Then, he left the house, entered a nearby apartment, and assaulted Cheryl Thomas, leaving the college student with permanent physical and emotional damage. 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. "He was always very grateful and surprised and pleased," Kennedy says. As for his own behavior, Ed says: "I can't help it if my body (needs) lithium. Heres what you need to know about the 65-year-old serial killer and the gruesome murders that he committed. Her mother, Linda Morse, told authorities she had last seen Misty three days earlieras shewas getting ready to go out. Copyright 2019 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved. With the help of his cousin Fred Waterfield, David Alan Gore abducted and murdered at least six young women and teenage girls in Indian River County, Florida, in the early 1980s. Investigators theorized that the rumors, although false, about Morse being pregnant may have played a part in the homicide. A repeat offender accused of sucker punching an elderly Asian man in Chicago's Chinatown four years ago was found guilty of battery charges Wednesday. He was tall, good-looking, athletic, polite. Ed has what doctors call bipolar disorder--known more commonly as manic-depression, a devastating roller coaster of fantastical elation and utter despair. "No offense." We pay for your stories! George figured that if someone came after Ed, trying to kill him, Ed could just dial 911. I mean, I was amped. Asource I was interviewing for the next season of my podcast series "Murder on the Space Coast," handed me a folder. "It seemed like when I lost my cool, he would keep his. The two had gone bowling, played pool, hung out together. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. (Edis Catholic.). The transcript of that interview has never been made public. Was he hunting? He was executed for the 1976 murder of Lavonne Sailer, 49, in Brevard County. To girls it makes a difference. Some women actually spared their lives by engaging me in conversations," he said. Unlike other well-known serial killers, Knowles followed no pattern. These factors helped rule out early persons of interest, including an ex-boyfriend, Teddy Underwood, and Bobby Cooper, a man who had a one-sided crush on Misty. At time he began his murderous rampage the 20-year-old Giles was working as an electrician and did not have a criminal record. Four other Volusia killers have met the same fate. Police are withholding possible motives. They went to police, where they provided a description of their attacker's appearance, his car, and even his name, which they had glimpsed in a book while riding in his car. And rarely does anyone say anything to his face, except to tell him they're on his side. He was rambling. Maybe a little on the quiet side. According to his testimony, he began to make his first attempts to attack girls in 1969, after dropping out of school, but was unsuccessful. While Florida is known as a popular destination for spring breakers, retirees, and tourists from all around the world, its warm weather and beautiful beaches also seem to attract or produce some of the worst serial killers in America. Sheriff's officials are withholding possible motives. John Torres talk with fans about his award-winning podcast, Murder on the Space Coast. ", "Honestly, Marti," Ed says, "that plastic surgery didn't do that great of a job.". "It was like, Oh, wow. "My mouth dropped open when he told me," she says. Deputy Pill had served with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office for 15 years and served in law enforcement for 30 years. He added that hed heard rumors she was pregnant but investigators knew that the autopsy confirmedMorse was definitelynot pregnant. He has lost 50 pounds and had plastic surgery since being a central figure on the evening news. Her remains were found dumped in Canaveral Groves in March 1984. 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. Name: Date: Victims: Location : A: Aubrey Dennis ADAMS Jr.. January 23, 1978: 1: Florida, USA: James ADAMS November 12, 1973: 1: Florida, USA: Richard Lee ADAMS . 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. Anyone else--they would have dropped the charges or maybe given him one year's probation. "It sucked man.". Wilder, 39, a wealthy Boynton Beach man, committed suicide during a shootout with New Hampshire state troopers in April 1984. 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--.' That would be Opa Locka with 66.7 murders per 100,000 people. Dont forget to follow him on Twitter, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Again, why are we obsessed with serial killers? 