Who is aileen wuornos son

I was almost murdered twice but sheer luck saved me. It has become the normal socialization of the girl child to experience sexual abuse. Women tend to direct the pain of abuse internally through addictions, eating disorders, self-mutilation and depression. It was unusual that Aileen struck outward. She asked me if I would come and film her on death row telling the truth of her life and crimes, which she had never done before.

She wrote me back and we continued our correspondence for 10 years, up until her execution in In , she told me that she had decided to die and was halting all her appeals. She was tired of her life in prison and just wanted to leave the planet. She also wanted to be right with God and wanted my film — titled A Matter of Life and Death — to be a confessional. She also wanted to give me a gift — I was 33 when I filmed Aileen on death row — and believed that the interview would sell for millions of dollars.

So I flew to Florida from Australia in August and filmed her for two hours. Up until then, she had claimed that the seven men had raped her or attempted to rape her, and that she shot them in self-defense. Aileen, as had been reported, had been sexually abused since she was a little girl. She was gang-raped by high school friends. At 14, after another rape, she had a child, and her father, who was actually her grandfather, kicked her out. She gave her child up for adoption and from then on lived on the road, doing sex work to support herself.

Aileen told me she had lost count of the times she had been sexually assaulted and physically abused, so by the time she met her first victim, who had been incarcerated for 10 years for rape, she had reached her limit. Now that she had crossed the line though, she knew her life was over and as soon as she got caught, she would be sentenced to death. Having a rough upbringing doesn't necessarily mean one is destined to become a serial killer.

Many people come from hard childhoods and go on to become successful, happy people. However, with the right combination of abuse and mental illness, bad things can grow.

If there ever was a story where the listener can see the seeds of a violent future being planted, the story of Aileen Wuornos is it. When Aileen was only 4 years old, her mother Diane abandoned her young son and daughter with her parents. She was done parenting. According to Aileen, her grandfather was a horribly abusive man. Aileen says he beat her after forcing her to remove her clothes. She claims her grandfather would also subject her to brutal sexual assaults from a very young age.

By the time Aileen was 11 years old, she was trading sexual acts for food, cigarettes and drugs. At the age of only 14 years old, Aileen Wuornos was raped by a friend of her alcoholic grandfather. She became pregnant. She was sent to live at a home for unwed mothers, as was a common solution for teen pregnancy at that time.

On March 23, , she gave birth to a baby boy. That little boy was placed for adoption. Little else is known of what became of Aileen Wuornos son. After giving birth to her son, Aileen quit school. Her grandmother passed away from liver failure.

At 15 years old, Aileen embraced the idea of using her body to support herself. She became a prostitute. She lived for a long period of time in the woods near Rochester, Michigan.

Aileen hitchhiked to Florida in She married a much older man, a yacht club president named Lewis Fell. Their wedded bliss didn't last, however. The marriage was annulled after 9 weeks with Fell claiming abuse and obtaining a restraining order against Aileen. Aileen Wuornos bounced around between Michigan and Florida, committing a variety of lower level crimes including armed robbery, car theft, and passing forged checks.

She spent time in and out of jail, never settling in one place for very long. At least not until she met the love of her life. The two quickly became a couple. Ty knew Aileen was a prostitute and is quoted saying she didn't approve, although Aileen supported both Ty and herself with the money she made.

Even though Ty was instrumental in the investigation and arrest of Wuornos, Aileen claimed Ty was the love of her life while she was awaiting her death sentence. Aileen committed the first in her string of murders in November of The man she killed, Richard Mallory was a convicted sex offender.

Aileen Wuornos says he attacked and raped her , leaving her no option but to protect herself. She shot him with her favorite 22 caliber pistol. His car was found by a deputy sheriff two days after he was killed.

His body was located in the woods near by. Aileen Wuornos killed 6 more men. Men who picked her up thinking she was merely a prostitute.

The murder of Richard Mallory is the only murder out of the seven committed between and that Aileen ever faced a trial for. She entered a plea of no contest for the remaining killings. It was enough to get her sentenced to death in After spending a few years on death row at the Florida State Prison, Aileen was put to death on October 9, Like the movie, big mother ship and all, I'll be back. Whether Aileen was a victim of circumstance and mental illness or just a twisted serial killer is up to each person to decide.

The one truly good thing she did in her life was to give her son up for adoption and making that adoption a closed one. A closed adoption requires the interest of both the child and the mother to be opened. Since Aileen is gone, Aileen Wuornos child will, hopefully, never know he came from the womb of one of the most dangerous women who ever lived. By giving him up for a closed adoption, Aileen was able to protect her son from the chaos she endured. Want more Aileen?

Check out our limited edition Aileen Wuornos shirt and other true crime merchandise so we can keep our blog ad-free! We know that Aileen Wuornos is forever cemented in history as a rare, female serial killer. But what happened to Aileen Wuornos child? Aileen was only She struggled to care for herself and couldn't take care of her son. She made the wisest decision is choosing to let another family adopt him.

Hopefully, the family that adopted Aileen Wuornos child never let him know who he came from. We can hope Aileen Wuornos son lives a happy, healthy life because of one of the good decisions she made during her tragic life. By choosing adoption for her son, she put a stop to the cycle of violence that turned her into the monster she became.

My heart goes out to Ms. Her life story is very heartbreaking. She was dead before she was born. It was a good thing that her unfit mom and dad left her. It would have been even better, if her pedophile grandpa had left her also, and took his rapist friend with him. None of them were any good. All she ever wanted was to be loved. I really wish that I could have been there for her. I really have little to no empathy or sympathy for her rapist.

I think castration would be an excellent reminder. In spite of her painful upbringing, I could still see love in her eyes. RIP baby girl! Raquel Madtin. So, in your opinion that poor child now man should be aware that: -His biological mother was not only a street hooker, but also a death row serial killer, who also had an incestuous relationship with her brother, his biological uncle. Wow, what a wonderful person you are, a wonderful potential mother!

Aileen lived a very screwed life and was doomed from the start. That is true. However, I feel no sympathy for the consequences she faced. Men also face these kind traumatic experiences and many other women have too. He was executed in May Dubbed the "Night Stalker," Richard Ramirez was an American serial killer who broke into California homes, raping and torturing more than 25 victims and killing at least 13 over a two-year rampage.

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Holmes was the alias of one of America's first serial killers. During the Columbian Exposition, he lured victims into his elaborate 'Murder Castle. British serial killer John Christie murdered at least six women, including his wife, before being arrested and hanged in An abused child who later earned her living as a sex worker, Aileen Wuornos was found guilty of killing six men and was later executed in a Florida prison.

Which is probably why Charlize Theron played her in a movie, come to think of it. As told by Biography and nearly everyone else, Wuornos's story is the stuff of modern American tragedy.

Her parents were teenagers when they married; her mother abandoned her and her brother to their maternal grandparents, who adopted the children. She never met her father, who was in prison when she was born and who was later convicted of sex crimes against children. By the time she was 11, Aileen was performing sex acts at school for food and cigarettes.