Monday 1/4/2016 AIM: How do we research serial killer? DO NOW: What is a serial killer? HOMEWORK: Research a famous case or serial killer and list at least 3 you want to research and present to the class

serial killer a person who murders three or more people, usually due to abnormal psychological gratification the murders take place over more than a month and including a significant break (a "cooling off period") between them.

Serial Killer Colin Ireland Zodiac Gary Ridgeway Charles Manson and Family Jeffrey Dahmer Carol Bundy Pedro Alonso Lopez Mary Bell Dennis Nilson John WayneGacy Ted Bundy Israel Keyes Dennis Radar Maury Travis Son of Sam Wayne Williams Richard Ramirez Machine Gun Kelly

Famous Forensic Cases Jon Benet Ramsey Ariel Castro Jodi Arias Casey Anthony OJ Simpson JFK Murder Marilyn Monroe murder Menendez brothers

TODAY 1/5/16 NAME of person or case Any nickname of person or case What is the crime? Who were the target victims? Where was the location? Have they been caught?

MONSTER Aileen Wournos 2/29/1956- 10/9/2002 A.K.A.:Lori Grody, Susan Blahovec, Cammie Marsh Greene DC Number: 150924 Name: WUORNOS, AILEEN C Race: WHITE Sex: FEMALE Hair Color: BLONDE OR STRAWBERRY Eye Color: BROWN Height: 5’04” Weight: 137 lbs. Birth Date: 02/29/1956 Release Facility: UNKNOWN-2 Custody: MAXIMUM Release Date: DECEASED

Crimes: her sentence: 6 death sentences Murder of 7 men Richard Mallory, age 51, 30 November 1989 David Spears, age 43 Charles Carskaddon, age 40, 31 May 1990 Peter Siems, age 65—In June 1990 Troy Burress, age 50 Charles "Dick" Humphreys, age 56, 11 September 1990 Walter Jeno Antonio, age 62

Aileen Carol Pittman was born in Rochester, Michigan Her mother Diane Wournos married Leo Pittman at age 15 on June 3,1954 and filed for divorce just 2 years later two months before Aileen was born the product of a troubled marriage Leo Dale Pittman, a psychopathic child molester was in prison when Aileen was born for raping and attempted murder of a 7 year old girl Leo hanged himself some sources say he was strangled in prison Diane Wuornos, a teen mother incapable of motherhood abandoned Aileen and her elder brother, Keith, to the care of her parents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos, before Aileen was 4 years old

Leo Pittman Diane Wournos: Died in 2002

Early Life The new household was just as bad as the one they left Lauri and Britta kept their true identity as Aileen and Keith’s biological grandparents a secret They raised Aileen and Keith with two of their own children in Troy, Michigan Lauri was abusive both physically and sexually Britta was an abusive alcoholic At age 12 Aileen found out their true identity At age 11, Wuornos engaged in sexual activities in school in exchange for cigarettes, drugs, and food

Sexual abuse At a young age Aileen experienced molestation and sexual abuse from both her grandfather (Lauri) and brother (Keith) At 14 Aileen became pregnant from Keith and was sent away to live in a home for unwed mother On 23rd March 1971 she gave birth to a baby boy, who was given up for immediate adoption She returned home and her grandmother died of liver failure shortly after

When she was 15, her grandfather threw her out of the house, and she began supporting herself as a prostitute and living in the woods near her old home Aileen took up hitchhiking and prostitution Her brother Keith died a few years later at the age of 21 from throat cancer Her grandfather committed suicide at age 69 Aileen decided it was time to leave for good so she started hitchiking towards Florida

Lewis Fell Aileen was 20 years old when she was picked up by a wealthy 69-year-old yacht club president Shortly after arriving in Florida, they married Fell earned a substantial income from railroad stocks Fell took out a restraining order on Aileen after she was arrested back home in Michigan for hurling a cue ball at a bartender's head. The marriage was subsequently annulled after Lewis Fell claimed that Aileen had squandered his money and would beat him with his cane whenever she wanted more cash.

Tyria Moore 1986 Aileen met Ty Moore in daytona Beach Florida They began a relationship and for the first time Aileen was happy Ty quite her job as a hotel maid and allowed Aileen to support her with prostitution earnings They lived in cheap motels and sometimes were homeless BUT THEY STAYED TOGETHER Ty never left Aileen

The Killing Spree: Richard Mallory On December 13, 1989, two young men were looking for scrap metal along a dirt road close to Interstate 95 in Volusia County, Florida missing for 13 days Identifed through fingerprints Shot 3 times with a .22 Because he lived an unpredictable life, there were no real leads and a stripper named Chastity was suspected

David spears Body found June 1 Citrus County Florida Identified on June 7 as David Spears 43 yo Interstate 75 with the doors unlocked and the license plate missing. Spears had been shot several times with a .22 Used condom found near the body

June 6th a naked body was found a few miles off of Interstate 95 Body was so badly decomposed fingerprints could not be lifted 9 bullets damaged by decomposition were from a .22 Eventually the body was identified as Charles Carskaddon

On July 4, a car careened off State Road 315 near Orange Springs, Florida Rhonda Bailey witnessed the crash and saw two woman a blonde and brunett argueing The woman abandoned the 1988 Pontiac Sunbird VIN # search showed the car belonged to Peter Siems who disappeared on June 7th from Jupiter Florida

Troy burress Disaappeared early morning of July 30th after leaving for work He never returned His truck was found 4 am July 31st by the Marion county sheriff’s dept State Road 19, twenty miles east of Ocala The keys were missing and so was he