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. Then, interestingly enough, she applied those traits to well-known fictional serial killers Hannibal Lecter, Norman Bates and everyone's favorite blood-splatteranalyst, Dexter Morgan. In January 1978, Bundy killed two Chi Omega sorority members, Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, and injured two others after breaking into the group's house on Florida State University's campus.. Frank Johnson was the first inmate executed in Florida's electric chair on October 7, 1924. There are a few random cases of women with a genteel knack for poisoning, but serial murdering "black widows" are a small club indeed. But when you get up to that other accident, I can guarantee you 100 percent that I was not trying to commit suicide. "Ed--everywhere he went he caused a scene," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. And they don't even know what the terminology is. Humphrey was chased and fell as he fled. No way. His body was nearly nude, and he had been shot four times in the back of the head. The day he killed Hendricks, Harris had pulled over another woman earlier and ordered her from her car. September 1, 2021 / 6:58 AM / CBS News. A jogger running along James Road in west Cocoa in September 1987 saw Bradbury's nude body in a water-filled ditch. "I don't want to be on TV," he says. It was also obvious that she had been murdered, said Harrell. Her decomposing and bludgeoned body was found in a ditch in Grant in November 1986. Who is serial killer Bernard Giles and what crimes did he commit? -- Frank Sims, no age available, of Mims. She was last seen at the Colonial Motel in Melbourne a few days before her body was found. "Of course you do.". A Florida jury has found serial killer Robert Hayes guilty of slaying three women while he was majoring in criminal justice at college, prosecutors said. Timothy Harris had several of the traits Tenga discussed. [2], As victims, Giles would choose young girls, most of whom hitchhiked. In 1929 and from May 1964 to May 1979 there were no executions in Florida. "I don't want people to read about me. You're better off without it. Later, after Ed has gone, one approaches the young woman behind the counter. "First of all, a lot of people watch TV a lot--five hours a day, on the average. We need a backstory, an explanation because we don't like to believe the possibility that evil just exists. -- Twila Gay "Bobbie" Dowling, 28, of Melbourne. These rumors began to circulate in various forms after several unrelated deaths occurred over a period of several days, Ivey wrote in a social media post that appeared on Facebook late Monday. He was found crushed beneath a truck on the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge in March 1986. (This is the day after the first murders are believed to have taken place, but before the victims, are discovered. Her nude body was found strangled, hands bound, eight days later. In 2019, he received a second wave of fame after British journalist and TV host Piers Morgan visited Giles in prison to conduct an interview for one of his new segments. Following his arrest, he fully admitted his guilt and was sentenced to several life imprisonment terms in 1974. From deadly babysitters to killer cops, the "Sunshine State" has been home to some of the darkest murderers in the United States, making it one of the top five states where you're most likely to meet a serial killer. He caught a glimpse of a tall young man climbing the stairs. Knowles is accused of indiscriminately shooting and strangling men, women, children and the elderly over a seven-month span in . Gore was executed by lethal injection on April 12, 2012, while in 1985, his cousin Fred Waterfield, was given multiple life sentences for two counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping, as well as 15 years for manslaughter. She described the types and traits of serial killers, what motivates them to kill,whether they hear voices that command them to kill or whether they kill to fulfill a desire for power and lust. It's also dangerous to make excuses, to insist that something had to have happened to them along the way that caused them to become what they are. Karl Kennedy, a soft-spoken 70-year-old retired real-estate agent in California, was one of several hundred people who wrote Ed in jail, certain that he was a victim of injustice. Tracy Paules and Manuel Taboada, both victims of Gainesville, FL murderer Danny Rolling in 1990. Again, please know that there is absolutely no truth to these rumors and if there were to ever be a critical incident of this type or need for concern, our agency would immediately share the information with our community so we could do everything possible to keep our citizens safe, Ivey said. Marc Claycomb of the Melbourne Police Department. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. They think, 'Well, there's a good chance he did it because he's on TV.' Always," recalls Scott Bedesem, a friend since junior high school. In August 1990, Danny Rolling murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida, home of the University of Florida. My source made a compelling argument that this man may have been a serial killer responsible for other murders. Due to the plea bargain terms, he was spared the death penalty, and on August 13, 1974, was given several terms of life imprisonment. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Giles is currentlyBrevard County high security prison in Florida where he is serving life in prison for the murder of five women. 