to seek out their own heinous form of release. Often considered America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos was neither first nor the worst. She had been suspected of committing at least seven murders and was sentenced to four of cases she had confessed to police. All the while, she maintained her innocence claiming that some or all of the killings were in self-defense. Born Aileen Carol Pittman on February 29, 1956 to Diane Pratt and Leo Pittman in Rochester Michigan (Osborn, 2009)
Involvement Aileen Wuornos has a lasting history with the system, committing crimes from driving under the influence, providing false identification to police, firing a .22 caliber pistol from a moving vehicle, disorderly conduct, assault, disturbing the peace, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, grand larceny and robbery (Murderpedia, n.d.). However, it was not until the late 1980’s that she would begin the series of murders that would make her most famous. From 1989 to 1990, Aileen Wuornos killed
Abstract Aileen Wuornos killed seven men. Her life story is one of abuse, neglect, abandonment and violence. Wuornos’ disturbed behaviour from a young age failed to attract positive intervention or support, although she easily fit the criteria for the disorders with which she was later diagnosed. Although Wuornos was made a Ward of Court at age 15 (“The Case of Aileen Wuornos - The Facts”, n.d.) within a year she was alone, unsupported, living rough and surviving as a prostitute (Note, 2004). This
Aileen Wuornos is well known to be one of the most notorious serial killers ever in America. Without reading or coming across the knowledge about her life and how she became a serial killer, it would be hard to judge why she decided to do all that. Aileen was executed in Florida in 2002 but what fooled after her death is fame about her killings of men. Every time we think of a serial killer, a picture of a violent, egotistical and manipulative male comes to mind but she proved all these ideologies
them a sort of celebrity status. The first famous woman serial killers Aileen Wuornos was best known for being a murder and a serial killer some of her names include Sandra Kretsch, Susan Lynn Blahovec, Lee Blahovec, Cammie Marsh Greene, Lori Kristine Grody. Aileen was born on February 29th 1956 born in Rochester Michigan and died on October 9th 2002. She died in Florida state prison, Bradford County, Florida. Aileen Carol Wuornos was a serial killer who had killed seven men, widely believed to be the
Background Aileen Wuornos is a character from the film Monster. Ms. Wuornos is a thirty-seven year old Caucasian female who is seeking help for an abundance of issues. When Ms. Wuornos was a child she was left in the care of her grandparents after being abandoned by her mother. Her father was serving a prison sentence when he took his own life. Left in the care of her grandparents, Ms. Wuornos suffered years of abuse. She endured sexual abuse by her grandfather and was repeatedly raped by a family
Aileen Wuornos, also known as Aileen Pittman or Aileen Carol Wuornos was born on February 29th of 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. She was the age of 46 at the time of her death, a white woman with Finnish descend. Although she was briefly married to Lewis Fell, she later fell in love with Tyria Moore, a woman with whom they stayed together for four years which made her a bisexual (Broomfield et al., 2003). Aileen was a sex worker or prostitute from her childhood at the age of 13 where she used to exchange
Aileen Wuornos is what many call one of the most notorious serial killer in America. She was amongst one of the few female serial killers that were captured in the United States during the early 1990's. (Edwards, 2012) In total, Aileen Wuornos killed seven different men in a short time span. These violence murders happened across the state of Florida, where she had lived much of her troubled childhood. She was eventually captured by police, confessed to all seven of the murders and was executed by
A. Aileen Wuornos was born to a teenage couple. Her father was arrested for child molestation and hung himself in jail. Her mother abandoned her, and the maternal grandparents assumed guardianship. Most of western culture can agree the abuse of a child is a deviant act. In the case of Aileen, what social factors and “social controls” impeded the recognition of such deviant behavior? To understand this question one must first understand what was not in place in terms of social factors or controls
Aileen Wuornos is one the most famous psychopathic serial killers in the world. Not only is she one of the only female serial killers, her killings are unlike any other there has been. She exhibited psychopathy traits since birth and her abuse as a child didn't help matters. She killed 6 men in the span of year and told police she was the victim in all the cases, not admitting to intentionally killing them to many months later. After getting caught by the police and going through a long, tedious
