Age, Biography, and Wiki
Aileen Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956, and passed away on October 9, 2002. She gained notoriety for killing seven men between 1989 and 1990, whom she claimed were attempting to rape her. Wuornos's life was marked by abuse, neglect, and a tumultuous relationship with her family. She was sentenced to death for six of the murders and spent over a decade on death row before her execution.
| Occupation | Serial Killers |
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| Date of Birth | 29 February 1956 |
| Age | 69 Years |
| Birth Place | Rochester, Michigan, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
| Country | U.S |
| Date of death | 9 October, 2002 |
| Died Place | Florida State Prison, Florida, U.S. |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While specific details about Wuornos's height and weight are not widely documented, her physical appearance was often noted in media coverage during her trial and sentencing.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Wuornos had a significant relationship with Tyria Moore, whom she met at a gay bar in Daytona Beach in 1986. This relationship was important to Wuornos, who described it as "love beyond imaginable".
Her mother, Diane Wuornos (born 1939), was aged 14 when she married Aileen's father, 18-year-old Leo Pittman (1936–1969), on June 3, 1954. On March 14, 1955, Diane gave birth to Aileen's older brother Keith. She gave birth to Aileen at the age of 16.
Wuornos never met her father. In 1967, Leo Pittman was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a seven-year-old girl. Leo Pittman, a diagnosed schizophrenic, committed suicide by hanging in prison on January 30, 1969. In January 1960, when Wuornos was almost four years old, Diane abandoned her children, leaving them with their maternal grandparents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos, who legally adopted Keith and Aileen on March 18, 1960. Both grandparents were alcoholics.
Wuornos' 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. 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". She died at 9:47 a.m. EDT. 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.
According to Brice Arrigo, Wuornos' childhood sexual abuse and career in sex work irrevocably damaged her, and it could be seen that traumatic experiences throughout most of her young life could play a part in Wuornos' psychological state, including her biological mother's departure as well as her grandmother ignoring the abuse she endured from her grandfather, thus leading to the lack of development of a "mother–daughter" bond for Wuornos as a young girl. The damage was then made worse because both Wuornos and her brother believed that their grandparents were their biological parents, but at the age of 11 they learned that this was not the case, which further damaged the relationship between Wuornos and her adoptive parents.
The biographical drama film Monster (2003), stars Charlize Theron as Wuornos and Christina Ricci as Tyria Moore (Selby Wall in the film). The film centers on Wuornos' series of murders and her relationship with her girlfriend Tyria Moore. Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.
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| Husband | Lewis Gratz Fell (m. May 4, 1976-July 21, 1976) |
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Net Worth and Salary
Aileen Wuornos did not accumulate significant wealth during her lifetime. Her primary source of income was from prostitution, which she relied on to support herself and her partner, Tyria Moore. Given her circumstances, her net worth at the time of her death was likely minimal.
On July 17, her brother Keith died of esophageal cancer and Wuornos received $10,000 from his life insurance. Wuornos and Fell annulled their marriage on July 21 after only nine weeks. In August 1976, Wuornos was given a $105 fine for drunk driving. She used the money inherited from her brother to pay the fine and spent the rest within two months buying luxuries including a new car, which she wrecked shortly afterwards.
In 1986, 30-year-old Wuornos met 24-year-old Tyria Moore, a motel maid, at a Daytona Beach gay bar called Zodiac. They moved in together, and Wuornos supported them with her earnings as a prostitute. On July 4, 1987, Daytona Beach police detained Wuornos and Moore at a bar for questioning regarding an incident in which they were accused of assault and battery with a beer bottle.
Career, Business, and Investments
Wuornos's career can only be described as a series of tragic events. She engaged in street prostitution, which led to her involvement in the homicides that made her infamous. There were no reported business ventures or investments.
Social Network
During her lifetime, Wuornos did not have a social network in the modern sense. Her life was marked by isolation and struggles, though she maintained a strong connection with Tyria Moore.
In the feature 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.
The TV movie Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992) starred Jean Smart as Wuornos. The antagonist of the 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Chameleon" — Maggie Peterson (Sharon Lawrence), a prostitute who murders her johns — is based on Wuornos.
In 2015, Lily Rabe portrayed a fictionalized version of Wuornos as part of a Halloween storyline in American Horror Story: Hotel in the fourth episode of the show's fifth season, and later in the season finale.
In 2024, the Cross season 1 from episode 2 to episode 8 with Wuornos lookalike portrayed by Eloise Mumford is loosely based on the Execution and death of Aileen Wuornos, although the show contains its usual disclaimer that the story and characters are fictional.
Education
Details about Wuornos's formal education are limited. Her early life was disrupted by family issues, and she did not pursue higher education.
By the age of 11, Wuornos began engaging in sexual activity at school in exchange for cigarettes, drugs and food. She had also engaged in sexual activity with her brother. Wuornos said that her grandfather had sexually assaulted and beaten her when she was a child. Before beating her, he would force her to strip out of her clothes. In 1970, at age 14, she became pregnant after being raped by a family friend.
