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{\an8}I honestly don't know how anybody
could be attracted to that.
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{\an8}I mean, she was not...
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{\an8}She was vile, and she was not attractive.
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Well, I wouldn't want
to meet her in a dark alley.
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So...
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It kind of baffles me
how she got any customers at all.
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I mean, hitchhiking
and prostituting herself...
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I don't think that's the way our maker
intended us to use our bodies.
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She's like the trifecta.
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{\an8}Gay, female, sex worker.
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And killing white men.
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So very easy to execute
with no conscience.
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You know, we wrote for eight years,
up until her execution.
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{\an8}Then in 1997, she said, "So,
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I'm going to tell you
the truth of my life and the crimes
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because I wanna make it right with God."
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Hey.
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Um...
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- Where do I sit?
- Here.
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Okay.
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Who's... who's this right here?
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This is Kay.
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Kay.
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Hi.
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- And that's who?
- Jane.
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- Jane.
- Yeah.
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- Hi, nice meeting you.
- Hi.
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And Jasmine.
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Jasmine! What's happening?
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Hi.
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Can I get a photo with you?
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Hey, yeah, man.
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One, two, three.
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Ah, I was not ready at all.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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I'm so glad you guys are here.
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And, um, I was so concerned.
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I had, uh, some freaky dreams, man.
I don't even want to mention the dreams.
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I know Montel Williams, you know?
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He has a bald head, right?
He was taking this stuff
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and he was putting it
all over his bald head.
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It cracked me up.
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Let me... let me see in the mirror
the way I look.
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Out there, I would never wear this.
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If you want me to,
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I'll just roll with my childhood,
you know,
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and roll up through everything
and... and kind of like...
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so you'll get the information
that you need to, um...
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- Uh, whatever you want to do with this.
- Mm-hmm.
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Um, Jaz, you know, I give you...
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- Signature. Okay.
- That's me.
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You know, I give you...
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I give you full permission
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to do whatever you do
in the future with this, you know?
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You guys are gonna make millions off this.
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When the last leaf of autumn
Has fallen to the ground
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And the icy wind
Through the empty trees
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Makes a howling sound
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At first it drives you indoors
And then it drives you mad
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That's when you know you need it
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And you know you need it now
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You need the sunshine and sea breeze
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Soft sand and palm trees of Florida
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Florida
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{\an8}When you need it bad
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{\an8}We've got it good
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{\an8}When you need it bad
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{\an8}Come to Florida
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{\an8}'Cause we've got it good here
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{\an8}You need it bad...
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{\an8}August in Florida?
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Oh my gosh, it's hot.
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And, of course, you know
Florida's a very transient state.
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We have the... the people that live there.
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And then we have the people
that come there just in the winter.
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We call them the snowbirds.
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{\an8}My name's Steve Binegar,
and I was a captain
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{\an8}with the Marion County Sheriff's Office
in Ocala, Florida.
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And I was in charge
of the Criminal Investigations Division.
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These sand roads like this
are all throughout the National Forest.
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The hunters call them pig trails.
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{\an8}This was the Burress scene.
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{\an8}Troy Burress.
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{\an8}The company that he worked for,
Gilchrist Sausage...
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They had good sausage.
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But it's...
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...you know, it's like,
"Hey, our guy hasn't showed up."
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"We don't know... Maybe he's broke down."
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Then also, you know, his truck was found
literally out in the middle of nowhere.
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There was nothing there.
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There's nothing like a decomposing body.
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I mean, it's like... It's a smell.
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I can... I... You know, when I'm talking
about it right now,
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and I can almost smell it
and taste it in my mouth.
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Follow the yellow road.
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How did this person end up down this road,
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and then how did his truck
end up eight miles away?
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He knew who the suspect was.
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This isn't a stranger-on-stranger
type of homicide.
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Okay. This is Troy Burress.
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Uh, before photo.
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Uh, this is an after photo.
This is a tight shot of some bullet holes,
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and it kind of looked like
in there somewhere.
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And then another body showed up.
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This is Charles.
Nickname Dick. Last name Humphreys.
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The Humphreys murder was more brutal.
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There were seven bullets, not two.
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And it's the same bullets.
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Wonder if these are related.
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It wasn't uncommon to do a fax blast
to all agencies in the State of Florida,
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saying, "Does anybody
have anything similar?"
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Information started coming back.
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Citrus had one body. Pasco had one body.
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Dixie had one body. Volusia had one body.
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We had two.
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Seven men were killed
within a 12-month period.
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All found dead in the woods.
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As the cases began to progress,
we'd see the headshot more.
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The passion of the person
who's committing these murders
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is increasing.
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The rage.
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The first murder that we knew about
was Richard Mallory.
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This is Mr. Mallory.
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Found in December of '89.
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Mr. Mallory.
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- His car.
- His car.
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In every case,
the victim's vehicle was found
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in some other part of the state.
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Seats were pulled forward.
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Same description of the projectiles
as the other victims.
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All white, middle-aged men.
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There were used rubbers and a blonde hair
found at one of the crime scenes.
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It's like, "Wait a minute.
This is a woman out here doing this?"
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They were traveling
on this road right here.
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- Coming around this bend.
- Coming around this corner.
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Traveling through here,
ran off the road, hit this gate.
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Uh-huh.
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Went through the gate,
on into these bushes here,
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where, when the car came to a stop,
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they got out, took the tag off,
started wiping it down, uh,
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took some belongings they had in there,
and beat feet down the road.
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{\an8}Here you'd been investigating
for how long, months?
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{\an8}Oh yeah.
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{\an8}And you first get this break, and you go,
"Oh my goodness, it's a woman."
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{\an8}- Were you shocked?
- Yeah, I was. I...
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Some of the other investigators
had played with that idea.
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Said this possibly could be woman.
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This is really the turning point
in the case that I think,
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it's when we found out
that two women had the car
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of a middle-aged victim who was missing,
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who was traveling from Jupiter, Florida,
all the way up to Arkansas,
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who never got to his destination.
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It's like, okay, now we've got something
we can sink our teeth into.
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Something we can be looking for.
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So then, after that,
we talked to witnesses.
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We get a composite
of two women that were seen in a car.
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And when we started spreading them
all over the country
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and started getting
information back and leads,
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then the ball started rolling,
and things started happening for us.
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And we got a car coming.
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That's her. That's the one
that talked to, uh, the girls right there.
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And reported it to us.
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{\an8}These drawings came out in the newspaper.
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{\an8}Two women are running around Florida,
shooting guys.
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And I said,
"There has to be a reason why."
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And I was driven to find out
what that reason was.
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{\an8}Well, it's a landmark case
in, uh, criminal investigation
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{\an8}because of the... you know,
the female aspect.
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The latest John that we just identified,
his vehicle was on I-75.
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I'm Jackie Giroux. I'm a producer.
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I was the first person to sign
Aileen Wuornos to do her life story.
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I'm glad that I didn't take them nowhere.
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You know, if I didn't get their car fixed,
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they might've took me down the road
and done me in or something.
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In '87,
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when I started really producing,
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all they wanted
was stories about true crime.
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We're looking at similarities
of these two girls.
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Hopefully, we'll find some new evidence.
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We just extended our search
to about another square mile
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that we're trying to look into.
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{\an8}My mother called me up and said, "I think
I just saw this female serial killer."
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{\an8}And I said to my mother,
"You should have given her my card."
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It was meant to be for me
to find that story.
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So I flew to Florida,
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and my brother drove me to various bars,
including the Last Resort Bar.
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I hung up, uh, like,
small Post-it notes saying,
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"If you are the female who's killing men,
I'd like to do your story."
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And I signed my name and my phone number.
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That was it.
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I go back to Hollywood.
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I just wait.
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Yeah, I just waited.
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As this thing went more public,
we got over 500 leads right off the bat.
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{\an8}Several names kept coming up
for the blonde.
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{\an8}Everything pointed to the fact
that she was the most aggressive.
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Probably most likely was our shooter.
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We started looking at the pawn shops.
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And we discovered property
that belonged to Richard Mallory.
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So now that we've got a fingerprint...
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The fingerprints don't lie.
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Aileen Carol Wuornos.
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Who is this?
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Jerry, she won't leave with us.
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We can get her outside the bar.
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All we... all we gotta do is pull out front
and blow the horn.
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She'll come out here and talk to us.
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But we need to get her outta there now.
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Is everybody ready to go, Jerry?
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All right, buddy. Bye.
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I always give credit to the good Lord
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because I believe He was guiding us,
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and I know He was guiding me
in this investigation.
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Lee, come here, baby.
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And I believe that, uh,
He delivered her to us.
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You go back up here?
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- Go in the bar.
- What do you need to know?
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If you go back up here, to this main road...
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- Down on...
- ...it goes this-a-way.
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Sheriff's Department, Volusia County.
Step over here, ma'am.
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What the hell is going on here?
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I want to know
what the hell is going on here.
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All right, I'd like to know
why I'm being arrested, by the way.
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- What did I just tell you?
- No, you didn't tell me nothing.
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How many times do I have to tell you?
You're under arrest.
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- For what?
- For a warrant!
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- For what warrant?
- A warrant!
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Then I get a call.
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{\an8}The day she was arrested.
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{\an8}She says,
"I'm the girl you're looking for."
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{\an8}"I'm the girl
who's been shooting the men."
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She had read my note.
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And she said, "Well, first of all,
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do you do movies or books?"
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I thought, "Okay,
she's... she's auditioning me, right?"
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I said, "Mostly movies."
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She goes, "Great.
My story is unbelievable."
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Okay, so I'll start just explaining, okay?
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So when I was little,
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I was adopted
by my grandmother and grandfather.
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My grandmother
was really clean and decent.
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Did not swear.
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Did not drink.
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She was into Jesus Christ.
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Grandfather was a sergeant
in World War II.
249
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He was very stringent,
but he was not nasty.
250
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A very decent, moral upbringing.
251
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Not any impurities or, uh, perversion
252
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or battery or any of that jazz.
253
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He accidentally hit me with a belt.
254
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Oh my goodness, one time.
So what, you know?
255
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It was... it wasn't that big of a deal.
256
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At around probably 14,
257
00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:57,623
my grandmother died
from cirrhosis of the liver.
258
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I'll always miss her.
259
00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:02,995
And I'll always love her.
260
00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:08,734
At around 15, I ran away from home.
261
00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:12,338
I got caught, went to
Adrian's Training School for six months.
262
00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:17,609
When I got out, I hit that road,
and I split from the state.
263
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On the road, 24-7, for four years.
264
00:16:23,082 --> 00:16:24,249
Nonstop.
265
00:16:29,888 --> 00:16:32,124
I must've been raped, I'd say, about...
266
00:16:35,060 --> 00:16:36,662
30 times, maybe more.
267
00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:45,337
I'm sorry about all the rape
that you've had.
268
00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:47,940
- It doesn't bother me because I...
- No?
269
00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:49,008
It's been...
270
00:16:49,608 --> 00:16:52,478
I'm tough, you know?
271
00:16:52,544 --> 00:16:55,748
A... a wussy woman, it would bother her.
272
00:16:55,814 --> 00:16:58,584
But I'm tough, man.
I've been through hell, uh, Jaz.
273
00:16:58,650 --> 00:17:01,053
I think a lot of women understand.
274
00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,323
You know, that... who've been raped
all their life, like they...
275
00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:08,160
- You get messed up, and you dream of it--
- I was gang raped.
276
00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:12,064
I was gang raped twice when I was a kid
by my high school friends.
277
00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:15,567
My high school friends, man,
gang raped my ass.
278
00:17:15,634 --> 00:17:17,569
I got to take a leak.
279
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Southern Orlando's Magic 107.7 FM.
280
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Well, tonight, a woman sits
in a Daytona Beach jail.
281
00:17:27,946 --> 00:17:31,550
Sheriff's deputies say
she may have killed seven people.
282
00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:35,687
Their bodies were found dumped
near major highways in Central Florida.
283
00:17:35,754 --> 00:17:37,823
Tips led deputies to Daytona Beach
284
00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:41,126
and a woman identified
as Aileen Carol Wuornos,
285
00:17:41,193 --> 00:17:42,995
a 34-year-old transient.
286
00:17:43,695 --> 00:17:45,597
She was arrested eight days ago,
287
00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:47,800
and on Wednesday was charged
with the murder
288
00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:49,868
of Richard Mallory of Clearwater.
289
00:17:49,935 --> 00:17:51,904
There are women who have killed children
290
00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:53,505
and elderly people in nursing homes,
291
00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:57,276
but a female who's a... a predator
that goes out seeking men,
292
00:17:57,342 --> 00:17:58,811
it's a little different.
293
00:17:58,877 --> 00:18:02,347
Anyone that would resort
to that sort of violence
294
00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:04,416
deserves the maximum punishment.
295
00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:07,419
The motive behind these murders
is unclear,
296
00:18:07,486 --> 00:18:12,491
{\an8}but authorities say Wuornos is a killer
who robs, not a robber who kills.
297
00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:17,196
{\an8}We have identified, uh, pieces of property
from, uh... from different victims
298
00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:21,567
{\an8}that were either in her possession
at the time of her arrest on the ninth
299
00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:24,136
{\an8}or were in storage, uh, facilities.
300
00:18:24,203 --> 00:18:27,873
{\an8}There was some money taken
in most of the cases,
301
00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:32,044
but, uh, it didn't appear to be necessary
to take the life of these men.
302
00:18:32,711 --> 00:18:34,179
This is Judge Briese, everyone.
303
00:18:34,246 --> 00:18:37,816
You are here for the purposes
of a first appearance hearing of charge.
304
00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:39,952
You do have a right to remain silent.
305
00:18:40,018 --> 00:18:42,688
Anything you say can and will be
used against you in court.
306
00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:45,457
Do you solemnly swear
the testimony you're giving
307
00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:48,327
will be the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth?
308
00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:50,796
Is it Aileen Wuornos?
309
00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:52,498
- Wuornos.
- Wuornos?
310
00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:54,666
Ma'am, you are here
on a warrant signed by...
311
00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:58,637
{\an8}Aileen Wuornos used to call me,
and we talked about 25 to 30 times.
312
00:18:58,704 --> 00:18:59,838
{\an8}No, sir.
313
00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:03,909
{\an8}She would call collect,
and my daughter would answer the phone.
314
00:19:05,477 --> 00:19:07,880
"Hey, Mom,
the serial killer's on the phone!"
315
00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:14,620
I wanted to make
the right movie about her.
316
00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:18,590
"You tell me your story,
and I will write it."
317
00:19:18,657 --> 00:19:20,325
That was our deal.
318
00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,928
And I said, "Do you have a lawyer?"
319
00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:26,265
And she said,
"Yes, it's Russell Armstrong."
320
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:28,934
I said, "You need to have him call me."
321
00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:31,236
Let me... let me, uh, cover the bases here.
322
00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:33,472
- Are you working now?
- No, sir.
323
00:19:33,539 --> 00:19:35,974
- Do you have any sources of income?
- None at all.
324
00:19:36,041 --> 00:19:37,843
- Checking or savings accounts?
- Nope.
325
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,444
- Own any real estate?
- Nope.
326
00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:41,113
- Have any children?
- No.
327
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:42,981
You've got a public defender.
Thank you, ma'am.
328
00:19:43,048 --> 00:19:44,049
Thank you.
329
00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:46,718
Wuornos had been traveling Central Florida
330
00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:48,520
with her lesbian lover, Tyria Moore,
331
00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:50,422
when the killings took place.
332
00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:52,524
Her attorneys say
Wuornos made the confession
333
00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:54,193
to Volusia County deputies
334
00:19:54,259 --> 00:19:56,695
only when her girlfriend, Moore,
asked her to.
335
00:19:57,529 --> 00:19:59,665
{\an8}Authorities say
Moore is a material witness
336
00:19:59,731 --> 00:20:01,400
{\an8}and aren't filing charges against her.
337
00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:04,069
{\an8}- Your full name is Tyria?
- Tyria.
338
00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:06,438
{\an8}- T-Y...
- T-Y-R-I-A.
339
00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:07,606
{\an8}Okay.
340
00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:09,641
{\an8}When did you decide to leave Lee?
341
00:20:10,909 --> 00:20:12,611
{\an8}In December of '90.
342
00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:13,712
{\an8}Why?
343
00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:18,116
{\an8}Because I'd seen composite drawings on TV
of two females
344
00:20:18,817 --> 00:20:21,587
{\an8}and they had spoke of the car
that we had wrecked.
345
00:20:22,588 --> 00:20:25,591
At that point, I... This is enough.
You know, I've had enough.
346
00:20:25,657 --> 00:20:29,628
I can't... I'm not going to go to prison
for something that she did.
347
00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:32,631
And that... that was like
drawing the line right there.
348
00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:34,666
Then what happened?
349
00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:39,137
Then, in December of '91,
350
00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:43,342
um, law enforcement contacted me.
351
00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:47,012
There was officers from Florida
that wanted to speak with me,
352
00:20:47,079 --> 00:20:49,848
then I knew exactly why they were there.
353
00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,683
And I told them right from the beginning
354
00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:54,286
that, you know,
I had nothing to do with it,
355
00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:56,655
but I am willing to... to help you.
