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Timeline Of Aileen Wuornos' Crimes

December 1989: Wuornos started killing men in and around Central Florida. She was living in the Daytona Beach area, but she hitchhiked along highways all over central and north Florida as a prostitute.

She claimed that the men who picked her up, beat or raped her and then she shot them in self-defense. She also robbed them.

December 13, 1989: The first victim, Richard Mallory, was found dead in November of 1989. This is the only case that Wuornos actually stood trial for. The trial happened in Deland.

June 1 1990: The body of David Spears was found.

June 6, 1990: The body of Charles Carskaddan was found.

July 4: Police found a car connected to man named Peter Siems. His body was never found, but Wuornos confessed to the crime.

August 4, 1990: Troy Buress, the fifth victim, was found dead.

September 12, 1990: Dick Humphreys, the sixth victim, was found dead.

November 19, 1990: The body of Walter Gino Antonio was found.

January 9, 1991: Wuornos was arrested.

January 16, 1991: Wuornos confesses to one of the murders, saying it was self-defense.

November 21, 1991: Arlene Pralle, a 44-year-old "born-again" Christian and her husband legally adopted Wuornos.

January 14, 1992: Wuornos went on trial for the Mallory murder.

January 27: Wuornos was convicted.

January 31, 1992: Wuornos was sentenced to the electric chair.

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