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Born February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan Mother (Diane Wuornos) left when she was 4, Father (Leo Dale Pittman) was incarcerated at the time of birth Leo Dale Pittman was convicted of sex crimes against children and committed suicide in prison Aileen and her brother (Keith) were left with their maternal grandparents (Lauri and Britta Wuornos) Age 9, she was participating in sexual activities for exchange cigarettes, drugs, or food Her grandfather was an alcoholic and sexually assaulted and beaten Wuornos Age 13, she became pregnant from being raped by a friend of her grandfathers’ After the baby was born and placed for adoption, Wuornos dropped out of high school Age 15, her grandfather threw her out of the house She began supporting herself as a prostitute and lived in the woods near her old home
Date
Crime
May 27,1974
July 4, 1987 January 9, 1991
Arrested for driving under the influence, disorderly conduct, and firing a .22 caliber pistol Arrested for assault and disturbing the peace for throwing a cue ball at a bartender’s head Arrested for armed robbery of a convenience store Sentenced to prison and released June 30, 1983 Arrested for attempting to pass forged checks at a bank Arrested for car theft, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice for providing identification bearing her aunt’s name Accused of assault and battery with a beer bottle Arrested for an outstanding warrant
Murdered Victims
Date body was found and cause of death
Richard Mallory (Age 51)
Found on December 13, 1989, two bullets to the left lung and several others Found on June 1, 1990 he had been shot six times Found on June 6, 1990 he had been shot nine times with a small-caliber weapon His car had been found on July 4, 1990 but his body was never found Found August 4, 1990 he had been shot twice Found on September 12, 1990 he had been shot six times in the head and torso Found on November 19, 1990 he had been shot four times
July 14, 1976 (Antrim County, Michigan) May 20, 1981 (Edgewater, Florida) May 4, 1982 May 1, 1984 (Key West) January 4, 1986 (Miami)
David Spears (Age 43) Charles Carskaddon (Age 40) Peter Siems (Age 65) Troy Burress (Age 50) Charles Humphreys (Age 56) Walter Jeno Antonio (Age 62)
By: Jesse Campbell, Period 1
In the case if Peter Siems there was a witnesses who had seen the women driving the victim’s car and the witnesses provided the police with their names and descriptions Police found some of the victim’s belongings in the pawnshops Retrieved fingerprints matching those found in the victim’s car Tyria Moore’s testimony at the Richard Mallory’s murder trial
She received a total of six death sentences Incarcerated at the Florida Department of Corrections Broward Correctional Institution death row for women Executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002 Tenth women to be executed in the U.S. and second women to ever be executed in Florida
“I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time.”
I believe that the best theory to explain Aileen Wuornos’s deviant and criminal behavior is the labeling theory. The labeling theory is where labels are applied by people powerful enough to impose their standards on society. Aileen has had many people put a label on her because of her young criminal record. She is put under the category of secondary deviance. Secondary Deviance is the violation of social norm in which authorities label the individuals deviant and they accept the label. In this case Aileen has accepted her label that’s why I think she keeps committing crimes. Aileen also shows sign of reject labels that she has placed upon herself. First is denial of responsibility because she blames the victim for sexual assaulting her and she was the victim in all these situations. Also there is denial of victim because she believes that the men deserved it for what she claims they did to her. So, Aileen Wuornos perfectly falls under the label theory. By: Jesse Campbell, Period 1