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[[Aileen Carol Wuornos]]] born '''Pittman'''; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American [[serial killer]]. In 1989–1990, while engaging in [[street prostitution]] along highways in [[Florida]], she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either [[rape]]d or attempted to rape her, and that all of the [[homicide]]s were committed in [[self-defense]]. Wuornos was [[Capital punishment|sentenced to death]] for six of the murders and on October 9, 2002, after 12 years on Florida's [[death row]],<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlize-therons-monster-role/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220110102627/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlize-therons-monster-role/</ref> was executed by [[lethal injection]].
  
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[[Aileen Carol Wuornos]] born '''Pittman'''; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in [[street prostitution]] along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either [[rape]]d or attempted to rape her, and that all of the [[homicide]]s were committed in self-defense. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders and on October 9, 2002, after 12 years on Florida's death row,<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlize-therons-monster-role/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220110102627/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlize-therons-monster-role/</ref> was executed by lethal injection.
   
 
In the biographical film ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'' (2003), Wuornos' story is described from her first murder until her execution. For her portrayal of Wuornos, [[Charlize Theron]] won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
  
In the biographical film ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'' (2003), Wuornos' story is described from her first murder until her execution. For her portrayal of Wuornos, [[Charlize Theron]] won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Wuornos murdered seven men within a period of 12 months. All the men were drivers between the ages of 40 to 65.
 
Wuornos murdered seven men within a period of 12 months. All the men were drivers between the ages of 40 to 65.
   
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* '''Richard Charles Mallory''', age 51, electronics store owner in Clearwater (date of murder: November 30, 1989). Wuornos claimed that Mallory beat, [[rape]]d, and [[Anal sex|sodomized]] her after he drove her to an abandoned area for sexual services. Mallory was Wuornos' first victim and she claimed to have killed him in [[self-defense]]. Later, it became known that Mallory had previously been convicted for attempted rape in [[Maryland]]. Two days after the murder, a Volusia County deputy sheriff found Mallory's abandoned vehicle. On December 13, his body was found several miles away in a wooded area; he had been shot several times, and two bullets to the left lung were found to have been the cause of death.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref>
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* '''Richard Charles Mallory''', age 51, electronics store owner in Clearwater (date of murder: November 30, 1989). Wuornos claimed that Mallory beat, [[rape]]d, sodomized her after he drove her to an abandoned area for sexual services. Mallory was Wuornos' first victim and she claimed to have killed him in self-defense. Later, it became known that Mallory had previously been convicted for attempted rape in Maryland. Two days after the murder, a Volusia County deputy sheriff found Mallory's abandoned vehicle. On December 13, his body was found several miles away in a wooded area; he had been shot several times, and two bullets to the left lung were found to have been the cause of death.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref>
 
* '''David Andrew Spears''', age 47, construction worker in Winter Garden. He was declared missing as of May 19, 1990.<ref>https://aileencarolwuornos.weebly.com/david-spears.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200725005304/https://aileencarolwuornos.weebly.com/david-spears.html</ref>
  
