), "We had a lot of physical evidence that, according to our technology at the time, placed Ed at some of the scenes," Maines said. Today, she called the sentence a charade of justice.. "Their strategy was to keep Ed in jail, to hold him without charging him in the Gainesville case," he says. You're a killer, a drifter, gone insane.". Humphrey has been jailed on $1 million bond since the beating Aug. 30. ", Mackenzie answers quietly. "He was rambling things that could be totally misinterpreted. And if you recognize that, then no matter what this jail-house) interview says when it comes out, it's not going to mean sh--.". "My husband would just sit and say 'Just tell me she died right away. For the families of those students, being there to see him at trial was crucial. The accidents left him with a rod in his leg and scars on his face, and a Lithium prescription kept him chunky and bloated-looking. At this moment he would be home in Indialantic studying for a science test--and hoping, unrealistically, that people would just forget Ed Humphrey. He enrolled at University of Central Florida in 1995, taking classes around part-time jobs ranging from cleaning dog kennels and swimming pools to assembling tanning beds and working in factories, according to the Orlando Sentinel. But Humphrey had not. He also said he hopes to resume his studies _ but not at the University of Florida. "I don't want to be on TV," he says. The investigative records on the GainesviUe murders are filled with entries of Ed Humphrey scaring people in the final months before his arrest. And nothing the driver does makes a bit of difference. Humphrey was eventually convicted of a lesser charge of battery of a person over 65 and sentenced to 22 months in prison. "We had no way of reaching her," Ada Larson said. It is his 21st birthday, and he is spending it having lunch with a publicist--hired by his attorney--a reporter and a photographer. "Your honor, I've been running from first one thing and then another all my life," Rolling said. On it, he admitted to killing 55-year-old William Grissom, 24-year-old Julie Grissom and 8-year-old Sean Grissom in Shreveport. "Every time they'd mention [Tracy's] name, it was like a punch in the head," Lahey said. Aug. 25,1990, approximately 0100 hours: At a party, Humphrey threatens two Pi Lambda Phi fraternity brothers with what they say is a straight razor. On Nov. 10, 1989, driving alone on South Patrick Drive in Brevard County, Ed's car ran off the road and struck a concrete pole. These details were important because, on the day of Christa Hoyt's murder, police also responded to a robbery at a bank a half-mile away from her home. His brother, George, tried hard to clear his name. Others could not sleep. They didn't connect the robbery to the Gainesville murders until later on, when they listened to it. He glances again at the photographer. A neighbor also reports that the grandson is running in and out of the home - shouting that he is going to murder the grandparents. "The main thing is, I'm just like anybody else," he says. I understand why it went in the direction it did, didnt agree with it.. When I got a job, .when I got good grades in school, they weren't calling me. In Shreveport, Maines found that Julie Grissom's body had been posed in a similar position to some of the women killed in Gainesville. The real killer was eventually caught, confessed and was put to death. Witnesses testified to the abuse they'd seen. 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. "He trusts me and I trust him," Pauwels says. 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 paced off the measurements--about 10 feet wide and 10 feet long. In less than five years. Juracich said she dismissed these comments when she heard about them because she didn't want to believe that Rolling could be responsible for the triple murders in Shreveport. "I'd have taken a room full of him," says Bill Thomas, Ed's teacher in eighth grade. He had been an exemplary student. It is like a car engine launching, willy-nilly, into a 180-mph frenzy, careening wildly through narrow streets and looping turns--then just as unexpectedly sputtering to a stall. TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Gainesville murder suspect Edward Lewis Humphrey was sentenced today to the maximum 22 months for beating his grandmother after his lawyer said no private psychiatric hospital could be found for him. "It's a real tragedy for him and his family.". Watch the full story on "20/20," streaming now on Hulu. (Edward Lewis Humphrey was an early suspect in the case of five grisly murders of college students in Gainesville, Fla. Daniel Rolling was eventually convicted of the killings, but Humphrey was never officially cleared by the police. "One day, I picked up the phone, I called Crime Stoppers, and I said, 'I think there's one guy y'all need to investigate -- Danny Rolling.'". So I got in my car and drove to Palm Bay to meet Ed Humphrey in person. It has been the biggest manhunt in Florida history. So investigators sat with Lewis and Rolling and had Lewis answer questions for Rolling. Before he could stand trial for the murders, however, Rolling was convicted on federal bank robbery charges, Smith said. Then, at one point, the man on the tape says his name: Danny Harold Rolling. His bail, originally set at $10,250, spiked to $1 million. This time, deputies couldn't just tell Ed to cool off, then file the fight away on an incident report. 