Aileen Wuornos Essay
Aileen Wuornos, born on February 29, 1956, grew up in the great state of Michigan. Aileen was an abandoned child by both her father and her mother. Her father, serving time in prison for the molestation of a child, committed suicide while in prison. Her mother left her and her brother at a young age, to be raised by their grandparents. While staying with her grandparents, Aileen was sexually abused by her grandfather and her grandmother was an alcoholic (Biography, 2017A). In her early teens, Aileen became pregnant, and her baby was given up for adoption. As an adult, Aileen conducted work in sexual relations just to be able to survive. When Aileen finally settled down in Florida, she married a wealthy man by the name of Lewis Fell (Biography,
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Throughout his childhood John was confused and struggled with his sexuality. John grew up in a tough home, received beatings from his alcoholic father with razor straps (Biography, 2017B). Alongside of his rough home life, John did not fit in well with others at school and was often times isolated by his school mates. John grew up to be a manager at a fast food restaurant, as well as, a clown performer at parties for children. In 1968, John was convicted and given a 10 year prison sentence for sexually assaulting two adolescent boys (Biography, 2017B). He was out on parole two years later, but was arrested again for being accused of assaulting another teenage boy. It was discovered that John would lure young boys, making promises of getting them jobs with construction work. He would then capture them, sexually assault them and strangle them with some type of rope. In some of his murders, John would dress up as his alternate ego, “pogo the clown” (Biography, 2017B). At the end of the investigations and the trial, it was found that John had committed 33 murders. John was sentence to death and was executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994 (Biography,
Throughout his childhood John was confused and struggled with his sexuality. John grew up in a tough home, received beatings from his alcoholic father with razor straps (Biography, 2017B). Alongside of his rough home life, John did not fit in well with others at school and was often times isolated by his school mates. John grew up to be a manager at a fast food restaurant, as well as, a clown performer at parties for children. In 1968, John was convicted and given a 10 year prison sentence for sexually assaulting two adolescent boys (Biography, 2017B). He was out on parole two years later, but was arrested again for being accused of assaulting another teenage boy. It was discovered that John would lure young boys, making promises of getting them jobs with construction work. He would then capture them, sexually assault them and strangle them with some type of rope. In some of his murders, John would dress up as his alternate ego, “pogo the clown” (Biography, 2017B). At the end of the investigations and the trial, it was found that John had committed 33 murders. John was sentence to death and was executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994 (Biography,