On December 13, 1989, the body of Richard Mallory was found naked in a wooded area off of Highway 19 in Citrus County, Florida. His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the lungs. Shortly after, the bodies of Charles Carskaddon, Troy Burress, Charles “Dick” Humphreys, and Walter Jeno Antonio were found in Pasco County, Marlon County, as well as Dixon County, Florida within a span of only six months. All of the victims had similar characteristics in that they were male, mainly middle-aged, low-to-middle-class, and white (3). The victims all died from a gunshot wound, and all but one of their bodies were discovered along the highways of the Central Florida region, and all but one were discovered naked (5). The bullets recovered from the …show more content…
The eye-witness accounts and evidence were very damaging to her case and prosecuting attorneys were even able to introduce evidence related to Aileen’s other crimes to demonstrate her pattern of criminal activity. When Tyria Moore testified, she claimed that Aileen returned home the day of Mallory’s murder and in a relaxed matter stated “I killed a man today” as they watched TV. Aileen broke down in tears as she watched the Moore slowly bury her in the ground with her testimony. On the stand, Aileen testified that she shot Richard Mallory to save herself after she had been violently raped, giving graphic details of the pain she suffered. In the end, her testimony only hurt her case as the prosecuting attorney, John Tanner, ended up destroying all of her credibility by bringing up inconsistencies and lies given in her past statements to police detectives. On January 27, after two hours of deliberating, the jury found Aileen Wuornos guilty of murder in the first degree. On January 31, 1991, Judge Blount sentenced Aileen to death by electrocution at 36 years of age to which she responded, “I’m innocent! I was raped! Scumbags of America! I hope you all get raped in the ass.” Aileen was then confined in a 6’ x 8’ prison cell for 23 hours a day, devoid of human touch, as she awaited her eventual