Richard Mallory

‘Of course I didn’t want to kill them in my heart, but I knew I had to’

Richard Mallory was the first victim of Aileen Wuornos.  Mallory was brutally murdered at the hands of Wuornos using a .22- calibre pistol in a secluded area of a forest.  Wuornos claimed that Mallory had raped her and she had in turn defended herself using the .22- calibre weapon that she possessed.  Richard Mallory was, although the court at the time of the trial would never know, was a violent man who often frequented strip clubs and used the services of prostitutes. Mallory’s financial records revealed that he was on the verge of bankruptcy and he had spent time in a mental institution on the charge of attempted rape.  The aforementioned information regarding Richard Mallory’s background, specifically the charge of attempted rape, make it plausible for the account that Wuornos made to be true.  Was Richard Mallory the trigger for the following six murders that would occur?