"It seemed like when I lost my cool, he would keep his. "Here was a kid who was held up as a ass murderer," Mackenzie says. The publicity about the Gainesville slayings made it impossible to find a private psychiatric facility to take Humphrey, and he was sentenced to the Corrections Mental Institution in Chattahoochee, where he landed among the most violent and deranged criminals in the state. "All I want to know [is] what was she thinking. 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. Her funeral is today. I wanted to know whether he still carried the weight of what he had endured almost three decades earlier. His court appearances were riveting. Humphrey, who was released from state prison in September after serving 10 months for beating his grandmother, had no comment Friday on the grand jury's action. "It was important because he was participating in the confession," Hewitt said. Few who knew him in his early high school days dreamed he would ever become a murder suspect. "They're gone but their memory has to always endure," Mario Taboada said. On Aug. 26, 1990, Emery said Powell's parents arrived at the apartment and banged on the door. Humphrey shunned the media, and remained quiet through the years. That Saturday, later in the afternoon as Humphrey had requested, I rang his doorbell for the second time. Hospitals run by the Universities of Florida, Miami and South Florida refused to accept Humphrey for private commitment because of his notoriety, Russo said. Maines said Rolling fled the home after police issued a warrant for his arrest. For months Edward Lewis Humphrey was the key suspect in the horrific slayings of five Gainesville students. I really don't like reporters. ", "If we had played the tape before, we would've had this guy three months ago," Maines said. (Danny Harold Rolling appears at his trial in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 13, 1994. Related To Sarah Humphrey, Gail Humphrey, Erin Humphrey, Bud Humphrey, B Humphrey. And, then, as far as newspapers go, half the things that lthey) deal with are just negative things about people. A judge ordered him removed from the court. Among Humphrey's friends - a group of sixteen surfers, who called themselves the Clan - Humphrey was unofficially acknowledged as most likely to succeed," Bedesem says. They think, 'Well, there's a good chance he did it because he's on TV.' Humphrey also faces an assault charge in Gainesville and a 1988 attempted rape and burglary case in Indian River County. He was the one to call investigators. "It's hard to say what was inside my head. I can't get past that.". One grocery store clerk called him at kome later. He was a blond, smooth-skinned, affable teen-ager who made good grades, played football and enjoyed surfing with a group of friends in the swells off Indialantic, a town on Florida's east coast. Legran Hewitt said they dispatched Barber and another officer to Christa Hoyt's home. Anyone else--they would have dropped the charges or maybe given him one year's probation. Witnesses testified to the abuse they'd seen. Major Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart), a veteran of the Italian campaign in World War II, arrives at Hotel Largo in Key Largo, Florida in the Florida Keys after the war to visit the family of his friend George Temple (who died in the campaign). No way. She got hurt real bad," he says now. I mean, it's just a really bad feeling--knowing that wherever you go people are judging you, and they don't even know you. 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. His mug shot fueled growing public speculation and drew hordes of reporters from around the country. More than a week later, The Sun reported another leak of damaging information about Humphrey. "No offense." Students left--some for good--and there was a run on the sale of guns, Mace and door locks. And it got worse as more people came forward. "I didn't think I would ever be able to walk again. "I just thought it sounded like he was being railroaded,"says Kennedy, who noticed an article about Ed one day in the San Francisco Chronicle. This is the first extensive interview Ed Humphrey has ever granted. 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 Hewitt said they learned that Rolling had returned to the crime scene after killing Christa Hoyt because he thought he might've left his wallet there. Ray Barber, called for backup and with more investigators on the scene, they found Powell dead on the first floor of the apartment. It made his mouth dry. "Of course you do.". 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 But just all of a sudden I got a real bad depression, a real deep depression. Humphrey was chased and fell as he fled. He told me he had done interviews on this topic, and most of his experiences had not been pleasant. Lawton Chiles in 1994 that helped restore Humphreys civil rights. 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. "First of all, a lot of people watch TV a lot--five hours a day, on the average. "I can't blame them for making Ed a suspect, but I can blame them for sticking with it. He'll never change his name, but some day, he says, when he's done with school, he might move somewhere far away. "He was very good with kids," says Farley. He didn't want to go to school because he didn't want to see anybody. 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. 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. When asked if she ever felt that her husband was treating her son inappropriately, she said, "Sure, I guess.". "I thought it was totally unfair," Ed says. Humphrey stood 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. He was the youngest of four kids. Suddenly, Humphreys tabby snuck out the door. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. As they investigated the case, police grew convinced that Ed Humphrey might be their most likely suspect. It wasn't long after Maines' trip to Shreveport that Juracich called Crime Stoppers to report Danny Rolling. Investigators and prosecutors race for justice in an effort that still affects them 30 years later. You know I'll never, ever get over it completely. WebEdward Lewis Humphrey, Age 51 aka Lewis E Humphrey, Edward J Humphrey, Humphrey Edward Lewis, Humphrey Humphrey Current Address: YVXK San Paulo Cir, Melbourne, FL Past Addresses: Palm Bay FL, Indialantic FL +5 more Phone Number: (321) 544- IQVS +7 phones Email Address: e NNQI @hotmail.com +1 email UNLOCK PROFILE Phone & Email "If any evidence comes out later, he can still be indicted. GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Cindy Juracich was on a trip through the Florida Panhandle in August 1990 when she heard a news report about a grisly string of murders. He was rambling. Would you like to meet him?". "My husband would just sit and say 'Just tell me she died right away. There is still a court order not to discuss evidence m the case. The killer mutilated the breasts of two of the young women. August 5, 1990, 0128 hours: Elna Hlavaty, Humphrey's grandmother, phones deputies to report that her grandson is "high" on drugs. His face smashed into the windshield, leaving deep wounds, and he broke his leg so badly doctors had to implant a steel rod running from his hip to his knee. There's many people that have abusive parents. "And I was glad to do it.". Russo estimated Humphrey would be in custody for only another seven to nine months because of time served and the states early-release rules. 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 The world is destroying us," said George Humphrey in a statement issued after the death. A neighbor also reports that the grandson is running in and out of the home - shouting that he is going to murder the grandparents. Maines said they found out that the suspect had broken in by wedging a screwdriver into the door jamb. Tracy Paules and Manny Taboada were found dead the next morning, on Aug. 28, 1990. Lewis wrote a five-page letter outlining the details, many of which Hewitt said "only the killer knew.". "Knowing what happened, I can't erase that out of my mind, and nobody should have to go through that," said Scott Grissom. The spokesman, Will Irby, thinks it over, consults his boss and tries again. Rolling confessed to the murder of Larson and four others and was executed in 2006. It lets him have his old smile back. Neither will police talk. "It was a small-caliber gun, and the father survives it, but not without permanent damage," Smith said. "So, let's take it easy on him. The perils of his loose lips kept him in custody. The first was named Ynnad -- "Danny" spelled backward. Even Ed's best friend at the time, Eric Bedesem (Scott's brother), had doubts. It is his 21st birthday, and he is spending it having lunch with a publicist--hired by his attorney--a reporter and a photographer. The magnitude of the murders sparked national media attention, and Gainesville police and the Alachua County Sheriff's Office called in agents from around the state to help with the investigation, Maines said. You're a killer, a drifter, gone insane.". I mean, why don't the girls tell me that? Dobbin told her that Rolling had told him he had a problem, Juracich said. Finally, they listened to the tape. 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. Danny Rolling was put to death by lethal injection on Oct. 25, 2006. 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. He had a promising future ahead of him. 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