However, her killing spree only started in 1989, about 13 years after her brothers death. Aileen Wuornos did not kill Keith Wuornos, her brother. In 1960, motherhood became unbearable for Diane and she abandoned Aileen and Keith. She died on October 9, 2002 in Raiford, Florida, USA. As documented in Nick Broomfield's "Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer," Wuornos' courtroom behavior and erratic, conspiratorial thinking helped sabotage her defense. Maintaining that the victims had solicited her for sex and then attempted to rape her, Wuornos claimed she shot her victims to preserve her life. People were trying to get rich on her name. Famed FBI profiler Robert K. Ressler, the man credited with coining the term "serial killer" as well as establishing the patterns found in serial murder, described Wuornos as an anomaly in his extensive research. She also claimed that her grandfather sexually assaulted her at a very young age. [78], An operatic adaptation of Wuornos' life premiered at San Francisco, California's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on June 22, 2001. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders and on October 9, 2002, after 12 years on Florida's death row,[5] was executed by lethal injection. You have to kill Aileen Wuornos, because she'll kill again, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Her mother, Diane Wuornos (born 1939), was 15 years old when she married Aileen's father, Leo Dale Pittman (died 1969), on June 3, 1954. To make things even worse, Aileen claimed that her grandfather beat her up and made her undress just before doing so, even though there has never been any concrete evidence for this. I'll be back. However, Wuornos once claimed the opposite had occurred. Leo Pittman, who never had any contact with his daughter, returned to crime after his stint in the Army. One aspect of Wuornos' life, however, was all too typical among her male counterparts. She died at 9:47 AM that morning. [27] On June 2, 1986, Volusia County deputy sheriffs detained Wuornos for questioning after a male companion accused her of pulling a gun in his car and demanding $200. The pregnancy had embittered an already volatile teenager. Diane Wuornos was just at the age of 14 years old when she married 18-year-old Leo Dale Pittman, on June 3, 1954, in Indiana according to her daughters Wikipedia. It changed her perception of the world and the way she treated people. Then, tragedy struck as the alcohol finally got the better of her grandmother and she passed away the same year, resulting in Aileen being kicked out of the house at the age of 15. [25] In August 1976, Wuornos was given a $105 fine for drunk driving. At the time, Wuornos had moved to Florida after a brush with the law and seemingly wanted to reinvent herself, according to Biography. Would her life finally change for the better? In truth, Aileen and her brother Keith were the children of Lauri and Britta's daughter Diane. Her last words were, "Yes, I would just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. This made for some tough upbringing, and they had no choice but to fend for themselves. The day after Aileen was arrested, her girlfriend was apprehended as well and she made a deal with the police. She also complained of strip searches, tight handcuffing, door kicking, frequent window checks, low water pressure, mildew on her mattress, and "cat calling in distaste and a pure hatred towards me". She was involved in an armed robbery of a convenience store in 1981. "She was unloved, unwanted, and always in the way, and I think it gave her one hell of a chip on her shoulder," neighborJean Kear told author Sue Russell. Add or change photo on IMDbPro. Its hard to judge whether or not she was a born psychopath or she became one due to the extremely harsh conditions during her youth. I'll be back.". Wuornos continually involved herself in confrontations at their local bar and went to jail briefly for assault. He was later sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl;[13][14] he committed suicide by hanging in prison on January 30, 1969. Aileen Wuornos was born Aileen Carol Pittman on February 29, 1956. Another tragic moment in Aileens life wasnt just that she was arrested on January 9, 1991, but also the fact that she was arrested in a biker bar named The Last Resort.. The decomposing body of 50-year-old salesman Troy Burress was discovered next two .22 slugs buried in his chest. Aileen Wuornos led a tortured, torturing life that is beyond my worst nightmares. She claimed initially that all seven men had raped her while she was working as a prostitute but later recanted the claim of self-defense, citing robbery and a desire to leave no witnesses as the reason for murder. [39] Police also found some of the victims' belongings in pawnshops. She was previously married to Lewis Gratz Fell. It is a well-known fact that Keith Wuornos grandfather sexually abused his younger sister named Aileen. [14] Such