Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos Essay

“I am one that hates human life and would kill again.” These are famous words by the convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos who was put to death by lethal injection on October 9, 2002. She was one of America’s first woman serial killers convicted and put on death row. She killed seven men between the years 1989-1990 on Florida’s highways. She was called a serial killer because she killed men she did not know and all were killed in the same mannerism. She was a prostitute on the highways and would pick up the men, shoot them several times, rob their possessions, take off in their cars, dump the cars, and return home to her girlfriend. She would pawn the possessions which lead to her downfall of being caught. In Florida when something

She came to the realization that everyone looked at her like a prostitute and treated her as one. She went back to the streets fulltime to take care of her girlfriend Tyria. One night she picked up a john and was sexually and physically assaulted by him. She did carry a gun for protection as most of “ladies of the night” do and she shot him, claiming self-defense. His name was John Mallory, a 51 one year old electronic shop owner from Clearwater, Florida. During her testimony, she describes a horrific scene of abuse by Mallory. To back up her claim one of the reporters investigated Mr. Mallory and discovered he was a convicted rapist that spent ten years in prison for the

She made drawings and started writing letters about her life to her best friend Dawn Botkins and later these were published called Dear Dawn. Unfortunately she never trusted anyone especially authority. While in prison she claimed the guards were abusing her and she became very paranoid. She said that the police wanted her to do the killings and wanted her to go on more killing sprees. She stated that there was sonic pressure in her cell and they would turn it up for torture. She ended up firing her lawyers and turned down any more appeals as she was ready to die. She stated, “I will kill again. I’ve got hate crawling through my system. There is no point in sparing me. I’m a waste of the taxpayer’s money.” She even recanted her self- defense claim stating she killed in hate and would kill again. Nick Broomfield, one of the only reporters that Aileen trusted, did a documentary on her and caught her saying while she thought cameras were off, “I really did kill in self -defense, but I need to say I didn’t otherwise it will only prolong my death sentence.” On her last interview, day before her execution she stated,” I’d 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 I’ll be back.” She also wanted all of America about the abuse she