Mercedes was reportedly exposed to toxic fumes at the boot factory where she worked while pregnant with Richard. Ramirez was born in 1960 in El Paso, Texas, to Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the “Night Stalker,” raped and brutalized more than two dozen people, ultimately killing at least 13, over a two-year period in the mid-1980s. Convicted of first-degree murder in 1992, Wuornos was executed in October of that year. She killed one convicted rapist, Richard Mallory, which she claims was an act of self-defense after he sexually assaulted her, as well as at least six other johns. Wuornos began hitchhiking and relying on sex work to sustain herself. Her grandmother died of complications from long-term alcoholism, and Wuornos was subsequently thrown out of her home. At 14, she gave birth to a child-whom she claims was fathered by her brother, Keith-in a home for unwed teen mothers. Wuornos claims she was a victim of extensive sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather and possibly others. Maddox was reportedly an alcoholic with a penchant for theft and disappearing on benders. He was born to 16-year-old Kathleen Maddox, who was arrested several times, first for armed robbery when Manson was a young child. A 2005 study in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology revealed that the prevalence of childhood-sexual abuse among serial killers was 26 percent, while 36 percent had experienced physical abuse and 50 percent had been psychologically abused as children.Ĭharles Manson, the mastermind behind the torture and murder of 8-months-pregnant Sharon Tate and seven others in 1969, fits this narrative. Severe, prolonged childhood trauma is a common theme in the backstories of notorious serial killers. Manson, Wuornos, Ramirez: 3 Famous Killers with Exceptionally Screwed-Up Childhoods Article Details: Manson, Wuornos, Ramirez: 3 Famous Killers with Exceptionally Screwed-Up Childhoods
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