Aileen Carol "Lee" Wuornos (born Aileen Carol Pittman; February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer and prostitute who murdered seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990 by shooting them at point-blank range. Wuornos claimed that her victims had either raped or attempted to rape her while she was servicing them, and that all of the homicides were committed in self-defense. She was sentenced to death for six of the murders and was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002.
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Aileen Carol Pittman 29 February 1956 Rochester, Michigan, USA
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9 October 2002 (aged 46) Florida State Prison, Starke, Florida, USA
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