356
00:20:56,722 --> 00:20:58,557
{\an8}You came back to Florida
357
00:20:58,624 --> 00:21:02,194
{\an8}and had conversations with her
that were taped by the police.
358
00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:03,595
She didn't know that.
359
00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:08,800
Why did you decide to allow your
phone conversation to be taped with her?
360
00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:11,937
At the time, I didn't do it
for the police at that time.
361
00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:13,205
I did it for myself.
362
00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:15,474
Were you afraid of being arrested?
363
00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:17,976
Yeah, I was... I was scared.
364
00:21:18,043 --> 00:21:21,179
Did police make a deal with you?
365
00:21:21,246 --> 00:21:24,216
You won't go to jail
if you testify against her?
366
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:25,183
No.
367
00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:27,586
Why did you get her to confess?
368
00:21:27,653 --> 00:21:30,489
I was just living with her
for four and a half years.
369
00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:33,859
I know her better than,
I think, anyone else does.
370
00:21:33,925 --> 00:21:36,495
And I think she's very intelligent.
371
00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:41,133
She knows how to work around things.
She could lie her way out of anything.
372
00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:47,139
And that's mainly why I wanted her
to confess to the murders.
373
00:21:47,205 --> 00:21:50,042
It's because I knew
she could lie her way out of it.
374
00:21:54,279 --> 00:21:56,181
{\an8}- Good morning.
- Good morning.
375
00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,582
{\an8}How are you?
376
00:21:57,649 --> 00:22:00,285
{\an8}- You remember me the other night?
- No, I don't.
377
00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:03,121
{\an8}I was the one that gave you
the coffee and the cigarettes
378
00:22:03,188 --> 00:22:04,523
{\an8}when you were arrested.
379
00:22:06,525 --> 00:22:07,659
{\an8}How you doing?
380
00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:11,463
{\an8}Well, I came here to confess to murder.
381
00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:14,132
{\an8}Okay. Let me stop you just a second, okay?
382
00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:16,635
{\an8}If you cannot afford to pay for counsel,
383
00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:19,438
{\an8}we will furnish you with counsel
if you so desire. Do you understand?
384
00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,473
{\an8}- What does counsel mean?
- An attorney.
385
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:22,741
{\an8}Oh yeah.
386
00:22:23,442 --> 00:22:25,644
{\an8}Well, like,
what's an attorney gonna do? I...
387
00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:27,913
{\an8}I know what I did.
I'm confessing what I did.
388
00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:30,482
{\an8}Go ahead and put the electric chair to me.
389
00:22:30,549 --> 00:22:32,217
{\an8}I'm gonna... I just don't...
390
00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:37,089
{\an8}I should have never done it.
391
00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:41,626
{\an8}If you want an attorney at any time,
392
00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:43,662
{\an8}you just say,
"I'd like to have an attorney."
393
00:22:43,729 --> 00:22:46,732
{\an8}I can't advise you
one way or the other what you should do.
394
00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:48,333
{\an8}It has to be solely your decision.
395
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,735
{\an8}I don't know what to do.
396
00:22:49,801 --> 00:22:54,005
{\an8}I know that
I don't want my girlfriend involved,
397
00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:56,174
{\an8}because this is why I'm doing this.
398
00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:58,143
{\an8}Tyria Moore's her name.
399
00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:01,446
{\an8}They've been talking to her parents,
detectives and all.
400
00:23:01,513 --> 00:23:03,882
{\an8}She did not do anything.
401
00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:07,719
{\an8}And I'm trying to make this clear.
That's why I'm confessing.
402
00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:10,655
{\an8}Were there nights
where you were trying to sleep,
403
00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:15,093
{\an8}laying next to you is a woman
who you know by now has killed people,
404
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,296
that you were just sickened, disgusted?
405
00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:22,067
Yeah, I thought about it. A lot.
406
00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:23,502
I thought, you know, "How could I...
407
00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:26,405
How could I be in love
with someone that... that has killed?"
408
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:31,643
And it... I don't know if it's a question
that can be answered.
409
00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:33,745
You know, why I... why I did love her.
410
00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:37,916
She was just... she was a great person.
She was very caring.
411
00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:41,453
And, you know, I did fall in love.
412
00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:48,927
{\an8}Tyria really was kinda on the shy side.
413
00:23:51,496 --> 00:23:55,400
{\an8}It was not easy
to be a gay woman in the 1990s.
414
00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:59,104
She got out of Pennsylvania,
came to Florida
415
00:23:59,171 --> 00:24:00,872
to try to start a new life.
416
00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:05,677
It was a real relationship
between the two of them.
417
00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:10,415
Tyria couldn't let go
any more than Wuornos could let go.
418
00:24:10,949 --> 00:24:14,519
I kept asking her stuff about Tyria,
and she was going,
419
00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:17,722
"I don't want her to be involved.
I'm going to protect her."
420
00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:21,092
And then there was, "Back off from Tyria."
421
00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:26,465
"This was all me,
and I'm here to tell that story."
422
00:24:39,444 --> 00:24:41,847
I was on the road from 16 to 20.
423
00:24:43,281 --> 00:24:45,383
I'm hitchhiking, and I'm hooking.
424
00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:52,023
Running into a lot of situations
'cause I never had a place to live.
425
00:24:54,426 --> 00:24:58,530
I slept under viaducts,
abandoned homes, cow pastures.
426
00:25:00,098 --> 00:25:02,267
I finally wound up in Daytona Beach.
427
00:25:07,939 --> 00:25:10,442
I got me a job at a... a motel.
428
00:25:11,943 --> 00:25:13,512
I was 20 years old.
429
00:25:17,415 --> 00:25:19,551
I was going out with guys
and all that stuff
430
00:25:19,618 --> 00:25:23,355
and trying to fall in love with...
...you know...
431
00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:26,258
It's not cool being, uh, alone.
432
00:25:27,158 --> 00:25:28,793
It turns into a real drag.
433
00:25:29,961 --> 00:25:33,698
And I met this guy,
and he was a mama's boy.
434
00:25:34,332 --> 00:25:38,370
His mom didn't want me to be with him,
and he was going to go back to mama,
435
00:25:38,436 --> 00:25:40,939
and I told him if he did,
I'd shoot myself.
436
00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:44,709
So I wound up shooting myself
with .22 in the stomach.
437
00:25:44,776 --> 00:25:48,179
It went right through my bod
and just missed my spine.
438
00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:51,349
Ray was another guy I fell in love with.
439
00:25:51,416 --> 00:25:53,385
Probably around 24, 25.
440
00:25:53,451 --> 00:25:56,721
But he was whiskey-bent,
bottle-bent alcoholic,
441
00:25:56,788 --> 00:26:00,191
and every time he started getting
really, really drunk, he was abusive.
442
00:26:00,258 --> 00:26:03,395
So I was thinking about
going ahead and killing myself again.
443
00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:05,864
But I never did.
444
00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:08,366
So I head out to the Keys.
445
00:26:08,433 --> 00:26:11,469
I decide I'm going to be a beach bum
in the Keys.
446
00:26:13,338 --> 00:26:16,975
And I met Toni,
the first lesbian, at 28 now.
447
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:21,446
And, uh, this is my first encounter
with lesbianism.
448
00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:25,417
And she turns me on to it
for the first time in my life.
449
00:26:33,825 --> 00:26:36,361
She's been called the hooker from hell.
450
00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:40,966
Police say Aileen Wuornos
terrorized men along Florida's highways,
451
00:26:41,032 --> 00:26:43,335
luring them into her web of death.
452
00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:47,038
She's a wild, boozing,
lesbian prostitute, she admits.
453
00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:49,774
We're dealing with violence,
extreme violence.
454
00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:52,644
You look at women as being frail.
Uh, this woman's not frail.
455
00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:55,513
This is probably the meanest woman
I ever met in my life.
456
00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:59,784
{\an8}She is not a monster. She is not a butch.
457
00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:04,456
{\an8}Um, she is a very caring, compassionate,
458
00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:08,360
feminine human being with a heart of gold.
459
00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:15,233
I saw her picture in the newspaper,
and I get butterflies.
460
00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:21,039
Then, when I was out on the lawn mower,
like ten days later,
461
00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:24,843
Jesus asked me to reach out to her.
462
00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:29,381
"I want you to write her a letter
and tell her about me."
463
00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:31,950
"I want you to help her."
464
00:27:35,086 --> 00:27:37,255
You're looking at expectant parents.
465
00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:39,958
Bob and Arlene Pralle
are going to a judge's office
466
00:27:40,025 --> 00:27:43,261
to adopt suspected mass murderer
Aileen Wuornos.
467
00:27:44,229 --> 00:27:47,332
A few moments later,
they emerge with the piece of paper
468
00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:49,668
that makes Wuornos their legal daughter.
469
00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:51,069
How do they feel about that?
470
00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:53,238
Euphoric. I just want to burst into tears.
471
00:27:54,572 --> 00:27:57,609
I wanted to be a mom forever.
472
00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:59,144
It was awesome.
473
00:27:59,210 --> 00:28:01,746
{\an8}I mean, just unbelievable.
474
00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,649
{\an8}We talked every single night.
475
00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:08,887
{\an8}Our phone bills were $1,200 a month.
476
00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:12,791
{\an8}And we talked, and we talked. We prayed.
477
00:28:12,857 --> 00:28:16,094
{\an8}And I said, "Why do you keep hedging...
478
00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:19,330
{\an8}...about wanting
to accept Jesus in your heart
479
00:28:19,397 --> 00:28:21,966
{\an8}and have the same peace that I've got?"
480
00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:25,403
{\an8}And she said,
"Do you really want the truth?"
481
00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:29,741
She said, "Because if I accept him
and I'm born-again,
482
00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:33,011
I feel you're just going
to leave me like everybody else."
483
00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:34,979
"Leave you?"
484
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:38,850
I said, "I just want to make sure
if something happens to you,
485
00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:40,485
you're going to heaven."
486
00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:46,124
She said, "Well, in that case, can I do it
right now, right here over the phone?"
487
00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:48,760
Is that incredible?
488
00:28:50,361 --> 00:28:52,197
It was a God thing.
489
00:28:52,263 --> 00:28:56,234
It was truly 100% a God thing.
490
00:28:57,268 --> 00:29:00,004
We've been together now
since the end of January,
491
00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:03,742
and yet I have never once
seen this portrait
492
00:29:03,808 --> 00:29:05,343
that the newspaper is portraying.
493
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:15,153
{\an8}She recognized, "I'm the topic,
the top topic of conversation."
494
00:29:16,154 --> 00:29:17,489
{\an8}"I'm a star."
495
00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:24,129
And she ordered everybody around
like Faye Dunaway on steroids.
496
00:29:25,330 --> 00:29:29,534
{\an8}Because the news media made her
the queen of serial killers.
497
00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:33,371
And that was her notoriety.
498
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:36,641
She wanted to be famous.
499
00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:42,747
What do you know about Aileen that you
feel the rest of the world doesn't know?
500
00:29:42,814 --> 00:29:46,785
{\an8}I had never, ever, ever been on any TV,
501
00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:49,320
{\an8}not even a blurb in a newspaper.
502
00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:51,956
Lee was so excited about it.
503
00:29:52,657 --> 00:29:55,426
And she'd call and say,
"Oh, you did awesome."
504
00:29:55,493 --> 00:29:58,496
{\an8}"I have these other people
I want to send you."
505
00:29:58,563 --> 00:30:01,466
{\an8}It was like she was my agent...
506
00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:04,602
{\an8}...forcing me to go out
and do all these things.
507
00:30:05,436 --> 00:30:08,106
{\an8}Like, no, I don't want to do this.
508
00:30:08,706 --> 00:30:13,244
I find myself on the cover
of the local Ocala papers.
509
00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:18,082
Glamour magazine. They came to the farm.
510
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:21,553
I mean, it was never, ever ending.
511
00:30:21,619 --> 00:30:23,354
All the time.
512
00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:28,059
{\an8}Now, she was nice sometimes,
513
00:30:28,126 --> 00:30:30,562
{\an8}but there were other times
she was like a tyrant
514
00:30:30,628 --> 00:30:33,798
of, "How come you haven't found Dawn yet?"
515
00:30:33,865 --> 00:30:35,900
"Don't you want this story?"
516
00:30:37,368 --> 00:30:41,673
She told me,
"Go to Michigan. Go see Dawn,"
517
00:30:41,739 --> 00:30:44,876
that Dawn had her younger story.
518
00:30:44,943 --> 00:30:47,412
She knew everything about her.
They were best friends.
519
00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:53,585
So I go to Michigan,
it's the middle of a snowstorm,
520
00:30:53,651 --> 00:30:57,722
and no one in Michigan
knew this story. No one.
521
00:30:58,723 --> 00:31:02,126
I was like the first person
to break the news.
522
00:31:04,462 --> 00:31:06,264
She had a horrible childhood.
523
00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:08,399
{\an8}There is a lot of people
that's had bad lives,
524
00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:10,802
{\an8}but not from day get go.
525
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:14,172
{\an8}This poor kid had a child,
you know, was raped and had a child.
526
00:31:14,239 --> 00:31:15,173
{\an8}Her grandmother died,
527
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,442
{\an8}and she was abandoned,
living out, you know, in the woods.
528
00:31:17,508 --> 00:31:20,078
And her older brother and sister
got to stay in houses.
529
00:31:20,144 --> 00:31:21,980
That's where she got to be a prostitute.
530
00:31:22,046 --> 00:31:25,550
She needed food and things,
cigarettes for her brother and sister.
531
00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:27,185
Why didn't they take care of her?
532
00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:31,122
When they told me she was a prostitute,
I had no idea what a prostitute was.
533
00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:33,024
I didn't.
534
00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:35,260
I was like, "What's that?"
535
00:31:35,326 --> 00:31:38,129
They said she had a baby.
And I said, "She had a baby?"
536
00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:39,197
And she did.
537
00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:42,500
And I... I never asked her about it
because I knew it'd bother her.
538
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:46,237
But she used to... Her and her sister stayed
at my house a lot. So did her brother.
539
00:31:46,304 --> 00:31:47,805
And we all wore each other's clothes.
540
00:31:47,872 --> 00:31:51,075
Even Keith was about all of our same size,
and Ducky and all of us.
541
00:31:51,142 --> 00:31:52,577
And you could tell she did. That's...
542
00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:54,846
And I thought,
"Yeah, she did have a baby."
543
00:31:55,346 --> 00:31:58,216
You know, but I just never
brought it up to her.
544
00:32:00,618 --> 00:32:04,555
{\an8}The feeling I walked away was
nobody was looking at the cookie jar.
545
00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:09,327
{\an8}Those kids started drinking
when they were like ten years old,
546
00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:11,195
sneaking booze and everything.
547
00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:13,197
Nobody was guiding them.
548
00:32:13,264 --> 00:32:15,366
Nobody was educating them.
549
00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:18,803
Nobody was telling them the difference
between right and wrong.
550
00:32:20,171 --> 00:32:22,006
34-year-old Aileen Wuornos
551
00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:24,575
pleaded not guilty
to the charges she faces.
552
00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:28,212
She will undergo a psychiatric exam
in the next week or so.
553
00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:32,450
There's a report of
a prior suicide attempt, for one thing.
554
00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:35,086
She was abandoned by her mom
at the age of six months.
555
00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:38,556
Her grandmother discovered her
in an attic covered with flies.
556
00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:42,126
Heavy use of drugs
and alcohol since she was 13.
557
00:32:42,193 --> 00:32:45,096
I think her abuse led
to her acting like she did.
558
00:32:45,163 --> 00:32:48,733
I think she could maybe be saved
with some therapy.
559
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,370
Aileen Wuornos faces
five first-degree murder charges,
560
00:32:52,437 --> 00:32:55,640
and there could be
as many as five more indictments to come.
561
00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:58,609
If she's found guilty
on any of those charges,
562
00:32:58,676 --> 00:33:01,713
she could end up facing
Florida's electric chair.
563
00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:07,719
Only police know where
28-year-old Tyria Moore has been living
564
00:33:07,785 --> 00:33:09,187
for the last 11 months.
565
00:33:09,253 --> 00:33:13,191
She's reportedly hiding out of state
and showed up for a deposition today
566
00:33:13,257 --> 00:33:15,927
only after the court
ordered her to appear.
567
00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:17,996
The strong bond between the two women
568
00:33:18,062 --> 00:33:21,666
led Wuornos to confess to killing
at least five of the men.
569
00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:24,736
While police recorded
their telephone conversations,
570
00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:28,539
Moore allegedly convinced Wuornos
to admit to the killings.
571
00:33:35,079 --> 00:33:38,549
{\an8}I went to the pre-trial hearings
every single day.
572
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:43,421
{\an8}And soon as it was over,
I went to the jail
573
00:33:44,122 --> 00:33:47,325
{\an8}and spent the evening with her
through glass.
574
00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:53,398
God just gave me
the strength to do all of it
575
00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:56,667
because that was
what I was supposed to do.
576
00:33:56,734 --> 00:33:59,737
You've put me in a difficult position.
577
00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:00,638
I've got...
578
00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:05,977
{\an8}My first involvement
with Aileen Wuornos was her case.
579
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:09,647
{\an8}Richard Mallory was assigned to me.
