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Jan 2023
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Aileen Wuornos : la Demoiselle de la Mor...

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Aileen Carol Wuornos, née en février 1956 à Rochester dans le Michigan et morte en octobre 2002 à Starke en Floride, est une tueuse en série américaine, surnommée « La Demoiselle de la Mort ». Elle est condamnée à la peine de mort pour l'assassinat d'au moins sept hommes en Floride entre novembre 1989 et novembre 1990. Selon elle, ces derniers l'auraient violée ou auraient tenté de le faire alors qu'elle exerçait son activité de prostituée. Elle est reconnue coupable et condamnée à mort pour six des meurtres, un des corps n'ayant jamais été retrouvé, Elle est exécutée par injection létale le 9 octobre 2002 à la prison d'État de Floride.


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