Hunter compared the case to that of Danny Rolling, also known as the Gainesville Ripper , sharing that Rolling was ultimately charged thanks to the DNA evidence that was found on the crime scene. Danny Rolling, popularly referred to as the Gainesville Ripper , was a career criminal who was convicted for a string of burglaries, robberies and automobile thefts mere days after he tore through the fabric of the University of Florida campus community, killing five students in bizarre and macabre ways in August of 1990. In August of 1990, crazed serial killer Danny Rolling set a shockwave through Gainesville , Florida when he broke into the homes of five college students and murdered them. He came to be known as. Legit copies of the crime scene photographs were tightly guarded and destroyed after Rollings was sentenced to death, but I was able to get some screenshots from the CourtTV footage. In the early morning hours, Rolling broke into the apartment shared by two university freshmen, 18-year-old Sonja Larson and 17-year-old Christina Powell. More than 700 grisly photos of the five victims and the three crime scenes were released to the public, including detailed autopsy photos and pictures shown to the jury. Rolling earned the tile of “ Gainesville Ripper ,” as he bound most the bodies, raped three of the girls, sexually posed some of them and cut off one of the girls’ heads and mounted it on a shelf. Stored in an otherwise unremarkable office on the first floor of the Alachua County Courthouse are some of the bloodiest, most disturbing photographs you could ever imagine. Some crime photos fade away, but these 20 rare and historic images stand out for their mystery, significance, and lasting impact. Don Maines, now 70, was a special agent in late August 1990, when five students were brutally murdered by the so-called Gainesville Ripper across four horrifying days near the University of. Crime Scene photos from the murder investigation of Devlin Beauchamp, who was bludgeoned to death in his bathtub. Examine the evidence and solve the case.
Exclusive: Rare Gainesville Ripper Crime Scene Photos Emerge
Hunter compared the case to that of Danny Rolling, also known as the Gainesville Ripper , sharing that Rolling was ultimately charged thanks to the DNA evidence...