severe trauma can also disrupt the structuralization of the mind at various developmental points and result in "primitive, dissociative, and splitting defenses to ward off the intensity of emotional and sexual stimulation that cannot be integrated as a child. Wuornos, Aileen (2012). She is widely believed to be the United States first female serial killer. Aileen Wuornos killed for the first time on November 30, 1989. On July 4, 1990, Wuornos and Tyria Moore abandoned victim Peter Siems' car after they were involved in an accident. The police soon found enough evidence to suspect Wuornos for the killings. Aileen was born in 1956, making him a year older than her. For Pralle, the allegations against Wuornos were beside the point; she believed that Wuornos needed an ally. She was convicted for six of the murders and sentenced to death. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia, later convicted of sex crimes against children, and eventually hanged himself in prison on January 30, 1969, when she was just thirteen years old. [46], Assessed using the Psychopathy Checklist, Wuornos scored 32/40[14][47] with the cutoff score of 30 for determining psychopathy. [31] On July 4, 1987, Daytona Beach police detained Wuornos and Moore at a bar for questioning regarding an incident in which they were accused of assault and battery with a beer bottle. WebShe was born February 29th, 1956, to Diane Wuornos and Leo Arthur Pittman. [63] He noted Wuornos as the sole exception. When they wrecked a stolen Pontiac Sunbird on a wooded road in Ocala, Florida, a panicked Wuornos had warned her to run because they were driving a "murdered man's car." His mothers name is Diane Wuornos, while his father was the late Leo Dale Pittman. They did not see each other often, but their strong bond was unshakable. His Aileen grew up in a The facts of what transpired between Wuornos and Mallory are unknown. 3. He had been shot with a .22 pistol. It chronicles Wuornos' life and her relationship with her girlfriend, Moore, who testified against Wuornos. She became pregnant when she was 14, and was moved to a home for unwed mothers; her baby was given up for adoption. For her portrayal of Wuornos, Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Brought up by her grandparents, Aileen became a victim of rampant childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather. Wuornos professed her hate for men, the police, and the legal system while alternately maintaining and denying that she killed in self-defense. Aileen had an older brother named Keith, who was born in March 1955. After an arrest, Fell had enough of her behavior. [20], In 1976, Wuornos hitchhiked to Florida, where she met 69-year-old yacht club president Lewis Gratz Fell. I think Aileen really believed that she had killed in self-defense. As such, before his death, he named her as the sole beneficiary of his $10,000 life insurance check. She lived a life of crime after her marriage was annulled, 11. In fact, when Aileen fell pregnant as a 14-year-old in 1970, some sources have it that she claimed that Keith was the one that was responsible. Im one who seriously hates human life and would kill again.. Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back". She took him and his younger sister back to stay with their grandparents and abandoned them there. As if to take out his anger with what he regarded as daughter Diane Wuornos' rebellion, Lauri made young Aileen the focus of his rage. [61], Wuornos was also known to have early behavioral problems such as having an explosive temper which limited her ability to make friends, as well as making it increasingly difficult for her to maintain relationships. WebAileen Wuornos was born Aileen Carol Pittman, on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. [41] Police located Moore the next day in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Through it all, he remained close to his sister. Manage Settings Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.[6]. [8] On March 14, 1955, Diane gave birth to Aileen's older brother Keith. Diane divorced Pittman less than two years into the marriage, a few months before Aileen was born. Strapped to a T-shaped gurney as she awaited execution by lethal injection, Wuornos made her final statement:"I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the Rock, and I'll be back. Ive been evaluated so many times. Keith Wuornos and his younger sister were raised by their grandparents and had an unpleasant upbringing. Less than two years later, and two months before Aileen was born, Diane filed for divorce. Thrown out of her grandparents home as a teenager, she began eking out a living as a prostitute. Moore had her suspicions, but they were too horrible to contemplate. Her mother Diane Wuornos, who is of Finnish descent, was born in 1939 which means she was just 16 years old when she had Aileen. Into incredible violence. [77], In 2015, Lily Rabe portrayed a fictionalized version of