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. His wife found their daughter playing with a purse that did not belong to her. Hammack stepped inside the wide front door into the living room. Published Oct. 20, 2017. There was enormous pressure on Gainesville police, on state investigators, on prosecutors, to find the killer and put him behind bars. 13 Aug 1974", "5 Bodies Found in Grove; Giles Confesses He's Killer", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard_Giles&oldid=1140530346, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 14:03. "The first night I was in there, no one told me anything," he says. There were 'only' 120 cities in Florida where a city reported a murder to the FBI, meaning 87 places had no murder. That's what did it.". On July 23, 2000, in Merritt Island, Florida, a local judge thought he spotted a lifeless manatee floating in the waterway behind his home. "I feel 100 percent that the media is the main reason our country is the way it is," Ed says afterward, disgusted. -- Christopher Dana, 18, of Cocoa. "The difference was like night and day. There were no bullet, stabbing, or defensive wounds, either. Danny Rolling is talking about the murders now. "And I was glad to do it.". Especially around his mouth, she says, the skin is much smoother and more elastic and natural-looking. Notorious murderers committed crimes in Florida Danny Rolling, Ted Bundy and Aileen Wuornos ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida has been plagued by many notorious serial murders. However, prosecutors told investigators that they still didnt have enough evidence that directly tied Huck to Misty. "He was just the wrong boy at the wrong place at the wrong time--with the wrong malady.". Law officers found Antonio's car five days later in Brevard County. -- John Hamilton, 59, of Cocoa. [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. The murders of three women in Florida two decades ago were committed by a Brazilian serial killer who later died in a plane crash, police said Tuesday. Sheriff's officials think she a victim of Christopher Wilder, a serial killer who police suspect killed at least 11 women across the country. ", He pauses. On October 23, 2002, Huck, who Mistys father, Bob Morsecalled a gutless coward, was charged with felony kidnap and murder. Don Lykkebak, Ed's attorney, says, "He was a medical patient at the time who was not being treated. "It's just a negative," he says. "I hit her and I'm sorry." His grandmother, now passed away, forgave him. He didn't want to go to school because he didn't want to see anybody. "It's been a while, you know?" Before that other bodies turned up in the river with the last three months, including a West Melbourne man and another in Titusville. He paced off the measurements--about 10 feet wide and 10 feet long. I mean, why don't the girls tell me that? John Wayne Gacy killed 33 men and boys between 1972 and 1978. Investigators then submitted the hairs stuck to white duct tape on Mistys body to a West Coast lab for analysis. -- Kim Howe, 31, of Cocoa. [3], Nancy Gerry, 18, disappeared on September 26, 1973. "I'm like, 'Yeah, right,"' Ed says. These days Ed Humphrey lives at home with his mom in Indialantic. After being cleared, Cooper gave investigators an essential lead:He said Brent Huck, a 28-year-old charter boat captain with some Naval background, might have information about Misty. Her skeleton was found on Christmas Day. -- Lynn Kay Desantis, 40, of Melbourne. 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,. Ed, following his attorney's advice, won't talk about it--or anything else he may have said to police at the time. Investigators did quickly notice a potential clue: black hairs in the duct tape that didnt belong to the victim, who hadauburn tresses. Giles admitted that he had been prone to violence from the age of six, often playing games in which he imitated killing the other participant. He was in a wheelchair for weeks. The family has posted a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. 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. A top official in the case points out the murders were methodical and elaborately planned. They will not speak to reporters without Ed's approval. He looks around nervously. I don't want people to know who I am. And Ed Humphrey is still a free man with a lingering cloud over his head: suspect. I hate having my picture taken.". The nude artwork embarrasses him. They wonder if his death could have been. TAMPA, Fla. - A pair of serial killers were indicted Thursday for the 1983 cold case rapes and murders of two women in Tampa, Florida after an innocent man was exonerated, authorities. Walls received a sentence of life in prison for the murder of Alger and for the killings of three others he would later confess to. OtherFlorida serial killers,like Ted Bundyand Bobby JoeLong, had nation-wide crime sprees that ended with death row in the Sunshine State. In November of 1996, Naomi Ruth Queen and Richard Wendorf were found beaten to dead in their Eustis, Florida home. 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. Ten years ago, 18-year-old Ed Humphrey seemed to be Florida's Public Enemy No. Her car was found days later in Mims. JULY 14,1990,1609 HOURS: INDIALANtic police receive a reported trespass at the Crawford Surf Shop, on AlA and 5th Street. Others have. Stano moved to the Daytona area with his parents when he was a young adult. It got easier with each one we did.". Kelly McClory, 24, had joined the kennel staff last October. The killer used a "razor sharp" instrument.) As dawn broke on Oct. 28, 2020, investigators in Hernando County, Florida, began searching a cluttered six-acre property belonging to the Mansfield family. Many of his victims, mostly drifters and runaways, were buried in a crawlspace beneath his suburban Chicago home. Florida Gunman Kills 4, Including Mother Who Was Still Cradling Her Baby Sheriff deputies in Polk County said they encountered a massive gunfight Sunday with a suspect in full body armor . They've never even talked to you. Mostly he made threats, but he also would gear up in combat fatigues, strap a knife to his leg and tell people he'd fought in Vietnam--though, of course, he was only 4 when the war ended. But it's dangerous to forget they are real people blending in among us. He no longer saw any point in getting up in the morning. When I --what else?