Regis Philbin
Oct 25th, 2006, 08:19 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/25/rolling.execution/index.html
Florida serial killer died singing a hymn
POSTED: 9:03 p.m. EDT, October 25, 2006
(CNN) -- Danny Harold Rolling, Florida's most notorious serial killer since Ted Bundy, died singing.
He was executed by injection Wednesday evening for the grisly murders of five college students during a 1990 spree that terrorized the college town of Gainesville, Florida.
Rolling, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m., said Robby Cunningham, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections.
"Mr. Rolling sang a song," he told reporters. "It was almost hymnal."
The prisons spokesman added that he would call the hymn " 'None greater than thee, Lord' because that was the hook."
Asked if he had any last words, Rolling said he did and then broke into the hymn, said witness Stephen Stock, of WESH-TV in Orlando.
Although prison officials eventually turned off the sound system, Rolling continued talking and singing for about two minutes. As the chemicals took effect, his breathing became labored and stopped, Stock said.
Florida serial killer died singing a hymn
POSTED: 9:03 p.m. EDT, October 25, 2006
(CNN) -- Danny Harold Rolling, Florida's most notorious serial killer since Ted Bundy, died singing.
He was executed by injection Wednesday evening for the grisly murders of five college students during a 1990 spree that terrorized the college town of Gainesville, Florida.
Rolling, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m., said Robby Cunningham, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections.
"Mr. Rolling sang a song," he told reporters. "It was almost hymnal."
The prisons spokesman added that he would call the hymn " 'None greater than thee, Lord' because that was the hook."
Asked if he had any last words, Rolling said he did and then broke into the hymn, said witness Stephen Stock, of WESH-TV in Orlando.
Although prison officials eventually turned off the sound system, Rolling continued talking and singing for about two minutes. As the chemicals took effect, his breathing became labored and stopped, Stock said.