Wuornos as part of a Halloween storyline in American Horror Story: Hotel in the fourth episode of the show's fifth season, and later in the season finale. Drawing a stolen, nine-shot .22-caliber pistol from her bag, Wuornos shot Mallory four times. His ashes and other possessions were later given to his sister, and she went out to the Gulf of Mexico to spread it. [14] Her traumatic upbringing, including her physical and sexual abuse, have been partially linked to the development of her borderline personality disorder. Throughout her trial, Aileen Wuornos declared that each murder was an act of self-defense (via Justia). Although previous convictions are normally inadmissible in criminal trials, under Florida's Williams Rule, the prosecution was allowed to introduce evidence related to her other crimes to show a pattern of illegal activity. Bruce Munster and arresting officer Larry Horzepa in an interrogation room at the Marion County jail. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Still, she said she welcomed death as a conclusion to a torturous life. Actor Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying this notorious serial killer in the movie Monster., https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/aileen-wuornos-4113.php. Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back. Ultimately, she slipped through every societal safety net and turned to crime out of desperation and to murder out of sheer anger. On October 9, 2002, Wuornos' death sentence was at last carried out, as per the Sun Sentinel. As reported by Tampa's NBC affiliate WFLA, Wuornos' first victim was Richard Mallory, the 51-year-old owner of a Palm Harbor, Florida, TV repair business. Despite their best efforts, the defense was unable to use Wuornos' mental state and capacity to save her from the death sentence. She was raped and became pregnant when she was just 14she claimed that her brother was the father of her child. [30] They moved in together, and Wuornos supported them with her earnings as a prostitute. [18] Wuornos said that her alcoholic grandfather had sexually assaulted and beaten her when she was a child. Keith Wuornos was largely raised by his mother, Diane, for the first five years of his life. She spent all the money in just 2 months, most of it on a new car which she wrecked shortly after! It would be Moore's testimony in exchange for immunity from prosecution that would send Aileen Wuornos to the death chamber. Using the alias Sandra Beatrice Kretsch, Wuornos was charged with disorderly conduct, driving under the influence, and, in a bit of ominous foreshadowing, firing a .22-caliber pistol from the window of a moving vehicle. 1976 United States Supreme Court decision, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer, Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer, List of people executed in the United States in 2002, List of serial killers by number of victims, List of serial killers in the United States, List of women executed in the United States since 1976, "Charlize Theron 2004: Oscars Red Carpet Fashion Through the Years", "The world's first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos of the US", "Suspect in serial killings has long, troubled past", "The Role of Psychopathy and Sexuality in a Female Serial Killer", "The Phenomenon of Serial Murders and Women", University of North Carolina at Charlotte, "Notorious Crime Profiles Aileen Wuornos", "A Look At Aileen Wuornos' Tragic Love Affair", "The True Story Of Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos", "Aileen Wuornos Was Terrifying, But Fascinating", "Wuornos v. the State of Florida, 676 So. She would tell her companion Tyria Moore that she had made a lot of money on the road and that "some guy" had loaned her his car. However, life for Aileen and Keith Wuornes in their grandparents' home was anything but ideal. Born August 12, 1939 Died 2002 Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list Known for Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 7.1 Self - Wuornos' Mother 2003 Credits IMDbPro Self Previous 1 Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Self - Wuornos' Mother 2003 Moore agreed to elicit a confession from Wuornos in exchange for immunity from prosecution. "Women do commit multiple murders, of course, but they tend to do so in a spree, and not sequentially as is the pattern with [men].". 