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Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who shot and killed seven men along Florida highways between 1989 and 1990, claiming in her defense that each killing was an act of self-defense against attempted rape or assault. She was convicted of six counts of murder and sentenced to death on each count, and was executed by lethal injection in Florida on October 9, 2002. Her case attracted significant scholarly and public attention because female serial killers are statistically rare, and debates about her mental health and history of abuse continued after her death.
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Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who shot and killed seven men along Florida highways between 1989 and 1990, claiming in her defense that each killing was an act of self-defense against attempted rape or assault. She was convicted of six counts of murder and sentenced to death on each count, and was executed by lethal injection in Florida on October 9, 2002. Her case attracted significant scholarly and public attention because female serial killers are statistically rare, and debates about her mental health and history of abuse continued after her death.
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Born in Troy, United States
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