Dave Farley, a senior patrol leader, remembers hiking the Appalachian Trail with Ed, his assistant. Ed, his grandmother reported, had screamed at her, "You're going to hell and you're going to die." Was he hunting? You know I'll never, ever get over it completely. Yet the Sunshine State is. Other times it appears to happen in an instant. He achieved some success in this field, but soon lost interest in studying as a whole. Bernard Eugene Giles (born April 9, 1953) is an American serial killer and rapist who killed five girls and women in Titusville, Florida between September and November 1973. Murder on the Space Coast: John Torres discusses Season 2. A once-peaceful university town panicked. By the time he arrived in Florida in 1978, Ted Bundy had already left a trail of victims in Washington, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, California, and Idaho, and he'd successfully escaped from prison twice. Still, Rolling has pleaded innocent--and Don Lykkebak expects Ed will be a target in the trial. "I feel 100 percent that the media is the main reason our country is the way it is," Ed says afterward, disgusted. He hates dredging this up. Brevard County Sheriff's Office > Commands & Services > Criminal Investigative Services > Homicide Unit > Unsolved Homicides Unsolved Homicides If you have information about any of these cases call the Brevard County Sheriff's Office at (321) 633-8413 or contact CRIMELINE at 1- (800)-423-TIPS. Charles Carskaddon A few days after Spears' body was discovered, the body of Charles Carskaddon, 40, was discovered in Pasco County. Knowles is accused of indiscriminately shooting and strangling men, women, children and the elderly over a seven-month span in . Ed has what doctors call bipolar disorder--known more commonly as manic-depression, a devastating roller coaster of fantastical elation and utter despair. "It was like, Oh, wow. The set was found in woods between Dairy Road and Hollywood Boulevard in south Brevard in December 1985. She was bound by rope and duct tape, he told. Even today, a spokesman for the new state attorney hesitates: "Is Ed Humphrey still a suspect?Well, hmmm.One would think it ought to be a simple question.". He didn't want to go to school because he didn't want to see anybody. On July 23, 2000, in Merritt Island, Florida, a local judge thought he spotted a lifeless manatee floating in the waterway behind his home. [13], The Brevard County State Attorney's Office said that if convicted, they would seek the death penalty against Giles. 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. His family took him to a private psychiatric hospital in Palm Bay, where he was admitted, locked up, medicated and ultimately diagnosed. He also had a proclivity for wearing women's undergarments. The most famous victims connected to suspected serial killer Antonio Angles died in 1992: That, reported La Vanguardia, is when Antonia Gomez, Miriam Garcia, and Desiree Hernandez were attacked, raped, and killed while on their way to a high school party in the Alcasser region of Spain. [8][9], On December 10, 1973, Giles lured two underage hitchhikers into his car and drove them to the woodlands outside Titusville, where he attempted to attack them. 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. His victims were all hitchhikers whom he picked up and drove at gunpoint to remote orange groves where he sexually abused and shot them. in 11th grade, and I got an 850 on that, which is, like, really low. His first vile act was during a game of witch-hunt with a young girl neighbour of similar age, when he caught up with her in a back bedroom of her house and pinned her down. He sent $25. 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. She was abducted three days earlier from her apartment complex. "The difference was like night and day. In the spring, two independent examinations were conducted, which determined that Giles did not suffer from any mental illnesses or abnormalities. In 1993, a grand jury indicted Walls for the murder of 47-year . SPRING HILL, Fla. (WFLA) - A grisly discovery was made in Hernando County on Tuesday, one that could change the course of a decades-old serial killer case. In 13 cases, police have little more than a body. The sick murderer is currently in a maximum security prison in Florida. The children were identified as Joel Johnson, 12, Jazzlyn . . He only escaped the death penalty by confessing to the murders. She had disappeared June 6, 1983, while vacationing in Cocoa Beach. The case is a homicide, however, Cocoa police were focusing on it being an isolated incident. He was tall, good-looking, athletic, polite. Police believe she was killed during a burglary. 