Editing Danny Rolling (section)

=== August 27, 1990 ===
Tracy Paules, who was 23 years old, was living with her roommate Manny Taboada, also 23. Rolling broke into their apartment by prying open their sliding glass door with the same tools he had used previously. Rolling found Taboada asleep in one of the bedrooms and killed him after a struggle.<ref name="695 So. 2d 278" />

Hearing the commotion, Paules went down the hall to Taboada's bedroom and saw Rolling. She attempted to barricade herself in her bedroom but Rolling broke through the door. Rolling taped her mouth and wrists, cut off her clothing, and raped her before turning her over and stabbing her three times in the back. Rolling posed Paules' body but left Taboada's in the same position in which he had died.<ref name="695 So. 2d 278"/>

With the exception of Taboada, all of the victims were petite white [[Brown hair|brunettes]] with brown eyes, like Rolling's mother.

Although law enforcement initially had very few leads, police did identify two suspects. One suspect was Edward Lewis Humphrey, a 20-year-old [[University of Florida]] student who had a history of mental illness and had previously been convicted of felony assault against his grandmother; he was held in custody for five months until a [[grand jury]] refused to indict him on the murder charges, citing insufficient evidence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Humphrey is "still left in limbo' |first=Jeff |last=Testerman |date=2005-10-14 |orig-date=1991-11-16 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/11/16/humphrey-is-still-left-in-limbo/ 
|access-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226002147/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/11/16/humphrey-is-still-left-in-limbo/ |archive-date=2024-02-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> Humphrey's photo was shown repeatedly by media outlets. Authorities publicly cleared him of all charges after Rolling's arrest; he started taking medication for his manic depression, graduating in 1994 from [[Eastern Florida State College|a local college]], then worked while studying part-time, graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 2000 from [[University of Central Florida]].<ref name=Graduate>{{cite news |title=Former suspect in Gainsville killings graduates from UCF |date=2009-06-05 |orig-date=2000-08-07 |work=[[The Ledger]] |url=https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2000/08/07/former-suspect-in-gainsville-killings/8026682007/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208191558/https://eu.theledger.com/story/news/2000/08/07/former-suspect-in-gainsville-killings/8026682007/ |archive-date=2022-12-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> The other suspect was also later cleared.