Aileen Carol Wuornos (February 29 1956 – October 9 2002) was an American 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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birth date
1956-02-29
birth name
Aileen Carol Pittman
birth place
Rochester Michigan, United States
country
United States
death date
2002-10-09
death place
Bradford County Florida, Florida, Florida State Prison, United States
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