580
00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:12,483
{\an8}We think it is absolutely necessary.
581
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:17,121
I think you don't really know
what happened
582
00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:20,158
if you don't consider the why.
583
00:34:22,593 --> 00:34:24,395
She killed seven men.
584
00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:27,732
She readily said
585
00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:32,904
during that same time period,
she had had 400 johns.
586
00:34:34,839 --> 00:34:36,641
She hadn't killed any of them.
587
00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:39,544
Why these seven?
588
00:34:40,978 --> 00:34:42,613
Why didn't she kill all of them?
589
00:34:45,316 --> 00:34:48,753
{\an8}She didn't kill a single person
before she met Tyria Moore.
590
00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:50,221
{\an8}Think about that.
591
00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:52,223
Mm-hmm.
592
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:57,328
Tyria Moore was the catalyst
that pushed her over the edge.
593
00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:03,568
Counsel, approach the bench.
594
00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:10,041
Lee did not know
about the recordings at all.
595
00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:12,743
She never knew
596
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:16,547
that the police were right there with Ty,
and it was all fake.
597
00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:21,219
Fake, fake, fake, to get her to confess.
598
00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:23,354
Why did you answer those questions?
599
00:35:24,188 --> 00:35:25,356
I was scared.
600
00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:27,325
Who were you scared of?
601
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,827
I was scared of being arrested.
602
00:35:29,894 --> 00:35:33,998
When you lied to Miss Wuornos
about these things, why did you do that?
603
00:35:35,366 --> 00:35:40,171
Because I wanted her to talk to me
about the offenses so I would be cleared.
604
00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:41,372
Okay.
605
00:35:41,439 --> 00:35:43,241
Hello?
606
00:35:43,307 --> 00:35:44,575
- Ty?
- Yes?
607
00:35:44,642 --> 00:35:45,910
- Hi.
- Hey.
608
00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:49,714
What the hell's going on, Lee?
They've been up to my parents' again.
609
00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:51,983
They've got my sister now,
asking her questions.
610
00:35:52,049 --> 00:35:53,784
I don't know what the hell's going on.
611
00:35:53,851 --> 00:35:54,685
Huh.
612
00:35:54,752 --> 00:35:56,554
What are they asking
your sister questions for?
613
00:35:56,621 --> 00:35:58,789
- I don't know.
- Hm.
614
00:35:58,856 --> 00:36:01,792
Lee, they're coming after me.
I know they are.
615
00:36:01,859 --> 00:36:03,427
No, they're not, Ty.
616
00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:06,631
Why are they asking
so many questions then?
617
00:36:06,697 --> 00:36:09,200
Honey, listen, listen, listen.
618
00:36:10,067 --> 00:36:12,036
Do what you gotta do, okay?
619
00:36:12,103 --> 00:36:14,605
I'm gonna have to
because I'm not gonna go to jail
620
00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:17,275
for something that you did.
This isn't fair.
621
00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:19,210
My family is a nervous wreck up there.
622
00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:21,212
My mom has been calling me all the time.
623
00:36:21,279 --> 00:36:23,748
She doesn't know what the hell's going on.
624
00:36:23,814 --> 00:36:25,149
- Ty?
- What?
625
00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:27,952
I'm not going to let you go to jail.
626
00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,721
I don't know whether I should
keep on living or if I should...
627
00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:33,024
No, Ty, Ty, listen.
628
00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:34,725
What if they don't believe me?
629
00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:36,060
- Ty.
- What?
630
00:36:36,827 --> 00:36:38,362
I love you.
631
00:36:41,666 --> 00:36:43,868
If I have to confess everything
632
00:36:43,935 --> 00:36:46,571
just to keep you
from getting in trouble, I will.
633
00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:47,705
Okay.
634
00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:49,974
- Don't worry, okay?
- Okay.
635
00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:51,042
I love you.
636
00:36:51,108 --> 00:36:54,579
Well, do it now. Get it over with.
637
00:36:55,146 --> 00:36:58,549
- Right at this very moment?
- Yes, get it over with.
638
00:36:59,083 --> 00:36:59,917
All right.
639
00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:03,054
- Okay? You can call me back later.
- Okay. But be careful.
640
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,023
- All right.
- All right. Okay, bye.
641
00:37:13,764 --> 00:37:15,833
Can you imagine the betrayal?
642
00:37:19,203 --> 00:37:21,372
{\an8}They took advantage of her.
643
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:28,212
{\an8}They've already put her in a situation
with Tyria that...
644
00:37:30,514 --> 00:37:32,984
She's going to say anything
to protect her.
645
00:37:35,886 --> 00:37:37,855
They weren't looking for the truth.
646
00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:40,858
I don't know how to put this, but...
647
00:37:41,792 --> 00:37:43,661
The pissing on the system.
648
00:37:46,030 --> 00:37:49,333
I mean, she obviously
really loved this woman.
649
00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:51,969
To her detriment.
650
00:38:03,147 --> 00:38:05,583
When I met Toni, it was totally different.
651
00:38:06,317 --> 00:38:10,054
A lot of loving and understanding
each other's ways and stuff.
652
00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:16,661
And so I started to agree
with the lesbianism.
653
00:38:19,263 --> 00:38:22,300
I was hooking all over in the Keys.
654
00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:25,136
Then I started on the highways.
655
00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:31,409
I had double-barrel shotguns to my head,
...357 Magnums to my head.
656
00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:35,946
So when a cop friend of mine
told me to go ahead and get a gun,
657
00:38:36,013 --> 00:38:37,915
it was purely for protection.
658
00:38:43,054 --> 00:38:44,789
I had to do what I had to do.
659
00:38:49,193 --> 00:38:52,263
I'm with Toni for about a year,
but she splits on me.
660
00:38:53,297 --> 00:38:57,201
And I finally wound up back in Daytona
and met Tyria.
661
00:39:01,839 --> 00:39:03,040
So when I met Tyria,
662
00:39:03,107 --> 00:39:05,910
we never left each other
except for when we worked.
663
00:39:08,312 --> 00:39:10,981
And I was a cook. I was cooking for Ty.
664
00:39:11,048 --> 00:39:13,017
I cleaned the place for Ty.
665
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:16,387
Ty didn't do nothing.
She didn't have to move a muscle.
666
00:39:16,454 --> 00:39:19,657
I loved her so bad.
She did not have to move a muscle.
667
00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:26,731
And do you hear from Ty anymore? Or just...
668
00:39:26,797 --> 00:39:28,632
I just... No, I haven't seen Ty.
669
00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:33,704
I haven't heard from Ty since 1992,
I think it's been.
670
00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:34,972
Do you miss her?
671
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,275
Yes.
672
00:39:38,342 --> 00:39:40,478
Miss her a lot. I always miss her.
673
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:42,847
And I'll always love her.
674
00:39:42,913 --> 00:39:45,416
And I'll be thinking about her
the day I'm executed.
675
00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:47,952
- I'll be thinking about her leaving.
- Mm.
676
00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:50,788
I loved her so bad.
677
00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:53,491
And the only reason I carried that gun
is 'cause I loved her so much.
678
00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:57,995
I wanted to make sure
that I got home alive, in one piece.
679
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:00,931
So I'd be another day breathing with her,
you know?
680
00:40:00,998 --> 00:40:01,899
Yeah.
681
00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:05,202
But it didn't turn out that way.
It got all screwed up.
682
00:40:06,437 --> 00:40:08,239
I'm sorry.
683
00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:27,124
Who do you think Lee Wuornos is?
684
00:40:28,392 --> 00:40:32,396
{\an8}Amoral at best.
Uh, immoral at worst. And, uh...
685
00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:38,235
{\an8}I'm... I'm afraid she is indicative
of... of what's coming in... in our society
686
00:40:38,302 --> 00:40:40,838
and has been evolving
in the past 30 years.
687
00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:44,708
He's got the whole world In His hands
688
00:40:44,775 --> 00:40:46,977
He's got the whole wide world
In His hands...
689
00:40:47,044 --> 00:40:49,180
Not unlike a religious revival meeting,
690
00:40:49,246 --> 00:40:52,082
Tanner supporters sing hymns
and sing praises
691
00:40:52,149 --> 00:40:54,919
to the state's attorney's
anti-pornography efforts.
692
00:40:54,985 --> 00:40:57,855
We especially thank God for John Tanner.
693
00:40:57,922 --> 00:41:01,292
Obscenity kills women and children.
694
00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:06,564
The decent people are going
to demand the laws be enforced,
695
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:08,365
and the pornographers have got to go.
696
00:41:08,432 --> 00:41:11,268
{\an8}John Tanner was the lead prosecutor
697
00:41:11,335 --> 00:41:15,806
{\an8}and running in the election
for state's attorney at the same time.
698
00:41:15,873 --> 00:41:17,741
...in Volusia County are going to...
699
00:41:17,808 --> 00:41:22,246
{\an8}Aileen Wuornos was everything he detested.
700
00:41:23,113 --> 00:41:27,852
{\an8}And he thought
she would be an easy conviction.
701
00:41:27,918 --> 00:41:29,920
- Everything's set up. Go ahead.
- Okay.
702
00:41:31,021 --> 00:41:33,424
Go ahead and what, John?
You want me talking or...
703
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:36,327
So you were assigned to be the judge
on the Wuornos case.
704
00:41:36,393 --> 00:41:37,595
What happened?
705
00:41:37,661 --> 00:41:40,931
The state, uh,
about a month prior to trial,
706
00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:44,735
filed a motion to disqualify me
or recuse me.
707
00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:46,237
Why?
708
00:41:47,137 --> 00:41:48,138
Uh...
709
00:41:49,306 --> 00:41:51,342
I can't really tell you. Uh...
710
00:41:51,408 --> 00:41:53,210
This was a direct attack on me
711
00:41:53,277 --> 00:41:58,649
that I was not the person
they wanted to try this case.
712
00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:03,921
They knew that I would give
this woman a fair trial.
713
00:42:04,955 --> 00:42:08,726
And they had no intentions
of that ever happening.
714
00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:12,563
Now you've got to look
at the mental status of the person
715
00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:15,466
at the time they make the confession
and what may be factors
716
00:42:15,533 --> 00:42:17,234
causing them to do it at the time.
717
00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:20,905
You wanted to have other evidence
brought in regarding the confession.
718
00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:21,805
Yes.
719
00:42:21,872 --> 00:42:26,010
But obviously, in your being so vigorous
in what you were doing,
720
00:42:26,076 --> 00:42:27,678
they didn't like you.
721
00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:29,980
They went and got you taken off the trial.
722
00:42:30,047 --> 00:42:31,215
Uh, I guess so.
723
00:42:32,449 --> 00:42:34,151
Kind of a backhanded compliment.
724
00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:36,520
Um, I guess so.
725
00:42:36,587 --> 00:42:37,588
I was angry.
726
00:42:38,355 --> 00:42:39,823
I was angry that...
727
00:42:41,158 --> 00:42:42,726
...Tanner got his way.
728
00:42:42,793 --> 00:42:44,795
But in looking at this case, um...
729
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:47,765
And there's nothing I could do about it.
730
00:42:48,666 --> 00:42:52,770
It seems like it's a good possibility
that it could be because you're a woman.
731
00:42:54,104 --> 00:42:55,272
I would hope not.
732
00:42:58,008 --> 00:43:01,545
Partly cloudy tonight,
some patchy late night fog is possible
733
00:43:01,612 --> 00:43:03,180
with a low of 55.
734
00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:06,250
And the At Work Network continues,
coming next.
735
00:43:06,317 --> 00:43:09,253
What makes this
more than just another bizarre story
736
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:10,754
about a string of murders
737
00:43:10,821 --> 00:43:14,325
is the very fact
that Lee Wuornos is a woman.
738
00:43:14,391 --> 00:43:17,294
And if found guilty,
she would win the distinction
739
00:43:17,361 --> 00:43:20,197
of being the nation's
first female serial killer
740
00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:22,933
who violently confronted her victims.
741
00:43:23,634 --> 00:43:26,437
In Hollywood,
it was as though a siren sounded.
742
00:43:26,503 --> 00:43:29,773
A new true-crime tale
was ready-made for the movies.
743
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,475
{\an8}Been dead about 24 hours.
744
00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:34,945
{\an8}Wuornos was but a sketch
on a wanted poster
745
00:43:35,012 --> 00:43:39,149
when TV producers started calling
the Marion County Sheriff's Office
746
00:43:39,216 --> 00:43:42,486
looking to make a deal
with investigators working the case.
747
00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:43,921
Entry wounds are small.
748
00:43:43,988 --> 00:43:45,990
Binegar and two other sheriff's deputies
749
00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:50,894
hired attorney Rob Bradshaw
to field the calls from Hollywood.
750
00:43:50,961 --> 00:43:54,498
I'd talk to one and they'd say, "Oh yes,
CBS told me you just signed with Lorimar,
751
00:43:54,565 --> 00:43:57,368
{\an8}and Lorimar told me
you signed with CBS." I'm like...
752
00:43:57,434 --> 00:44:00,270
{\an8}Deputy's competitor,
Jacqueline Giroux, is quick to challenge
753
00:44:00,337 --> 00:44:01,171
{\an8}what they're up to.
754
00:44:01,238 --> 00:44:04,541
{\an8}It would be very altered
to have three sheriffs
755
00:44:04,608 --> 00:44:08,579
{\an8}and, uh, someone who's turning
state's evidence to go in there
756
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:13,550
{\an8}and be discussing their case
with CBS and Republic Pictures,
757
00:44:13,617 --> 00:44:17,087
{\an8}when, uh, that's only
supposed to come out at the trial.
758
00:44:18,188 --> 00:44:20,024
You get any fingerprints out of here?
759
00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:23,327
Uh, nothing. Just some beer koozies,
some cigarette butts...
760
00:44:24,428 --> 00:44:25,529
...and blonde hair.
761
00:44:26,263 --> 00:44:29,233
{\an8}-These three cops made a deal with CBS...
- Major!
762
00:44:29,299 --> 00:44:30,968
{\an8}Captain Binegar on line two.
763
00:44:31,535 --> 00:44:33,904
{\an8}...before she even pled a plea.
764
00:44:35,773 --> 00:44:36,840
Steve, what's happened?
765
00:44:36,907 --> 00:44:38,542
We arrested her, but she's...
766
00:44:38,609 --> 00:44:41,845
We wanted this story told accurately,
767
00:44:41,912 --> 00:44:44,882
{\an8}and we wanted the people
who participated in this
768
00:44:44,948 --> 00:44:49,920
{\an8}to be portrayed in the role that they...
that they had in this investigation.
769
00:44:50,587 --> 00:44:54,525
{\an8}I never discussed dollar amounts
with anybody.
770
00:44:54,591 --> 00:44:56,593
{\an8}If I was part of a project,
771
00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:59,463
{\an8}I wanted to make sure it was right.
That was it.
772
00:45:00,497 --> 00:45:03,701
I mean, we'd go
from heroes to zeros, you know, and...
773
00:45:03,767 --> 00:45:06,203
and it's like, how did this even happen?
774
00:45:06,970 --> 00:45:09,740
It's apparently a very dog-eat-dog world.
775
00:45:09,807 --> 00:45:13,877
You know? I mean, it ended up
personally costing me my position.
776
00:45:13,944 --> 00:45:16,513
Now, just in case anybody's wondering
where my loyalties are,
777
00:45:16,580 --> 00:45:18,849
they're right here
in this room. All right?
778
00:45:18,916 --> 00:45:20,150
- Yeah.
- Yup.
779
00:45:20,217 --> 00:45:22,419
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
780
00:45:22,486 --> 00:45:26,090
This is one of the most unpleasant things
I've ever had to do.
781
00:45:27,257 --> 00:45:28,959
And I'll read to you a... a release...
782
00:45:29,026 --> 00:45:31,962
{\an8}They should have all gone to jail.
All of them.
783
00:45:32,029 --> 00:45:34,298
{\an8}...1992, Major Dan Henry...
784
00:45:34,364 --> 00:45:38,202
{\an8}And guess what? They just got fired.
785
00:45:40,637 --> 00:45:42,172
She wasn't treated right.
786
00:45:45,309 --> 00:45:48,345
She didn't get justice.
787
00:45:51,181 --> 00:45:53,283
Aileen Wuornos could not be more different
788
00:45:53,350 --> 00:45:55,953
than the group of people chosen
to determine her fate.
789
00:45:56,587 --> 00:45:59,890
The land boasts no wildlife,
no prostitutes of any kind,
790
00:45:59,957 --> 00:46:02,226
and any booze is deeply frowned upon.
791
00:46:03,227 --> 00:46:06,463
Yet it's the religious fervor
that made it so difficult to seat a jury.
792
00:46:06,530 --> 00:46:10,100
One woman said God spoke to her
about this case last night.
793
00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:12,069
He wants me to remove myself.
794
00:46:12,669 --> 00:46:14,938
In the end, the panel
of seven women and five men
795
00:46:15,005 --> 00:46:17,074
said they were up to the job.
796
00:46:17,875 --> 00:46:20,577
The trial is attracting
national media attention,
797
00:46:20,644 --> 00:46:24,148
as well as the attention
of several screenwriters and authors.
