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Aileen Wuornos show signs of stress less then 24 hours from execution by gas. She loses her mind.

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February 29, 1956-October 9, 2002
Known as the Damsel of Death
Famous Quotes:

"I need to die for the killing of all those people"
"I'm one who seriously hates human life and would kill again"
"They say it's the number of people I killed, I say it's the principle"
* Killed seven men with .22 caliber pistol

* First time a female had been seen in killings and then arrested a year later

* Described as a man-hating, lesbian prostitute

* Felt like she was a Bonnie & Clyde type with Tyria Moore

* Initially claimed self-defense, then blamed police

* Markedly chaotic childhood

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Personal Characteristics
* History of sexual and physical abuse (grandfather and brother)

* When she was 13-Aileen alleges she was raped by a friend of her grandfather’s and became pregnant. She put the baby boy up for adoption the next year.

* Aileen’s father, Dale Pittman, was incarcerated when she was born and was convicted of sex crimes against children. Aileen never met her father. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and then hanged himself in jail when Aileen was a teenager.

* Her appearance was good while she was married but then off and on she was unkempt/disheveled

Post-Offense Behavior
* Aileen's behavior during interviews can range from presentable, cheerful and even at times almost charming to erratic, paranoid, chaotic and highly agitated.

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Personal Characteristics
* Unskilled worker: "highway hooker"
* Very few friends
* Runaway (at 14 she lived in the woods in a fort at the end of her family’s street. She would also bounce around motels during prostitution to keep warm/clean)
* Promiscuity (traded oral sex for cigarettes at age 9)
* Low IQ? (Dropped out of high school)
* Psychosis, paranoia, delusions (father had schizophrenia; possible she did, too)
* History of alcohol abuse (AIleen & family)

Post-Offense Behavior

* She turned to Bible
* Paranoia & delusions based on radio waves transferring into her brain & her food is poisoned

* Fingerprints and palm prints were left behind on a vehicle of missing man, who she killed

- Final words before dying were, "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."

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Personal Characteristics
* Motivated by a Mission? - believed she was ridding the streets of evil men
* Married a wealthy yacht club owner, Lewis Fell, 69 (He annulled the marriage and filed restraining order against her after she attacked him with his cane)
*Antisocial/Psychopathic (32/40) and Borderline PD
* Seeks some intimate relationships (i.e. Tyria Moore)

Post-Offense Behavior
* 7 victims of similar stature (white, middle aged, male)
* Similar offense pattern (victims were robbed, bodies, were moved and cars stolen)
* She used her own weapon .22 caliber pistol at every crime scene (unlikely for female serial killers)
* Aware about all her lies she told in court (used them because she thought it would get her out of the court system)

* Three psychiatrists in 2002 found her mentally competent to understand the death penalty sentence

* She used multiple aliases

* Couldn't find the body of one of the victims