MIAMI -- Mario Taboada, the brother of one of serial killer Danny Rolling's victims, talked to Local 10's Jeff Weinsier Friday.

Manny Taboada was one of five students murdered at the University of Florida in 1990.

Now, Rolling, the Gainesville serial killer, is just days from his scheduled execution by lethal injection.

Manny's brother, Mario Taboada, said that the execution is not closure -- it is simply the next chapter. Mario and his mother are going to Starke Tuesday for the execution of Rolling on Wednesday.

Mario Taboada said he will be at Starke, but he doesn't want to witness the man who killed his brother die.

"(I) didn't want to subject myself to anything he might say -- whether it be something cynical, sarcastic or remorse for what he did. I wasn't interested," Taboada said.

It was 16 years ago that Mario Taboada's brother, who was an American High School graduate, was killed -- stabbed to death by Rolling. Rolling also raped and killed three women and mutilated their bodies. One of those women, Christa Hoyt, was decapitated and her nipples cut off her body.

Diana Hoyt, Christa's mother, plans to watch the execution. Mario Taboada and his mother plan to be outside the Florida State Prison when Rolling is put to death.

Taboada said that he thought long and hard and couldn't find a reason to witness the execution.

"The only thing is that when we refer to this individual, we will refer to him in the past tense, like my brother. To me that's equal and just seems righteous," he said.

Weinsier asked, "Do you wonder what it would be like if Manny was here today?" Taboada said, "Without a doubt. He would have been 40 years old this year."

Mario Taboada said, "To this day, 16 years later, there will be someone who will walk up to me somewhere who recognizes my last name and says, 'I know Manny. I met Manny,' and for that instance he's alive again. They will tell me a story. And it's how I can still learn about my brother -- 16 years later."

The U.S. Supreme Court is now Rolling's only option, but it has turned him down in the past. Rolling's own lawyer said Thursday that it doesn't look good for his client.

All of the families and investigators and state attorneys who worked on the case will be getting together for lunch and then heading to the prison together on a bus.

Manny Taboada's uncle will witness the execution. Weinsier is going to be talking Diana Hoyt on Monday night. She will be at the execution. Weinsier is the only South Florida reporter who will be allowed to be present at the execution.

He will be filing live reports from Starke beginning Tuesday night.