10 Serial Killers Who Committed Their Crimes In Florida, making it one of the top five states where you're most likely to meet a serial killer, police learned he was wanted for a triple murder, Ted Bundy had already left a trail of victims, the fugitive serial murderer broke into a Florida State University sorority house, Bundy abducted 12-year-old Kimberly Leach, he was executed in Florida's electric chair, We Asked, You Answered: Which Serial Killer Would You Most Like To See A New Biographical Movie Made, Horrific Crimes People Almost Got Away With Because Of White Privilege, a witness saw Gore shoot and kill Lynn Elliott. ED HUMPHREY HAS NO REASON to trust a photographer or a reporter - or the criminal justice system or, especially, the people who recognize him on the street and point and whisper. Deputy Pill was transported to the Holmes Regional Medical Center where she succumbed to the gunshot wound. His grandfather, a retired Air Force officer, took the boys to ham radio shows and flea markets and the officers' club to play bingo and lunch with the big-wigs. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Meanwhile, Lykkebak hopes eventually to get Ed's record wiped clean of a felony --a move that would require a governor's pardon. "It seemed like when I lost my cool, he would keep his. 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. His stabbed body was found on the beach there in November 1984. In 1974, Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies discovered human bones tied up in the mangroves in an area known as Burnt Bridges off Florida's A1A highway. In 1972, he married 17-year-old Leslie Jo Ann, who gave birth to a daughter in July 1973. "It's just a negative," he says. In 1929 and from May 1964 to May 1979 there were no executions in Florida. "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."'. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. [2], As victims, Giles would choose young girls, most of whom hitchhiked. At this moment he would be home in Indialantic studying for a science test--and hoping, unrealistically, that people would just forget Ed Humphrey. Her body was found beaten with a rock and dumped in a wooded area of Rockledge in March. She was last seen at the Colonial Motel in Melbourne a few days before her body was found. 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. The family of 53-year-old John Marcano is distraught after his death following a crash into a Phantom Fireworks store which then erupted into flames. Harrell told One Deadly Mistake that he was struck by Hucks lack of empathy as he spoke of the young woman whose life had ended so brutally. Read: Florida serial killers who terrorized our towns The women he was known to have killed ranged in age from 12 to 34. When the waiter brings him a birthday cake and large knife, Edward Humphrey prepares to make the first cut, then stops himself. And I said, 'Holy sh--.' On Thursday night it was Anthony Naiboa . I knew a guy once who actually displayed artwork painted by killer clown and serial killer John Wayne Gacy in his home. Her car was found days later in Mims. TAMPA Three people have been shot and killed in the last two weeks in Seminole Heights, and police say the cases are related. Rolling initially denied being responsible for the murders committed near the University of Florida, but he eventually confessed to the killings after he was confronted with DNA evidence tying him to the brutal crimes. Based on the evidence on the body, authorities were looking for a local suspect with military background and access to a boat. Email us attips@the-sun.co.ukor call 0207 782 4368 . [11][12], While sifting through the cases, a forensic ballistic examination confirmed that Gerry had been killed with a revolver belonging to Giles, and he was subsequently charged with her murder. It was also obvious that she had been murdered, said Harrell. Walker was last seen in June 1984 getting into a light-colored small car at a Micco convenience store. She was found nude, face-down in a mud puddle along a northwest Melbourne dirt road, where she had struggled with her assailant before she was killed in July. I want to get married some day and have kids. This earned him the ominous moniker of "The Beauty Queen Killer." Wilder's first victim was 20-year-old Rosario Gonzales, who was working at the Miami Grand Prix in which Wilder was a contestant. As they spoke, Misty got a phone call that was so brief investigators theorized it was a call to say Im here from the person who picked Misty up. It worked--but it also made him dull, sluggish, overweight. () Probably the most well known female serial killers. He apologized, cried and told his pursuers: "Please don't hurt me.". He was killed in an apparently random shooting while riding with a friend in west Cocoa in March 1986. JEFF DAUGHERTY , 33, died Nov. 7, 1988, by electric chair. This is the first extensive interview Ed Humphrey has ever granted. The case received worldwide attention at the time . He caught a glimpse of a tall young man climbing the stairs. I fell asleep there.". Her skeleton was found on Christmas Day. [5][7], Krista Jean Melton, 14, was reported missing on November 14, 1973. "My mouth dropped open when he told me," she says. That confirmation leashed Huck and the crime together. Brevard County, State of Florida Robert Eugene Koehler Robert Koehler is accused of being the infamous "pillowcase rapist" who attacked at least 44 women in South Florida in the 1980s,. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. "I should have just stayed in jail. Tracy Paules and Manuel Taboada, both victims of Gainesville, FL murderer Danny Rolling in 1990. The nude body of David Spears, a 43-year-old construction worker, was found June 1, 1990, in Citrus County. They hoped that these hairscould help lead to the killer. He spent a lot of that time in Chattahoochee, the state hospital for mentally ill prisoners. Notorious murderers committed crimes in Florida Danny Rolling, Ted Bundy and Aileen Wuornos ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida has been plagued by many notorious serial murders. -- Christopher Dana, 18, of Cocoa. Police are withholding a motive. 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. But it's dangerous to forget they are real people blending in among us. There was some scuttlebutt online about our case, said Cmdr. TED BUNDY: He is considered one of Florida's most notorious serial killers. Officer Steven Smith responds. 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. Some of the unproven suspicions began picking up online after the body of a 21-year-old Matthew Robineau was discovered Feb. 12 in the Indian River Lagoon after a night out with friends in Downtown Melbourne. After his arrest, Bonin confessed, telling one TV reporter: "I couldn't stop killing. 1. . It got easier with each one we did.". Her disappearance led detectives on a hunt filled with shocking twists and turns. 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When the police arrested Ed, they put him in a solitary cell in the infirmary for 76 days. On June 26, 2014, the 24-year-old male suspect was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. He's only given his home phone number to one--Ed Humphrey. And, then, as far as newspapers go, half the things that lthey) deal with are just negative things about people. -- Danny O'Brien, 43, of Melbourne. 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. "It's hard for me to picture him doing anything discreetly.". He would not be here, sharing his birthday with the media, were it not for the publicist. But months passed and Humphrey was never charged with the crimes, the Alachua County grand jury deciding that there was no case against him. Posted April 11, 2017, Contact Torres at 321-242-3684 or at jtorres@floridatoday.com. In it were detailed notes he hoped I would follow up on regarding unsolved murders in Brevard County and his belief that they may have been the work of a former Florida Highway Patrolman convicted of murder in 1990. "Ed's a good friend. A neighbor also reports that the grandson is running in and out of the home - shouting that he is going to murder the grandparents. Jacksonville with 129. During his tenure as a highway patrolman, there were 16 unsolved murders of women in Brevard County. In Florida, the serial killer Danny Rolling, and the female serial killer Aileen Wuornos. [4][3], Carolyn Jan Bennett, 17, disappeared on November 15, 1973. Her fully clothed body was found in a palmetto thicket, shot in the head, on December 10, 1973. "I'd come in and there would be books open and calculators out.". A top official in the case points out the murders were methodical and elaborately planned. They wish it known that the Ed they know is a kind and decent young man. Mans best friend helped solve the case after Misty Morse was found dead in the Indian River. Detectives believed that shed been dumped in the water, possibly from a boat. JULY 14,1990,1609 HOURS: INDIALANtic police receive a reported trespass at the Crawford Surf Shop, on AlA and 5th Street. Brevard County is indeed home to a diversifying population. One said it was a "violent" environment. He was charged with assault and attempted rape. His grandmother would later try to drop the charges, insisting Ed never hit her, that she accidentally fell into the fireplace. On October 23, 2002, Huck, who Mistys father, Bob Morsecalled a gutless coward, was. Instead, he got 62 hours of community service at the local Humane Society--which liked him so much it hired him afterward. ", A police officer told state investigators that 10 days before the killings Ed claimed he was going to Gainesville to "cut up some women.". More red flags arose during a search of Hucks home, where authorities found white duct tape and Publix bags under the kitchen sink. FLORIDA TODAY's John A. Torres takes you to the scene of an actual John Preston "track" used in the 1983 case against Gerald Stano. Gallop is a criminal justice/breaking news reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. There was a toilet, a sink and a military mattress on the floor. Human remains were found in the yard . The nude artwork embarrasses him. According to his testimony, he began to make his first attempts to attack girls in 1969, after dropping out of school, but was unsuccessful. [14][15], After his conviction, Giles was transported to serve his sentence at the Florida State Prison in Bradford County. The sheriff's office says it kept him there for his own safety--not as punishment--because he'd threatened suicide. Willy Suarez Maceo. Before that other bodies turned up in the river with the last three months, including a West Melbourne man and another in Titusville. 