798
00:46:24,214 --> 00:46:26,216
Aileen Wuornos showed little emotion
799
00:46:26,283 --> 00:46:29,153
as she was led into the courthouse
in DeLand, Florida.
800
00:46:29,219 --> 00:46:33,090
Wuornos is accused of killing
an electronics repair shop owner.
801
00:46:35,192 --> 00:46:38,462
{\an8}They started proceedings
for Richard Mallory,
802
00:46:38,529 --> 00:46:39,897
{\an8}which was the first one.
803
00:46:39,963 --> 00:46:41,398
{\an8}The others would follow,
804
00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:46,603
{\an8}but right now, it was just concentrated
on Richard Mallory.
805
00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:47,938
{\an8}It was intense.
806
00:46:49,540 --> 00:46:53,277
{\an8}Her lawyer, Trish Jenkins,
gave me a list of stuff to get.
807
00:46:54,211 --> 00:46:57,214
Lee was adamant,
"I don't want anything frilly,
808
00:46:57,281 --> 00:47:00,651
just normal clothes and a cross."
809
00:47:00,717 --> 00:47:03,921
She wanted a cross,
so we bought her a gold cross.
810
00:47:03,987 --> 00:47:06,356
The opening statements
that the attorneys now make
811
00:47:06,423 --> 00:47:09,626
are intended to help you
properly understand the issues,
812
00:47:09,693 --> 00:47:11,628
the evidence, and the applicable law,
813
00:47:11,695 --> 00:47:15,332
and I would request
that you give them your closest attention.
814
00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:18,902
Ladies and gentlemen,
the evidence is going to show
815
00:47:18,969 --> 00:47:21,038
that when Aileen Wuornos
816
00:47:21,972 --> 00:47:24,541
jumped into the car with Richard Mallory
817
00:47:24,608 --> 00:47:28,078
on that rainy night in December of 1989,
818
00:47:28,145 --> 00:47:29,780
she had no idea
819
00:47:29,847 --> 00:47:34,051
that she was going to be
traveling with him into a nightmare
820
00:47:34,718 --> 00:47:38,322
and that that ride would ultimately
bring her into this courtroom today.
821
00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:42,559
All that Richard Mallory had, she took,
822
00:47:43,627 --> 00:47:45,262
including his life.
823
00:47:48,565 --> 00:47:51,768
And under the law... under the law,
824
00:47:52,803 --> 00:47:55,105
she must pay with her life.
825
00:47:55,172 --> 00:47:56,673
Objection, Your Honor.
826
00:47:56,740 --> 00:47:59,543
We don't think that
women have a special dispensation
827
00:47:59,610 --> 00:48:01,044
when it comes to death penalty.
828
00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:03,881
We think the law applies equally
to all citizens, men and women alike.
829
00:48:03,947 --> 00:48:06,283
I want them to treat her
like a human being.
830
00:48:06,350 --> 00:48:08,151
I mean, we've been hearing in there,
all of us,
831
00:48:08,218 --> 00:48:10,387
that she is innocent until proven guilty.
832
00:48:10,454 --> 00:48:12,689
I want them to treat her
like she's innocent
833
00:48:12,756 --> 00:48:14,858
until she's proven guilty.
That's what I want.
834
00:48:14,925 --> 00:48:18,896
In Florida, the prosecution
played a chilling videotape at the trial
835
00:48:18,962 --> 00:48:20,697
of an accused serial killer.
836
00:48:20,764 --> 00:48:23,267
Aileen Wuornos watched her own confession
837
00:48:23,333 --> 00:48:25,569
to a year-long string of killings.
838
00:48:25,636 --> 00:48:28,772
The version
the jury heard today lasts only 20 minutes
839
00:48:28,839 --> 00:48:31,675
and contains only references
to Richard Mallory's death.
840
00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:34,945
{\an8}The defense could fight back
with courtroom drama of their own.
841
00:48:35,012 --> 00:48:37,147
Aileen Wuornos might take the stand.
842
00:48:37,214 --> 00:48:39,283
She's shy. She's scared of the cameras.
843
00:48:39,349 --> 00:48:41,351
I mean,
I don't know what's going to happen.
844
00:48:42,152 --> 00:48:43,353
We've got two cameras.
845
00:48:43,420 --> 00:48:46,056
Wow, this looks better than last time.
846
00:48:46,123 --> 00:48:49,593
Come right around over here
and take that seat.
847
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,996
Montel Williams had it really terrible.
848
00:48:54,531 --> 00:48:57,301
I'm glad at least it all looks
like an improvement to you.
849
00:48:57,367 --> 00:48:58,268
Yeah. It's really...
850
00:48:58,335 --> 00:48:59,703
Okay, all right.
851
00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:03,340
I want to start right now with,
do you think you belong here?
852
00:49:04,174 --> 00:49:06,143
No. Mm-mm.
853
00:49:06,209 --> 00:49:07,077
Why?
854
00:49:07,144 --> 00:49:08,578
But I'm... I'm not a serial killer.
855
00:49:08,645 --> 00:49:14,251
I'm... I... I didn't kill those men, like,
everyday profile of a serial killer,
856
00:49:14,318 --> 00:49:17,120
and I didn't plan these murders
or anything like that.
857
00:49:17,187 --> 00:49:19,189
Why did you kill the men?
858
00:49:19,256 --> 00:49:20,757
Self-defense.
859
00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:24,628
Most of her testimony,
860
00:49:24,695 --> 00:49:27,998
{\an8}I remember sitting there praying
through the whole thing,
861
00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:31,802
{\an8}just that she would be able
to get through it.
862
00:49:33,337 --> 00:49:36,006
Do you remember catching a ride
with Richard Mallory?
863
00:49:36,740 --> 00:49:37,708
Uh, yes.
864
00:49:39,776 --> 00:49:42,079
If you remember, when did you meet him?
865
00:49:42,879 --> 00:49:44,681
It was at the end of November.
866
00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:46,750
Were you hitching a ride
when Mallory picked you up?
867
00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:49,853
Yeah, okay. So, uh...
Yes, I was underneath the bridge.
868
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,422
I was in... I mean, not Fort Lauderdale,
Fort Myers.
869
00:49:52,489 --> 00:49:55,692
I had made some money.
I made almost $300, $350.
870
00:49:55,759 --> 00:49:58,662
It was around 10:30 at night.
It was drizzling outside.
871
00:49:58,729 --> 00:50:01,932
A vehicle passed,
and its headlights went on in the vehicle,
872
00:50:01,999 --> 00:50:06,069
and I saw one head,
so I felt all right, walked up to the car.
873
00:50:06,570 --> 00:50:10,907
I opened the door, and I said,
"Did... did you stop for me?"
874
00:50:10,974 --> 00:50:14,177
And he said, "Yeah.
Are you going to Orlando?"
875
00:50:14,244 --> 00:50:17,481
I said, "No, I'm going Daytona."
He said, "Wow, your lucky day, man,
876
00:50:17,547 --> 00:50:19,449
'cause I'm going all the way to Daytona."
877
00:50:19,516 --> 00:50:21,151
I said, "Wow, this is great."
878
00:50:21,218 --> 00:50:22,853
So I got in the car.
879
00:50:22,919 --> 00:50:26,423
You agreed to go to an area
to what, allegedly talk?
880
00:50:27,491 --> 00:50:28,859
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
881
00:50:28,925 --> 00:50:33,463
You're with him, but at some point,
you agreed to have sex with him for money.
882
00:50:33,964 --> 00:50:35,032
You both got undressed,
883
00:50:35,098 --> 00:50:38,502
and then he said to you, "Guess what?
I'm not paying you." According to you.
884
00:50:38,568 --> 00:50:40,771
And I said, "Well, that's it.
I'm not here for my health."
885
00:50:40,837 --> 00:50:43,840
"The game's over." You know?
And I started to turn around. And that's...
886
00:50:43,907 --> 00:50:46,243
When I turned around to go get my clothes,
887
00:50:46,309 --> 00:50:48,779
that's when he whipped the cord
around my neck.
888
00:50:48,845 --> 00:50:51,648
He was choking me,
and I was holding it like this,
889
00:50:51,715 --> 00:50:54,718
and he said, "Do you want to die, slut?"
890
00:50:54,785 --> 00:50:56,653
And I just nodded no.
891
00:50:57,354 --> 00:50:58,655
And then he said,
892
00:51:00,524 --> 00:51:03,393
"You're going to do
everything I tell you to do,
893
00:51:05,529 --> 00:51:09,966
and if you don't, I'll kill you right now
and I'll fuck you after,
894
00:51:11,268 --> 00:51:13,970
like... just like the other sluts
I've done."
895
00:51:14,037 --> 00:51:15,739
And...
896
00:51:16,273 --> 00:51:20,077
I had to lift up my hands like this,
and he tied my hands,
897
00:51:20,143 --> 00:51:22,379
and he tied me to the steering wheel.
898
00:51:22,446 --> 00:51:24,514
And he got out of the car,
899
00:51:25,315 --> 00:51:28,085
and he told me,
"Slide up and get comfortable,"
900
00:51:28,151 --> 00:51:32,389
'cause he's going to see
how much meat he can pound in my ass.
901
00:51:33,290 --> 00:51:34,791
Okay, what happened next?
902
00:51:34,858 --> 00:51:37,427
He began to start having,
903
00:51:39,963 --> 00:51:41,398
uh, anal sex.
904
00:51:44,234 --> 00:51:45,268
Okay.
905
00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:47,637
And...
906
00:51:48,705 --> 00:51:50,207
...he's doing this...
907
00:51:51,675 --> 00:51:53,510
...very violent manner.
908
00:51:55,078 --> 00:51:56,046
Movement.
909
00:51:57,547 --> 00:52:00,183
And then he...
910
00:52:01,251 --> 00:52:04,888
I don't know if he came or what... I...
911
00:52:05,689 --> 00:52:08,658
Climaxed. I talk street talk, so...
912
00:52:09,726 --> 00:52:11,294
So I don't know if he did that.
913
00:52:12,596 --> 00:52:16,032
And he violently took himself out
914
00:52:16,099 --> 00:52:19,302
and violently put himself in my vagina.
915
00:52:20,303 --> 00:52:22,639
Were you saying anything to him
at that point?
916
00:52:23,240 --> 00:52:25,876
No, I was crying my brains out,
917
00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:29,679
and he lifts up my legs, and he puts...
918
00:52:30,847 --> 00:52:36,887
what turns out to be rubbing alcohol
in a Visine bottle,
919
00:52:38,155 --> 00:52:40,390
and he sticks some
920
00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:45,662
up my rectum area or whatever.
921
00:52:48,765 --> 00:52:53,270
And that really hurt
really bad 'cause he tore me up a lot.
922
00:52:53,336 --> 00:52:57,574
And then he put some in my vagina,
923
00:52:59,075 --> 00:53:00,744
which really hurt bad.
924
00:53:04,347 --> 00:53:07,817
And then he walked around
back to driver's seat side,
925
00:53:07,884 --> 00:53:11,254
and he pulled my nose open like this.
926
00:53:12,689 --> 00:53:16,660
Pulled them open, and he squirts
rubbing alcohol down my nose.
927
00:53:17,661 --> 00:53:21,131
And he said, "I'm saving
your eyes for the grand finale,"
928
00:53:21,198 --> 00:53:23,934
and he put the Visine back on the dash.
929
00:53:27,404 --> 00:53:30,874
So, he's just sitting out there
listening to the radio,
930
00:53:30,941 --> 00:53:34,711
and I'm thinking this guy is thinking
how he's going to kill me.
931
00:53:35,879 --> 00:53:40,750
So I'm trying desperately to get off...
untied from the steering wheel.
932
00:53:44,721 --> 00:53:47,057
So finally he came back,
933
00:53:47,123 --> 00:53:49,492
after about an hour...
It must have been an hour or so.
934
00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:51,628
It seems like the longest time,
935
00:53:51,695 --> 00:53:54,698
and he said, "I'm gonna untie you
from the steering wheel,
936
00:53:54,764 --> 00:53:57,234
and you better be a good girl,
or I'll kill you."
937
00:53:58,335 --> 00:54:00,070
So... so...
938
00:54:01,004 --> 00:54:04,040
He untied me from the steering wheel...
939
00:54:04,107 --> 00:54:06,977
He untied me
and put the rope around my neck
940
00:54:07,043 --> 00:54:10,213
and held it like a leash around my neck,
941
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:12,549
and told me to move over
so he could move in.
942
00:54:12,616 --> 00:54:15,652
I jumped up real fast
and I spit in his face,
943
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:17,721
and he said, "You're dead, bitch!
You're dead."
944
00:54:17,787 --> 00:54:19,422
And he's wiping his eyes.
945
00:54:20,156 --> 00:54:23,727
And I laid down real quick,
and I grabbed my bag.
946
00:54:24,594 --> 00:54:28,298
And he was starting to come for... for me,
947
00:54:28,365 --> 00:54:32,435
then I grabbed my bag
and whipped my pistol out toward him.
948
00:54:32,502 --> 00:54:37,207
And I shot him from the floorboard to him
as he was reaching down to get me.
949
00:54:37,941 --> 00:54:39,643
- See... And...
- How many times did you shoot him?
950
00:54:39,709 --> 00:54:43,179
I think I shot him twice
'cause I know I shot him twice.
951
00:54:43,747 --> 00:54:46,249
Did you get out the car,
and then come around and shoot him again?
952
00:54:46,316 --> 00:54:48,318
Okay. Yeah, after I shot him,
I got out of the car
953
00:54:48,385 --> 00:54:50,654
and I ran around to the driver's side.
954
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:53,456
And I opened up the door,
and he turned around,
955
00:54:53,523 --> 00:54:59,029
and he... and he got his legs
out of the passenger... or driver's side
956
00:54:59,095 --> 00:55:00,630
and started coming up.
957
00:55:01,464 --> 00:55:03,333
And I thought...
I mean, like he wasn't even shot.
958
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,068
Did you see blood on him?
959
00:55:05,135 --> 00:55:07,437
No, I didn't see any blood, nothing.
960
00:55:08,004 --> 00:55:10,240
And so I said, "Man, you better stop."
961
00:55:10,307 --> 00:55:14,344
I said, "I... I'll shoot you again.
Do not get up." And he wouldn't listen.
962
00:55:14,411 --> 00:55:17,247
He just got up, and I shot him
in the chest area somewhere. I don't know.
963
00:55:17,314 --> 00:55:20,150
Wherever there was a lot of flesh
is where I shot.
964
00:55:20,216 --> 00:55:23,486
You shot him, you say
you can't remember how many times.
965
00:55:23,553 --> 00:55:27,023
Did you say to yourself,
"I just murdered a man?"
966
00:55:27,090 --> 00:55:30,493
I said to myself, now this is
the only thing I said to myself,
967
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,929
and I don't believe
this is premeditated whatsoever.
968
00:55:32,996 --> 00:55:35,031
I said, "If anybody
ever comes up to me again
969
00:55:35,098 --> 00:55:37,300
and ever tries to rape me like that,
970
00:55:37,834 --> 00:55:41,271
he will definitely wish
he had not met this prostitute."
971
00:55:43,907 --> 00:55:46,209
{\an8}That was a very difficult day.
972
00:55:47,110 --> 00:55:48,311
{\an8}For all of us.
973
00:55:49,779 --> 00:55:53,316
{\an8}She did well, in spite of everything.
974
00:55:55,985 --> 00:55:58,188
John Tanner just didn't care.
975
00:55:59,122 --> 00:56:03,860
She's a woman and a prostitute,
and he had a problem with that.
976
00:56:03,927 --> 00:56:05,028
Mm-hmm.
977
00:56:05,095 --> 00:56:06,396
I didn't like him.
978
00:56:06,930 --> 00:56:08,198
That was your pistol?
979
00:56:09,666 --> 00:56:10,967
Mm-hmm.
980
00:56:11,034 --> 00:56:12,402
- Yes?
- Yes.
981
00:56:13,837 --> 00:56:16,506
That was the pistol
you killed Richard Mallory with?
982
00:56:18,908 --> 00:56:21,111
- Yes?
- Mm-hmm. Yes.
983
00:56:21,177 --> 00:56:24,214
You offered to have sex,
you're laying there naked on your back,
984
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:25,448
and the man paid you,
985
00:56:25,515 --> 00:56:28,518
and you say it's rape
when he's kissing and getting on you?
986
00:56:28,585 --> 00:56:31,121
He didn't pay me.
I don't know what you're talking about.
987
00:56:31,187 --> 00:56:34,557
He didn't pay me. He's not kissing me
because... for regular sex.
988
00:56:34,624 --> 00:56:36,526
He's... he raped me.
989
00:56:36,593 --> 00:56:38,461
This is when he gets heavy.
990
00:56:38,528 --> 00:56:40,964
And I don't know...
I don't know what you're talking about.
991
00:56:42,132 --> 00:56:47,137
Did you say that here you are,
a woman who is ravaged and naked,
992
00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:49,672
and no one would believe
that you've been assaulted?
993
00:56:49,739 --> 00:56:53,476
We've got prostitutes out there
that are being killed every day,
994
00:56:53,543 --> 00:56:55,145
and nobody cares about it.
995
00:56:55,211 --> 00:56:57,480
And we've got women being raped every day,
996
00:56:57,547 --> 00:56:59,449
and nobody cares about it.