Troy burress cont His body was found 5 days later by a family pickincking in Ocala National Forest He had been killed with two shots from a .22 caliber gun, one to the chest and one to the back His body was badly decomposed due to the heat but his wife identified him by his wedding ring Investigator John Tilley's initial suspect was a drifter named Curtis Michael Blankenship

Dick Humphreys A protective investigator specializing in abused and injured children Florida's Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services on September 11, he disappeared. On the evening of September 12 his body was found in Marion County Shot 7 times with a .22

About a month later the nude body of Walter Gino Antonio was found on a logging road in Dixie County Sixty-year-old Antonio was a trucker, a sometime security guard, and a member of the Reserve Police He'd been shot four times with a .22. When he was found on November 19 he'd been dead less than 24 hours

Investigating Officer Captain Steve Binegar was commander of the Marion County Sheriff's Criminal Investigation Division, and he knew about the crimes in Citrus and Pasco Counties No one stopped to pick up hitchhikers anymore, so the perpetrator(s) of these crimes had to be initially non-threatening to the victims he suspected the two women who had wrecked Peter Siems's car and walked

How she was caught -Aileen was picked up on an outstanding warrant at the last resort biker bar Volusia County Florida on Jan.9,1991 Tyria was picked up the following day in Pennsylvania gave Tyria immunity when she helped them with getting Aileen Wournos to confess

Aileen’s motive All the killings were done in self-defense, she claimed. Each victim had either assaulted her, threatened her, or raped her She'd been raped several times in the past few years, she claimed, and had had enough. When each of her victims became aggressive she killed out of fear

During her confession January 16,1991 "I know. And they wanted to hang me. And that's cool, because maybe, man, I deserve it. I just want to get this over with.” "I took a life... I am willing to give up my life because I killed people... I deserve to die."

"I killed those men, robbed them as cold as ice "I killed those men, robbed them as cold as ice. And I'd do it again, too. There's no chance in keeping me alive or anything, because I'd kill again. I have hate crawling through my system...I am so sick of hearing this 'she's crazy' stuff. I've been evaluated so many times. I'm competent, sane, and I'm trying to tell the truth. I'm one who seriously hates human life and would kill again."

Previous Criminal record -May 27, 1974 got a DUI in Jefferson county, Colorado -Numerous Assault charges -May.20,1981 Armed robbery in Edgewater Florida -May.1,1984 was arrested for forging checks at a bank in Key west -Nov.30,1985 was a suspect in theft of a revolver in Pasco county -January.04,1986 charged with grand theft auto and resisting arrest Volusia county, Florida

Florida’s William’s Rule the prosecution was allowed to introduce evidence related to her other crimes to show a pattern of illegal activity

First trial on Richard Mallory -On January 14,1992 Aileen went to trial for the murder of Richard Mallory The trial was very short due to the testimony made by Tyria The trial was ended with Aileen being convicted on January 27, 1992 In the trial they also used the Williams rule to show the past history of Aileens She at the end of the trial was given the death sentence.

Dick Humphrey, Troy Burress, and David spears trial -In March of 1992 Aileen went to trial for the murders of Humphery, Burress, and Sprears Aileen stated during the trial that "I wanted to confess to you that Richard Mallory did violently rape me as I've told you; but these others did not. [They] only began to start to." After this trial she was given three more death sentences

Charles Carskaddon trial -Aileen pleaded guilty to the murder of Charles and was given a fifth death sentence During the case Aileen was trying to get a retrial for the Mallory case, claiming she was raped The evidence they wanted to bring to attention was the fact that Mallory had already been charged with rape and he was tested and determent to possibly have sociopathic tendencies

Current Prison Sentence History: Offense Date Offense Sentence Date County Case No. Prison Sentence Length 12/01/1989 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT. 01/31/1992 VOLUSIA 9100257 DEATH SENTENCE 12/01/1989 ROBB. GUN/DEADLY WPN 01/31/1992 VOLUSIA 9100257 10Y 0M 0D 09/11/1990 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT. 05/15/1992 MARION 9100304 DEATH SENTENCE 09/11/1990 ROBB. GUN/DEADLY WPN 05/15/1992 MARION 9100304 40Y 0M 0D 07/30/1990 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT. 05/15/1992 MARION 9100463 DEATH SENTENCE 07/30/1990 ROBB. GUN/DEADLY WPN 05/15/1992 MARION 9100463 40Y 0M 0D 05/19/1990 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT. 05/15/1992 MARION 9100112 DEATH SENTENCE 05/19/1990 ROBB. GUN/DEADLY WPN 05/15/1992 CITRUS 9100112 40Y 0M 0D 05/31/1990 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT. 02/05/1993 PASCO 9101232 DEATH SENTENCE 11/19/1990 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT. 02/04/1993 DIXIE 9200052 DEATH SENTENCE 11/19/1990 ROBB. GUN/DEADLY WPN 02/04/1993 DIXIE 9200052 17Y 0M 0D

Aileen’s Last day Wuornos was brought into the death chamber on October 9, 2002. For Aileen Wuornos' last meal, she requested a "single cup of black coffee" "Yes, I would just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back, like Independence Day with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back.“ She requested Natalie merchants song Carnival played while she was lethaly injected

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFBcjII3QAE

QUIZ 1- Which state was Aileen born and raised? 2- How old was Aileen when she found out who her parents really were? 3- Which state did Aileen commit her crimes? 4- What weapon did Aileen use? 5- What was Aileen’s final sentence?