* '''David Andrew Spears''', age 47, construction worker in Winter Garden. He was declared missing as of May 19, 1990.<ref>https://aileencarolwuornos.weebly.com/david-spears.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200725005304/https://aileencarolwuornos.weebly.com/david-spears.html</ref>
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* '''Charles Edmund Carskaddon''', age 40, part-time [[rodeo]] worker (date of murder: May 31, 1990). On June 6, 1990, his body was found in [[Pasco County, Florida|Pasco County]]. He had been shot nine times with a .22 caliber weapon. The body had been wrapped in an electric blanket and was badly decomposing when found. Witnesses saw Wuornos in possession of Carskaddon's car, and Wuornos had also pawned a gun identified as belonging to Carskaddon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wuornos v. the State of Florida, 676 So. 2d 966 (Fla. 1995) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1995/81466-0.htm |website=Justia US Law |access-date=April 16, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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* '''Charles Edmund Carskaddon''', age 40, part-time rodeo worker (date of murder: May 31, 1990). On June 6, 1990, his body was found in Pasco County. He had been shot nine times with a .22 caliber weapon. The body had been wrapped in an electric blanket and was badly decomposing when found. Witnesses saw Wuornos in possession of Carskaddon's car, and Wuornos had also pawned a gun identified as belonging to Carskaddon.<ref>https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1995/81466-0.htm</ref>
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* ''' Peter Abraham Siems''', age 65, retired merchant seaman. In June 1990, Siems left [[Jupiter, Florida]], for [[Arkansas]]. On July 4, 1990, his car was found in [[Orange Springs, Florida]]. Moore and Wuornos were seen abandoning the car, and Wuornos' palm print was found on the interior door handle. His body was never found.<ref name="clarkprosecutor" />
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* ''' Peter Abraham Siems''', age 65, retired merchant seaman. In June 1990, Siems left Jupiter, for Arkansas. On July 4, 1990, his car was found in Orange Springs. Moore and Wuornos were seen abandoning the car, and Wuornos' palm print was found on the interior door handle. His body was never found.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref>
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* '''Troy Eugene Burress''', age 50, sausage salesman from [[Ocala, Florida]]. On July 31, 1990, he was reported missing. On August 4, 1990, his body was found in a wooded area along State Road 19 in [[Marion County, Florida|Marion County]]. He had been shot twice.<ref name="clarkprosecutor" />
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* '''Troy Eugene Burress''', age 50, sausage salesman from Ocala. On July 31, 1990, he was reported missing. On August 4, 1990, his body was found in a wooded area along State Road 19 in Marion County. He had been shot twice.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref>
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* '''Charles Richard "Dick" Humphreys''', age 56, retired [[U.S. Air Force]] [[Major (United States)|Major]], former state [[child abuse]] investigator, and former [[Chief of Police]] (date of murder: September 11, 1990). On September 12, 1990, his body was found in [[Marion County, Florida|Marion County]]. He was fully clothed and had been shot seven times in the head and torso. His car was found in [[Suwannee County, Florida|Suwannee County]].<ref name="clarkprosecutor" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-18 |title=Road to Nowhere: The Life and Crimes of Aileen Wuornos (Part 1) |url=https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/06/18/road-to-nowhere-the-life-and-crimes-of-aileen-wuornos-part-1/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Horror Obsessive |language=en-US}}</ref>
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* '''Charles Richard "Dick" Humphreys''', age 56, retired U.S. Air Force Major, former state [[child abuse]] investigator, and former Chief of Police (date of murder: September 11, 1990). On September 12, 1990, his body was found in Marion County. He was fully clothed and had been shot seven times in the head and torso. His car was found in Suwannee County.<ref>https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/06/18/road-to-nowhere-the-life-and-crimes-of-aileen-wuornos-part-1/</ref>
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* '''Walter Jeno Antonio''', age 62, trucker, security guard, and reserve police officer. On November 19, 1990, Antonio's nearly naked body was found near a remote logging road in [[Dixie County, Florida|Dixie County]]. He had been shot four times. Five days later, his car was found in [[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard County]].<ref name="clarkprosecutor" />
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* '''Walter Jeno Antonio''', age 62, trucker, security guard, and reserve police officer. On November 19, 1990, Antonio's nearly naked body was found near a remote logging road in Dixie County. He had been shot four times. Five days later, his car was found in Brevard County.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref>
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== Conviction and Execution ==
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On March 31, 1992, Wuornos pleaded no contest to the murders of Charles Richard Humphreys, Troy Eugene Burress, and David Andrew Spears, saying she wanted to "get right with God".<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref> In her statement to the court, she said, in part, "I wanted to confess to you that Richard Mallory did violently rape me as I've told you; but these others did not. [They] only began to start to."<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref> On May 15, 1992, Wuornos was given three more death sentences.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref> In June 1992, Wuornos pleaded guilty to the murder of Charles Edmund Carskaddon. In November 1992, she received her fifth death sentence.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref>In February 1993, Wuornos pleaded guilty to the murder of Walter Jeno Antonio and was sentenced to death again. No charges were brought against her for the murder of Peter Abraham Siems, as his body was never found. In all, Wuornos received six death sentences.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref>
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Wuornos's execution by lethal injection took place on October 9, 2002. She declined her last meal which could have been anything under $20 and opted for a cup of coffee instead.<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref> 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. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back."<ref>http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm</ref> She died at 9:47a.m. EDT.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/02cb5e52d50e756b8576d1b9a37f184a</ref> She was the second woman in Florida and the tenth in the United States to be executed since the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision]] restoring capital punishment.
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Aileen Carol Wuornos born Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that all of the homicides were committed in self-defense. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders and on October 9, 2002, after 12 years on Florida's death row,[1][2] was executed by lethal injection.

