Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot, killed, and robbed seven of her male clients. She initially claimed that her victims had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that the homicides were committed in self-defense, but later abandoned this defense.
Background
- Born in
- Rochester
- Educated at
- Troy High School
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Trending topics shown first"I'm not a man-hater. so used to being treated like dirt that I guess it's become a way of life. I'm a decent person."
"Let me tell you what can happen in a rape. Your hair gets pulled out, he shoves his penis fully erected down your throat and bruises your esopa-gus, as well as the roof and sides of the of your mouth.…"
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Timeline
1956
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Died
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