She was the reason for the end of the Queen of Serial Killers’ rampage, bt where’s Aileen Wuornos‘ girlfriend, Tyria Moore, immediately?
Wuornos, a serial killer who confessed to murdering seven men in Florida from 1989 to 1999 before being sentenced to death for her crimes, was dating a woman named Tyria Moore at the time of her murder spree. Moore, who was Wuornos’ close confidant, was also integral to Wuornos’ capture as she was the one who convinced Wuornos to confess.
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Though Wuornos stood trial and alleged that her murders were in self-defense, Moore later testified on behalf of the prosecution and served as a key witness in their effort to convict Wuornos, who confessed in a private phone call confession to Moore that she admitted to the murders to protect her.
Wuornos, who was found guilty of six murders and received six death sentences, was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002, after a decade on death row. But where is her girlfriend, Tyria Moore immediately?
Where’s Aileen Wuornos’ girlfriend Tyria Moore immediately?
Though Moore has kept a low profile since Wuornos’ trial in 1992, she was featured in Dateline’s two-part episode titled “Damesel of Death” that same year, in which the special interviewed both her and Wuornos. “She was a great person and I did fall in love,” Moore said at the time.
Since then, Moore hasn’t done any other interviews or made any public appearances; some certain media outlets report that she’s signed a discount to tell her side of the story. (She did not participate, however, in the 2003 movie, Monster, in which Christina Ricci played a fictional version of her.)
How did Aileen Wuornos and Tyria Moore meet?
Wuornos and Moore met at the gay bar Zodiac in South Daytona, Florida, in 1986. Wuornos, who had an abusive childhood, moved from Michigan to Florida with a man who was 50 years older than her. At the time Moore met her, Wuornos’ marriage had been annulled after one month, and she had been working as a prostitute. “We became lovers, and it later turned into a sister-like relationship,” Moore told police, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
After they started dating, Moore quit her job as a motel maid, while Wuornos supported them from the money she made as a sex worker. “The only reason I hustled so hard all those years was to support her,” Wuornos told police of Moore, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “I did what I had to do to pay the bills, because I didn’t have another choice: I’d got warrants out for my arrest.”
Wuornos added, “The problem was I wasn’t supporting her as richly as she wanted. She always wanted a brand-new car or a rented one. She wanted clothes, she wanted an apartment with plush furniture. ‘I’ve got to have my things,’ she would say. I brought home about $300 every two weeks, but it wears you out, constantly talking to all those men, staying up.”
Aileen Wuornos: Queen of Serial Killers is available to stream on Netflix.
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