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Aileen Wuornos

American serial killer
Also known as: Aileen Carol Wuornos, Aileen Pittman
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Aileen Wuornos (born February 29, 1956, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.—died October 9, 2002, Starke, Florida) was an American serial killer who murdered at least seven men in 1989–90 while working as a sex worker along Florida highways. She was arrested in 1991 and pleaded self-defense. Wuornos was ultimately sentenced to death for six murders; the body of one of her alleged victims was never found, and she was not tried in that case. She was executed...

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