Who was Aileen Wuornos?The Son, Girlfriend & Partner- Tyria Moore

Aileen Wuornos was a serial killer who had In the United States, 7 men were killed between 1989 and 1990. According to her, all of her victims either raped her or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute, so all of these crimes were committed in self-defence.

She was sentenced to death after being found guilty of 6 of the 7 murders and was eventually executed in October 2002. Alice Wuornos has been the subject of several documentaries in popular culture, the most notable being the highly acclaimed 2013 biopic Monster

Who was Aileen Wuornos?

Aileen Wuornos was born Aileen Carol Pittman on February 29, 1956, in Troy, Michigan. Her parents’ marriage fell apart two months before she was born. At the time of his birth, his mother, Diane Wuornos, was 14 years old and his father, Leo Dale Pittman, was in prison. She never met her father, who remained incarcerated until his death by suicide in January 1969. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and eventually convicted of child sex crimes.

She had an older brother named Keith and when she was just 4 years old, their mother left the family, leaving them with their maternal grandparents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos. Aileen and her brother were eventually adopted by their grandparents on March 18, 1960, and as a result, she took on the surname “Wuornos.”

Aileen Wuornos’ upbringing has been described as having been very traumatic. She began having sexual activities at the age of 11 in exchange for food, drugs and cigarettes. She also had sex with her brother and was sexually abused by her alcoholic grandfather. She left school at the age of 14 around the same time her grandmother died. When she was 15, her grandfather kicked her out of the house, after which she began to live in the woods and engage in prostitution to support herself.

Son

Aileen Wuornos had one child in her lifetime. In 1970, 14-year-old Wuornos became pregnant after being raped by an accomplice of her abusive grandfather. She gave birth to a male child on March 23, 1971, and the child was placed for adoption. Wuornos never returned to school after the birth of her son.

Girlfriend and Partner – Tyria Moore

Aileen Wuornos had several relationships during her life. The most notable of these was with a woman named Tyria Moore. The duo met in the 1980s at a gay bar in Daytona Beach, Florida, and they later moved in together. Moore worked at the gay bar as a maid while Wuornos made a living through prostitution. The details of their relationship are a bit hazy, however, one striking feature is that the couple had several run-ins with the law during their time together.

Wuornos claimed to still be in love with Moore throughout her time in prison until her execution. In the movie Monster Tyria Moore was portrayed by the character Selby Wall, played by actress Christina Ricci.

Crimes, Arrest and Execution

From her adolescence, Aileen Wuornos was known to have had a very violent behavior which brought her to prison several times. She was arrested for all kinds of misdemeanors and crimes including DUI, assault, robbery and armed robbery. She served time in prison between May 1983 and June 1984 for robbing a convenience store. His series of illegal activities eventually culminated in the murder of 7 men between 1989 and 1990.

In July 1990, a media campaign was launched for Wuornos and his girlfriend Tyria Moore. The duo had abandoned the car of one of Wuornos’ victims after being involved in an accident. Their fingerprints were found in the vehicle and given that Wuornos had a Florida criminal record, his were easy to match. She was eventually arrested on January 9, 1991 at The Last Resort, a popular biker bar in Volusia County, Florida. The next day, his girlfriend Moore was found in Scranton, Pennsylvania. With his help, the police were able to obtain a confession from Wuornos in exchange for his legal immunity.

Aileen Wuornos gave several contrasting accounts regarding the murders. In one of the accounts, she claimed that all of the men had attempted to rape her and that these crimes were therefore committed in self-defense. In another account, she said she actually robbed the men and decided to kill them to leave no trace of the crime.

Wuornos’ trial lasted from January 1992 to February 1993 and she received 6 death sentences in total. She was not convicted for the death of one of the victims whose body was never found. She was arrested on the women’s death row of the Florida Department of Corrections (Broward Correctional Institution). She filed an unsuccessful appeal to the United States Supreme Court in 1996. In 2001, she decided to end all appeals and also fired her attorney. Aileen Wuornos was eventually transferred to Florida State Prison, where she was executed on October 9, 2002. Her remains were cremated and her ashes were spread under a tree in her native Michigan.

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