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Diane Wuornos and Leo Pittman shared two children: Keith Wuornos and Aileen Carol Wuornos

Aileen never met her father, who was convicted of raping a child in 1967

After her mother abandoned her when she was 4 years old, she and Keith were raised by their grandparents

Aileen Carol Wuornos ' early years were marked by instability.

Born in 1956 in Rochester, Mich., the convicted serial killer was abandoned by her mother, Diane Wuornos, when she was 4 years old, according to Britannica . She had no contact with her father, Leo Pittman, who was sentenced to life in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl.

Aileen and her older brother, Keith Wuornos, were raised by their maternal grandparents. In recorded interviews featured in the 2025 Netflix documentary Aileen: Queen of S

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