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Aileen Carol Wuornos (/ ˈ w ɔːr n oʊ s /; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients.
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Jun 17, 2024 · Aileen Wuornos (born February 29, 1956, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.—died October 9, 2002, Starke, Florida) was an 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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Feb 19, 2021 · Learn how the serial killer who murdered seven men had a traumatic and abusive childhood. She was born to a sex offender, given up by her mother, sexually assaulted by her grandfather, and married an old man.
Feb 1, 2023 · Learn about the true story of Aileen Wuornos, America's first female serial killer, who confessed to killing seven men in Florida in 1991. Explore her childhood abuse, her life as a sex worker, and her trial and execution.
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Oct 15, 2023 · When Aileen Wuornos was 15 years old, she dropped out of school to have her grandfather’s friend’s baby at a home for unwed mothers. However, after having the child, she and her grandfather finally had it out in a domestic incident, and Wuornos was left to live in the woods outside of Troy, Michigan.
Aileen was born Aileen Carol Pittman on February 29, 1956, in Troy, Michigan, USA, to Leo Dale and Diane Wuornos. Her father was a psychopath and child molester, and was incarcerated at the time of her birth; he eventually committed suicide.
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Aileen “Lee” Carol Wuornos was born February 29, 1956, in Rochester, Michigan. Her father was convicted of child molestation after her birth and a few years later killed himself in prison. Wuornos’ mother abandoned her and her brother when they were young, leaving them with her parents, Wuornos’ grandparents, and their children.
