Aileen Sacrifice

His dead body was found in the woods near Daytona Beach, Florida, shot with a twenty two caliber rifle. “She ended up shooting six .22 caliber bullets into him” (McDuff 202). This is just one of the many catastrophes performed by a woman serial killer. Serial killers are a problem in the United States, murdering on average 2000 people each year (Indiana University np). “In fact, serial murder in the United States alone makes up more than three-quarters of the estimated world total” (Innes 5). Although women serial killers are not very common, they still have a huge impact on the death toll of innocent victims. In order to understand how woman serial killers operate, it is important to understand their motives, the different classifications

that killed her sister and dad. After that she was abandoned by her mother. Aubrey started a new family

Over the course of one year, from 1989 to 1990, Aileen Wuornos murdered seven men. As one of the first female serial killers, Ms. Wuornos prompted psychologists and criminologists to investigate the reason why women kill serially, as their motives differ from men. Historically, female serial killers murder by poison, which is considered less messy, therefore preferred by women, and their motives are typically financial. Aileen Wuornos murdered her victims with a gun and her motives differ from the norm. Through the application of the ideas of the attachment theory and the life course theory, further exploration into the causes of Aileen Wuornos’ crimes is achieved.

Aileen Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan, growing up in the nearby Troy area to the south. Her parents got married at a very young age and less than two years after they got divorced. During childhood Wuornos experienced horrifying events in her life. She never met her father, who committed suicide while serving prison time for sex crimes against children. When Wournos was almost four years old she and her brother were abandoned by their mother, who left them with their maternal grandparents. Yet Wuornos’s grandmother was alleged to be an alcoholic and her grandfather a terrifying, violent

Kiesha was living with her mother and her partner, Robert Smith and was exposed to a lot of abuse and violence throughout her life. She was unable to seek help and was silenced whenever she

Aileen was engaging in prostitution, forgery, theft, and armed robbery. During this time Aileen attempted suicide. Aileen was a wreck emotionally and physically. This was due to her doping, drinking, and self-destructive lifestyle. In 1986, Aileen met twenty-four year old Tyria Moore at a gay bar in Daytona, Florida. Aileen was lonely, angry, and ready for a change, something new. Tyria and Aileen hit it off. Things were great for the couple for a while. Tyria loved Aileen so much she quit her job as a motel maid and let Aileen support them with her prostitution income. Due to Aileen’s income, the couple didn’t make it long before they started having money issues. Even with these problems, Tyria did not leave Aileen. Tyria would move with Aileen from one cheap motel to another. It wasn’t long before Aileen decided she would have to rob her John’s and then kill them to make ends meet.

Aileen’s modus operandi was very consistent across all of her crimes. She would pick up men as a hitchhiker, usually along I-75 (3). Once in the vehicle, she would tell a sob story about trying to save up money to send for her children (she had no dependents) and ask if there was anything she could do for them in exchange for a little cash. She and the john would then drive off into the woods and settle on what services they wanted and what the price would be. In interviews she

At age 12, Aylene was failing school, because she was busy ditching, hanging out with the wrong crowd, drinking and smoking.On June 5th, she was caught drinking and smoking and was taken to the police station,

“The individual’s relationships are generally unstable. Marked changes in feelings about people, high levels of anger, and impulsivity compromise social and work activities. There are high rates of depression and substance abuse” (Lubit, 2016). Wuornos’s lack of a solid attachment figure, developed into an overly controlling attachment towards Tyra Moore an on and off again girlfriend she had when she committed the murders. Her explosive temper led to multiple arrests throughout her life, along with preventing the ability to form a stable relationship. Aileen’s continuous self-harm through substance abuse and prostitution would eventually escalate into an attempt at suicide by taking a gun and shooting herself in the stomach. Once reaching a hospital to treat the gun wound, when questioned about her suicide attempt Aileen would state ‘I wasn’t the first time she attempted suicide’ (Tower

Some of the trauma related factors for Alaissa is that she happens to be the 3rd generation on welfare. She was 16 when she had her first child then had five more after her first one. She dropped out of high school and got stuck on welfare. She stated that she knew she was going to be on welfare when she got older and would have no help raising her children. Terrell’s killing caused pain to the family but also forced the family to want better for themselves. When Aliassa would go to job fairs she would constantly have people putting her down which caused her to have a fear in wanting to work full time. Social Services constantly put her down telling her that she needed to get a job, that she was in control of her situation, and that she could

This teenager caused a lot of stress on her family and friends. When she ran away, she never realized that her parents and siblings would spend their time worrying about her. It caused them stress and depression because of her negative behavior. She was inconsiderate to her most loved people, her grandma and grandpa. They truly cared about her and they were let down by the life she was living. Some

“Winehouse was very unstable during the time period in which her husband, Blake was incarcerated” (Segall. D). Amy loved her husband but they both were struggling with their own type of addiction. Amy felt lost and helpless without Blake. Arresting of Blake led Amy to become violent to the point where she attacked to men outside the pub. “Her struggles with alcohol abuse and drug issues only worsened after the incarceration of her husband over claims of witness tampering” (Segall. D).

At first I thought that Heather was the more moral person since she committed these acts with genuine intentions, but after reading Maranda's response I had a different point of view on this. I totally agree with Maranda. Colleen is making sacrifices because of her morals, but Heather naturally has good morals. Therefore, I agree with Maranda that one is not moral than the

Waking up in the morning with the desire to immediately go and show her daughter unconditional love once again, Cara Beckerle woke up to a tragic nightmare. Walking into her daughter, Aleah Beckerle’s, bedroom where she tragically found nothing but her precious daughters bed empty, her heart instantly broke to pieces. A mother’s heart racing and knees becoming weak, Cara instantly called the police. Aleah was abducted and carried out of the residence, unable to walk and with her wheelchair left behind July 17th, 2016. There were no signs of forced entry to the home. Information was provided that the doors were unlocked. Cara Beckerle states that she does not know why she was taken from her, but she is hopeful that someone will come forward with information on this case. Although, Beckerle said she has her own

They were found guilty of murder and Christine was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment. After five months of prison, Christine, isolated from Lea, exhibited a violent fit of agitation, with terrifying hallucinations. She refused to eat, becoming progressively worse, transferred to an asylum in Rennes, and died of cachexia in 1937. Lea was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and later reduced to eight years because of good behavior (Mason, 2010).