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Richard Mallory 51
David Spears 47
Charles Carskaddon 40
Peter Siems 65
Troy Burress 50
Charles Humphreys 56
Walter Jeno Antonio 62

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Women killers are usually driven to murder by trauma because of the pyschological affect on them.

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First ever female serial killer: Aileen Wournos | 60 Minutes Australia

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She was born Feb 29, 1956, in Michigan, her dad died when she was four years old and her mother left her and her brother. From there they began to live with their grandparents where Aileen was subjected to physical and sexual assault. Aileen had sexual relations with her brother and became pregnant at 15 years old and was kicked out of her house. She then had to fend for herself and live in the woods.

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She was born Feb 29, 1956, in Michigan, her dad died when she was four years old and her mother left her and her brother. From there they began to live with their grandparents where Aileen was subjected to physical and sexual assault. Aileen had sexual relations with her brother and became pregnant at 15 years old and was kicked out of her house. She then had to fend for herself and live in the woods.

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An abused child who later earned her living as a sex worker, Aileen Wuornos was found guilty of killing six men and was later executed in a Florida prison.

Who Was Aileen Wuornos?

Serial killer Aileen Wuornos was sexually abused and thrown out of her home as a teen. Having been involved in previous incidents with the law, she made a living as a sex worker on Florida's highways, and in 1989, she killed a man who had picked her up. She went on to kill at least five other men and was eventually caught, convicted and placed on death row. Though her sanity was questioned, Wuornos was executed by lethal injection in 2002. In addition to documentaries, books and an opera, her story was depicted in the 2003 film Monster.

Early Years

Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956, in Rochester, Michigan, growing up in the nearby Troy area to the south. The young Wuornos experienced horrifying tumult during her childhood: Her father killed himself while serving prison time for child molestation, while her mother abandoned Wuornos and her older brother Keith, leaving them to be raised by their grandparents. Yet Wuornos' grandmother was alleged to be an alcoholic and her grandfather a terrifying, violent force.

Wuornos would later state that she was sexually abused by her grandfather and had sexual relations with her brother. She became pregnant by her early teens, and the infant boy was given up for adoption. During her adolescence, Wuornos was also forced out of her home and lived in the woods.

Vagabond Existence

Having previously been a ward of the state, Wuornos subsisted on a vagabond existence as an adult, hitchhiking and engaging in sex work to survive. She was arrested during the mid-1970s for charges related to assault and disorderly conduct and eventually settled in Florida, where she met wealthy yachtsman Lewis Fell. The two were married in 1976, but Fell annulled the union shortly thereafter, upon Wuornos being arrested in another altercation. A decade later, having been involved in numerous additional crimes, Wuornos met 24-year-old Tyria Moore in Daytona, Florida, and the two embarked on a romantic relationship.

Series of Murders

It would later be revealed that from late 1989 into the fall of 1990, Wuornos had murdered at least six men along Florida highways. In mid-December 1989, the body of Richard Mallory was found in a junkyard, with five more men's bodies to be discovered over subsequent months.

Authorities were eventually able to track down Wuornos (who had used various aliases) and Moore from fingerprints and palm prints left in the crashed vehicle of another missing man, Peter Siems. Wuornos was arrested in a bar in Port Orange, Florida, while police tracked down Moore in Pennsylvania. To avoid prosecution, Moore made a deal, and in mid-January 1991, she elicited a phone confession from Wuornos, who took full and sole responsibility for the murders.

Trial and Execution

A media frenzy ensued over the case, due in part to the lurid nature of the crimes. During the trial, Wuornos asserted that she had been raped and assaulted by Mallory and had killed him in self-defense. Though not revealed in court, Mallory had previously served a decade-long prison sentence for sexual assault. She stated that her killing of the five other men had been in self-defense as well, though she would later retract these statements.

On January 27, 1992, a jury found Wuornos guilty of first-degree murder for the Mallory case and she received the death penalty. Over the ensuing months, Wuornos pleaded guilty to the murders of the five other men whose murders she was charged with and received a death sentence for each plea. Outside of court, she later admitted to the killing of Siems, whose body was never recovered.

Spending a decade on death row, Wuornos eventually opted to fire her appeals lawyers, who were working for a stay of execution. But a court-appointed attorney was concerned about comments made by Wuornos that suggested she was profoundly disconnected from reality. In 2002, Florida governor Jeb Bush lifted a temporary stay of execution after three psychiatrists deemed her mentally competent to understand the death penalty and the reasons for its implementation.