997
00:56:59,516 --> 00:57:01,584
I have witnessed it with my own eyes.
998
00:57:01,651 --> 00:57:04,821
Nobody would have believed
that I was raped
999
00:57:04,888 --> 00:57:06,823
and that I had to defend myself.
1000
00:57:06,890 --> 00:57:09,926
They would've said,
"You're a prostitute. We don't care."
1001
00:57:09,993 --> 00:57:14,063
You say Richard Mallory told you that,
in your words,
1002
00:57:14,130 --> 00:57:15,632
he'd killed other women?
1003
00:57:15,698 --> 00:57:17,267
He did, yeah.
1004
00:57:17,333 --> 00:57:20,136
- He told you that?
- Oh yeah. Flat out told me.
1005
00:57:20,203 --> 00:57:23,973
Tanner said to me
that there was never any evidence
1006
00:57:25,241 --> 00:57:29,446
that Richard Mallory
had ever been abusive to women.
1007
00:57:30,447 --> 00:57:31,915
- Okay.
- Was he telling the truth?
1008
00:57:31,981 --> 00:57:33,249
No.
1009
00:57:33,316 --> 00:57:37,086
Uh, Jackie Davis did that depo
and said he was crazy.
1010
00:57:37,153 --> 00:57:39,022
Why haven't authorities looked into that?
1011
00:57:39,088 --> 00:57:40,256
- In your opinion--
- Okay.
1012
00:57:40,323 --> 00:57:42,492
- Let's break off and come back to that.
- Okay.
1013
00:57:42,559 --> 00:57:44,961
And if you guys wanted to stay
and chat for a minute...
1014
00:57:45,028 --> 00:57:46,830
Mm-hmm.
1015
00:57:46,896 --> 00:57:49,499
Come back... You know,
what I'll do is look through all of this,
1016
00:57:49,566 --> 00:57:51,868
and... and maybe if there's
some other points we need to make,
1017
00:57:51,935 --> 00:57:54,838
we may be able to come back and...
and do more.
1018
00:57:54,904 --> 00:57:57,474
- There's a lot of stuff.
- A lot of it we're gonna look into.
1019
00:57:57,540 --> 00:57:59,309
Now, I wanna be clear on one thing.
1020
00:57:59,375 --> 00:58:01,644
All of the authorities
that I spoke to when I said,
1021
00:58:01,711 --> 00:58:03,947
"What's the mistake Lee Wuornos made?"
1022
00:58:04,013 --> 00:58:05,815
- You know what they all say?
- What?
1023
00:58:05,882 --> 00:58:07,083
She confessed.
1024
00:58:10,153 --> 00:58:12,355
Miss Wuornos,
you were in the courtroom yesterday
1025
00:58:12,422 --> 00:58:17,193
when the videotape of the confession
was played, wasn't it? Weren't you?
1026
00:58:17,260 --> 00:58:18,228
Yes, sir.
1027
00:58:19,028 --> 00:58:21,331
You saw it in its entirety, didn't you?
1028
00:58:21,397 --> 00:58:22,365
Yes.
1029
00:58:22,432 --> 00:58:24,467
You didn't make one mention
1030
00:58:24,534 --> 00:58:28,471
of an anal rape or being tied up, did you?
1031
00:58:28,538 --> 00:58:30,306
I was withdrawing from alcohol so bad,
1032
00:58:30,373 --> 00:58:32,742
I was so confused
and so scared about Tyria
1033
00:58:32,809 --> 00:58:34,811
that I... I couldn't function properly.
1034
00:58:34,878 --> 00:58:37,514
I don't know what I was saying.
I was... I don't know.
1035
00:58:37,580 --> 00:58:41,551
And I go into other details
with other people in here
1036
00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:43,453
where I'm totally talking
about one person,
1037
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:45,588
and another person
even talked about Richard Mallory--
1038
00:58:45,655 --> 00:58:49,559
Lee, I have to advise you
not to talk about any other charges.
1039
00:58:49,626 --> 00:58:52,228
I mean, they weren't letting me go on
and... or nothing,
1040
00:58:52,295 --> 00:58:54,797
to re-correct myself or anything.
They kept...
1041
00:58:55,298 --> 00:58:56,566
Now he just asked me about...
1042
00:58:56,633 --> 00:59:01,437
Now for the next 11 pages,
he's talking about all different guys.
1043
00:59:01,504 --> 00:59:04,807
"White pickup truck," and I say,
"I don't recall a white pickup truck."
1044
00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:06,976
Your Honor, Lee, I'm gonna instruct you
1045
00:59:07,043 --> 00:59:09,112
not to talk about any other...
1046
00:59:09,178 --> 00:59:10,013
Okay.
1047
00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:11,848
...charges.
1048
00:59:12,515 --> 00:59:16,519
You didn't tell the detective
because you couldn't remember it.
1049
00:59:17,253 --> 00:59:20,924
And/or you didn't tell the detective
'cause you were stubborn--
1050
00:59:20,990 --> 00:59:24,260
- I couldn't remember--
- Let me finish the question, Miss Wuornos.
1051
00:59:24,327 --> 00:59:26,029
And you didn't tell the detective
1052
00:59:26,095 --> 00:59:28,731
because you were stubborn
and trying to protect Tyria Moore.
1053
00:59:28,798 --> 00:59:31,701
Were there any other reasons
you didn't tell the detective?
1054
00:59:31,768 --> 00:59:33,036
He cut me off
1055
00:59:33,770 --> 00:59:37,373
every time I talked about a rape
with any incident.
1056
00:59:39,075 --> 00:59:41,044
Oh, did you talk about rapes
with other incidents?
1057
00:59:41,110 --> 00:59:42,812
- Objection.
- I'm not gonna answer.
1058
00:59:42,879 --> 00:59:45,014
- Lee, do not answer about other cases.
- I'm not.
1059
00:59:45,081 --> 00:59:46,449
They have not been tried yet.
1060
00:59:46,516 --> 00:59:48,251
Well, I'm... I'm only trying to ask you
1061
00:59:48,318 --> 00:59:49,953
is why you killed six other men?
1062
00:59:50,019 --> 00:59:52,956
- Was it the same reason?
- I'm here for one trial.
1063
00:59:53,022 --> 00:59:55,758
I'm here for first-degree murder
in one count in this county.
1064
00:59:55,825 --> 00:59:57,527
I move for a mistrial, Your Honor.
1065
00:59:57,594 --> 00:59:58,861
Overruled.
1066
01:00:00,964 --> 01:00:04,734
If you had only been allowed
to argue the Richard Mallory case,
1067
01:00:06,069 --> 01:00:07,203
were you guaranteed to win?
1068
01:00:07,270 --> 01:00:08,972
No. No.
1069
01:00:09,505 --> 01:00:11,941
Uh, if we had had to try the case, uh,
1070
01:00:12,008 --> 01:00:15,712
on simply the evidence
of Mr. Mallory's killing
1071
01:00:15,778 --> 01:00:19,749
with her story of
self-defense, of a sexual assault,
1072
01:00:19,816 --> 01:00:24,153
uh, of... of brutal torture
that she described,
1073
01:00:25,021 --> 01:00:30,159
a jury would be hard-pressed
to... to sort out the truth in that case.
1074
01:00:30,226 --> 01:00:31,628
Uh, we certainly could've lost it.
1075
01:00:31,694 --> 01:00:36,532
How were you allowed
to bring in court these other murders
1076
01:00:37,033 --> 01:00:38,801
when she hadn't been convicted of them?
1077
01:00:38,868 --> 01:00:40,236
Well, Judge Uriel Blount,
1078
01:00:40,303 --> 01:00:43,606
uh, I've known him for a long time,
ever since I've been a prosecutor,
1079
01:00:43,673 --> 01:00:46,275
uh, going back over 24 years.
1080
01:00:46,876 --> 01:00:50,179
And, uh, Judge Blount, uh, had,
to my knowledge,
1081
01:00:50,246 --> 01:00:52,815
never allowed similar fact evidence
in any case before.
1082
01:00:52,882 --> 01:00:55,885
When the judge said,
"Okay, you can bring those in,"
1083
01:00:55,952 --> 01:00:58,021
you must have breathed
quite a sigh of relief.
1084
01:00:58,087 --> 01:01:01,724
We were greatly relieved,
and of course we knew we had her then.
1085
01:01:01,791 --> 01:01:06,663
So... so, that maneuver,
or that legal, uh, tactic,
1086
01:01:06,729 --> 01:01:08,464
uh, it worked this time.
1087
01:01:08,531 --> 01:01:10,767
It... it's kind of like, uh,
kind of like football.
1088
01:01:10,833 --> 01:01:13,870
If it works, it's great,
and if it doesn't, you wish you hadn't.
1089
01:01:16,873 --> 01:01:18,908
The judge's ruling opened the floodgates
1090
01:01:18,975 --> 01:01:21,611
for new evidence
surrounding the six other killings
1091
01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:23,680
Aileen Wuornos says she committed.
1092
01:01:24,580 --> 01:01:25,948
The prosecution rested
1093
01:01:26,015 --> 01:01:28,818
after a detective
who took Wuornos's confession
1094
01:01:28,885 --> 01:01:32,722
showed the jury on a map
where each of the bodies was found.
1095
01:01:32,789 --> 01:01:34,424
In closing arguments today,
1096
01:01:34,490 --> 01:01:37,060
her attorneys asked the jury
to believe Wuornos.
1097
01:01:37,126 --> 01:01:40,229
She needs fairness. She needs justice.
1098
01:01:41,130 --> 01:01:43,866
She needs you to understand
what really happened.
1099
01:01:43,933 --> 01:01:46,903
Prosecutors reminded
the jury members of the six other killings
1100
01:01:46,969 --> 01:01:49,839
with similar circumstances
Wuornos has confessed to.
1101
01:01:49,906 --> 01:01:51,641
State Attorney John Tanner pointed out
1102
01:01:51,708 --> 01:01:54,377
that Wuornos had never mentioned
any rape or torture
1103
01:01:54,444 --> 01:01:56,212
in her earlier statements to police.
1104
01:01:56,279 --> 01:02:01,317
She has left you no reasonable choice
under the evidence of this case,
1105
01:02:01,918 --> 01:02:05,188
except to find her guilty
of murder in the first degree.
1106
01:02:06,155 --> 01:02:09,892
Richard Mallory drove her
to this secluded area,
1107
01:02:09,959 --> 01:02:14,230
and it was here that
Aileen Wuornos became a killer.
1108
01:02:16,099 --> 01:02:19,836
It's so noisy. I don't know
how it sounds like a secluded area.
1109
01:02:25,208 --> 01:02:28,144
A Florida jury has
a life or death decision to make today
1110
01:02:28,211 --> 01:02:31,380
in the case of
confessed killer Aileen Wuornos.
1111
01:02:32,915 --> 01:02:36,819
The seven women and five men
deliberated for 91 minutes.
1112
01:02:36,886 --> 01:02:40,123
We, the jury, find the defendant,
Aileen Carol Wuornos,
1113
01:02:40,189 --> 01:02:43,059
guilty of first-degree premeditated murder
1114
01:02:43,126 --> 01:02:45,762
and first-degree felony murder
of Richard Mallory
1115
01:02:45,828 --> 01:02:48,431
as charged in count one of the indictment.
1116
01:02:49,332 --> 01:02:51,234
Sons of bitches.
1117
01:02:51,968 --> 01:02:53,202
I'm so pissed off.
1118
01:02:55,571 --> 01:02:57,573
I was raped. I hope you get raped.
1119
01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:02,178
Scumbags of America.
1120
01:03:05,348 --> 01:03:07,617
Aileen, how do you feel about the verdict?
1121
01:03:07,683 --> 01:03:09,552
- You ready to say--
- I'm innocent!
1122
01:03:09,619 --> 01:03:12,889
A lot of questions will be answered
over the next couple of days.
1123
01:03:12,955 --> 01:03:17,760
I, uh, believe that this was
not so much a crime of passion
1124
01:03:17,827 --> 01:03:20,763
as much as it was a crime
of absolute control and domination
1125
01:03:20,830 --> 01:03:22,832
over, uh, the victim.
1126
01:03:22,899 --> 01:03:24,867
Wuornos is facing the electric chair.
1127
01:03:24,934 --> 01:03:27,537
Prosecutors say
they will seek the death penalty.
1128
01:03:27,603 --> 01:03:30,573
The sentencing phase
of her trial begins tomorrow.
1129
01:03:32,842 --> 01:03:37,880
So you're heading down here,
and you wanted some company to drive with.
1130
01:03:37,947 --> 01:03:42,051
Yes, I just had a headache,
and so I... I get to this spot here.
1131
01:03:43,486 --> 01:03:44,720
And right here,
1132
01:03:46,722 --> 01:03:48,057
this lady stands.
1133
01:03:51,093 --> 01:03:53,362
Did she have the opportunity to kill you?
1134
01:03:53,429 --> 01:03:55,331
She had the opportunity if she wanted to.
1135
01:03:55,398 --> 01:03:59,902
I had about $3,300,
$3,400, $3,500 cash on me.
1136
01:04:00,837 --> 01:04:05,107
I had a gold watch worth about $1,200.
I had a ring worth about $450.
1137
01:04:05,174 --> 01:04:08,511
You would've been an easy prey
to rip off, never mind kill.
1138
01:04:08,578 --> 01:04:13,049
If Lee would wanna to kill somebody,
it would've been me.
1139
01:04:13,115 --> 01:04:16,986
I'm living proof
that Lee's not a cold-blooded killer.
1140
01:04:20,790 --> 01:04:22,925
The crime for which you'll be sentenced
1141
01:04:22,992 --> 01:04:27,029
was committed in a cold, calculated,
and premeditated manner
1142
01:04:27,096 --> 01:04:31,367
without any pretense
of moral or legal justification.
1143
01:04:31,434 --> 01:04:33,536
In the Circuit Court,
7th Judicial Circuit,
1144
01:04:33,603 --> 01:04:37,607
in Volusia County, Florida,
case number 91257,
1145
01:04:37,673 --> 01:04:40,443
State of Florida
versus Aileen Carol Wuornos,
1146
01:04:40,509 --> 01:04:44,413
as to count one, the majority of the jury
filed a vote of 12 to nothing,
1147
01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:46,616
advise and recommend to the court
1148
01:04:46,682 --> 01:04:49,852
that it impose the death penalty
upon Aileen Carol Wuornos,
1149
01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:54,023
dated at DeLand, Volusia County, Florida,
this 30th day of January 1992.
1150
01:04:54,090 --> 01:04:56,893
In Florida today,
prostitute Aileen Wuornos
1151
01:04:56,959 --> 01:05:00,696
bowed her head and cried
as the jury unanimously recommended
1152
01:05:00,763 --> 01:05:03,266
that she be sent to die
in Florida's electric chair.
1153
01:05:03,332 --> 01:05:06,035
Aileen Wuornos looked stunned
as the court clerk announced
1154
01:05:06,102 --> 01:05:07,470
the jury's recommendation.
1155
01:05:07,536 --> 01:05:10,673
You have people coming out
unanimously voting for the death penalty
1156
01:05:10,740 --> 01:05:12,008
and crying while they do it.
1157
01:05:12,074 --> 01:05:14,543
An unanimous verdict
is much easier to sustain,
1158
01:05:14,610 --> 01:05:18,447
and we expect this, uh, conviction
to withstand, uh, appellate review.
1159
01:05:19,348 --> 01:05:20,816
Maybe I'm wrong.
1160
01:05:20,883 --> 01:05:22,251
Was this her house?
1161
01:05:22,318 --> 01:05:23,920
I might be wrong, Fred.
1162
01:05:30,326 --> 01:05:32,061
- I think it's--
- What's going on?
1163
01:05:32,128 --> 01:05:35,231
Oh, we just need to... we're gonna just talk
to Ms. Davis about some things.
1164
01:05:35,298 --> 01:05:36,399
Oh, all right.
1165
01:05:36,465 --> 01:05:37,566
Nothing important.
1166
01:05:42,905 --> 01:05:44,941
Hello? Jackie?
1167
01:05:45,007 --> 01:05:46,943
- Does she know you're coming?
- No.
1168
01:05:48,244 --> 01:05:50,980
When we drove by, this screen was open.
The door was open.
1169
01:05:51,681 --> 01:05:53,249
But her car is still here.
1170
01:05:53,816 --> 01:05:58,421
I have been labeled a serial killer,
and I am no serial killer.
1171
01:05:58,487 --> 01:06:02,158
The convicted murderer gave
the judge in a packed courtroom an earful.
1172
01:06:02,224 --> 01:06:05,962
State Attorney Tanner
was the one manipulating the jury.
1173
01:06:06,529 --> 01:06:09,799
I was coerced into making my confessions.
I was threatened.
1174
01:06:09,865 --> 01:06:13,035
{\an8}The woman who adopted Wuornos
in jail begged for a life sentence.
1175
01:06:13,102 --> 01:06:16,038
{\an8}Three expert witnesses
in the field of psychology,
1176
01:06:16,105 --> 01:06:20,676
{\an8}who said that Aileen Wuornos was
emotionally and psychologically a child.
1177
01:06:20,743 --> 01:06:23,679
And I just beg for...
