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Her mother left one day and never returned. Aileen’s alcoholic grandparents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos adopted Aileen and her brother in 1960. The Wuornoses raised the two children as their own, along with their other two other children. Aileen and her brother were never told that Lauri and Britta were in fact their grandparents and not their parents. Both children were physically abused by their grandparents.
Her grandparents were distant and unaffectionate. Her grandfather was emotionally and physically abusive to her. He called her derogatory names telling her she was worthless and should never have been born. He also beat her on several occasions. He beat her with a strap on her naked buttocks, face down and spread eagle upon a bed. Her grandmother, a passive alcoholic ignored her husband’s abuse and emotionally abused Aileen as well. (Arrigo & Griffin, …show more content…
At the age of 25, Aileen was arrested for armed robbery and sent to prison for 2 years. (Shipley (2001).
After her release from prison she met Tyria Moore at a gay bar. The two women began a romantic relationship. Aileen fell in love with Tyria and to support both of them, Aileen returned to her life of prostitution, while Tyria worked at regular jobs. The relationship lasted for 4 years. The earnings from Aileen’s profession as a prostitute were meager, and they soon became desperate for cash. Aileen’s actions escalated from robbery to murder. (Shipley (2001).
Aileen admitted to killing 7 men over a 12 month period beginning in December of 1989 and ending in November of 1990. Aileen was 34 years old. They were all white males between the ages of 41 and 65, and all of her victims were found nude. The stories she told regarding her reasons for killing these men were conflicting at best. With the first victim, Richard Mallory, she claimed she was afraid that he was going to take the money away from her that he had paid for sex with, and then beat her, so she shot him. (Arrigo & Griffin,
Her grandparents were distant and unaffectionate. Her grandfather was emotionally and physically abusive to her. He called her derogatory names telling her she was worthless and should never have been born. He also beat her on several occasions. He beat her with a strap on her naked buttocks, face down and spread eagle upon a bed. Her grandmother, a passive alcoholic ignored her husband’s abuse and emotionally abused Aileen as well. (Arrigo & Griffin, …show more content…
At the age of 25, Aileen was arrested for armed robbery and sent to prison for 2 years. (Shipley (2001).
After her release from prison she met Tyria Moore at a gay bar. The two women began a romantic relationship. Aileen fell in love with Tyria and to support both of them, Aileen returned to her life of prostitution, while Tyria worked at regular jobs. The relationship lasted for 4 years. The earnings from Aileen’s profession as a prostitute were meager, and they soon became desperate for cash. Aileen’s actions escalated from robbery to murder. (Shipley (2001).
Aileen admitted to killing 7 men over a 12 month period beginning in December of 1989 and ending in November of 1990. Aileen was 34 years old. They were all white males between the ages of 41 and 65, and all of her victims were found nude. The stories she told regarding her reasons for killing these men were conflicting at best. With the first victim, Richard Mallory, she claimed she was afraid that he was going to take the money away from her that he had paid for sex with, and then beat her, so she shot him. (Arrigo & Griffin,