Aileen Carol WuornosEssay Preview: Aileen Carol WuornosReport this essayThe early yearsAileen Carol Wuornos was born in Rochester, Michigan to Diane Kathleen Wuornos and Leo Arthur Pittman. Her maternal grandparents were of Finnish descent. Pittman, whom she never knew, was a child molester who served time in Kansas and Michigan mental hospitals. He died by hanging, presumably self-inflicted while in prison at Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas on January 30, 1969. Wuornos mother Diane was 15 years old when she married Pittman on June 3, 1954. Two children were produced during their marriage; Keith was born in 1955 and Aileen in 1956. Less than two years into their marriage and just a few months before Aileen was born, Diane divorced Pittman. Diane abandoned the two children in 1960. She left them in the care of their maternal grandparents, “Lauri” Jacob Wuornos and Aileen “Britta” Moilanen. Lauri and Britta legally adopted the two children and brought them into their Troy, Michigan home.
Wuornos said that her grandfather physically and sexually abused her as a child and her grandmother was an abusive alcoholic. In the book Lethal Intent, Sue Russell wrote that Wuornos was whipped with a belt by her grandfather. At the age of 12 Aileen and her brother Keith discovered that Lauri and Britta were really their grandparents, not their biological parents. Aileen claimed to have had sex with multiple partners, including her own brother, at a young age. She became pregnant at the age of 14. Upon giving birth to her child at a Detroit maternity home on March 23, 1971 she was banished from her family home and disowned by the community. The child was put up for adoption soon after. Wuornos was forced to take shelter in an abandoned car in the woods before being sent to a home for unwed mothers.
Britta Wuornos died in July 1971 (officially of liver failure, although Aileens mother Diane later accused Lauri of killing her). After their grandmothers death, Wuornos and her brother became wards of the court. She began to work as a prostitute while still in school. She began using the alias Sandra Kretsch in May 1974. She was jailed in Jefferson County, Colorado for drunk driving, disorderly conduct, and firing a .22-caliber pistol from a moving vehicle. An additional charge of failing to appear in court was also filed when she left town before her trial.
In 1976, Wuornos hitchhiked to Florida, where she met 76-year-old yacht club president Lewis Gratz Fell. They married that same year, and the news of their nuptials was printed in the local newspapers society pages. However, Wuornos continually involved herself in confrontations at their local bar and was eventually sent to jail for assault. She also hit Fell with his own cane, leading him to get a restraining order against her.
She returned to Michigan. She was arrested in Antrim County and charged with assault and disturbing the peace on July 13, 1976 following an incident in which she threw a cue ball at a bartenders head. She was also served outstanding warrants for driving without a license and drinking in a motor vehicle. She was fined $105. On July 17, her brother Keith died of throat cancer and Wuornos acquired $10,000 from his life insurance. Wuornos and Fell also divorced on July 21, having been married only six weeks. Wuornos then paid the $105 fine which had been levied on August 4, and within two months squandered the remaining money on luxuries including a new car, which she later wrecked.
[edit] The middle yearsOn May 20, 1981 Wuornos was arrested in Edgewater, Florida for armed robbery. She was consequently sentenced to prison on May 4, 1982 and released on June 30, 1983. On May 1, 1984 she was sentenced for attempting to pass forged checks at a bank in Key West. On November 30, 1985 she was named as a suspect in the theft of a pistol and ammunition in Pasco County. By this time Wuornos was “borrowing” the alias Lori Christine Grody[2] from her aunt/stepsister (her grandparents daughter) in Michigan. In December 1985, the Florida Highway Patrol cited “Lori Grody” (Wuornos) for driving without a valid license.
On January 4, 1986 Wuornos was arrested in Miami under her own name and charged with grand theft auto, resisting arrest, and obstruction by false information. Miami police found a .38-caliber revolver and a box of ammunition in the stolen car. On June 2, 1986 Volusia County deputies detained “Lori Grody” (Wuornos) for questioning after a male companion accused her of pulling a gun in his car and demanding $200. Wuornos was found to be carrying spare ammunition and a .22 pistol was discovered beneath the passenger seat she occupied.