males (Hickey, 1991). The case of Aileen Wuornos can be seen as ‘special’ since she was considered the first female serial killer in America (CYRIAX, 2009). She was also later known by the press as the “Damsel of Death” (CYRIAX, 2009). The build-up of Wuornos includes historical background, criminal profile tactics, and general diagnosis. Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956 to Diane Wuornos and Leo Pittman (Jensen, 2012). Diane was pregnant at 16 with Wuornos and already had a son, Keith, with
try to show everyone they deserve a star status. Aileen Wournos is a serial killer who changed how Americans viewed female serial killers with her murders, publicity, and manipulation. Growing up in a abusive environment, Aileen Wuornos was abused by all the men in her life, this is the reason she is the first female serial killer. Her mother Diane and step dad Leo married at the age of 15. Diane abandoned Leo before Aileen was 4 years old. Aileens biological father never got to know her. He hung
• Aileen Wuornos • Born February 29th,1956 in Rochester, MI • Died October 9th,2002 in Florida State Prison • She was very close to her brother Keith Wuornos. Later whet they got older they had sexual intercourse with each other.’ • At age 11 Aileen Started to to “Sell her body for Money” starting prostitution for money for drugs. • Preformed poorly in school. • She had many fights her grandparents and run away with her brother once found they were put in reform school temporarily. • In prison
killers. As gendered pronouns indicate, serial killing is a man’s game. II. (Reveal Topic) Thus in Florida 1991, news broke that a woman named Aileen Lee Wuornos had achieved the homicidal equivalent of serial killing. III. (Credibility Statement) After researching and reading multiple reliable books and articles, I bring to you the life of Aileen Wuornos. IV.(Relevancy Statement) It would be great to live in a world where you can enjoy being a kid but unfortunately, the world is not like that. So
Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wournos was an infamous female serial killer, who went on a year-long killing spree along Florida highways from 1989 to late 1990. Wuornos was accused of slaughtering seven middle-aged men, and convicted for six. The killer escaped authorities for about a year using numerous aliases, including Susan Lynn Blahovec, Lori Kristine Grody, and Cammie Marsh Greene. She was eventually tracked down, with the help of her girlfriend, and imprisoned with six consecutive death sentences
Abstract This paper will be written in the form of a case study analysis and will examine the work of Aileen Wuornos, the majority of the information for this paper will come from ten peer-reviewed articles from the Western Kentucky University library database. This paper will evaluate Aileen Wuornos and the murders she had committed from 1989 to 1990. This case study will be constructed starting with her early life, including her mother and father, the profile of the seven different murders she
To describe Aileen Wuornos' jump in the beginning as an unfortunate start is really an understatement. It was a terrible jump from the period she was born February 29, 1956 as Aileen Carol Pittman. One of the decent things in her early beginning, oddly, was that her birth dad, Leo Dale Pittman, never grew to understand her. Pittman was a very disturbed child molester who hanged himself while incarcerated in 1969. Aileen’s mother, Diane Wuornos, married Pittman when she was at the age of only 15 and
Case study: Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wuornos Carol born on the 29th of February 1956 was one of the most famous serial killers of all times. Regarded as the first female serial killer in the United States, Aileen depicts the life of thousands of other people around the world whose lives were either changed or altered by their biological, environmental and developmental factors that made them to commit unimaginable crimes. This study analyzes the life of Aileen beginning with the crimes she committed
taking away the reward value of the behavior, so could this mean that if Tyria had left Aileen when money first became an issue some or even none of these men would have died? Because of these facts, this writer would have to say that her actions were a combination of both Classical and Learning theories as well as Developmental theories. References (Marlee Macleod, n.d.). Aileen Wuornos: Killer Who Preyed on Truck Drivers. Retrieved February 10, 2010 from The Crime Library
can be just as deviant and just as sinister as men, sometimes using different methods. There are certain common biological and environmental factors that are present in the creation of several female serial killers; a few of the females include Aileen Wuornos, Clementine Barnabet, Nannie Doss, Belle Gunness, and a couple others. In order to understand the common traits of female serial killers, one has to know the meaning of what a serial killer is. According to a federal law passed in 1998 by the