What was Aileen Wuornos's adolescence?

Answer 1

Aileen Carol Wuornos's entire childhood was a nightmare. Abandoned by their mother at a very young age, 'Lee' and her older brother Keith were raised by their maternal grandparents as their own. Her grandfather had a volitale temper made worse by his almost constant consumption of alcohol. Her grandmother died relatively young due to Alcoholism.

Almost before she reached a double-digit age Aileen was experimenting with sex and later prostitution. This behaviour does substantiate the rumor that Lee's grandfather sexually abused her. It is a fact that Lee and older brother Keith had sex occasionally. Pregnant at 14, she hid the pregnancy until it was so obvious she finally broke down and told her sister (actually her aunt) and was eventually sent to a home for unwed mothers.

It is safe to say that Aileen was abused by many, loved by few. She was a ticking time bomb, and blew irradically with little or no provocation. When she returned home after adopting her baby out, she gave up all pretense of childhood. She spent more and more time away from the grandparents house until she just never returned. Camping in empty cars, the woods, or with anyone who may lend a sofa, she finally moved south to Florida, unable to spend another Michigan winter without a permanent home. Although adolescence is no picnic for most of us, it was horrendous for Wuornos.