what's your name? It's going to be worse next time.' Humphrey could not have possibly understood at the time how high the stakes were or the consequences of the suspicion cast on him. He hates dredging this up. Danny Harold Rolling pleaded guilty to their murders and three other people in Gainesville in August 1990.). WebLived In Palm Bay FL, Indialantic FL, Houston TX, Lyons IL. On Nov. 4, 1989, William Grissom, 55, his 24-year-old daughter Julie Grissom and his 8-year-old grandson Sean Grissom were killed in his home in the Louisiana city. JULY 14,1990,1609 HOURS: INDIALANtic police receive a reported trespass at the Crawford Surf Shop, on AlA and 5th Street. The tape contained recordings of a man talking and singing, Hewitt said. On the 10th anniversary of the murders, Humphrey walked across the stage of UCF arena as a college graduate. I wanted to know whether he still carried the weight of what he had endured almost three decades earlier. The red sun marched its way toward the horizon, whipping at my windshield as I drove back to Gainesville. "It sucked man.". ", Oak pollen already a big problem, but strong storms could wash it away, Man admits to sex trafficking waitresses out of family-owned cantina, At least 36 dead, 66 injured after trains collide in Greece: officials. In late August of 1990, five Gainesville college students were murdered and their bodies sexually assaulted. He was facing the death penalty. Her body had also been arranged in a posed position, sitting with her feet on the floor and her torso slumped forward, Donnelly said. His bail, originally set at $10,250, spiked to $1 million. She was hoping to become a lawyer. "No offense." He's had a tough row to hoe.". He is a white, non hispanic male registered to Your story has never been told.. In plaid shorts, Humphrey hunched down to make sure he could catch the cat before it ran out onto the street. He reportedly threatened several people there with a large knife and once warned a security guard: "God told me to kill you. Alison Emery, Powell's high school best friend, said she was so excited to be moving into the next phase of her life. Humphrey has said he plans to have plastic surgery to remove facial scars from an automobile accident. WebEdward Humphrey 's birthday is 10/05/1971 and is 50 years old. His grandmother had asked to drop all charges. While the man had gotten away, the officer found a screwdriver at the campsite, along with the bag of money defaced by the dye and a cassette player with a tape inside. It might take years of interior erosion before the outside ever begins to crumble. The investigators didn't have to search far for Rolling; he had already been detained 40 miles south of Gainesville, in Marion County Jail, where he was being held for another robbery he'd committed at a supermarket 10 days after Paules' and Manny Taboada's bodies were found. He also decapitated her and posed the head on a bookshelf. Louisiana drifter Danny Harold Rolling was indicted Friday in the grisly killings of five college students stabbed in their off-campus apartments in August 1990. He knew the southwest neighborhoods where the killings took place. But Friday, a grand jury declared there was no probable cause to charge the 20-year-old former University of Florida freshman. He spent a lot of that time in Chattahoochee, the state hospital for mentally ill prisoners. But, his life was forever tainted. "The main thing is, I'm just like anybody else," he says. ", "If we had played the tape before, we would've had this guy three months ago," Maines said. It has been the biggest manhunt in Florida history. Before I could say anything, Humphrey came to the door, visibly shaken and upset, his face fraught with worry. Our children's names will be remembered over him.". The son of a police officer and an aspiring country music singer, Rolling had spent a couple years in the U.S. Air Force before beginning a career of crime. When she saw Rolling, she ran back to her bedroom, where she tried to lock her door. "Of course you do.". Yet, it would later prove crucial to finding out who the Gainesville murderer was. In the aftermath of the murders, investigators discovered some highly unusual details at the scene. Edward Lewis Humphrey, 18, of Indialantic, Fla., held in the Brevard County Jail on a charge of beating his 79-year-old grandmother, has been described by police as Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. ), "I screamed," Ada Larson said about discovering her daughter had been killed. "Whatever happened to change Ed Humphrey can be found back in October of his junior year," says John Stanford, his Spanish teacher at Melbourne High School. WebView Edward Humphrey results in Florida (FL) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Lawton Chiles in 1994 that helped restore Humphreys