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My Take
I take no pleasure in writing about Danny Rolling. The Gainesville Ripper murdered five college students in Florida over four days in 1990, with further crimes in his native Shreveport, including an attempt on his own father's life. I offer no fascination and no admiration - only the conviction that a record like this exists to honor the victims, not the killer. He was executed in 2006, which closed a legal chapter but not the grief he caused. If there is any value in documenting such a figure, it is as a sober reminder of real harm done to real people, never as entertainment.
Overview
Daniel Harold Rolling (May 26, 1954 – October 25, 2006), known as the Gainesville Ripper, was an American serial killer who murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida, over four days in August 1990. He later confessed to raping several of his victims, committing a triple homicide in his home city of Shreveport, Louisiana, and attempting to murder his father in May 1990.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Danny Rolling
- Name (Japanese)
- ダニー・ローリング
- Reading
- だにー・ろーりんぐ
- Born
- May 26, 1954 – October 25, 2006
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Horse
- Origin
- Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- serial killer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.