Tracy Paules, 23, was one of five University of Florida students killed in Gainesville in late August 1990. She shared an apartment with fellow student Manuel Taboada; both were found dead in that apartment on August 27, 1990. Tracy had been raped and stabbed and was left posed in a sexually provocative position, a disturbing signature linking her killing to the other attacks in the spree.

The murders occurred over a few days and included four women and one man, all college students. Investigators later tied the crimes to Danny Rolling after a tip from a woman in Louisiana and a DNA match to evidence from the Gainesville scenes; Rolling confessed and was convicted. Tracy was buried in Miami, Florida, and remembered by family and friends.