civil rights. He was the one to call investigators. Witnesses testified to the abuse they'd seen. "It's hard for me to picture him doing anything discreetly.". "He was just the wrong boy at the wrong place at the wrong time--with the wrong malady.". And when the jail returned it--saying it did not allow cash to be mailed to inmates--Kennedy got a money order. George figured that if someone came after Ed, trying to kill him, Ed could just dial 911. She saw what happened to him once, and she will not risk letting it happen again. ", A police officer told state investigators that 10 days before the killings Ed claimed he was going to Gainesville to "cut up some women.". Glenn Ruppel, Sean Dooley, and Anthony Rivas. Before moving to Edward's current city of Palm Bay, FL, Edward lived in Melbourne FL and Indialantic FL. Humphrey, 19, nodded when his 79-year-old grandmother blew him as kiss as he entered the courtroom but was generally oblivious to the proceedings. 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-year-old grandmother. He landed on a grassy shoulder and wasn't hurt badly, but he spent the next three months in a psychiatric ward. The investigative records on the GainesviUe murders are filled with entries of Ed Humphrey scaring people in the final months before his arrest. These days Ed Humphrey lives at home with his mom in Indialantic. "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. ", George Humphrey says "John" was a reference to John the Apostle. On a breezy spring morning, I traveled from my home in Gainesville to coastal Palm Bay, tucked just under Melbourne on Floridas Atlantic coast. He knew what was happening. "That's all I need.". Blood spattered an easy chair, the carpet, the coffee table. Investigators had found bloodstained gloves at his home. He wasnt interested in doing an interview. They wound up having a few drinks and getting in trouble with a security guard at a hotel bar. This time, deputies couldn't just tell Ed to cool off, then file the fight away on an incident report. Acquaintances claimed he went on late-night "missions" through the Alachua County woods. His grandmother, Elna Hlavaty, told a deputy that night that her grandson had beaten and choked her in the familys home in Indialantic. He was the youngest of four kids. Humphrey, a sometime University of Florida student with a history of mental problems, has been labeled a suspect in the slayings of five students near the campus in Gainesville during the last week in August. 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. "That was exciting," Hewitt said. Im happy I always have the support of family and friends, and Im happy with my family now.. He looks around nervously. His mug shot fueled growing public speculation and drew hordes of reporters from around the country. Family members had asked that the media not disrupt their privacy during the grand jury proceedings, but a reporter persisted in interviewing Mrs. Hlavaty. Other names that Edward uses includes Edward Lewis Humphrey and Edward L Humphrey. 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. Those who knew Larson said she was a sweet girl, but reserved, and that she liked to work with children. 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There were mood swings, sudden belligerence and two auto crashes that friends thought were suicide attempts. (Nineteen-year-old Christa Hoyt was among the victims of the so-called Gainesville Ripper, Danny Rolling, in Gainesville, Florida in 1990. "VVhen he was not taking his lithium, he was a clearly diagnosed manic-depressive," Marti Mackenzie says. Humphrey shunned the media, and remained quiet through the years. 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. The world was watching to see how and when they would catch the killer. Watch the full story on "20/20," streaming now on Hulu. They also learned that as Rolling fought with Manny Taboada, Tracy Paules heard the commotion and came into Toboada's room. Christopher Slobogin, a professor at the University of Florida Law School, said suspicions about Mr. Humphrey's possible connection with the Gainesville murders increased the likelihood that he would be prosecuted on assault charges that otherwise would probably have been dropped. Good Student and Boy Scout "And I was glad to do it.". He was known to carry knives, had been off his medication for a mental health disorder and had visible scars on his face from a car accident. "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. "I feel really bad about this," she confided, "but they knew who you were, and when you left they were all laughing and saying, 'Man, we're not going to give that guy a job."'. And that, perhaps, was all I needed to know. For Ed's 21st birthday, he sent $221.21. 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