1178
01:06:23,746 --> 01:06:25,581
...your mercy for my daughter's life.
1179
01:06:25,648 --> 01:06:28,150
There is no mercy in the judge's decision.
1180
01:06:28,217 --> 01:06:30,119
He sends Wuornos to death row.
1181
01:06:30,186 --> 01:06:34,390
...Aileen Carol Wuornos,
be electrocuted until you are dead,
1182
01:06:34,924 --> 01:06:37,560
and may God have mercy upon your corpse.
1183
01:06:37,626 --> 01:06:39,595
With those words, Aileen Wuornos became
1184
01:06:39,662 --> 01:06:42,064
Florida's third woman on death row.
1185
01:06:42,732 --> 01:06:43,933
This way, Aileen.
1186
01:07:01,484 --> 01:07:04,854
{\an8}It's the end of the trial.
The sentencing was done.
1187
01:07:05,388 --> 01:07:06,389
{\an8}I love you.
1188
01:07:07,289 --> 01:07:08,324
{\an8}Bye!
1189
01:07:08,391 --> 01:07:10,159
She was moved to death row.
1190
01:07:12,128 --> 01:07:14,830
This is the cell
that the inmate is kept in.
1191
01:07:18,901 --> 01:07:22,872
I saw her up there,
and she was really, really scared.
1192
01:07:25,174 --> 01:07:29,845
She knew that the tide of public opinion
was totally against her.
1193
01:07:32,581 --> 01:07:35,217
She said, "I don't know what to do."
1194
01:07:35,284 --> 01:07:37,953
"I don't want to go through
all these trials."
1195
01:07:38,621 --> 01:07:40,756
"I just want to go to heaven."
1196
01:07:45,694 --> 01:07:47,696
She already has the death penalty.
1197
01:07:47,763 --> 01:07:52,968
Why on earth
would she go through six more trials?
1198
01:07:57,139 --> 01:08:00,509
I said, "You need to just plead guilty."
1199
01:08:00,576 --> 01:08:05,014
"No contest for the rest of the murders."
1200
01:08:10,619 --> 01:08:14,723
She said, "My attorneys
are not going to do that."
1201
01:08:14,790 --> 01:08:19,261
And I said, "Well,
we can use Steve Glazer."
1202
01:08:20,196 --> 01:08:23,399
Lee Wuornos said to you, "I want to die."
1203
01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:25,201
Why?
1204
01:08:25,768 --> 01:08:28,237
Because she does want to die.
1205
01:08:28,304 --> 01:08:30,573
{\an8}She figures this life is over.
1206
01:08:31,273 --> 01:08:36,946
{\an8}And in a spiritual sense, she realizes
there's not much left on Earth for her.
1207
01:08:37,012 --> 01:08:39,882
{\an8}She's tired of the corruption,
the cops, the judges, the courts.
1208
01:08:39,949 --> 01:08:43,018
And she wants to get off this planet
and get into heaven
1209
01:08:43,085 --> 01:08:47,356
where she perceives
she will have at least, uh, uh, uh...
1210
01:08:47,423 --> 01:08:49,859
She might find paradise.
She can't find it on Earth.
1211
01:08:49,925 --> 01:08:51,994
She wants to go to the electric chair.
1212
01:08:52,061 --> 01:08:54,897
Her message to me is, "Steve,
get this over as soon as possible."
1213
01:08:54,964 --> 01:08:57,166
And by "this over," she means...
1214
01:08:57,233 --> 01:09:00,136
Let's go through the legal system,
let's go through all the courts.
1215
01:09:00,202 --> 01:09:02,671
Let's plead guilty or no contest
and get it over with.
1216
01:09:04,073 --> 01:09:05,875
Lee, why do you want a new attorney?
1217
01:09:07,576 --> 01:09:09,345
You'll find out in court.
1218
01:09:09,411 --> 01:09:11,881
What was wrong with your other attorney?
1219
01:09:13,315 --> 01:09:16,252
- Uh, they're working for the state.
- Ma'am, take it out of the way.
1220
01:09:27,963 --> 01:09:31,700
I would really appreciate
to be sent back to prison immediately.
1221
01:09:31,767 --> 01:09:33,269
I've stated no contest.
1222
01:09:33,335 --> 01:09:36,405
And I meant that that is
the end of the line, it's the bottom line.
1223
01:09:36,472 --> 01:09:38,440
I don't see why
there should even be a jury.
1224
01:09:38,507 --> 01:09:40,442
I don't even see why this should carry on.
1225
01:09:40,509 --> 01:09:41,944
Inside the courtroom,
1226
01:09:42,011 --> 01:09:44,980
Wuornos repeated her claims
that this was all a waste of time,
1227
01:09:45,047 --> 01:09:47,550
that after a no contest plea
to the murder of three men,
1228
01:09:47,616 --> 01:09:48,851
in Marion and Citrus Counties,
1229
01:09:48,918 --> 01:09:51,620
she wanted to have nothing to do
with the legal system,
1230
01:09:51,687 --> 01:09:54,623
requesting that she not be present
while her sentence was decided
1231
01:09:54,690 --> 01:09:56,425
by a jury in the three cases.
1232
01:09:56,492 --> 01:10:00,796
I've been framed. I've been set up.
I'm ready to die and get out of your evil.
1233
01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:02,831
God has forgiven her for what she's done,
1234
01:10:02,898 --> 01:10:06,869
and our state has the death penalty,
so why not go for it?
1235
01:10:06,936 --> 01:10:10,172
I mean, wow, she could be home with Jesus
in a matter of a few years.
1236
01:10:11,707 --> 01:10:13,142
I'm sick and tired of this.
1237
01:10:13,209 --> 01:10:15,878
I'll probably get
three more death row sentences,
1238
01:10:15,945 --> 01:10:19,448
and then I gotta go to Pasco and Dixon
for two more, uh, death row.
1239
01:10:19,515 --> 01:10:21,650
How many times you gotta kill me,
you know what I mean?
1240
01:10:21,717 --> 01:10:23,986
This is... this is bullshit.
1241
01:10:24,053 --> 01:10:26,021
They don't need to be doing this.
1242
01:10:27,389 --> 01:10:31,126
{\an8}There are, uh, actually
two possible sentences that can be imposed
1243
01:10:31,193 --> 01:10:32,828
{\an8}in a first-degree murder case.
1244
01:10:32,895 --> 01:10:34,897
{\an8}One is life imprisonment,
and one is death.
1245
01:10:34,964 --> 01:10:36,599
{\an8}- Yes.
- Do you understand that?
1246
01:10:36,665 --> 01:10:40,536
When God first told me to do this,
1247
01:10:40,603 --> 01:10:45,407
it was for her to reach out to Jesus
so she could have peace.
1248
01:10:46,508 --> 01:10:49,612
That was always in the back of my mind.
1249
01:10:51,747 --> 01:10:54,083
I'm willing to die for what I've done,
1250
01:10:54,149 --> 01:10:58,020
for I took a life not wanting to,
but had to in self-defense.
1251
01:10:58,687 --> 01:11:01,624
In accordance with
the, uh, jury recommendation,
1252
01:11:01,690 --> 01:11:04,526
I sentence you to death
for the murder of Troy Burress.
1253
01:11:04,593 --> 01:11:07,963
I sentence you to death
for the murder of Charles Humphreys.
1254
01:11:08,030 --> 01:11:10,799
I sentence you to death
for the murder of David Spears.
1255
01:11:16,171 --> 01:11:17,606
It was a good thing.
1256
01:11:19,642 --> 01:11:24,013
She absolutely wanted to be executed...
1257
01:11:24,079 --> 01:11:26,382
...because then, with her new belief,
1258
01:11:26,448 --> 01:11:29,251
she would be in heaven and away from here.
1259
01:11:29,952 --> 01:11:31,887
You can't blame her for that.
1260
01:11:31,954 --> 01:11:33,088
How do you feel?
1261
01:11:33,789 --> 01:11:35,057
I'm satisfied.
1262
01:11:35,124 --> 01:11:39,561
I'm going to be with the Lord soon,
and I know it because I spoke the truth.
1263
01:11:39,628 --> 01:11:42,665
I have absolutely no regrets.
1264
01:11:44,033 --> 01:11:46,535
God asked me to do it. I did it.
1265
01:11:47,403 --> 01:11:48,504
Period.
1266
01:11:52,107 --> 01:11:53,542
I'll be right there.
1267
01:11:53,609 --> 01:11:55,377
- Hey.
- Hi.
1268
01:11:55,444 --> 01:11:57,313
- How are you doing today?
- Fine.
1269
01:11:57,379 --> 01:11:59,815
Good. Good. Come on in.
1270
01:12:00,949 --> 01:12:03,952
We have a couple of the guys here
from the crew from the last time,
1271
01:12:04,019 --> 01:12:05,287
who you might remember,
1272
01:12:05,354 --> 01:12:09,091
and I know you got to spend some time
with my producers the other day.
1273
01:12:09,158 --> 01:12:10,059
Go ahead.
1274
01:12:15,931 --> 01:12:16,965
{\an8}Okay, we're rolling.
1275
01:12:17,032 --> 01:12:18,200
Okay, three, two...
1276
01:12:18,267 --> 01:12:19,968
You don't slow down, do you?
1277
01:12:20,035 --> 01:12:23,038
I never thought I'd be back in prison
this week interviewing her again,
1278
01:12:23,105 --> 01:12:23,939
that's for sure.
1279
01:12:24,006 --> 01:12:26,141
- How's she doing?
- Totally different person.
1280
01:12:26,208 --> 01:12:29,278
Totally different person than she was
in our first interview.
1281
01:12:29,345 --> 01:12:32,281
I don't know if you saw part of that
where she was very adamant to fight.
1282
01:12:32,348 --> 01:12:33,215
Mm-hmm.
1283
01:12:33,282 --> 01:12:35,718
Do you recall... Did you tell the jury that,
1284
01:12:35,784 --> 01:12:39,388
in your opinion, you were convinced
that this man was going to hurt you?
1285
01:12:39,455 --> 01:12:41,957
I told them the whole story
as best as I could.
1286
01:12:42,024 --> 01:12:44,093
I don't understand
why they did not believe me.
1287
01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:47,162
They thought, "Well, my God, I got
a legal way to put a prostitute to death."
1288
01:12:47,229 --> 01:12:48,197
They didn't care.
1289
01:12:48,263 --> 01:12:50,232
I asked John Tanner,
when I interviewed him,
1290
01:12:50,299 --> 01:12:54,703
do you think that Richard Mallory
was indeed violent with you?
1291
01:12:54,770 --> 01:12:59,041
Do you think that Richard Mallory
was indeed violent with her?
1292
01:12:59,108 --> 01:13:00,476
Absolutely not.
1293
01:13:00,542 --> 01:13:05,714
Uh, Richard Mallory's, um, uh, history
doesn't reflect a pattern of criminality.
1294
01:13:06,281 --> 01:13:09,051
It doesn't reflect
a pattern of sexual violence.
1295
01:13:09,551 --> 01:13:11,653
Uh, there's no evidence at all
1296
01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:14,056
that Aileen Wuornos
was the subject of any violence
1297
01:13:14,123 --> 01:13:15,324
at the hands of Richard Mallory
1298
01:13:15,391 --> 01:13:18,127
or any of her other, uh,
seven murder victims.
1299
01:13:18,193 --> 01:13:20,229
Okay. And we can pick that up again,
1300
01:13:20,295 --> 01:13:23,365
but what I... what I wanna ask you about
is your first two lines there.
1301
01:13:23,432 --> 01:13:28,804
- How could you make that statement?
- Well, the NCIC, uh...
1302
01:13:30,005 --> 01:13:34,777
showed no criminal convictions.
1303
01:13:34,843 --> 01:13:37,246
Did it show anything
that was suspicious to you?
1304
01:13:38,414 --> 01:13:40,349
No. I don't recall,
1305
01:13:40,416 --> 01:13:43,485
and... and truthfully,
I did not look at the dispatch myself.
1306
01:13:43,552 --> 01:13:46,422
My staff, uh, did not indicate to me
there was anything
1307
01:13:46,488 --> 01:13:48,390
that we should... needed to pursue further.
1308
01:13:48,457 --> 01:13:53,328
What we want to get
your reaction on today, Lee,
1309
01:13:53,395 --> 01:13:57,466
is that we have found out
some things about Richard Mallory...
1310
01:13:57,533 --> 01:13:59,435
...that were never introduced in court.
1311
01:13:59,501 --> 01:14:00,369
I am...
1312
01:14:00,903 --> 01:14:02,204
- Okay?
- Okay.
1313
01:14:02,271 --> 01:14:08,210
Richard Mallory was convicted of assault
with intent to rape.
1314
01:14:09,912 --> 01:14:12,247
When was this? When did he... What year?
1315
01:14:12,314 --> 01:14:16,351
Well, he was actually arrested
in 1957. Okay?
1316
01:14:16,418 --> 01:14:20,289
He ended up spending ten years
in an institute
1317
01:14:20,355 --> 01:14:23,659
for... for criminal sexual deviance.
1318
01:14:23,725 --> 01:14:27,229
Well, he had a sexual defunct
all his life then
1319
01:14:27,296 --> 01:14:29,164
'cause he was a maniac with me.
1320
01:14:29,231 --> 01:14:30,833
When you went to trial,
1321
01:14:30,899 --> 01:14:35,771
did you know
that Richard Mallory had been arrested
1322
01:14:35,838 --> 01:14:37,606
for assault and attempted rape?
1323
01:14:37,673 --> 01:14:38,774
No, we did not.
1324
01:14:38,841 --> 01:14:40,309
Did you know that he claimed
1325
01:14:40,375 --> 01:14:43,345
he was insane
at the time of that incident?
1326
01:14:43,412 --> 01:14:45,414
We do not, nor did we know that.
1327
01:14:45,481 --> 01:14:50,118
I want to read you some quotes
that he wrote at the time to the judge.
1328
01:14:50,185 --> 01:14:52,721
This is Richard Mallory speaking.
1329
01:14:52,788 --> 01:14:55,324
"I hope they give me the gas chamber."
1330
01:14:55,390 --> 01:14:57,893
"I am no use to myself nor to anyone."
1331
01:14:58,460 --> 01:15:00,996
"I should die and I wish I could."
1332
01:15:03,665 --> 01:15:08,036
"I was afraid I might do something,
someday, to somebody."
1333
01:15:08,103 --> 01:15:10,939
Here's the quote from the doctor
who ran the institute
1334
01:15:11,006 --> 01:15:13,709
after several years of alleged treatment.
1335
01:15:13,775 --> 01:15:17,613
"Because of Richard Mallory's
emotional disturbance
1336
01:15:17,679 --> 01:15:21,617
and his poor control
of his sexual impulses,
1337
01:15:21,683 --> 01:15:27,623
he could present a potential danger
to his environment in the future."
1338
01:15:27,689 --> 01:15:29,791
Another quote.
1339
01:15:29,858 --> 01:15:35,998
"He is still an extremely confused,
impulsive, and explosive individual
1340
01:15:36,064 --> 01:15:41,537
who will get into serious difficulty,
most likely of a sexual nature."
1341
01:15:51,680 --> 01:15:53,081
It's sad, isn't it?
1342
01:15:56,118 --> 01:15:57,486
What is sad about it?
1343
01:15:57,553 --> 01:15:59,855
Sad society didn't care, did they?
1344
01:15:59,922 --> 01:16:01,957
They framed me for a movie.
1345
01:16:04,159 --> 01:16:05,894
They framed me for elections.
1346
01:16:05,961 --> 01:16:09,898
They framed me for political purposes and...
1347
01:16:10,666 --> 01:16:13,502
They didn't care about taking up all this.
1348
01:16:14,069 --> 01:16:15,771
Do you know how I found this out?
1349
01:16:15,837 --> 01:16:16,939
No.
1350
01:16:17,005 --> 01:16:20,342
Through looking at a deposition
that your office had.
1351
01:16:21,577 --> 01:16:24,079
Jackie Davis, his ex-girlfriend.
1352
01:16:24,613 --> 01:16:28,250
And this information is in your records.
How much more of a clue?
1353
01:16:28,317 --> 01:16:31,386
He had indicated
that he had been in some type of trouble
1354
01:16:31,453 --> 01:16:33,589
as a juvenile, I had thought.
1355
01:16:34,289 --> 01:16:36,959
And... and perhaps that's why
it didn't come up on the records.
1356
01:16:37,025 --> 01:16:39,328
This is on the records.
This is not a sealed record.
1357
01:16:39,394 --> 01:16:41,430
- Not a sealed record.
- Okay.
1358
01:16:41,496 --> 01:16:43,031
Took me a day to find.
1359
01:16:43,098 --> 01:16:45,033
- I feel so hopeless.
- Mm-hmm.
1360
01:16:47,169 --> 01:16:48,170
I'm numb.
1361
01:16:49,371 --> 01:16:50,238
I'm mad.
1362
01:16:50,305 --> 01:16:53,041
When I get back to the room,
I'll show my anger...
1363
01:16:53,108 --> 01:16:54,543
...to myself.
1364
01:16:57,012 --> 01:16:59,247
To hell with you people.
1365
01:16:59,314 --> 01:17:01,717
You don't give a shit. So what the heck?
