It stars Peyton List as Wuornos, supporting cast includes Tobin Bell, Lydia Hearst, Nick Vallelonga, Swen Temmel, and Andrew Biernat. [26], On January 4, 1986, Wuornos was arrested in Miami and charged with car theft, resisting arrest, and obstruction of justice for providing identification bearing her aunt's name. I'm one who seriously hates human life and would kill again. Aileen described her pursuers as one huge fat guy in farmer jeans . A Volusia County deputy discovered his body several miles away from his abandoned car. On January 27, 1992, the jury finds Wuornos guilty of first-degree murder. But a court-appointed attorney was concerned about comments made by Wuornos that suggested she was profoundly disconnected from reality. . "[54] Her final on-camera words were "Thanks a lot, society, for railroading my ass. She was living in the Daytona Beach area, but she hitchhiked along highways all over central and north Florida as a prostitute. Broomfield later speculated on Wuornos' motive and state of mind: I think this anger developed inside her. Samples of interviews with Wuornos feature prominently throughout Dragged into Sunlight's 2009 album Hatred for Mankind, and Lingua Ignota's 2017 album All Bitches Die at the beginning of the songs "For I Am the Light (and Mine is the Only Way)" and "Holy is the Name (Of My Ruthless Axe)". She was born in Rochester in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Antonios car was found five days later in Brevard County. Genealogy for Aileen Britta Wuornos (Moilanen) (1917 - 1971) family tree on Geni, with over 245 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. She also had an older brother Keith. Wuornos' confession changed considerably in later versions. While in prison from 1993 to 2002, Wuornos defense team works to overturn her death sentences. On September 12, 1990, his body was found in Marion County, Florida. She was sentenced to prison on May 4, 1982, and released on June 30, 1983. 1 Execution. piece of cake!. She is widely believed to be the United States' first female serial killer. Marion County law enforcement found the body of Troy Burress, a 50-year-old salesman, on August 4, 1990, less than a week after he was reported missing. That was the anchor that Aileen had been looking for.". She went back to Michigan where, on July 14, 1976, she was arrested in Antrim County, and charged with assault and disturbing the peace for throwing a cue ball at a bartender's head. During her adolescence, Wuornos was also forced out of her home and lived in the woods. Wuornos was arrested in a bar in Port Orange, Florida, while police tracked down Moore in Pennsylvania. Spending a decade on death row, Wuornos eventually opted to fire her appeals lawyers, who were working for a stay of execution. [19] In 1970, at age 14, she became pregnant,[12] having been raped by a friend of her grandfather. [2] A few months after her son was born, she dropped out of school[19] at about the same time that her grandmother died of liver failure. Her only hope was to hide out near the tracks and wish for the best. [6], Wuornos was born Aileen Carol Pittman in Rochester, Michigan,[7] on February 29, 1956. Aileen Wuornos had a very troubling upbringing. She was flooring it through pine, brush and shrub.. During an interview with filmmaker Nick Broomfield, when Wuornos thought the cameras were off, she told him that it was, in fact, self-defense, but she could not stand being on death rowwhere she had been for ten years at that pointand wanted to die. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. [CDATA[// >