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. He had ), "I screamed," Ada Larson said about discovering her daughter had been killed. His parents split up when Ed was about 11, but they didn't divorce for several years. He said a lot of grandiose things (that) caused him to be a suspect. "He was very good with kids," says Farley. When he was arrested for hitting his grandmother and questioned by state agents, sources say, Ed spoke of someone named "John" and claimed to have knowledge of the Gainesville killings. 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. Leave him there.'". ET on ABC. 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. His public defender, J. R. Russo, said Humphrey's mental state deteriorated while he was jailed. "But, for some reason, somehow, that tape escaped us, and I'll freely admit it.". But just as the fall semester was beginning, five students were killed in macabre fashion. "Get his good side," offers Marti Mackenzie, the publicist. But I thought about the few words that Humphrey uttered in our brief conversation. "It's a place for all of us families to go and see their children's names still living there," Dianna Hoyt said. 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. And then he disappeared from public view. You know, it affects my self-esteem. Without warning, Ed jumped out of the car. 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. "My brother is in jail now because of the image Gainesville gave him, not because of anything he did.". The Gainesville Sun broke the story of a knife hidden in a milk carton during a search of Humphreys home on Sept. 6. When the police arrested Ed, they put him in a solitary cell in the infirmary for 76 days. The old woman's face, Deputy Doug Hammack saw, was wet with her own blood. "Before that, I was doing awesome. 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 They didn't listen to the tape until months later. I had to have my husband stop at the side of the road, and I looked outside and the stars were shining. Circuit Judge Theron Yawn said last week he was inclined to order a mental commitment rather than prison for Humphrey. He was on heavy medication. The task force searched his Indialantic home and Gainesville apartment. A classic film noir, it features a great cast and a great storyline. I'm standing by the door and I'm pressing the button, and the guards come up and they slam the door open." "The phone hadn't been installed yet. 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'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. He spent a lot of that time in Chattahoochee, the state hospital for mentally ill prisoners. His grandmother, now passed away, forgave him. 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. She was found raped, stabbed to death, mutilated and beheaded. A television blared. Police found Paules on their living room floor. He is a white, non hispanic male registered to He would, for many years, remain connected to the Gainesville murders, though he played no role. Don Maines, an investigator on the case with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said they received several tips pointing to Humphrey, then 18. The world is destroying us," said George Humphrey in a statement issued after the death. WebEdward Lewis Humphrey is a resident of Palm Bay. Ed's co-worker at the Humane Society, Nancy Breslin, says people sometimes look warily at Ed and say things like: Who's that guy you've got working back there? Ed says. And Ed Humphrey is still a free man with a lingering cloud over his head: suspect. "Grandmother is another victim of those crimes.". Tracy Paules and Manny Taboada were found dead the next morning, on Aug. 28, 1990. I mean, why don't the girls tell me that? Humphrey was chased and fell as he fled. As the questioning went on, Rolling began to say he'd "dealt with different personalities all my life." I am still his friend, and I think what happened to him is wrong. However, Rolling was able to break through it. . Investigators and prosecutors race for justice in an effort that still affects them 30 years later. He was a manic-depressive off his medication. Then, when Ed was about 13, his grandfather died. The investigation has cost more than $5 million, taken over 130,000 man-hours, amassed 1,500 pieces of evidence and involved more than 6,600 investigative leads. But there was one major problem for investigators: Even though DNA testing technology was still in its infancy, investigators were able to determine the suspect's blood type through semen left behind at all three crime scenes. "Recon