Aileen Wuornos didn’t tell the same story throughout her case. Her account of why the killings happened shifted between her arrest and her trial.
What she initially claimed
After her arrest, Wuornos said the killings were acts of self-defense, claiming her clients had raped or attempted to rape her.
What changed
She later dropped that self-defense claim. The available source confirms that this shift happened but doesn’t specify exactly when it occurred or what led her to abandon the defense.
Where it ended up
Wuornos was convicted of six counts of first-degree murder. ⚠️ Beyond the fact that the self-defense claim was raised and then withdrawn, the source doesn’t detail how that change affected the trial proceedings or the jury’s deliberations.
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