Found this. Never seen it before thought it was odd.
Here's an excerpt, not bad:
Before the execution, some family members were critical about the protesters and news media attention given to Rolling. Chealea Neckler, the 17-year-old niece of victim Christa Hoyt, said seeing protesters was the hardest part of the day.
"I feel like they don't know the story," she said. "They didn't live it."
Mario Taboada, the 45-year-old brother of victim Manuel Taboada, said he hoped the news media would focus on the victims rather than Rolling.
"I don't think he deserves this much attention," he said.
He was also critical of an independent horror movie about the murders, "The Gainesville Ripper," which is now being filmed. Director Josh Townsend was in the crowd outside the prison, getting footage he said he will use at the end of the movie.
The former Gainesville resident said he changed the names of the victims and other details out of respect for the victims' families.
"That's the best we could do to be respectful and still tell the story," he said.
Others Gainesville residents who assembled outside the prison said they came to see the conclusion of a story that they experienced firsthand.
Retired University of Florida sports management professor Owen Holyoak, 73, sat in a lawn chair and listened to a radio headset for news about the execution. He said he remembered that students stopped attending his and other classes in fall 1990 because of the fear surrounding the murders. "It just had a profound effect on me when it happened," he said.
Sitting among the execution supporters, he said, "just seemed like the thing to do to try to get some closure."
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I was one of the two fellows who painted the momorial, originally, and kept it up for quite a while. I was involved with the tenth annoversary as well.
On the day of the execution, I was interviewed about the event and here is what transpired:
http://adamusatlarge.blogspot.com/2006/10/obscenity.html
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