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. When she was 6 months old, her teenage mother, Diane Wuornos abandoned her. This was, however, largely disproved, and it is believed that the person responsible for Aileens pregnancy was a friend of her grandfather who raped her. WebHer mother, Diane Wuornos, married Pittman when she was 15 and bore him two children in Rochester, Michigan. In 1953, Diane, then just 14, married 17-year-old Leo Pittman. [4] In 19891990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed he beat her with a cane. In the spring of 1986, Wuornos at last found the love she had spent a lifetime looking for when she met Tyria Jolene Moore at the Zodiac Bar in South Daytona. However, there were questions about Pralle's sincerity with claims she was out for the money, especially since Hollywood had come calling with offers for rights to Wuornos' story, even by Wuornos herself later (via the Orlando Sentinel). She met the 69-year-old yacht club president Lewis Gratz Fell in 1976. [56], Wuornos's execution by lethal injection took place on October 9, 2002. With Pittman away, Diane, already pregnant with Aileen, filed for divorce. After a period of six months, the body of her second victim was found. She gave birth to a baby boy on March 23, 1971, in a home for unwed mothers. Wuornos also tested positive for Antisocial Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder, the latter which psychologist Harry Krop testified to during her trial, reports UPI. They divorced a few months before Aileen was born after only two years of marriage (Manners, 121.) Wuornos became pregnant at 14-years-old after being raped by a friend of her grandfather's and was sent to a home for unwed mothers. Her mother, Diane Wuornos, married Pittman when she was fifteen and bore him two children. That crime landed her in a Florida prison for a year. Keith Wuornos (born 14th of March 1955; died: 17th of July 1976) was an American man infamous as the elder brother of Aileen Wuornos, the notorious female serial killer who murdered about seven men between 1989 and 1990. She was born on February 29th, 1956, in Troy, Michigan to parents Diane Wuornos and Leo Pittman. Hence, the police associated the murder with the same killer. Wuornos' last known victim was 62-year-old Walter Antonio. Moore was listed as a witness to the incident. Her father died in prison after being charged with child molestation ( Arrigo & Griffin, 2004 ). The matter was further complicated by the fact that the family was poor. [32], On March 12, 1988, Wuornos accused a Daytona Beach bus driver of assault. His wife, Britta, was a loving mother to children Lori and Barry Wuornes, who would later romanticize their childhoods as idyllic. She claimed that he tried to rape her and that she killed him in self-defense. On 9 October 2002, she was executed by the state of Florida by lethal injection. According to their description, the police suspected one of the women to be Aileen Wuornos. Wuornos was sexually active by eleven; she would sell sexual activities for cigarettes, drugs and food. According to Sue Russell, author of "Lethal Intent," Wuornos and Mallory enjoyed some pleasant conversation and stopped for a six pack as they headed for Daytona Beach in Mallory's 1977 Cadillac. Three days later, on January 16, 1991, Wuornos confessed to the murders. Aileens mother, Diane Wuornos, was only 15-years-old when she had given birth to Wuornos older brother, Keith. Raising two young children whilst only a teenager herself was too much for Diane and she abandoned both her children. This was just the beginning of a life without love. She visited him multiple times during this period. When Aileen was just 4 years old, her mother had enough of raising her two children and she dropped them both off at her grandparents house. On December 1989, the body of her first known victim, Richard Mallory, was found. But due to a "Son of Sam" law at the time that prohibited felons from profiting off their stories, there was no money to be made, and the adoption itself was conditional on Pralle's agreement to not exploit Wuornos for money. She informed Wuornos that Jesus had spoken to her, motivating her to form the connection, as per the Tampa Bay Times. Carskaddon, described in "Lethal Intent" as the kind of man who wouldn't hesitate to help a stranded motorist, ran afoul of Wuornos on his way to pick up his fiance. [They] only began to start to. Like other bodies, this body too was naked and had been shot four times with a .22 firearm. [12] Leo Dale Pittman was diagnosed with schizophrenia. [51], In 2002, Wuornos began accusing prison matrons of tainting her food with dirt, saliva, and urine. [14][49] Wuornos was also known to meet the relevant criteria for determining both borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. According to "Dead Ends" author Michael Reynolds, Spears' autopsy report revealed that two shots had been fired into his back, indicating he was attempting to escape. The hunt for the so-called "damsel of death" was on. [14], Much of Wuornos' childhood sexual abuse and career in sex work are said to have irrevocably damaged her,[61] and it could be seen that traumatic experiences throughout most of her young life could play a part in Wuornos's psychological state, including her biological mother's departure as well as her grandmother ignoring the abuse she endured from her grandfather, thus leading to the lack of development of a motherdaughter bond for Wuornos as a young girl. 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