lock and load!" 1. Her daughter overheard her, and the argument ensued. I knocked on his front door with trepidation. He's had a tough row to hoe.". Earlier that summer, investigators learned, Ed had been kicked out of the Gatorwood apartment complex where two of the victims were killed. Ed Humphrey, on that August morning, had not been taking his medication for some time. Four Days, Five Murders Episode 5 The Ones Who Caught Him. He surfed, played soccer and football, and joined the Boy Scout troop that his father founded, eventually becoming an Eagle Scout. Tell me she did not suffer.' "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. "That was real bad, because I couldn't walk," Ed 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. Under state guidelines, he could get nearly two years in prison at sentencing Nov. 8. "We made a mistake.". "Of course you do.". That Saturday, later in the afternoon as Humphrey had requested, I rang his doorbell for the second time. During the robbery, a teller had slipped a red dye pack into the bag of money, and later on that night, an officer noticed a man walking into a wooded area, Hewitt said. As for his own behavior, Ed says: "I can't help it if my body (needs) lithium. I mean, I was amped. They couldn't say definitively it was Ed's hair, but they couldn't say it wasn't.". In the aftermath of the murders, investigators discovered some highly unusual details at the scene. But Friday, a grand jury declared there was no probable cause to charge the 20-year-old former University of Florida freshman. Hammack would have to arrest him. And, then, as far as newspapers go, half the things that lthey) deal with are just negative things about people. Then, Rolling came back with his own gun and shot his father in the face, state attorney Smith said. But just all of a sudden I got a real bad depression, a real deep depression. "There's this girl at work--Kelly--and she didn't know at all until today. Many panicked. 1870. "The main thing that triggered it was Dad putting all this pressure on me to get into a really good college and to make really good grades and do really good on the S.A T. Well, I took the P.S.A.T. "We treat our animals in our society better than Ed Humphrey has been treated," Russo said as he tried unsuccessfully to persuade a judge to free his client. THERE IS A FORTRESS of friends surrounding Ed Humphrey now. "I feel 100 percent that the media is the main reason our country is the way it is," Ed says afterward, disgusted. And she nagged at Ed constantly. He said nothing more. He was released from jail 10 months after he'd assaulted his grandmother. Humphrey was asked to leave the premises by Officer Smith, and he complied, but not before threatening Officer Smith that he (Humphrey) was going to cut his eyes out and send him to hell. "Some fiber, some hairs. And now, he doesn't volunteer his history unless people bring it up. And she's like, 'Oh, well, it says that you have 22 months left.' "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.'". The officer, now-retired Det. I thought they'd already filled her in on who I was and it just kind of slipped. She was quite shocked.". 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). His eyes appeared glazed and barely open, his hair unkempt. "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."'. A judge ordered him removed from the court. They don't go out and commit crimes like this.". He knew what was happening. Before moving to Edward's current city of Palm Bay, FL, Edward lived in Melbourne FL and Indialantic FL. For months Edward Lewis Humphrey was the key suspect in the horrific slayings of five Gainesville students. I had deliberately chosen 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning so that the chances of him being home would be greater. They found that the suspect had type B blood, but Humphrey's blood was type A. Humphrey was still in police custody when investigators discovered a cold case in Shreveport, Louisiana, that had striking similarities to the murders in Gainesville. He apologized, cried and told his pursuers: "Please don't hurt me.". I can't get past that.". That's what did it.". He was sent to Florida State Prison, where he met another inmate named Bobby Lewis, who was on death row for killing a drug dealer in the 1970s. Maines said Rolling fled the home after police issued a warrant for his arrest. 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. ), "When he went in, I followed him in the apartment and I saw the young lady on the bed. And the sad, sad part about it is that we had the parents behind us on the stairs.". 