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Aileen Wuornos

Also known as: Lee Wuornos

Active
1989–1990
Region
Central and North Florida, USA
State
FL
Kind
Serial
Status
Executed
Victims
7

Between late 1989 and late 1990, Aileen Wuornos shot and killed seven men along highways in central and north Florida, after they picked her up while she was hitchhiking and doing sex work. She was arrested on January 9, 1991, at The Last Resort bar in Port Orange and confessed, claiming self-defense. A Volusia County jury convicted her of murdering Richard Mallory in January 1992, and she pleaded guilty or no contest to five more murders, receiving six death sentences. No charge was brought for Peter Siems, whose body was never found. She was executed at Florida State Prison on October 9, 2002.

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Timeline of locations

  1. December 13, 1989
    Volusia County (Mallory) (Recovery site, approximate area)

    Richard Mallory's body was found in a wooded area of Volusia County, several miles from his abandoned car. The marker shows the county, not the spot.

  2. June 1, 1990
    Citrus County, along US 19 (Spears) (Recovery site, approximate area)

    David Spears's body was found along US 19 in Citrus County. The marker shows the county, not the spot.

  3. June 6, 1990
    Pasco County (Carskaddon) (Recovery site, approximate area)

    Charles Carskaddon's body was found in a remote area of Pasco County. The marker shows the county, not the spot.

  4. July 4, 1990
    Orange Springs (Siems's car) (Other, approximate area)

    Peter Siems's car was found near Orange Springs on July 4, 1990. His body has never been found.

  5. August 4, 1990
    Marion County (Burress, Humphreys) (Recovery site, approximate area)

    Troy Burress's body was found on August 4, 1990, in woods along State Road 19, about eight miles from his truck. Dick Humphreys's body was found in an isolated area of Marion County on September 12, 1990. The marker shows the county, not the spots.

  6. November 19, 1990
    North of Cross City, Dixie County (Antonio) (Recovery site, approximate area)

    Walter Antonio's body was found in a wooded area north of Cross City, near a remote logging road. His car was found five days later in Brevard County.

  7. January 9, 1991
    The Last Resort bar, Port Orange (Arrest)

    Undercover detectives took Wuornos into custody at this biker bar on January 9, 1991, on an outstanding warrant under an alias. She confessed a week later.

  8. 1992
    Broward Correctional Institution (Prison)

    Wuornos was held on death row at Broward Correctional Institution before her transfer for execution.

  9. January 14, 1992
    Volusia County court, DeLand (Court / trial, approximate area)

    Wuornos was tried in Volusia County for the murder of Richard Mallory, convicted on January 27, 1992, and sentenced to death. Her other cases were resolved by plea in Marion, Citrus, Pasco and Dixie counties.

  10. October 9, 2002
    Florida State Prison (execution) (Prison)

    Wuornos was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on October 9, 2002. She was 46.

Watch, listen, read

Watch

  • Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992, Nick Broomfield)
  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003, Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill)
  • Monster (film, 2003, Patty Jenkins)
  • Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (2025, Emily Turner, Netflix)

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