--oh, how about when I got off probation?". Some were creepy serial killer artists, who made their horrific acts perversely aesthetic. She was found dead in her home in May. Her fully clothed body was found shot in the head on January 31, 1974. He is released to the custody of his mother. Both women were found murdered in their bedrooms. "And I remember Grandma yelled when she hit her head, and Mom called the police immediately without knowing what was going on. There were no initial reports or communications from the agency about the death, however, even as photos from the scene turned up on Facebook. She had been shot in the head. But months passed and Humphrey was never charged with the crimes, the Alachua County grand jury deciding that there was no case against him. His face smashed into the windshield, leaving deep wounds, and he broke his leg so badly doctors had to implant a steel rod running from his hip to his knee. I'm standing by the door and I'm pressing the button, and the guards come up and they slam the door open." Humphrey says 10 men chased him and that he pulled a pocketknife--not a razor--in self-defense. The bloating of the body of the victim indicated that shed been in the water forabout three and a half days. 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. Only time will tell if it was a case of serendipity or simply a weird coincidence. [4][3], Carolyn Jan Bennett, 17, disappeared on November 15, 1973. 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. Police are withholding possible motives. The Florida Gay Bar Murders: Gary Ray Bowles was a bisexual who cruised the Florida gay bars in the mid-1990's looking for men to murder and rob. Brevard is a 30-year-old . -- Amanda Griffin. Name : ELEANOR SWIFT Location : 7801 Ridge Road, Seminole, Fl Date : 2/13/1987 Synopsis : This case is related to the murder of Opal Weil. Most of my friends got 1200 or something. And now, he doesn't volunteer his history unless people bring it up. Genetic tests conducted on pubic hairs were similar to Ed's - and about 8,000 other people in Alachua County. August 5, 1990, 0128 hours: Elna Hlavaty, Humphrey's grandmother, phones deputies to report that her grandson is "high" on drugs. Tuesday, Ivey responded. When I got a job, .when I got good grades in school, they weren't calling me. Ed Humphrey, on that August morning, had not been taking his medication for some time. She had white duct tape around her mouth and eyes, all signs of a homicide. [10] Following Giles' arrest, he was investigated as a suspect in the disappearances of more than 11 girls who had been reported missing since August 1973 and the murders of several others, but in January of the following year, most of the missing girls were located, and Giles was no longer suspected. Brevard has 24 unsolved murders. Whatever the case, you may want to consider reading on before that Spring Break trip to Daytona. (The seven Brevard arrestees are overwhelmingly white, all men and have a median age over 40 a profile consistent with the majority of . In the unprovoked attack, Alexander Taylor struck 91-year-old Yen Jit Wong in the 2400 block of South Wentworth in Rogers Park on Sept. 18, 2018, sending the long-time Chinatown resident into . "Their strategy was to keep Ed in jail, to hold him without charging him in the Gainesville case," he says. According to records, he battered his wife and enjoyed humiliating her sexually. Brevard's arrest capped an intense multistate manhunt with a $70,000 reward for his capture. Townson is already serving a life sentence for killing another woman in Brevard County. 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. Between November 2022 and December 2022, 32934, FL real estate market has seen decrease in the number of listings . While notorious serial killers Ted Bundy and Wuornos were executed in Florida, their ashes were spread in their home states of Washington and Michigan, respectively. This is the first extensive interview Ed Humphrey has ever granted. And the day after Ed was arrested, an investigator interviewed Sydney McGrath, a college student who had long conversations with Ed about dissecting corpses. And she nagged at Ed constantly. I was like, God, I can't handle this.". The murders occurred over several days, which made them all the more terrifying. 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. "Recon lock and load!" A jury found him guilty of one count of battery upon a person over the age of 65, a third-degree felony, and he was sentenced to 22 months in prison, plus probation. -- Natalie Bradury, no age available, possibly from West Palm Beach. Giles is currently Brevard County high security prison in Florida where he is serving life in prison for the murder of five. Yet the Sunshine State is. Hammack would have to arrest him. "I should have just stayed in jail. Though circumstantial, the evidence pointing towardHuck as the killer was compelling enough to have a dive team comb the river in his waterfront backyard. [1] Early life [ edit] 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. He tried repeatedly to find work, but kept being turned away, often with no explanation.