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. WebEdward Humphrey 's birthday is 10/05/1971 and is 50 years old. He had dreams of being an architect, his brother, Mario Taboada, said. He returned gasping for breath, and asked me to come back later in the day. But he has not been charged in those cases. Without a response, they asked a maintenance worker at the apartment complex for help. Humphrey could not have possibly understood at the time how high the stakes were or the consequences of the suspicion cast on him. Finally, they listened to the tape. They subsequently discovered that Rolling had type B blood just like the suspect in both the Gainesville and Shreveport murders. That man, Danny Rolling, had told her that one day he was going to leave Shreveport, where they lived. Lahey said seeing this man "who destroyed my life" made her feel "frozen to the chair.". Marker Address Rent ? Russo expressed concern that Humphrey would be placed in the general prison population before the end of his sentence. I had learned he had married and had a daughter. But it didn't change the way I felt about him. The spokesman, Will Irby, thinks it over, consults his boss and tries again. He reportedly threatened several people there with a large knife and once warned a security guard: "God told me to kill you. The killer always managed to avoid being spottedby potential witnesses. 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 Family trouble, mental problems and sheer coincidence seem to be the main factors that put Ed Humphrey into legal limbo. ", He refused to carry the phone, but then he rarely left the house without George. "My husband didn't know what was happening. However, Rolling was "unwelcome" at his parents' house, Juracich said, especially if his father was there. Russo estimated Humphrey would be in custody for only another seven to nine months because of time served and the states early-release rules. He got out once a week--in leg chains and handcuffs--when his lawyer came, and twice a week to take a shower. 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. She is a savvy and persistent woman who tenaciously guards Humphrey's contact with the media. They had been responsible for maligning his name, reshaping his life. For months Edward Lewis Humphrey was the key suspect in the horrific slayings of five Gainesville students. She had been raped and stabbed multiple times and had been mutilated. "So, let's take it easy on him. He sent $25. 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. Danny Rolling was put to death by lethal injection on Oct. 25, 2006. He didn't want to go to school because he didn't want to see anybody. Well, they're influenced so much by what they watch and they think, 'Oh, yeah, I saw where they got the suspect.' In late August of 1990, five Gainesville college students were murdered and their bodies sexually assaulted. What fear did she have going through her mind?" ", He pauses. "So I wanted to have the last word.". I want to get married some day and have kids. "I wanted to represent [Tracy]," said Lahey, Paules' sister. On bad days, witnesses claim, he would act out his military fantasies on the Indialantic boardwalk. Ed's bail, originally set at $10,250 was increased to $1 million - 100 to 200 times the scheduled rate for aggravated assault. Current address 1294 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905 $1,080: B. Although they had a confession for the Gainesville murders, investigators were not able to get Rolling to admit to the Shreveport murders during their questioning. Like the previous murders, Paules, who'd been raped, was found posed and she had soap on her lower body as well as tape residue on her wrists and mouth. 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. Rolling confessed to the murder of Larson and four others and was executed in 2006. jim martin death couples massage class san diego beaver falls football ed humphrey gainesville wiki 25 Feb/23 ed humphrey gainesville wiki ed humphrey gainesville wiki 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. There was a large window from the ceiling to about waist high, so they could see his every move. We just got in the car and headed for Gainesville. "But when they first arrested him (for beating his grandmother), they basically trashed him in the press and said he was a serial killer.". But most of Humphreys descriptions of the student mutilations were not accurate. He would, for many years, remain connected to the Gainesville murders, though he played no role. His grandmother would later try to drop the charges, insisting Ed never hit her, that she accidentally fell into the fireplace. The metamorphosis seemed to happen in a matter of days. All of Gainesville shuddered. He would not be here, sharing his birthday with the media, were it not for the publicist. It was too painful for them to remain here. "He was always very grateful and surprised and pleased," Kennedy says. I thought, 'Here's a guy who's sort of down and I think I'll cheer him up.". Chubby but cunning and fast, the cat ran from behind one bush to another. But months passed and Humphrey was never charged with the crimes, the Alachua County grand jury deciding that there was no case against him. "No offense." State Troops Humphrey Lewis' Company (Madison County, Fla.) Military service, Voluntary Blood spattered an easy chair, the carpet, the coffee table. "Knowing what happened, I can't erase that out of my mind, and nobody should have to go through that," said Scott Grissom. 