Danny Rollins was serving multiple life sentences for armed robbery and was sentenced to death for the five murders. During his time in prison, he started a relationship with Sondra London, a journalist who would eventually become his fiancée. It was London who helped the convicted murderer write a book about his crimes titled "The Making of a Serial Killer: The Real Story of the Gainesville Murders in the Killer's Own Words," which was released in 1996. In the book, Rollins described the grisly details of the murders as well as his reasons for killing, saying that he was possessed by demons.
According to Biography, psychiatrists who treated Rollins diagnosed that he suffered from a severe form of personality disorder. However, they also said that he was well aware that his actions were wrong. Rollins and London were sued by the state of Florida after the release of the book. Per the Son of Sam Laws, criminals are prohibited to gain profit from works about their crimes. As a result, a judge ordered all profits from the sales of the book to go to the families of the women he murdered (via Tampa Bay Times). However, the mother of one of the victims said that her family didn't want to accept "blood money." A judge then ordered the funds to be donated to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund instead.
