Aileen Wuornos Serial Killers

It would be impossible to talk about serial killers without discussing Aileen Wuornos. “When humans are young, their world revolves around their parents or primary care-givers. Parents or care-givers are the primary source of safety, security, love, understanding, nurturance and support. Child abuse violates the trust at the core of a child’s relationship with the world” (Walker, 1994). Before Aileen Wuornos became known to be one of the first female serial killer she was a victim of child abuse. Aileen was rape, abandoned, and mistreated by those closest to her. Moreover, Aileen later on carries her painful childhood with her and “Wuornos’s childhood may hold the key to many of the reasons she behaved in such a violent, reckless, remorseless, manner” (Adams, 2009).
Aileen Wuorons was born in Rochester, Michigan on February 29, 1956. Aileen’s parents were both teenagers who got married and divorce few months after Aileen was born.Her father, “ Lee Pittman ended up serving time in Kansas and Michigan mental hospitals as a child-molester” (Pery, 2005) …show more content…
In November 1989 Aileen committed her first serious offense. Aileen killed 51 years old “Richard Mallory” and then claim it was an act of self-defense. Afterward, Aileen went on killing seven men, and eventually got caught due to her getting in a car accident. “After she was convicted of the first murder of Richard Mallory, she then pled guilty to the others, and after a certain point in time she started to recant and say she wasn't a victim, she simply robbed and killed those men to gain their personal property and to gain money” (Pery, 2005). October 2002 Aileen was executed at the age of 46. “Aileen Wuornos was the 5nd person executed in Florida since their reinstatement of the death penalty. She was the second woman to be executed in the state Florida” (Biography.com, 2017). Aileen wanted nothing more than to be dead to end her