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. Other names that Edward uses includes Edward Lewis Humphrey and Edward L Humphrey. But Friday, a grand jury declared there was no WebEdward Humphrey 's birthday is 10/05/1971 and is 50 years old. The grand jury considered evidence against Humphrey but declined to indict him. His DNA didnt match the semen found at the murder scene. 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. 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. Meanwhile, Lykkebak hopes eventually to get Ed's record wiped clean of a felony --a move that would require a governor's pardon. View their profile including current address, phone number 321-259-XXXX, background check reports, and property record on "It was like, Oh, wow. It worked, but it also made him dull, sluggish, overweight. "That was exciting," Hewitt said. He had used the word happy three times. He called the match to the evidence in Gainesville a "revelation" in the case. But Humphrey was left torn and tarnished. ", Dianna Hoyt said she didn't believe "any of it. "I've got feelings, too, and that stuff really hurt me. He no longer saw any point in getting up in the morning. The world was watching to see how and when they would catch the killer. Hes not capable of it., Hes gonna come back home, George Humphrey insisted. "I'm like, 'Yeah, right,"' Ed says. So I kept on pressing the button because I wanted her to open the door. Especially around his mouth, she says, the skin is much smoother and more elastic and natural-looking. Her body had also been arranged in a posed position, sitting with her feet on the floor and her torso slumped forward, Donnelly said. That was the start of it all. The muster roll references 44 names. "He just stole that and used that [as] part of his story," Smith said. He takes a slug of coffee and fidgets with an unlit cigarette. Larson's mother, Ada Larson, said she "hated the fact" that her daughter would be living off-campus, but all the dormitories were full. 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. ", A police officer told state investigators that 10 days before the killings Ed claimed he was going to Gainesville to "cut up some women.". ", Marti Mackenzie nods. "It showed a picture of him, and he seemed trustworthy but kind of crestfallen. "And he said, 'Yeah, I'm the one.'". He was in a wheelchair for weeks. "This death is devastating to us as a family. Then he banged his head on the window so hard the deputy worried he would break the glass. It was a nasty, turbulent, protracted parting that left Ed's mother--a devout Catholic--devastated. She saw what happened to him once, and she will not risk letting it happen again. 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. said Laurie Lahey, Paules' older sister. I knew little more about Humphrey than what I knew before this day. Before moving to Edward's current city of Palm Bay, FL, Edward lived in Melbourne FL and Indialantic FL. He was, by all accounts, a troubled young man with a wild streak. WebLived In Palm Bay FL, Indialantic FL, Houston TX, Lyons IL. In custody, he was questioned about the killings. I was like, God, I can't handle this.". August 5, 1990, 0128 hours: Elna Hlavaty, Humphrey's grandmother, phones deputies to report that her grandson is "high" on drugs. But, his life was forever tainted. It happens too often, though less so now than when he first got out of prison. Humphrey says 10 men chased him and that he pulled a pocketknife--not a razor--in self-defense. Rolling pleaded guilty to the serial killings of five young people at the University of Florida in Gainesville.). WHEN THE PATROL CAR PULLED up that day, Elna Hlavaty was waiting in fear on the columned front porch of her home. I'd stay up two or three days in a row with no sleep and even then I'd have to drink beer to calm down. On the 30th anniversary of the murders, I was eager to seek out Humphrey. Ed remembers their reaction: "Oh, it's a celebrity.". Mrs. Hlavaty died about 56 hours before the grand jury decided her grandson Ed should not be charged in the Gainesville murders. He caught a glimpse of a tall young man climbing the stairs. He was, at one time, considered the prime suspect. He described Ynnad as a bad person, but not evil. I don't want people to know who I am. The media jumped on Humphrey as a prime suspect. I'm not able to make. Kennedy even sent money. 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. I just couldn't even sleep. "Ed's a good friend. A serial killer, cunning and profoundly evil, was on the loose. It was upon revisiting the scene that he decided to decapitate her. George figured that if someone came after Ed, trying to kill him, Ed could just dial 911. Sonja Larson and Christina "Christi" Powell were new students at the University of Florida in 1990. Ed already worked there. 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. 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