In the biographical film Monster (2003), Wuornos' story is described from her first murder until her execution. For her portrayal of Wuornos, Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Murders

Wuornos murdered seven men within a period of 12 months. All the men were drivers between the ages of 40 to 65.

  • Richard Charles Mallory, age 51, electronics store owner in Clearwater (date of murder: November 30, 1989). Wuornos claimed that Mallory beat, raped, sodomized her after he drove her to an abandoned area for sexual services. Mallory was Wuornos' first victim and she claimed to have killed him in self-defense. Later, it became known that Mallory had previously been convicted for attempted rape in Maryland. Two days after the murder, a Volusia County deputy sheriff found Mallory's abandoned vehicle. On December 13, his body was found several miles away in a wooded area; he had been shot several times, and two bullets to the left lung were found to have been the cause of death.[3][4]
  • David Andrew Spears, age 47, construction worker in Winter Garden. He was declared missing as of May 19, 1990.[5][6]
  • Charles Edmund Carskaddon, age 40, part-time rodeo worker (date of murder: May 31, 1990). On June 6, 1990, his body was found in Pasco County. He had been shot nine times with a .22 caliber weapon. The body had been wrapped in an electric blanket and was badly decomposing when found. Witnesses saw Wuornos in possession of Carskaddon's car, and Wuornos had also pawned a gun identified as belonging to Carskaddon.[7]
  • Peter Abraham Siems, age 65, retired merchant seaman. In June 1990, Siems left Jupiter, for Arkansas. On July 4, 1990, his car was found in Orange Springs. Moore and Wuornos were seen abandoning the car, and Wuornos' palm print was found on the interior door handle. His body was never found.[8][9]
  • Troy Eugene Burress, age 50, sausage salesman from Ocala. On July 31, 1990, he was reported missing. On August 4, 1990, his body was found in a wooded area along State Road 19 in Marion County. He had been shot twice.[10][11]
  • Charles Richard "Dick" Humphreys, age 56, retired U.S. Air Force Major, former state child abuse investigator, and former Chief of Police (date of murder: September 11, 1990). On September 12, 1990, his body was found in Marion County. He was fully clothed and had been shot seven times in the head and torso. His car was found in Suwannee County.[12]
  • Walter Jeno Antonio, age 62, trucker, security guard, and reserve police officer. On November 19, 1990, Antonio's nearly naked body was found near a remote logging road in Dixie County. He had been shot four times. Five days later, his car was found in Brevard County.[13][14]

Conviction and Execution

On March 31, 1992, Wuornos pleaded no contest to the murders of Charles Richard Humphreys, Troy Eugene Burress, and David Andrew Spears, saying she wanted to "get right with God".[15][16] In her statement to the court, she said, in part, "I wanted to confess to you that Richard Mallory did violently rape me as I've told you; but these others did not. [They] only began to start to."[17][18] On May 15, 1992, Wuornos was given three more death sentences.[19][20] In June 1992, Wuornos pleaded guilty to the murder of Charles Edmund Carskaddon. In November 1992, she received her fifth death sentence.[21][22]In February 1993, Wuornos pleaded guilty to the murder of Walter Jeno Antonio and was sentenced to death again. No charges were brought against her for the murder of Peter Abraham Siems, as his body was never found. In all, Wuornos received six death sentences.[23][24]

Wuornos's execution by lethal injection took place on October 9, 2002. She declined her last meal which could have been anything under $20 and opted for a cup of coffee instead.[25][26] 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. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back."[27][28] She died at 9:47a.m. EDT.[29] She was the second woman in Florida and the tenth in the United States to be executed since the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision]] restoring capital punishment.


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References

  1. ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlize-therons-monster-role/
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220110102627/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlize-therons-monster-role/
  3. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  5. ↑ https://aileencarolwuornos.weebly.com/david-spears.html
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200725005304/https://aileencarolwuornos.weebly.com/david-spears.html
  7. ↑ https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/1995/81466-0.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  10. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  12. ↑ https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/06/18/road-to-nowhere-the-life-and-crimes-of-aileen-wuornos-part-1/
  13. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  15. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  17. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  18. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  19. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  21. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  22. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  23. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  24. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  25. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  26. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  27. ↑ http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  28. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080914165003/http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/wuornos805.htm
  29. ↑ https://apnews.com/article/02cb5e52d50e756b8576d1b9a37f184a
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