Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Carol Wuornos:
The Life of a Serial Killer
“I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time.” (Wuornos, 1999-2010) These words came from Aileen Wuornos after she was arrested for the murders of seven men during the course of a year. She faced numerous adversities from early childhood through adulthood. She displayed many psychological warning signs, but none was attended too regardless of her outcries. The course of this paper will outline her upbringing, lifestyle choice, psychological warning signs, psychological disorders, course of treatment that could have been undertaken before the killing spree commenced. To begin, Aileen Carol Wuornos, nickname of “Lee”, was born on February 29, 1956, in Rochester, Michigan. Her parents Dale Pittman and Diane Wuornos eloped when Diane was only fourteen years old, which we know is too young to make an educated decision such as marriage. However, her troubled childhood began with her parent’s troubled marriage as well as their inability to care properly for their children. Aileen’s father, Dale Pittman was an alcoholic, angry psychopath and her mother, Diane Wuornos was a teen mother unable to maintain the responsibilities of her children Aileen and her brother Keith. Dales attempt to avoid jail time for raping a seven-year-old girl, was to join the army, which left Diane to raise the kids on her own. Diane was unable to provide for the children, as they required. Regardless of Dale’s “escape plan” he was eventually arrested and later hung himself in his prison cell. “Diane abandoned Wuornos and her elder brother, Keith, to the care of her parents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos, before she was 4 years old, and they adopted the pair and raised them as their own.” (Aileen Wuornos, 2008) Nevertheless, her grandparents assumed the parental role in raising Keith and Aileen there still was trouble behind those four
The Life of a Serial Killer
“I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time.” (Wuornos, 1999-2010) These words came from Aileen Wuornos after she was arrested for the murders of seven men during the course of a year. She faced numerous adversities from early childhood through adulthood. She displayed many psychological warning signs, but none was attended too regardless of her outcries. The course of this paper will outline her upbringing, lifestyle choice, psychological warning signs, psychological disorders, course of treatment that could have been undertaken before the killing spree commenced. To begin, Aileen Carol Wuornos, nickname of “Lee”, was born on February 29, 1956, in Rochester, Michigan. Her parents Dale Pittman and Diane Wuornos eloped when Diane was only fourteen years old, which we know is too young to make an educated decision such as marriage. However, her troubled childhood began with her parent’s troubled marriage as well as their inability to care properly for their children. Aileen’s father, Dale Pittman was an alcoholic, angry psychopath and her mother, Diane Wuornos was a teen mother unable to maintain the responsibilities of her children Aileen and her brother Keith. Dales attempt to avoid jail time for raping a seven-year-old girl, was to join the army, which left Diane to raise the kids on her own. Diane was unable to provide for the children, as they required. Regardless of Dale’s “escape plan” he was eventually arrested and later hung himself in his prison cell. “Diane abandoned Wuornos and her elder brother, Keith, to the care of her parents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos, before she was 4 years old, and they adopted the pair and raised them as their own.” (Aileen Wuornos, 2008) Nevertheless, her grandparents assumed the parental role in raising Keith and Aileen there still was trouble behind those four
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