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. "Ed, you see, not only has been locked up in a cell for 76 days, he's been sent to a psychiatric hospital, kept in prison for a year, had charges for everything under the sun, had all this stuff hanging over his head. He's jaded, you know.". "I thought it was totally unfair," Ed says. It appeared that plastic bags from Publix Supermarket had been used to help submerge the body. This time, deputies couldn't just tell Ed to cool off, then file the fight away on an incident report. "It sucked man.". He was executed in Florida in 1989. -- Robert Dawsey, 25, of Cocoa. Then, when Ed was about 13, his grandfather died. But it didn't change the way I felt about him. "He trusts me and I trust him," Pauwels says. Ed's bail, originally set at $10,250 was increased to $1 million - 100 to 200 times the scheduled rate for aggravated assault. BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - For weeks a slew of seemingly mysterious deaths - from a suspected suicide found on the banks of a scenic riverside neighborhood to a body found lying in the middle of a. Alarm bells rang for detectives. Law officers found Antonio's car five days later in Brevard County. Ed, following his attorney's advice, won't talk about it--or anything else he may have said to police at the time. However, prosecutors told investigators that they still didnt have enough evidence that directly tied Huck to Misty. Knots In Misty Morses Bindings Provide Clue, Woman Found Dead And Bound In Florida River, Rope Found at Misty Morses Crime Scene Was Not From United States, Brevard County Sheriffs Office Agent Gary Harrell located the partially-clad body of a woman floating face down in the Indian River, . He talks about politics (he's a Perot man) and his reawakening social life (he just had his first date in two years). -- Ramona Lee Moore, 22, of Melbourne. The victims were the parents of Heather Wendorf, a friend of Ferrell's.. Brevard's arrest capped an intense multistate manhunt with a $70,000 reward for his capture. Five of those women were known prostitutes whose bodies were unceremoniously dumped on the side of the road, including one found just the month before Hendricks went missing. But just all of a sudden I got a real bad depression, a real deep depression. Police have found no motives. I told him: 'Your real friends will stand by you."'. Deputy Pill had served with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office for 15 years and served in law enforcement for 30 years. Her throat was cut while she was at a Cocoa hotel in February 1988. She was found beaten to death in her home in May. And that goes directly to the point that Florida Tech's Angela Tenga -- assistant professor in the School of Arts and Communication -- made Thursday night during her lecture: "Serial Killers: Our Deepest Fears and Darkest Desires?". Then he banged his head on the window so hard the deputy worried he would break the glass. When I --what else?--oh, how about when I got off probation?". Everyone needs true crime merch - so stay sexy and don't get murdered! He surfed, played soccer and football, and joined the Boy Scout troop that his father founded, eventually becoming an Eagle Scout. In the ten-year period during the 1980's, the state recorded 247 serial murders making Florida the third most dangerous state in the United States. But that's pretty much how I feel.". After all, you definitely don't want to run into any serial killers from Florida. Her decomposing and bludgeoned body was found in a ditch in Grant in November 1986. -- Kim Howe, 31, of Cocoa. Many of his victims, mostly drifters and runaways, were buried in a crawlspace beneath his suburban Chicago home. To girls it makes a difference. He paced off the measurements--about 10 feet wide and 10 feet long. "That was real bad, because I couldn't walk," Ed says. Her mother, Linda Morse, told authorities she had last seen Misty three days earlieras shewas getting ready to go out. The killer mutilated the breasts of two of the young women. With the help of a few hand-made smoke grenades, he and his accomplices managed to distract the guard dogs and the prison guards, after which, using locksmithing tools, they managed to make a small gap in several rows of wire through which they escaped. "Recon lock and load!" There are a few random cases of women with a genteel knack for poisoning, but serial murdering "black widows" are a small club indeed. Townson has confessed to two murders in Memphis, Tennessee, according to a charging affidavit in Little's. Timothy Harris is serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of Lorraine Hendricks, whom he had pulled over in his squad car on I-95. Cops believe Brevard was also behind two shootings of homeless men in New York City last weekend, in . WF, born 6/5/38, was sentenced in Dade County on 9/16/87 for the 1983 murder of an 84 year old woman.
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