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Aileen Wuornos

Her Life as a Serial Killer

January 5th, 2023

Editor: Aiden and Marit

New Serial Killer: Aileen Wuornos!!

Aileen Wuornos: everything you need to know about her life

Who is Aileen wuornos?

What was Aileen Like as a kid, are there any major events that happened in ehr childhood and how did it shape her as a serial killer.

Breaking news: Aileen Wuornos captured! what happens now?

Aileen Wuornos strikes again

Everything you need to lnow about the crimes Aileen Wuornos commited.

The Damsel of Death has been captured! What happens now?

Aileen Wuornos

Born: Feburary 29th, 1956

Died: October 9th, 2002

Nickname: "Damsel of Death"

Aileen Wuornos

The life of Aileen Wuornos

Adultlife

Childhood

- Hard childhood

- Parents were really young

- Divorced before she was born

- Never met dad (in prison)

- Mom left when Aileen was 4

- Grandparents were alcoholics

- Physically and sexually abused

- Pregnant at 14 (due to rape)

- Got kicked out at 14

- Started prostitution

- Got arrested a lot.

Driving under the influence

Firing rifle out of moving car.

Failure to appear

Then she hitchicked to Florida

More charges

Assault

Distrubance of Peace

Armed Robbery

Car theft

Restraining order

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1986

- Met Tyria Moore at bar

- Fell in love

- Was honest about childhood

Then she comtitted her first murder...

The Crimes of Aileen Wuornos

Decription of Crimes

7 murders

- 40-65 year old male

- Shot and dumped next to highway

- Claimed they raped her

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1974: Arrested at 18 for the first time for DUI , arrested and in and out of prison from 1974-86

Timeline

1991: Aileen is arrested and confesses to the 7 murders

1960: Mother abandons her children, grandparents adopt Aileen and her brother

Timeline

Born on Feb. 29th, 1956

Kills first victim on Setember 30th, 1989

Recieves the death penalty, and is executed October 9th, 2002

1970-71: Aileen gets pregant at 14, gives birth to a boy

The capturing of

Aileen Wuornos

What was the final outcome?

What was the trial like?

How was she captured?

The trial jury found Wuornos guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm.

Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders and on October 9, 2002, after 12 years on Florida's death row, was executed by lethal injection.

Her last words?

"I'll be back."

Police caught her with

- Witness Rhonda Bailey

- Fingerprints

- Testimony Tyria

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Influence on Society

One of first female serial killers --> changed way people look at serial killers

Sources

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The Case of Aileen Wuornos - the Facts | Capital Punishment in Context. capitalpunishmentincontext.org/cases/wuornos.

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Holden, Luke. “How Aileen Wuornos Was Finally Caught.” Grunge, 22 Feb. 2022, www.grunge.com/775922/how-aileen-wuornos-was-finally-caught.

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Jenkins, John Philip. “Aileen Wuornos | Biography and Facts.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2006, www.britannica.com/biography/Aileen-Wuornos.

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Margaritoff, Marco. “Meet Tyria Moore, Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos’ Girlfriend.” All That’s Interesting, 14 Oct. 2021, allthatsinteresting.com/tyria-moore.

NCBI - WWW Error Blocked Diagnostic. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15932102.

Timetoast. “Aileen Wuornos Timeline.” Timetoast Timelines, 29 Feb. 1956, www.timetoast.com/timelines/aileen-wuornos-d75fb766-e79a-43e9-a068-9332b130be59.

Wikipedia contributors. “Aileen Wuornos.” Wikipedia, 23 Apr. 2003, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos.

The Impact of Aileen Wuornos on society

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