Wuornos, now using the alias Susan Blahovec,[2] was ticketed for speeding in Jefferson County, Florida just one week later. A few days after the Jefferson County incident Wuornos met 24-year-old Tyria Moore at a Daytona gay bar. They soon became lovers. Moore quit her job as a motel maid and allowed Wuornos to support them with her prostitution earnings. They went from motel to motel and sometimes slept in an old barn. In July 1987 Daytona Beach police detained Moore and “Susan Blahovec” (Wuornos) for questioning on suspicion of hitting a man with a beer bottle. On December 18 that same year Florida highway patrol cited Wuornos for driving on the interstate highway and possessing a suspended drivers license.
On March 12, 1988 under a new alias of Cammie Marsh Greene[2] Wuornos accused a Daytona Beach bus driver of assault. She claimed that he pushed her off the bus following an argument. Moore was listed as a witness to this incident. On July 23, 1988 Moore and Wuornos (under the “Susan Blahovec” alias) were accused by their Daytona Beach landlord of vandalizing their apartment. He claimed they had ripped out the apartments carpets and painted the walls dark brown without his permission. In November 1988 Wuornos launched a six-day campaign of threatening calls against a Zephyrhills supermarket following an altercation over lottery tickets. By 1989 Wuornos seldom traveled without a loaded pistol. She worked in the bars and truck stops to supplement her income from prostitution. By this time Moore and Wuornos were running into more financial problems.
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The Ford GT was not a “recycled” Ford, it was a supercharged GT, a $25,000 four cylinder. It started making small but quick power out of solid state for nearly 100 years, only running in the top 500 on the Ford Motor Company’s (FMC) test road. Although this car became known as the ‘F150 in 1985, it wasn’t the only one. Later models were even sold as the Ferrari F41 which was the “new” model starting in 1986.
It was sold as a luxury car over all. Only after 1985 did it gain notoriety and become a significant name for its use in the early 1990s.
The Toyota Corolla, built as a compact with a 7-speed manual (and a supercharger), was still based on the Corolla as Ford’s ‘correction. It was also developed as a personal car for a few reasons: The car’s body, interior and paint were white. In 1991, as a response to criticism that the Toyota Corolla would be less effective for highway and road usage, Ford made Corolla the standard on certain vehicles and made it available on trucks and SUVs with the following features on the standard Ford:
Ford’s new 3 speed automatic transmission. Used with the manual transmission of the Corolla.
Vehicle: It was designed under Ford’s modified 5 speed manual and modified for four speed only and the standard standard 5 speed manual and 4 speed 3 speed manual. Also modified was the Ford Fusion to 3.5 speed automatic transmission with additional brake power.
Vehicles: It received modifications such as the Tundra and the Ford Bronco to 3.5 speed automatic transmission without a gas pedal. The Bronco was a little smaller but was still able to travel without a
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The Ford GT was not a “recycled” Ford, it was a supercharged GT, a $25,000 four cylinder. It started making small but quick power out of solid state for nearly 100 years, only running in the top 500 on the Ford Motor Company’s (FMC) test road. Although this car became known as the ‘F150 in 1985, it wasn’t the only one. Later models were even sold as the Ferrari F41 which was the “new” model starting in 1986.
It was sold as a luxury car over all. Only after 1985 did it gain notoriety and become a significant name for its use in the early 1990s.
The Toyota Corolla, built as a compact with a 7-speed manual (and a supercharger), was still based on the Corolla as Ford’s ‘correction. It was also developed as a personal car for a few reasons: The car’s body, interior and paint were white. In 1991, as a response to criticism that the Toyota Corolla would be less effective for highway and road usage, Ford made Corolla the standard on certain vehicles and made it available on trucks and SUVs with the following features on the standard Ford:
Ford’s new 3 speed automatic transmission. Used with the manual transmission of the Corolla.
Vehicle: It was designed under Ford’s modified 5 speed manual and modified for four speed only and the standard standard 5 speed manual and 4 speed 3 speed manual. Also modified was the Ford Fusion to 3.5 speed automatic transmission with additional brake power.
Vehicles: It received modifications such as the Tundra and the Ford Bronco to 3.5 speed automatic transmission without a gas pedal. The Bronco was a little smaller but was still able to travel without a
[edit] Murders[edit] The victimsWuornos first victim was store owner Richard Mallory in Palm Harbor, Florida, a convicted rapist whom she claimed she killed in self-defense on November 30, 1989. Of the additional six victims only five were found. Her other identified victims are:
David Spears, June 1, 1990Charles Carskaddon, June 6, 1990Peter