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Dead Ends
Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction, and Execution of Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos | Joseph Michael Reynolds
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The chilling true story of female serial killer Aileen Wuornos, whose violent crimes shocked the nationand inspired the Academy Awardwinning film Monster. When police in Floridas Volusia County were called to investigate the murder of Richard Mallory, whose gunshot-ridden body had been found in the woods just north of Daytona Beach in December 1989, their search led them to a string of dead ends before the trail went cold six months later. During the spring and summer of 1990, the bodies of six more middle-aged white men were discoveredall in secluded areas near their abandoned vehicles, all but one shot dead with a .22 caliber pistoland all without any suspects, motives, or leads. The police speculated that the murders were connected, but they never anticipated what theyd soon discover: The killings were the work of a single culprit, Aileen Wuornos, one of the first women to ever fit the profile of a serial killer. With the cooperation of her former lover and accomplice, Tyria Moore, the police were able to solicit a confession from Wuornos about her months-long killing spree along Floridas interstate highways. The nation was quickly swept up in the drama of her trial and the media dubbed her the Damsel of Death as horrifying details of her past as a prostitute and drifter emerged. Written by the Reuters reporter who initially broke the story, Dead Ends is a thrilling firsthand account of Wuornoss capture, trial, and ultimate sentencing to death by lethal injection, that goes beyond the media frenzy to reveal the even more disturbing truth.
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I‘m back to reading about serial killers again. So scary that psychopaths live amongst us. #Booknerd #Bookaddict #Bookaddiction #WeekendRead #TrueCrime #SerialKiller

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This made me think of you @kaye ❤️. (Not because you are a serial killer!)

jpmcwisemorgan Oh a good book for #murderino Littens! 5y
Kaye Thanks Missy. Yep I‘ve read books about her before. Not sure if I read this or another. She was a bit loopy but I‘m not quite sure I blame her for blasting those Guys. I think youd get mighty sick of them putting their paws all over you. Gross. If I had to resort to that for money, I‘d probably bring a gun with me too. 5y
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