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Aileen
with her maternal grandparents
Aileen comes from a
dificult background. She was born February 29th, 1956, to Diane
Wuornos and Leo Arthur Pittman. Her parents had divorced just a few
months before Aileen was born. Her mother, seventeen at the time of
her divorce, abandoned Aileen to the care of her maternal
grandparents.
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Childhood photo of Aileen Wuornos.
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Aileen
aged 13.
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Aileen's biological mother Diane, in 2002.
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Aileen's biological father, Leo Arthur Pittman, described as "a child
molester and sociopath".
He hung himself in prison in 1969, when Aileen was just thirteen years
old.
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Aileen's chilhood home.
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Aileen
with her 69-nine-year-old husband Lewis Fell
Shortly after arriving
in Florida, Aileen married an elderly man named Lewis Fell, who earned
a substantial income from railroad stocks. Fell took out a restraining
order on Aileen after she was arrested back home in Michigan for
hurling a cue ball at a bartender's head. The marriage was
subsequently annulled after Lewis Fell claimed that Aileen had
squandered his money and would beat him with his cane whenever she
wanted more cash.