1366
01:17:03,418 --> 01:17:07,322
Does she not deserve a fair trial
1367
01:17:07,389 --> 01:17:12,694
that would have included information
about the victim and his past?
1368
01:17:13,729 --> 01:17:15,864
I think that information was irrelevant.
1369
01:17:15,931 --> 01:17:19,635
She received a fair trial,
and she deserves the death penalty.
1370
01:17:24,072 --> 01:17:25,273
We're fine.
1371
01:17:25,340 --> 01:17:26,775
That's... that's what we need.
1372
01:17:27,776 --> 01:17:29,077
Boy, are you patient.
1373
01:17:31,179 --> 01:17:34,916
You're a good cross-examiner.
You don't even need to go to law school.
1374
01:17:34,983 --> 01:17:37,419
They'd just certify you
and let you go to work.
1375
01:17:44,393 --> 01:17:46,995
Do you think that there's any chance
1376
01:17:47,062 --> 01:17:48,497
you would get a new trial?
1377
01:17:50,766 --> 01:17:52,668
I don't think that nobody cares.
1378
01:18:22,597 --> 01:18:26,168
{\an8}The first time I was sexually assaulted,
I was six years old.
1379
01:18:27,636 --> 01:18:32,541
And that changed the direction of my life.
1380
01:18:38,146 --> 01:18:39,514
I'm an artist.
1381
01:18:39,581 --> 01:18:44,853
I started making work about
the sexual abuse of women and children.
1382
01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:47,422
Like, it became my path.
1383
01:18:54,663 --> 01:19:00,168
In 1993, I'm sitting
in my apartment in Australia,
1384
01:19:01,203 --> 01:19:04,740
going through the newspaper,
and I see Aileen's photo.
1385
01:19:05,841 --> 01:19:08,944
And there was a instant recognition,
1386
01:19:09,010 --> 01:19:12,581
like something clicked and resonated.
1387
01:19:14,116 --> 01:19:16,485
A prostitute killed johns?
1388
01:19:19,688 --> 01:19:23,792
I just felt compelled to write to her.
1389
01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:32,901
And that turned into
eight years of correspondence between us
1390
01:19:32,968 --> 01:19:36,304
and hundreds of letters.
1391
01:19:40,776 --> 01:19:42,978
Then in 1997,
1392
01:19:43,745 --> 01:19:47,616
she said, "I want
to give you this interview."
1393
01:19:51,286 --> 01:19:54,790
I was the most anxious
I have ever been in my life,
1394
01:19:55,457 --> 01:19:58,293
that I could fuck it up really easily.
1395
01:20:06,868 --> 01:20:10,639
Then suddenly, a door flew open,
1396
01:20:10,705 --> 01:20:13,575
and there Aileen was right in front of me.
1397
01:20:13,642 --> 01:20:15,610
{\an8}- Hi.
- Hi.
1398
01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:21,616
{\an8}Hi, everybody in the free world.
Hope you're doing good.
1399
01:20:21,683 --> 01:20:23,351
- Aileen!
- Yeah. Oh!
1400
01:20:25,187 --> 01:20:26,922
This is Jane. Jasmine.
1401
01:20:26,988 --> 01:20:29,991
The first time seeing her in the flesh,
1402
01:20:30,058 --> 01:20:32,027
I could feel her energy straight away.
1403
01:20:32,093 --> 01:20:33,795
- Oh, sorry.
- That's all right.
1404
01:20:33,862 --> 01:20:36,965
She had the energy of a famous person.
1405
01:20:37,032 --> 01:20:40,569
All right, so how...
On this interview, uh, Jasmine,
1406
01:20:41,203 --> 01:20:43,939
what I'd like to do,
if you don't mind, is I just need to...
1407
01:20:44,005 --> 01:20:45,373
'Cause I'm coming clean.
1408
01:20:45,440 --> 01:20:49,277
I'm telling the truth about my cases.
And, um, I have never done this before.
1409
01:20:49,344 --> 01:20:53,715
Aileen told me
that she wanted to confess everything
1410
01:20:53,782 --> 01:20:55,584
to another human being.
1411
01:20:55,650 --> 01:20:57,085
I have to do this.
1412
01:20:57,152 --> 01:21:00,655
The Bible tells you to do it,
and I'm into the Lord big time bad.
1413
01:21:00,722 --> 01:21:04,993
{\an8}I felt responsible
that she thought this interview
1414
01:21:05,060 --> 01:21:09,865
{\an8}would bring her execution date up quicker.
1415
01:21:09,931 --> 01:21:12,434
Okay. Richard Mallory?
1416
01:21:12,500 --> 01:21:13,969
Could this kill her?
1417
01:21:14,035 --> 01:21:17,839
So I was
underneath the viaduct at... of Tampa
1418
01:21:17,906 --> 01:21:20,075
when I ran, uh... ran into Richard Mallory.
1419
01:21:20,609 --> 01:21:23,345
And you all have heard the story,
1420
01:21:23,411 --> 01:21:25,914
what happened with him
and everything else.
1421
01:21:25,981 --> 01:21:28,884
And that it was supposedly rape.
Well, that is true. It was rape.
1422
01:21:28,950 --> 01:21:31,553
But there's only one thing
that I lied about.
1423
01:21:31,620 --> 01:21:34,189
And that is that there was no sodomy.
1424
01:21:34,256 --> 01:21:37,726
I slipped with the cops
in the beginning saying about sodomy
1425
01:21:37,792 --> 01:21:39,694
because I was thinking about Tyria.
1426
01:21:39,761 --> 01:21:42,564
And I was just running my mouth,
saying anything that came to my head.
1427
01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:45,467
I was thinking of raped women
and their... and their problems,
1428
01:21:45,533 --> 01:21:47,202
and my problems and everything.
1429
01:21:47,269 --> 01:21:49,804
And just anything
that was coming to my mind.
1430
01:21:49,871 --> 01:21:52,841
You know, I was... wasn't even there.
I was hysterical.
1431
01:21:52,908 --> 01:21:56,011
So when I started on the confessions,
I remember I said sodomy to him.
1432
01:21:56,077 --> 01:21:58,847
Told myself, "Ooh, I better be
a little consistent here," you know?
1433
01:21:58,914 --> 01:22:01,883
So I said, "Richard Mallory used sodomy."
1434
01:22:01,950 --> 01:22:04,953
Then I had to keep up with that stupid lie
throughout the court and everything.
1435
01:22:05,020 --> 01:22:06,922
It pissed me off. I didn't like doing it.
1436
01:22:06,988 --> 01:22:10,125
So I felt really bad about that.
1437
01:22:10,959 --> 01:22:11,893
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
1438
01:22:11,960 --> 01:22:14,829
Six months later, I ran into David Spears.
1439
01:22:14,896 --> 01:22:17,499
He had a lead pipe in his hand.
1440
01:22:17,565 --> 01:22:19,434
And so, he... he was trying
to hit me with it.
1441
01:22:19,501 --> 01:22:20,602
He just missed my hand.
1442
01:22:20,669 --> 01:22:23,104
By the time I got the door open
and got the gun,
1443
01:22:23,171 --> 01:22:26,241
he was only three feet from me
and so I started shooting him.
1444
01:22:26,308 --> 01:22:27,876
And I shot him, shot him, shot him away.
1445
01:22:27,943 --> 01:22:31,346
So he was also definitely an assault.
1446
01:22:31,913 --> 01:22:34,582
There was no rape involved or any
of that jazz, but he was an assault.
1447
01:22:34,649 --> 01:22:37,319
Now my head's swimming in thought.
1448
01:22:37,385 --> 01:22:41,389
I'm not going to, you know,
go to prison for life for these creeps.
1449
01:22:41,456 --> 01:22:43,892
If you're gonna sock me in the chair,
1450
01:22:43,959 --> 01:22:46,594
I'm gonna get me a bunch of rapists.
So I was ready.
1451
01:22:46,661 --> 01:22:49,698
I said, "Come on, tell me you're a rapist
and you're dead."
1452
01:22:49,764 --> 01:22:52,033
Well, that didn't happen.
I was running into these idiots.
1453
01:22:52,100 --> 01:22:54,502
I was running into
drug smuggler Carskaddon.
1454
01:22:54,569 --> 01:22:57,072
I'm highly against drugs. Highly.
1455
01:22:57,138 --> 01:22:59,674
I have a hard time taking those Advil
for my teeth.
1456
01:22:59,741 --> 01:23:01,977
And when he kept telling me
about drug smuggling,
1457
01:23:02,043 --> 01:23:03,678
drug smuggling, drug smuggling,
1458
01:23:04,179 --> 01:23:05,547
I decided to waste him.
1459
01:23:06,147 --> 01:23:09,584
And so
that's what happened with Carskaddon.
1460
01:23:09,651 --> 01:23:13,321
Well, here I got a first-degree.
This is a really first-degree.
1461
01:23:13,388 --> 01:23:15,790
I don't care anything.
I don't care about anything no more now.
1462
01:23:16,424 --> 01:23:18,360
You know, it's over. It's over.
1463
01:23:18,426 --> 01:23:20,996
Aileen Wuornos, the real Aileen Wuornos
1464
01:23:21,062 --> 01:23:22,364
is not a serial killer.
1465
01:23:22,430 --> 01:23:23,898
- I was so drunk...
- Yes.
1466
01:23:23,965 --> 01:23:25,266
...and so lost,
1467
01:23:25,333 --> 01:23:27,736
so fucked up in the head, man,
1468
01:23:27,802 --> 01:23:29,704
that I turned into one.
1469
01:23:29,771 --> 01:23:31,706
But my real self is not one.
1470
01:23:32,707 --> 01:23:35,243
- And so now I told the truth.
- Straight up.
1471
01:23:35,310 --> 01:23:37,545
Oh God.
1472
01:23:37,612 --> 01:23:40,081
I want you all out there to know...
1473
01:23:40,148 --> 01:23:42,250
...that telling the truth
was the hardest, hardest thing.
1474
01:23:42,317 --> 01:23:45,320
I kept thinking
for days, and days, and days, and days.
1475
01:23:45,387 --> 01:23:48,323
And I was fighting... fighting
the demons within me that kept saying,
1476
01:23:48,390 --> 01:23:50,892
"Don't tell the truth.
I want you to go to hell with me."
1477
01:23:50,959 --> 01:23:53,695
And I said, "No way, man.
I'm going to Lord Jesus Christ."
1478
01:23:53,762 --> 01:23:55,830
"I'm gonna tell the truth,
nothing but the truth."
1479
01:23:55,897 --> 01:23:59,634
So I laid it down to you
as best as I could in full honesty.
1480
01:23:59,701 --> 01:24:01,469
Oh, now I'm going to start crying.
1481
01:24:02,437 --> 01:24:04,939
Because I'm really sorry that...
1482
01:24:05,907 --> 01:24:09,878
I'm really sorry for, uh, the families.
1483
01:24:10,445 --> 01:24:14,349
I'm really sorry
that your... your father or your brother...
1484
01:24:14,416 --> 01:24:18,386
...or whoever he might have been for you,
1485
01:24:18,453 --> 01:24:20,789
you know, in kinship,
relationship, whatever,
1486
01:24:20,855 --> 01:24:22,557
I'm really sorry that he got killed.
1487
01:24:22,624 --> 01:24:26,261
I was messed up in the head, man,
after the rapes. I lost it.
1488
01:24:26,327 --> 01:24:28,430
And I said,
"You ain't gonna take me to prison
1489
01:24:28,496 --> 01:24:31,132
and spend the rest of my life
in prison over these creeps."
1490
01:24:31,199 --> 01:24:34,502
"I'm gonna take a bunch of you creeps
with me before I go."
1491
01:24:34,569 --> 01:24:35,937
That's what happened.
1492
01:24:37,405 --> 01:24:38,973
So I'm really sorry.
1493
01:24:42,811 --> 01:24:46,648
When the interview was over,
I flew straight back to Australia.
1494
01:24:51,186 --> 01:24:54,789
It didn't matter to me at all
if none of the men had raped her.
1495
01:24:57,125 --> 01:25:00,161
Those men may not have raped her
in the moment,
1496
01:25:00,795 --> 01:25:06,034
but they are icons of previous rapists
1497
01:25:07,102 --> 01:25:09,237
that she didn't fight against.
1498
01:25:16,044 --> 01:25:19,914
Her love for Tyria
1499
01:25:19,981 --> 01:25:23,785
was for all eternity and obsessive,
1500
01:25:23,852 --> 01:25:26,855
and the complete heartbreak
1501
01:25:26,921 --> 01:25:31,025
when Tyria was beginning
to pull away from her.
1502
01:25:31,826 --> 01:25:34,696
Anything to stop the pain.
1503
01:25:40,301 --> 01:25:43,371
I don't think Aileen
would have the consciousness
1504
01:25:43,438 --> 01:25:45,507
of what abandonment pain does,
1505
01:25:45,573 --> 01:25:48,910
but she was conscious
that she was losing it.
1506
01:26:02,023 --> 01:26:07,495
It wasn't until 2000
that the letters dropped off,
1507
01:26:07,562 --> 01:26:12,066
that she was really, you know,
preparing to say goodbye.
1508
01:26:14,702 --> 01:26:21,142
And then she was very explicit
about wanting to die.
1509
01:26:23,044 --> 01:26:25,346
She said, "I've had it. I'm tired."
1510
01:26:25,413 --> 01:26:28,516
"I've been abused my whole life.
I wanna go."
1511
01:26:32,086 --> 01:26:34,822
At first, it was very upsetting
1512
01:26:34,889 --> 01:26:39,494
because this person
had been part of my life for so long.
1513
01:26:43,331 --> 01:26:46,568
It was like a death.
It was the death before the death.
1514
01:26:48,136 --> 01:26:50,939
But then, I understood.
1515
01:27:03,218 --> 01:27:08,556
I think her paranoia was increasing.
1516
01:27:09,657 --> 01:27:11,960
There was a deterioration
1517
01:27:13,728 --> 01:27:18,533
from accumulation
of living in a small cell all those years.
1518
01:27:23,504 --> 01:27:24,906
My name is Deidre Hunt.
1519
01:27:25,807 --> 01:27:28,843
{\an8}Aileen and I were on death row together.
1520
01:27:33,982 --> 01:27:37,552
Aileen, she...
1521
01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:42,890
she was not mentally well,
from my experience.
1522
01:27:43,825 --> 01:27:45,793
Hey, I was tortured at BCI.
1523
01:27:47,228 --> 01:27:51,099
They had... they had the intercom on
in the room,
1524
01:27:51,165 --> 01:27:53,835
and they kept lying that it wasn't on.
1525
01:27:53,901 --> 01:27:58,806
And they were using sonic pressure
on my head since 1997.
1526
01:28:00,975 --> 01:28:03,978
She would accuse them of listening to her.
1527
01:28:04,679 --> 01:28:08,116
They had come into her room one time
and opened up the light,
1528
01:28:08,182 --> 01:28:10,118
and they cut the wires in front of her
1529
01:28:10,184 --> 01:28:14,088
to prove that they weren't trying
to take over her mind
1530
01:28:14,155 --> 01:28:17,725
and brainwash her
and whatever she was thinking.
1531
01:28:18,893 --> 01:28:23,031
I think their whole plan was to try
and make it look like I was totally crazy,
1532
01:28:23,097 --> 01:28:26,634
and so nobody would believe
anything I had to say about anything,
1533
01:28:26,701 --> 01:28:29,270
and then drive me there if they could.
1534
01:28:31,172 --> 01:28:33,341
She made us promise
1535
01:28:33,408 --> 01:28:38,279
we would not go to the media
and tell them how mentally unwell she was,
1536
01:28:38,946 --> 01:28:41,149
because she really wanted to go.
1537
01:28:42,216 --> 01:28:43,651
It was very emotional.
1538
01:28:47,455 --> 01:28:51,326
It's... it's hard to imagine
1539
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:56,597
killing somebody that's innocent,
or killing somebody that's not...
1540
01:28:58,299 --> 01:28:59,600
really fully there.
1541
01:29:00,201 --> 01:29:03,404
And she was not fully there at all.
1542
01:29:13,247 --> 01:29:15,450
Wuornos came
to Florida's death row for women,
1543
01:29:15,516 --> 01:29:17,919
January 31st of 1992.
1544
01:29:17,985 --> 01:29:20,154
Since then, she says she's found God,
1545
01:29:20,221 --> 01:29:21,956
feels compelled now
to tell the complete truth
1546
01:29:22,023 --> 01:29:23,624
about everything she's done.
1547
01:29:23,691 --> 01:29:25,893
She will drop all of her appeals.
1548
01:29:25,960 --> 01:29:29,831
She says she is looking forward
to taking her last breath.
1549
01:29:29,897 --> 01:29:32,200
Aileen Wuornos walked up to give testimony
1550
01:29:32,266 --> 01:29:33,968
{\an8}in shackles and handcuffs.
1551
01:29:34,035 --> 01:29:37,905
{\an8}The convicted serial killer hoping that
after almost ten years of appeals,
1552
01:29:37,972 --> 01:29:39,974
{\an8}the state will finally put her to death.
1553
01:29:40,041 --> 01:29:41,909
I've come real close to God...
