Gainesville Ripper Crime Scene Photos: A Cold Case Reopened?

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The Gainesville Ripper Left Something Crucial Behind In Crime Scenes : ‘He’s A Secretor’ Danny Rolling killed five students in quick succession in August 1990 — leaving something behind at the crime scenes he so carefully posed. 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. The recent release of never - before - seen crime scene photos from the Gainesville Ripper case has sent shockwaves through the community and reignited a decades-long debate surrounding transparency in criminal investigations. A steady stream of local residents and reporters came to the Alachua County Courthouse Thursday to see graphic crime scene pictures of the Gainesville student murder victims. More than 700. Explore the chilling story of Danny Harold Rolling, the Gainesville Ripper who murdered five University of Florida students in just four days. Discover how these brutal killings paralyzed a college town with fear. 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. And 26-year-old Alisia. The most important evidence needed to confirm that Danny Rolling was the “Gainesville Ripper " was a DNA match with body fluids found at the crime scenes . To achieve this end Rolling was moved from his cell while prison officials collected a number of his personal belongings and his bedding. Within just four days, five college students were brutally murdered, their bodies posed in horrifying rituals. The manhunt that followed uncovered chilling secrets about Danny Rolling, the man behind these heinous acts. How did Rolling evade capture for so long? What drove his violent spree? And how did a makeshift campsite finally expose him? 4 days ago · To resurrect civil rights era cold cases, two reporters uncovered new sources and accessed forgotten government documents to reconsider the historical record.