In the spring, two independent examinations were conducted, which determined that Giles did not suffer from any mental illnesses or abnormalities. He insisted on his innocence, and in early 1974, his lawyers filed a motion for a forensic medical examination, which was granted. While sifting through the cases, a forensic ballistic examination confirmed that Gerry had been killed with a revolver belonging to Giles, and he was subsequently charged with her murder. Following Giles' arrest, he was investigated as a suspect in the disappearances of more than 11 girls who had been reported missing since August 1973 and the murders of several others, but in January of the following year, most of the missing girls were located, and Giles was no longer suspected. He was charged with assault and attempted rape. On the next day, Giles was arrested and his car was examined, during which investigators seized a 22-caliber pistol. They went to police, where they provided a description of their attacker's appearance, his car, and even his name, which they had glimpsed in a book while riding in his car. The victims fiercely resisted, which caused Giles to draw his gun to shoot them, but his pistol malfunctioned and misfired, and the girls managed to escape. On December 10, 1973, Giles lured two underage hitchhikers into his car and drove them to the woodlands outside Titusville, where he attempted to attack them. Between September and November 1973, his victims were: 18-year-old Nancy Gerry, who went missing on September 26 and was found with a gunshot wound to the head on December 10 22-year-old Paula Hamric, who went missing on November 17 and was found strangled eight days later 17-year-old Carolyn Bennett, whose skeletal remains were found on December 25 14-year-old Sharon Wilmer, whom he killed in November and whose remains were found on December 26 and finally 14-year-old Kristy Melton. After luring them into his car, he drove them to orange groves, where he raped them at gunpoint before killing them. Crimes Īs victims, Giles would choose young girls who hitchhiked. In 1972, he married 17-year-old Leslie Jo Ann, who gave birth to a daughter in July 1973. Due to chronic absenteeism and poor academic performance, he was forced to leave school at age 16, after which he mastered the trade of an electrician and began working. He achieved some success in this field, but soon lost interest in studying as a whole. He attended Titusville High School, where he took an interest in visual arts. Most of his friends described him in a very positive manner. His parents led a law-abiding lifestyle and were described as good, caring parents, thanks to which Giles had a happy childhood and grew up in a stable home. Giles was born on April 9, 1953, in a Titusville family with three other children.

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