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January 9, 1991. 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.
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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Jun 17, 2024 · Aileen Wuornos, 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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Oct 15, 2023 · Between 1989 and 1990, serial killer Aileen Wuornos murdered seven men throughout Florida before being sent to death row and finally executed in 2002. After a childhood of abuse and abandonment, Aileen Wuornos went on a killing rampage that left at least seven men dead in just one year.
Jul 4, 2019 · (1994) Over a 12 month period in the US state of Florida, Aileen Wournos killed seven men. She said it was self-defence yet at her trial asked to be executed...
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Feb 1, 2023 · Aileen Wuornos had a string of failed and abusive relationships with men, and they had only served to reinforce her hate of the opposite sex. A marriage to a wealthy man three times her age ended after a month, writes Dolores Kennedy in "On a Killing Day." Wuornos claimed he beat her with a cane.
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.
