Wuornos said that her alcoholic grandfather had sexually assaulted and beaten her when she was a child. She had also engaged in sexual activities with her brother. īy the age of 11, Wuornos began engaging in sexual activities in school in exchange for cigarettes, drugs, and food. In January 1960, when Wuornos was almost four years old, Diane abandoned her children, leaving them with their maternal grandparents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos, both alcoholics, who legally adopted Keith and Aileen on March 18, 1960. He committed suicide by hanging in prison on January 30, 1969. Pittman was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Leo Pittman was later sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl. She gave birth to Aileen at the age of 16. After less than two years of marriage, and two months before Aileen was born, Diane filed for divorce. On March 14, 1955, Diane gave birth to Aileen's older brother Keith. Her mother, Diane Wuornos (born 1939), was 14 years old when she married Aileen's father, 18-year-old Leo Pittman (1936–1969), on June 3, 1954.

Wuornos was born Aileen Carol Pittman on Februin Rochester, Michigan. In the feature film Monster (2003), Wuornos' story is described from her first murder until her execution for her portrayal of Wuornos, Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was executed on Octoby lethal injection after spending more than 10 years on Florida's death row. Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that the homicides of the men were committed in self-defense. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients.

Aileen Carol Wuornos ( / ˈ w ɔːr n oʊ s/ born Pittman Febru– October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer.

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