The Gainesville Ripper, later identified as Danny Rolling, was a serial killer who murdered five people in Gainesville, Florida, over the course of four days in August 1990. The victims, all of whom were college students, were found brutally murdered in their apartments, with some of their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. The investigation into the murders was led by the Gainesville Police Department, with assistance from the FBI and other local law enforcement agencies. After a thorough manhunt, Rolling was finally apprehended on September 7, 1990, and was subsequently linked to the murders through forensic evidence. He was convicted of the murders in 1994 and was sentenced to death. Rolling was executed by lethal injection on October 25, 2006, bringing an end to his reign of terror. The Gainesville Ripper case had a profound impact on the city of Gainesville, leading to increased awareness and vigilance about serial killers and their methods. Today, the case remains one of the most infamous in American true crime history, and continues to fascinate and horrify people to this day.