震惊美国的女连环杀手Aileen Carol Wuornos
在美国曾轰动一时的女连环杀手,她的劣迹和黑暗的童年经历轰动全美后改编成电影,对她的死刑曾引起社会上的争议艾琳·沃尔诺斯(Aileen Carol Wuornos),美国历史上最骇人的女连环杀手,媒体称她为守候在佛罗里达州公路边等待猎物的“毒蜘蛛”,先后有七名色胆包天的男子钻进她一手编织的毒网,肉欲之欢过后便是死亡陷阱。
艾琳·沃尔诺斯出生于一个破碎的家庭环境,她的母亲黛安在1960年遗弃了艾琳和她的哥哥凯斯。幸运的是孩子的外祖父母收养了这对兄妹,他们没有告诉这两个孩子身世,而是像对待亲生儿女一样把他们抚养成人。当12岁的艾琳发现了身世的秘密后,这两兄妹用自暴自弃来反抗外祖父的权威,他们开始迅速地堕落。两年后,14岁的艾琳因为怀孕被送往感化院,不久她生下了一个男孩,这个男孩在1971年被人收养。之后,她开始逃学、离家出走并开始在公路上以搭车的名义从事卖淫生涯。
几年后,凯斯死于喉癌,他给自己的妹妹留下了一万美元的保险金,但是艾琳在两个月内就把这笔钱挥霍一空。艾琳只好继续向佛州“进发”。在那里,她和比她年长许多的路易斯·弗尔结了婚,但艾琳因为在回家的路上用球杆打人而被捕入狱。
高速公路上“打猎”
作为一个州际妓女,艾琳的行情并不好,生活时常陷入窘境。1986年她在迪特那一间同性恋酒吧里碰到24岁的泰莉亚·莫尔后,两人迅速“堕入情网”并开始同居生活。但激情易逝,艾琳的行情没有起色,她们不得不紧衣缩食地到处漂荡。于是艾琳又想要开始“尝试一些新东西了”。
1989年至1990年间,艾琳在佛罗里达州州际高速公路出没达13个月之久。她不是扮作受伤的驾车者,就是扮成在路边拉客的妓女。一有猎物出现,她便会使尽柔媚手段,上对方的车并与对方欢好,然后便伺机将猎物射杀。沃尔诺斯的凶器是一支点22口径手枪,所有受害者都是中年男子,身上钱财也被洗劫一空。这些人在高速公路游荡大多也是为发泄肉欲。
56岁的迪克·汉弗莱是佛州卫生和康复中心虐待和伤害儿童方面的调查员。1989年9月10日,他刚刚和妻子庆祝完结婚35周年的纪念,第二天就失踪了。12日晚上人们发现了他满是枪眼的尸体,从他身上找到了六颗0.22口径的子弹,而他的车直到9月底才被发现。
此外,1990年6月1日戴维德·斯皮尔斯的尸体被人发现。五天后是查尔斯·卡斯卡登。7月4日警察发现了皮特·西门斯的车子,尽管他的尸体一直没有找到,艾琳还是承认这件案子是自己干的。8月9日、9月12日和11月19日的被害人分别是特罗依·布雷斯、迪克·汉弗利斯和沃特·吉诺。
2002年10月9日Aileen Carol Wuornos被执行死刑
指纹泄露形迹被捕
1990年12月中旬,警方收集到不少线索,矛头直指两个女人。一名男子回忆说,早在一年前有两个叫莫尔和李的可疑女人从他这里租了一辆活动房车。一名妇女报告说,两名外来妇女曾在她的汽车旅馆里打过工,一个叫莫尔,另一个却叫苏珊。一位没有透露姓名的人打来电话证实这两个女人就是莫尔和格林。她们曾买过一辆娱乐车,格林在这两人中显然处于支配地位,她是一个专门搭车的妓女,而且两个人是同性恋。
格林的身份是破案的关键。佛路西亚县的警官调查了各地区的当铺,发现格林在迪特那当掉了被害人麦劳利的一架照相机和一台雷达探测器,并在收据上留下了宝贵的指纹。在奥玛尔,她当掉了与受害人戴维德·斯皮尔斯卡车上的非常相似的工具。
格林留下的指纹帮了警察的大忙,简妮弗警官发现指纹是属于一个叫劳里的女人,受害人皮特·西门斯身上的血手印也来自于同一个人。劳里、苏珊以及格林都是艾琳·沃尔诺斯的化名,凶手终于浮出水面。1991年2月9日艾琳被捕归案。
艾琳·沃尔诺斯对法庭说,自己是个“连环杀人犯”,如果法律不对她进行制裁的话,她有可能会“继续杀人”,“生命对我来说已经没有什么意义了”。她请求法院撤掉指定给她的律师,并加快对其死刑的判决。因为她“不想再让谎言充斥自己的生活,想让事实大白于天下,然后干干净净地去见上帝”。
女影星查理兹塞隆凭借扮演根据此事件改编的电影《女魔头》中的艾琳·沃尔诺斯获得奥斯卡小金人。
[*]Born: 29 February 1956 [*]Birthplace: Rochester, Michigan [*]Died: 9 October 2002 (execution) [*]Best Known As: Florida serial killer portrayed in the movie Monster
Name at birth: Aileen Pittman
Serial killer Aileen "Lee" Wuornos was executedin Florida in 2002, yet became more famous after her own death thanksto the feature film Monster (2003, starring Charlize Theron) and theNick Bloomfield documentary Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer(2004). Wuornos was born in Michigan and abandoned by her parents at anearly age. She was adopted by her maternal grandparents, but had atroubled childhood and was pregnant by the age of 14. In the late 1970sshe made her way to Florida, where over the next decade she worked as aprostitute and occasionally robbed people to support herself and ayoung woman she had met named Tyria Moore (the character Selby inMonster, portrayed by Christina Ricci). In 1989 and 1990, Wuornos shotand killed at least six men; she was finally arrested on 9 January 1991at the Last Resort, a bar in Harbor Oaks, Florida. She was tried,convicted and sentenced to death, then entered a plea of no contest forfive other murders, receiving a total of six death sentences byFebruary 1993. She was famously -- if inaccurately -- dubbed "America'sfirst female serial killer," and her story became a national sensationwhen it was revealed that both she and investigators into the murdershad sold movie rights within weeks of her arrest.
While on death row, Wuornos gained supporters whobelieved her claims that she had killed in self-defense. Arlene Pralle,a "born again" Christian who said that God had called her to helpWuornos, legally adopted Wuornos in November 1991. An earlierBloomfield documentary, Aileen: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1992),portrayed Wuornos as a victim of long-standing sexual abuse and,especially, manipulation by the media. As her execution neared,however, Wuornos downplayed the self-defense angle, leaving the worldto wonder if she was a victim, a predator or just plain crazy. Floridagovernor Jeb Bush ordered a psychiatric exam, after which Wuornos wasdeemed mentally competent and executed by lethal injection on 9 October2002.
Wuornos had been convicted of armed robbery in1981 and served 13 months in prison... Aliases she used included LeeBlahovec, Lori Grody and Cammie Greene... Investigators believe thatWuornos also was responsible for a seventh victim, but she neverconfessed to the killing.
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