Envy Apartment

The following story appeared in the St. Petersburg Times on October 26, 2006, the day after Danny Rolling was put to death. Also included are photos covering the period from the time of the murders to the day of Rolling execution . Rolling Executed By Chris Tisch, Tamara Lush and Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler Times Staff Writers STARKE – The drab brown curtain between killer and survivors opened at 5:59 p.m. Wednesday. Danny Rolling lay on a gurney. A prison official asked Florida 's most notorious serial killer since Ted Bundy if he had a last statement. Rolling responded with a twangy hymn, apparently self-penned. "He who flung the stars into heavens above, created the oceans, mountains, eagles and doves," he sang. "None greater than thee, Oh Lord, none greater than thee." Family members of his eight victims - five in Florida and three he was linked to in Louisiana - clutched each other, rolled their eyes or shook their heads. One family member later ...

OVIEDO, Fla. - New video was released Wednesday in connection with a crash near the University of Central Florida in which a student was killed. Austin Ekern, 20, who attended Florida State University and was the son of a longtime UCF staff member , was run over and killed Friday on Alafaya Trail near McCulloch Road. "I have a 20-year-old son who is in the prime of his life and it was taken in an instant," Brent Ekern, Austin's father, told News 6. The video, obtained from a nearby apartment complex , shows a white van and black car traveling through the area, and the Florida Highway Patrol said it believes the black car struck Austin Ekern and knocked him down onto Alafaya Trail.  Troopers said that up to a minute later a pickup truck ran over Austin Ekern, killing him. The driver of the pickup stopped and told authorities that he had not seen Austin Ekern in the road. The FHP said the driver of the black car also stayed at the scene and was questioned by authoriti...