Aileen Wuornos

Film actor

1956 – 2002

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Who was Aileen Wuornos?

Aileen Carol Wuornos was a serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990. Wuornos claimed that her victims had either raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute, and that all of the homicides were committed in self-defense. She was convicted and sentenced to death for six of the murders and was executed by the State of Florida by lethal injection on October 9, 2002.

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Born
Feb 29, 1956
Rochester
Also known as
  • Aileen Carol Wuornos
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Florida
  • Troy
Died
Oct 9, 2002
Florida State Prison

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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