Florida in the early nineties: one woman shot and killed seven men and left their bodies on roadsides. Murder Trail: Angel of Death
America’s first and only female serial killer. ibid.
Wuornos told the police everything. ibid.
Aileen Wuornos was executed by lethal injection on October 9th 2002. ibid.
Aileen Wuornos who terrified Florida as the Highway Killer. A hitchhiking prostitute that broke all the rules. But was Wuornos driven to murder? Or was she born to kill? Born to Kill? 2e4: Aileen Wuornos, Channel 5 2010
She was abandoned by her mother when just a baby. ibid.
Her natural father ... was a career criminal and child molester. ibid.
In 1971 aged just fourteen ... Aileen gave birth to a seven-pound baby boy ... She later claimed the pregnancy was the result of being raped. ibid.
A hitchhiking booze-fuelled life of crime. ibid.
Aileen and Tyria were inseparable ... By the late ’80s Aileen and Tyria were living in a room at the budget Fairview Motel in Daytona. ibid.
Six weeks later [Richard] Mallory’s body was found dumped in woodland north of Daytona beach. ibid.
Aileen admitted to the murder of seven men, although she claimed she had killed them all in self-defence. ibid.
On October 9th 2002 Aileen Wuornos was executed by lethal injection. ibid.
The press would christen her the Damsel of Death. ibid.
Interstate 75: She worked it as a prostitute, hitching rides from exit to exit … She murdered seven men … Since then the book and movie deals have poured in. Nick Broomfield, Alieen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer, 1993
Two women popularly known as the Angels of Death … Her girlfriend was not charged. ibid.
The lawyer … wants $25,000 for the interview. ibid.
‘I am sorry for all the pain my actions have caused.’ ibid. Aileen in court pre-sentence
‘May your wife and kids get raped in the ass.’ ibid. post-sentence
It was here in these woods off Florida I-75 that in the space of one year police found the bodies of seven men. Nick Broomfield, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer, 2003
Life imprisonment: this was never offered to Aileen Wuornos. ibid.
There was no proper investigation into the police officers and their movie deals. ibid.
After the baby Aileen became the local untouchable. She spent two years living in the woods at the end of her street. ibid.
Tyria [lover] herself was involved in movie discussions involving Florida State police and production companies in Hollywood. ibid.
She remained angry and defiant to the end. ibid.
Well, I came here to confess to murder. Aileen Wuornos, police video
The cops knew who I was after Richard Mallory died. I left prints everywhere and they covered it up. Aileen Wuornos
I’ll be up in heaven while you’re all rotting in hell. Aileen Wuornos in court
My Sexy Romps With Kinky Mankiller. News of the World article
She was known as the Damsel of Death. One of the few female serial killers in American history – Aileen Wuornos. A complex misunderstood misfit with a hair-trigger temper … This woman gunned down seven men. Very Scary People: Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made I II, CI 2020
I had a couple of jobs for 75 cents an hour but I basically was a prostitute. ibid. Wuornos
Aileen always wanted to take care of Tyria. ibid. rozzer
Many of the things … she took them as trophies. ibid.
She [Tyria] willingly agreed to come back to the state of Florida to cooperate with this investigation. ibid.
Well I came here to confess to murder. ibid. Aileen to rozzers
‘This was both a vulnerable misunderstood woman and a vicious driven serial killer.’ Making a Monster s1e6: Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of Death, psychologist, CI 2020
On December 1st 1989 police in Florida discovered an abandoned vehicle belonging to a local man called Richard Mallery … He had been shot multiple times … The killer was a woman: a woman by the name of Aileen Wuornos. ibid.
‘In the space of a year she killed seven men … She was robbing her victims.’ ibid.
‘That extremely pleasurable release of anger and dominance.’ ibid.
She was caught abandoning a vehicle that had belonged to her final known victim, Walter Antonio. ibid.
I always wanted to be in the movies. When I was little I thought for sure one day I could be a big big star. Monster 2003 starring Charlize Theron & Christina Ricci & Bruce Dern & Lee Tergesen & Annie Corley & Pruitt Taylor Vince & Marco St John & Marc Macaulay & Scott Wilson & Kane Hodder & Brett Rice et al, director Patty Jenkins, Aileen Wuornos’ opening commentary
If that woman’s in here, so help me God. ibid. aunt
Just give me a week. You’ll never meet someone like me again. ibid. Aileen to lover
All you need is love and to believe in yourself. Nice idea. It doesn’t exactly work out that way. ibid.
I’ve been hooking since I was thirteen, man. Who the fuck am I kidding? I’m a hooker. ibid.
It’s like I feel like I never had a fucking choice. ibid.
Dear Dawn, I never wanted to kill but Satan had me run into [Richard] Mallory. Aileen Wuornos: Mind of a Monster, letter from Wuornos to friend Dawn Botkins, Discovery Plus 2020
I weigh my sins on the male domination of society. ibid.
It’ll just keep others from their cruelty in life. I know I’ll die from it, so to kill any more down the road as I look will only be the same as killing one. ibid.
1970: She passed out; he raped her, and she got pregnant … Her baby was adopted right away. She never got to see her child ... She had so much anger in her life. ibid. Dawn
Just do what you gotta do OK. All right? I’m not gonna let you go to jail. ibid. Aileen to Tyria
After confessing to seven killings Aileen Wuornos is charged with the murder of Richard Mallory. Mallory was her first victim and the only murder in Volusia County. It will be the first case brought to trial. ibid. captions
November 30th 1989, Central Florida: When a 51-year-old male picked up a prostitute from the side of the road he had no idea she would turn out to be a cold-blooded killer. In her mass-murder spree hardened killer Aileen Wuornos targeted middle-aged wealthy men with expensive cars. Eventually she was recorded confessing with the help of her girlfriend [Tyria Moore]. World’s Most Evil Killers s3e5: Aileen Wuornos, Sky Crime 2021
‘She was just utterly remorse; this was somebody who enjoyed watching men die.’ ibid. Dr Elizabeth Yardley
A host of petty crimes to maintain their extravagant lifestyle. The frequency of the crimes and the force Wuornos used to enact them was increasing. ibid.
This is the same gun being used in all these homicides. It’s a smaller weapon so it gives less kickback. So it could be that somebody either smaller or weaker might be using a .22. Catching Killers: Manhunter: Aileen Wuornos, rozzer, Netflix 2021
Police say that for the first time in criminal history these killers may be murdering with a feminine touch. ibid. television news
Tyria flipped and said she would help us get a confession out of Aileen. ibid. rozzer