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  2. Aileen Carol Wuornos ( / ˈwɔːrnoʊs /; born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. [3] In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients.

  3. Dec 19, 2023 · Serial killer Aileen Wuornos was murdered at least six men in Florida in 1989 and 1990. Read about her girlfriend, husband, victims, movie portrayals, and more.

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  4. Apr 25, 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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  5. Oct 15, 2023 · By Richard Stockton | Edited By John Kuroski. Published October 15, 2023. Updated November 2, 2023. After suffering sexual abuse as a teenager and being forced out of the house, Aileen Wuornos engaged in sex work and eventually killed seven of her johns in 1989 and 1990.

  6. Nov 28, 2023 · Known as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos carried out a string of notorious and brutal murders along the dark highways of Florida in late 1989 and 1990. A victim of child abuse herself, in adult life Wuornos was a petty criminal who worked as a sex worker.

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  7. 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.

  8. Feb 1, 2023 · By William J. Wright and Paris L. / Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 2:01 pm EST. In 1991, a 35-year-old illegal sex worker from Michigan shattered a long-held myth about serial murder when she confessed to killing seven men in Florida over the course of a year. For decades, the gruesome crimes of such repeat killers as Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and ...

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