1554
01:29:42,910 --> 01:29:45,279
...and I think it's the right thing to do...
1555
01:29:47,715 --> 01:29:49,083
...to tell the world...
1556
01:29:51,619 --> 01:29:53,454
...that I killed those men.
1557
01:29:54,088 --> 01:29:57,158
I robbed them,
and I killed them as cold as ice,
1558
01:29:57,825 --> 01:29:59,127
and I'd do it again too.
1559
01:29:59,193 --> 01:30:00,561
I know I'd kill another person
1560
01:30:00,628 --> 01:30:02,630
'cause I've hated humans for a long time.
1561
01:30:02,697 --> 01:30:06,134
But there's no chance in...
1562
01:30:07,335 --> 01:30:10,338
...in keeping me alive or anything
because I'd kill again.
1563
01:30:10,405 --> 01:30:12,540
I have hate crawling through my system.
1564
01:30:12,607 --> 01:30:15,643
{\an8}Thank you for doing the right thing
1565
01:30:15,710 --> 01:30:18,713
{\an8}and not keeping on with all the appeals,
1566
01:30:18,780 --> 01:30:23,851
{\an8}which are... are going nowhere
and putting us through a lot.
1567
01:30:23,918 --> 01:30:25,686
After a decade on death row,
1568
01:30:25,753 --> 01:30:28,122
Wuornos has volunteered to die
1569
01:30:28,189 --> 01:30:30,825
{\an8}and convinced a Florida court
and Governor Jeb Bush
1570
01:30:30,892 --> 01:30:32,160
{\an8}to sign her death warrant.
1571
01:30:32,226 --> 01:30:34,362
{\an8}Her appeals have been exhausted.
1572
01:30:34,862 --> 01:30:38,499
{\an8}She wants to meet her creator.
1573
01:30:38,566 --> 01:30:41,569
{\an8}She told the psychiatrist
she'd made her peace with God
1574
01:30:41,636 --> 01:30:43,037
{\an8}and that she was ready to go.
1575
01:30:43,104 --> 01:30:46,207
{\an8}She said what was cruel and unusual
was that it took so long to get it done.
1576
01:30:48,910 --> 01:30:51,913
Dubbed the damsel of death
and the ultimate man-hater,
1577
01:30:51,979 --> 01:30:53,948
obnoxious and unsexy,
1578
01:30:54,015 --> 01:30:56,250
like a spider Wuornos stalked her prey
1579
01:30:56,317 --> 01:30:58,820
along a stretch of road
in Central Florida.
1580
01:30:59,921 --> 01:31:02,423
{\an8}Wednesday, barring a last-minute reprieve,
1581
01:31:02,490 --> 01:31:06,761
{\an8}Aileen Carol Wuornos will become
the third female executed in Florida.
1582
01:31:08,029 --> 01:31:10,665
In Miami, Orlando Salinas, Fox News.
1583
01:31:14,669 --> 01:31:18,239
I always knew
that I would go for the execution.
1584
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:22,543
I did want to be there for Dawn.
1585
01:31:25,313 --> 01:31:29,884
I've never seen someone
so devoted to a friend
1586
01:31:29,951 --> 01:31:33,020
as Dawn was to Aileen.
1587
01:31:39,460 --> 01:31:41,829
At least she got to talk
to somebody before they did it.
1588
01:31:41,896 --> 01:31:42,730
Oh yeah.
1589
01:31:42,797 --> 01:31:45,900
I got to come down here every year
and visit her.
1590
01:31:45,967 --> 01:31:48,769
I get two visits,
six-hour visits each day.
1591
01:31:50,771 --> 01:31:53,774
I met my husband with her 29 years ago.
1592
01:31:53,841 --> 01:31:54,809
Oh shit.
1593
01:31:55,743 --> 01:31:57,478
She's from Australia.
1594
01:31:58,079 --> 01:31:59,780
- Oh, is she?
- Yeah.
1595
01:31:59,847 --> 01:32:01,482
- She is.
- Mm-hmm.
1596
01:32:02,216 --> 01:32:04,252
She's come all the way down here
1597
01:32:04,852 --> 01:32:06,087
to be with Aileen.
1598
01:32:06,754 --> 01:32:11,058
I couldn't comprehend
her upcoming execution
1599
01:32:11,125 --> 01:32:13,694
or even the notion of execution.
1600
01:32:13,761 --> 01:32:15,897
Why is her signature outside?
1601
01:32:16,898 --> 01:32:18,332
Can you see her?
1602
01:32:19,367 --> 01:32:22,403
So it was bizarre,
like it was the talk of the town.
1603
01:32:22,470 --> 01:32:23,571
They've tie-dye ones.
1604
01:32:23,638 --> 01:32:25,973
A town known for strawberries and jails.
1605
01:32:26,574 --> 01:32:27,408
Just film me...
1606
01:32:27,475 --> 01:32:28,709
It was a huge event.
1607
01:32:28,776 --> 01:32:32,446
It was a public execution,
except not so public.
1608
01:32:33,648 --> 01:32:35,483
It was a thing, yes.
1609
01:32:36,551 --> 01:32:37,985
Talk of the town.
1610
01:32:40,555 --> 01:32:42,857
...Wuornos was first arrested.
1611
01:32:42,924 --> 01:32:45,993
I'm Chris Trenkmann at Port Orange,
the story coming up.
1612
01:32:46,060 --> 01:32:47,061
Plus a new...
1613
01:32:47,128 --> 01:32:48,396
...9:30 tonight.
1614
01:32:48,462 --> 01:32:51,065
Aileen Wuornos will be executed
in the morning.
1615
01:32:51,132 --> 01:32:52,300
So here we are.
1616
01:32:52,366 --> 01:32:54,235
Wuornos will die by lethal injection
1617
01:32:54,302 --> 01:32:55,469
for the murders of six men.
1618
01:32:55,536 --> 01:32:57,405
It's 9:30 p.m.
1619
01:32:57,471 --> 01:33:01,242
{\an8}Chris Trenkmann is live
with more on the upcoming execution.
1620
01:33:01,309 --> 01:33:04,745
{\an8}October 8th,
and Aileen's got 12 hours to live.
1621
01:33:06,414 --> 01:33:08,182
It's so insane.
1622
01:33:09,483 --> 01:33:13,454
Being downstairs, drinking coffee,
looking at the trucks going past.
1623
01:33:15,323 --> 01:33:19,393
Dawn had a great visit.
Aileen's happy about going.
1624
01:33:20,928 --> 01:33:22,763
They laughed and talked for three hours.
1625
01:33:24,398 --> 01:33:25,766
She said...
1626
01:33:25,833 --> 01:33:27,034
What time is it?
1627
01:33:27,101 --> 01:33:31,038
"Is it weird I'm going to be dead
in 12 hours?"
1628
01:33:33,507 --> 01:33:35,810
Take good care of yourself.
Good seeing you.
1629
01:33:35,876 --> 01:33:37,511
Good seeing you. Bye!
1630
01:33:40,081 --> 01:33:43,050
I would have absolutely gone into the room
1631
01:33:43,117 --> 01:33:45,386
if she had wanted me to do that.
1632
01:33:45,920 --> 01:33:48,856
'Cause I imagine her last moments on Earth
1633
01:33:48,923 --> 01:33:51,359
are a whole lot of faces hating her.
1634
01:33:53,227 --> 01:33:56,263
If she had asked,
I would have absolutely done that.
1635
01:34:00,468 --> 01:34:02,269
So I did want to be there for her
1636
01:34:02,336 --> 01:34:06,807
and also to be some kind of energy
outside that jail.
1637
01:34:08,509 --> 01:34:10,811
Which is probably meaningless.
1638
01:34:10,878 --> 01:34:15,416
But just someone
who would grieve for this death.
1639
01:34:22,990 --> 01:34:25,192
Um, Sterling Ivey,
Department of Corrections.
1640
01:34:25,259 --> 01:34:26,861
I'm gonna be kind of brief on this one.
1641
01:34:26,927 --> 01:34:30,364
{\an8}There's not much that's changed,
uh, uh, in the last hour,
1642
01:34:30,431 --> 01:34:34,168
{\an8}but just to kind of rehash everything
that's happened through the night.
1643
01:34:34,235 --> 01:34:38,873
Uh, Aileen did visit with her lifetime,
long-time family friend about 9:00 p.m.
1644
01:34:38,939 --> 01:34:41,342
Visit lasted until midnight.
1645
01:34:41,409 --> 01:34:44,245
She did go to sleep
about one o'clock this morning.
1646
01:34:44,311 --> 01:34:48,115
She requested us to wake her up at 5:30,
which we did.
1647
01:34:48,182 --> 01:34:52,319
Um, this morning, her demeanor,
her attitude is... is pretty calm.
1648
01:34:52,386 --> 01:34:55,723
Uh, she's not quite as talkative
as she has been in the past
1649
01:34:55,790 --> 01:35:00,294
and appears to be ready for the execution
at 9:30 this morning.
1650
01:35:03,497 --> 01:35:06,000
So one of those candles,
Jasmine, is for Aileen?
1651
01:35:06,067 --> 01:35:06,934
Yeah.
1652
01:35:07,001 --> 01:35:09,804
{\an8}And one's for the victims?
1653
01:35:09,870 --> 01:35:10,705
{\an8}Yeah.
1654
01:35:12,206 --> 01:35:15,076
Standing outside a jail in Florida,
1655
01:35:15,142 --> 01:35:17,078
someone's about to be executed.
1656
01:35:18,079 --> 01:35:22,717
I was in a surreal,
detached state of being.
1657
01:35:22,783 --> 01:35:25,553
Uh, was this woman, Dawn Botkins,
1658
01:35:25,619 --> 01:35:29,857
who visited her late last evening
between 9:00 and midnight.
1659
01:35:29,924 --> 01:35:33,394
Um, we don't know whether she'll be here.
She was not a witness to the execution.
1660
01:35:33,461 --> 01:35:36,664
So... so far as we know, she's not present
at the site at the moment.
1661
01:35:36,731 --> 01:35:40,201
Uh, Wuornos herself
did not, uh, take her last meal.
1662
01:35:40,267 --> 01:35:43,270
She was served the regular prison meal
of barbecued chicken,
1663
01:35:43,337 --> 01:35:46,774
but we're told by prison officials
that she did not eat it.
1664
01:36:05,693 --> 01:36:08,696
At 9:47 this morning,
1665
01:36:08,763 --> 01:36:12,833
uh, the case of the State of Florida
versus Aileen Wuornos
1666
01:36:12,900 --> 01:36:17,671
was carried out at Florida State Prison
in a very professional and humane manner.
1667
01:36:17,738 --> 01:36:21,509
During Aileen Wuornos's brief,
uh, one-minute final statement,
1668
01:36:21,575 --> 01:36:24,011
uh, she alluded to the fact, uh,
1669
01:36:24,078 --> 01:36:26,981
that she would be sailing away
with the rock.
1670
01:36:27,047 --> 01:36:29,517
She'll be back with Jesus Christ,
1671
01:36:29,583 --> 01:36:32,987
like on Independence Day, on June 6th,
1672
01:36:33,053 --> 01:36:36,123
just like the movie,
on the big mothership.
1673
01:36:36,624 --> 01:36:40,661
"I'll be back. I'll be back,"
were her final statements.
1674
01:36:40,728 --> 01:36:42,396
Uh, now, without further ado, uh,
1675
01:36:42,463 --> 01:36:45,699
John Tanner, State Attorney
for Circuit Court in Volusia County.
1676
01:36:45,766 --> 01:36:46,834
- John.
- Thank you.
1677
01:36:48,769 --> 01:36:50,738
I said a prayer for her
1678
01:36:51,572 --> 01:36:52,973
and for the victims.
1679
01:36:53,908 --> 01:36:55,342
And for all of us.
1680
01:36:55,409 --> 01:36:59,180
This is a tough business,
but I think it's necessary. Thank you.
1681
01:36:59,847 --> 01:37:04,585
The press conference was upsetting.
1682
01:37:04,652 --> 01:37:07,221
Like, they just wanted the gory details.
1683
01:37:07,288 --> 01:37:08,656
...17 years, eight months and...
1684
01:37:08,722 --> 01:37:11,025
And then I see the white truck,
1685
01:37:11,091 --> 01:37:14,094
the morgue truck,
take her body out and drive,
1686
01:37:14,161 --> 01:37:17,865
and everyone's running to film
this white truck.
1687
01:38:14,688 --> 01:38:16,724
So these seem to be
pretty good articles, eh?
1688
01:38:16,790 --> 01:38:18,225
Yeah, they are.
1689
01:38:18,726 --> 01:38:20,527
Just make sure I've got the...
1690
01:38:20,594 --> 01:38:21,562
Yeah, okay.
1691
01:38:22,730 --> 01:38:25,900
- I brought all the papers from downstairs.
- This is fun.
1692
01:38:26,667 --> 01:38:30,204
"Terry Griffith, the daughter of former
police chief Charles Dick Humphreys,
1693
01:38:30,271 --> 01:38:31,972
who was killed by Wuornos,
1694
01:38:32,039 --> 01:38:35,910
witnessed the execution and said,
'As far as I'm concerned,
1695
01:38:35,976 --> 01:38:38,178
I think she should've suffered
a little bit more,
1696
01:38:38,245 --> 01:38:40,214
but I'm glad it's over.'"
1697
01:38:40,281 --> 01:38:41,949
Hang on, this is wrong.
1698
01:38:42,016 --> 01:38:43,817
Can't you even say something like,
1699
01:38:43,884 --> 01:38:46,520
"This has been a sad, sad thing,
and it's a sad, sad day"?
1700
01:38:46,587 --> 01:38:49,657
Now there's eight people gone.
And she has paid her price.
1701
01:38:49,723 --> 01:38:51,225
Hmm.
1702
01:38:51,292 --> 01:38:56,530
Now, she was... she just... she said to me
during the visit, she is a serial killer.
1703
01:38:57,364 --> 01:38:58,666
Which she's never said all along.
1704
01:38:58,732 --> 01:39:00,701
She's always said,
"I killed a series of men."
1705
01:39:00,768 --> 01:39:03,570
She just... When she did the God thing,
she said, "I was a serial killer."
1706
01:39:03,637 --> 01:39:04,705
Yeah.
1707
01:39:04,772 --> 01:39:07,875
She killed to rob,
and she robbed to kill, period.
1708
01:39:07,942 --> 01:39:10,744
And she said
she was definitely a serial killer.
1709
01:39:11,312 --> 01:39:16,216
But we know that
it's years of rape that led to that.
1710
01:39:16,283 --> 01:39:18,285
- Oh, she did say that too.
- Mm.
1711
01:39:18,352 --> 01:39:21,789
Oh yeah, that's what got her
to that point, plus the drinking.
1712
01:39:21,855 --> 01:39:24,658
It was all the years of the abuse,
and then she started drinking.
1713
01:39:24,725 --> 01:39:25,759
And plus Tyria.
1714
01:39:25,826 --> 01:39:27,828
- You know, she was a fatal love.
- Yeah.
1715
01:39:27,895 --> 01:39:30,564
She's... When... She kept saying that to me
during the visit.
1716
01:39:30,631 --> 01:39:32,566
"That was quite the love, wasn't it?
It was fatal."
1717
01:39:32,633 --> 01:39:36,737
And I said, "Yeah, I guess it was."
Definitely with Ty. Totally fatal.
1718
01:39:36,804 --> 01:39:38,906
You know what I mean?
1719
01:39:38,973 --> 01:39:42,509
And so how was it
saying goodbye to Aileen?
1720
01:39:42,576 --> 01:39:43,744
Actually, when I...
1721
01:39:44,745 --> 01:39:48,048
I gave her a hug goodbye.
I told her I'd see her on the other side.
1722
01:39:48,115 --> 01:39:50,985
Then there was ten frickin' guards there
for some reason. I don't know why.
1723
01:39:51,051 --> 01:39:53,320
They were taking their time,
and I was telling her,
1724
01:39:53,387 --> 01:39:56,590
"Can that gate open a little quick?"
'Cause I didn't want to look back.
1725
01:39:56,657 --> 01:39:58,525
- Yeah.
- 'Cause I could hear her standing there.
1726
01:39:58,592 --> 01:40:00,461
They were re-shackling her.
1727
01:40:00,527 --> 01:40:03,063
But I did look back
and I just gave her a little wave.
1728
01:40:03,130 --> 01:40:05,766
- Yeah.
- Then I heard her say, "I love you, Dawn."
1729
01:40:05,833 --> 01:40:08,002
- I said, "I know. I love you too."
- Uh-huh.
1730
01:40:08,068 --> 01:40:10,437
- "But I will see you on the other side."
- Aw.
1731
01:40:10,504 --> 01:40:14,775
She's up there making my way right now.
She's a big part of my heart.
1732
01:40:14,842 --> 01:40:15,676
Yeah.
1733
01:40:17,211 --> 01:40:19,980
And the second I get home,
I'm not even gonna undo my bags.
1734
01:40:20,047 --> 01:40:22,816
I'm going to take her ashes
out the backyard,
1735
01:40:22,883 --> 01:40:27,821
and I'm going to unleash her
the very second I can, so she is free.
1736
01:40:27,888 --> 01:40:28,756
...free.