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Aileen Wournos is born
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Aileen Wournos had an abusive childhood in Rochester, Michigan and was thrown out of her house as a teen she then made a living as a sex worker on the highways of Florida. -
murder of Richard Mallory
The first victim was shop-owner Richard Mallory in 1989, a 51 year-old white man who picked up a prostitute along Interstate 75 in Florida to engage in sex for pay. A Volusia County deputy discovered his body several miles away from his abandoned car. Mallory had been shot multiple times in the chest. -
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killed 7 people including Charles "Dick" Humphreys, Walter Antonio, Troy Burress, Richard Mallory, Peter Siems, David Spears, Charles Carskaddon. -
murder of David Spears
The nude body of David Spears, a 43-year-old construction worker, was found June 1, 1990, in Citrus County. He had been shot six times in the torso. -
murder of Charles Carskaddon
A few days after Spears’ body was discovered, the body of Charles Carskaddon, 40, was discovered in Pasco County. The part-time rodeo worker had been shot nine times in the chest and stomach. -
murder of Peter Siems
Sixty-five year old Peter Siems left central Florida and headed for New Jersey in June of 1990. His car was found in Orange Springs on July 4, 1990. Though Siems’ body has never been found, witnesses described two women near the car in Orange Springs. -
murder of Troy Burress
Marion County law enforcement found the body of Troy Burress, a 50-year-old salesman, on August 4, 1990, less than a week after he was reported missing. Though the body was fairly decomposed, the medical examiner was able to determine that the cause of death was two gunshots to the torso. -
murder of Charles "Dick" Humphreys
A retired Air Force major, police chief and Florida child-abuse investigator, Dick Humphreys was found dead in Marion County on September 12, 1990. The body was fully clothed and had suffered multiple gunshots to the head and torso. Humphreys' car was later found in Suwannee County. -
murder of Walter Antonio
The partially disrobed body of Walter Antonio, 62, was found November 19, 1990, in a remote part of Dixie County. He had been shot four times in the back and head. Antonio’s car was found five days later in Brevard County. -
death of Aileen Wournos
she was sentenced to death and was killed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, Bradford County, Florida