Wuornos was executed by lethal injection on the morning of October 9, 2002. Her reported last words were, "I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back like Independence Day with Jesus June 6. Like the movie, big mother ship and all. I'll be back."

Wuronos' remains were cremated and scattered by a tree in her hometown.

Movies

Wuornos' story has been closely profiled in film. British documentarian Nick Broomfield created two works - Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1993) and Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003), with the latter co-directed by Joan Churchill.

Actress Charlize Theron, often known for a glamorous screen persona, underwent a major physical and emotional transformation to portray Wuornos in 2003's Monster, written and directed by Patty Jenkins and co-starring Christina Ricci as Selby Wall, a character inspired by Tyria Moore. In a riveting performance that was grueling to watch and hailed by critic Roger Ebert as a cinematic milestone, Theron won an Oscar for best actress in a film that garnered some controversy over the accuracy and scope of its details. Wuornos' life continues to hold a fascination for the creative industry, with actress Lily Rabe portraying Wournos in the 2015 fall season of American Horror Story.

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Quick Facts An abused child who later earned her living as a sex worker, Aileen Wuornos was found guilty of killing six men and was later executed in a Florida prison. Serial killer Aileen Wuornos was sexually abused and thrown out of her home as a teen.

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Parents: Leo Dale and Diane Wuornos  Brother: Keith Wuornos Grandparents:Lauri and Britta Wuornos 

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Aileen Carol Wuornos was a serial killer who had killed seven men. She is widely believed to be the United States' first female serial killer. She was convicted for six of the murders and sentenced to death. She was executed by lethal injection at the 'Florida State Prison' (FSP) on October 9, 2002. The product of a highly dysfunctional marriage, Aileen was subjected to horrific tortures as a young girl. Her father was a pedophile who was in jail at the time of her birth, while her mother was an immature teenager who abandoned Aileen and her brother. Brought up by her grandparents, Aileen became a victim of rampant childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather. Exposed to sexual activities at a tender age, she began providing sexual favors in exchange for food, drugs, and cigarettes when she was just 11 years old. She was raped and became pregnant when she was just 14-she claimed that her brother was the father of her child. Thrown out of her grandparents' home as a teenager, she began eking out a living as a prostitute. She later started robbing and killing men, earning the notoriety of being the first female American serial killer.

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Who was Aileen Wuornos? Everything You Need to Know

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Aileen Carol Wuornos was a serial killer who had killed seven men. She is widely believed to be the United States' first female serial killer. She was convicted for six of the murders and sentenced to death. She was executed by lethal injection at the 'Florida State Prison' (FSP) on October 9, 2002.

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Aileen Wuornos: Selling of a Serial Killer - Video Search Results

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"Yes, I would just like to say I’m sailing with the rock, and I’ll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I’ll be back, I’ll be back." said by Aileen Wuornos the day she died.

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"Yes, I would just like to say I’m sailing with the rock, and I’ll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I’ll be back, I’ll be back." said by Aileen Wuornos the day she died.

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17 Dreadful Aileen Wuornos Facts | The Ultimate List

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In this post, you’ll discover the ultimate list of Aileen Wuornos facts, an extremely tragic story of a female serial killer.

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- She was a teen mom just like her mom
- She was born on leap day
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- Both of her grand parents were alcoholics

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Aileen Wuornos, in full Aileen Carol Wuornos, originally Aileen Pittman, (born February 29, 1956, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.-died October 9, 2002, Starke, Florida), American serial killer who murdered at least seven people in 1989-90. Her case drew national attention to issues such as the relationship between gender and violence and the legal treatment of acts of self-defense by women. Her life was the subject of documentaries and a film, (2003).

Wuornos had a deeply troubled childhood. Her parents separated before her birth, and her father later spent time in mental hospitals for child molestation. When Wuornos was four years old, she and her brother were sent to live with her grandparents. In her early teens she spent time at a home for unwed mothers and then dropped out of school and turned to prostitution.

