Who is Aileen Wuornos and why the Fanboy Killer adores her

Notice! This article contains spoilers for season 1 of Cross.

Cross includes real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in its fictional narrative, raising many questions about her crimes, prison sentence, and significance in the show’s history. Based on James Patterson Alex Cruz books, Amazon Prime Video’s Cross features an eccentric serial killer, nicknamed “Fanboy Killer,“who makes his victims look like famous killers before killing them. With this twisted ritual, he hopes to kill 12 victims and almost ends up achieving his goal.

After murdering 11 people, he targets a woman, Shannon, who he believes will look exactly like Aileen Wuornos, with some minor changes to her appearance. However, to his dismay, his target is interrupted when Alex Cross races against time and manages to save Shannon before it’s too late. Since Fanboy Killer manages to make Shannon look a lot like Aileen Wuornos, Cross In the final moments of the first season, it’s hard not to be curious about Wuornos’ true criminal history and why the series’ villain is so obsessed with her.

Aileen Wuornos is one of the most notorious serial killers in history: her crimes explained

She was sentenced to death for six murders

In a period of 12 months – from November 30, 1989 to November 19, 1990 – Aileen Wuornos killed seven men aged between 40 and 65. Shortly after being arrested in January 1991, she confessed to the crimes, claiming that she murdered the men in self-defense after they attempted to sexually assault her. During the court trial, defense psychiatrists testified that she had borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. However, despite this, she was sentenced to death for her crimes.

The trial of Aileen Wuornos was highly controversial because even after the defense presented evidence about how one of her victims, Richard Charles Mallory, had been convicted of attempted rape and even served time in a maximum security prison, the judge denied her request for new trial. . Over the course of 1992 and 1993, Wuornos gradually pleaded no contest and guilty to nearly all of the murders, leading to her receiving one death sentence after another. Because the body of one of the victims was never found, she was not charged with the murder, leaving her with a total of six death sentences.

How and when Aileen Wuornos died in real life

She was executed in 2002 by lethal injection

On Amazon Crossthe Fanboy Killer attempts to recreate the final moments of renowned serial killers by not only making their victims look like them, but also emulating the process used for their execution. The real Aileen Wuornos was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002which is exactly what the Fanboy Killer, Ed Ramsey, tries to do to Shannon in Cross before Alex Cross stops him. Aileen Wuornos’s last words before her death were as follows:

“Yeah, I’d just like to say I’m sailing with the rock and I’ll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6th, like in the movie. Big mother ship and everything, I’ll be back, I’ll be back.”

Realizing that his victim, Shannon, will not recite Aileen Wuornos’s final words, Ed Ramsey reads them himself before beginning the execution. With that, the Amazon Prime Video police series adds a layer of immersion to your fictional plot. Although the show is filled with over-the-top twists and logic-defying story developments, its references to real-life criminals and disturbing historical events ground its plot in realism.

Why the Fanboy Killer is turning Shannon into Aileen Wuornos: Ed’s plan explained

The Fanboy Killer idolizes famous serial killers on a cross

As its name suggests, the Fanboy Killer in Cross idolizes famous serial killers. By creating his “twins” and recreating the events that led to their deaths, he believes he is pursuing an artistic endeavor. He also appears to have a god complex, where he believes he is playing god by bringing new life to serial killers he admires and manipulating death by recreating the final moments of people who have passed away.

Cross The season one finale also suggests that Ed Ramsey believes he is creating a legacy for himself through his violent acts. He wants to be remembered as a notorious serial killer and hopes to see his name among the greatest criminal minds in history. Ramsey’s morbid fascination with renowned killers and their gruesome line of crimes stems from his eternal need for attention. Because of this, when law enforcers in Cross realize he wants to be charged with all of his crimes, they intentionally bury almost all of the evidence surrounding his previous murders and only arrest him for one murder and one attempted murder.