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Victim's kin plan to pass on Wuornos execution The family of one of serial killer Aileen Wuornos' victims will not watch her scheduled execution today. By CHASE SQUIRES, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times, published October 9, 2002 The family of one of serial killer Aileen Wuornos' victims will not watch her scheduled execution today. If the poison runs through Aileen Wuornos' body this morning, if she draws her last breath on a prison gurney, the family of Charles "Chuck" Carskaddon won't be there to watch. The Wuornos case already has spawned two movies, an opera and several...

Florida Gov. Bush Orders One of First Known U.S. Female Serial Killers Executed Next Month TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Sept. 5 — Gov. Jeb Bush signed a death warrant Thursday for Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who killed six men along Florida highways and was one of the nation's first known female serial killers. Her execution was set for Oct. 9. The governor also ordered the Oct. 2 execution of death row inmate Rigoberto Sanchez Velasco, who was condemned for the 1986 murder of a Hialeah girl. With Bush seeking re-election in November, some death penalty critics accused the governor of making capital...