Gainesville Ripper: The Crime Scene Photos That Solved the Case?

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Rolling raped, disemboweled and beheaded, but officers had a hard time catching him until something he left behind at the crime scenes — the student residences — gave him away. Danny Rolling, center, wipes his hands after being fingerprinted Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1994, moments after he pleaded guilty to the 1990 murders of five college students in Gainesville , Fla. 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. 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. 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. 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. Explore 5 gripping documentaries about the infamous Gainesville Ripper murders that terrorized Florida in 1990. Delve into the brutal killings of five college students by Danny Rolling, which inspired the Scream franchise. Uncover the investigation, community impact, and killer’s psyche through these haunting true crime films. In August 1990, Rolling brutally murdered five college students in their Gainesville apartments. The slain students were Sonja Larson, 18, of Deerfield Beach; Christina Powell, 17, of. 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.