In 1974 Wuornos was imprisoned for driving while intoxicated and for firing a gun from a moving vehicle. She subsequently was arrested numerous times on charges that included armed robbery, check forgery, and auto theft. By the late 1980s she was a drifter. In 1989-90, posing as a hitchhiking prostitute, she killed seven middle-aged male motorists and left their bodies along the highways of Florida and southern Georgia; some speculate that she may have killed an eighth motorist in the same period. Arrested in early 1991, she admitted to the killings but claimed that she acted in self-defense after the men assaulted her. Supporters of Wuornos viewed her as a strong independent woman-and even as a heroic figure for defending herself against male aggression. In 1992 she was convicted of one of the murders and sentenced to death. She later pleaded guilty to three more of the murders and admitted that she had killed for profit and not in self-defense. She was executed by lethal injection.

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Aileen Wuornos, in full Aileen Carol Wuornos, originally Aileen Pittman, (born February 29, 1956, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.-died October 9, 2002, Starke, Florida), American serial killer who murdered at least seven people in 1989-90. Her case drew national attention to issues such as the relationship between gender and violence and the legal treatment of acts of self-defense by women.

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As the first woman to ever be identified as a serial killer by the FBI, Aileen Wuornos is someone whose tale is as dark as it is twisted, especially considering her appallingly hard life growing up. However, the one thing no one can deny is that her actions as an adult - the ones that landed her in jail - can never be justified because they not only included thefts and assaults but also led to the loss of several lives. So now that her tale has even been explored on ' Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman,' let's find out more about her victims and her apprehension, shall we?

How Many Men Did Aileen Wuornos Kill?

A native of Rochester, Michigan, Aileen "Lee" Carol Wuornos was raised alongside her elder brother by her maternal grandparents after their (divorced) mother abandoned them when she was just 4. Unfortunately, that's when she faced years of abuse, leading to her becoming pregnant at 14, getting kicked out at 15, and then supporting herself (her child was placed for adoption) through prostitution. From there, Aileen hitchhiked to Florida, where she continued on this path while also having her fair share of legal run-ins for charges like robbery and obstruction of justice.

However, that changed in late 1989, when Aileen committed her first of seven murders - all on her male clients. On November 30, she shot 51-year-old electronics store owner Richard Charles Mallory before disposing of his body and using his car to drive back home, only to abandon the same later on. Then, she followed the same pattern when she shot 47-year-old construction worker David Andrew Spears six times on May 19, 1990, before firing nine bullets to kill 40-year-old part-time rodeo worker Charles Edmund Carskaddon on May 31.

Aileen's fourth victim was 65-year-old retired merchant seaman Peter Abraham Siems, a homicide she confessed to, yet his body was never found. Towards late July, she then killed 50-year-old sausage salesman Troy Eugene Burress by sticking to her modus operandi and shooting at him twice. On September 11, 1990, Aileen murdered 56-year-old retired Air Force Major and former State Child Abuse Investigator Charles Richard Humphreys with the help of six bullets to his head and torso. Ultimately, in mid-November, 62-year-old trucker and security guard Walter Jeno Antonio became her final victim through four shots.

Aileen initially claimed that she slew these men in self-defense as they had either raped her or attempted to rape her, but she later changed her narrative and admitted that theft was a driving factor. She had played the part of a damsel in distress to lure them in, as per records, just so she could rob them to turn the tables after years of being used for her body. Aileen even confessed that the motive for these seven murders was to remove the possibility of any witnesses and remain free.

How Did Aileen Wuornos Get Caught?

Not only did witnesses see Aileen Wuornos in possession of Charles Carskaddon's car before she had abandoned it, but her finger/palm prints were also recovered from Peter Siems' vehicle as well as from some of the victim's belongings in pawnshops. Thus, with her criminal history in the State of Florida ensuring that her prints were already on file, she was soon identified for good. And on January 9, 1991, Aileen was arrested on an outstanding warrant at The Last Resort, a bar in Volusia County.

As per reports, after being convicted of Richard Mallory's homicide in January 1992, Aileen gradually pleaded no contest or guilty to the murders of the other five middle-aged men whose bodies had been found. Therefore, by February 1993, she had received a total of six death sentences, eventually resulting in her execution by lethal injection on October 9, 2002. "I'd like to say I'm sailing with the rock," Aileen stated for her last words. "And I'll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus, June 6, like in the movie. Big mother ship and all. I'll be back."
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As the first woman to ever be identified as a serial killer by the FBI, Aileen Wuornos is someone whose tale is as dark as it is twisted, especially considering her appallingly hard life growing up. However, the one thing no one can deny is that her actions as an adult - the ones that [...]