The so-called ‘Deadpool Killer’ who brutally murdered two women in 2019 appeared unfazed in court Tuesday as he learned his fate.
Wade Wilson, 30, who shares the same name as the Marvel mercenary, showed no emotion as Florida County Judge Nicholas R Thompson ruled that he would receive two death sentences: one for each of the murders of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43.
However, others in the courtroom cheered and clapped as the verdict was announced.
“Bye Wade,” a woman said as he was escorted from the courtroom by five police officers. “Forever,” a man sitting next to her added, according to Newsweek.
Wilson was convicted in June of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of the two women he strangled within hours of each other on October 6, 2019, in Cape Coral.
Wade Wilson, 30, who shares the same name as the Marvel mercenary, showed no emotion as Florida County Judge Nicholas R Thompson ruled he would receive two death sentences on Tuesday.
Wilson was convicted of the murders of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, whom prosecutors said he killed “for the sake of killing.”
A jury voted 9-3 in favor of the death penalty in Melton’s case and 10-2 in Ruiz’s killing. Under Florida law, only eight of the 12 jurors need to recommend the death penalty for a judge to consider it.
The jury found that the crimes contained aggravating circumstances, including that the crimes were particularly heinous, heinous or cruel, committed by a person convicted of another capital felony, involving the use of threats of violence against the person, and committed by a person previously convicted of another capital felony and who was serving a prison sentence or was on community supervision or parole for a felony. the independent reports.
Prosecutors say Wilson began his killing spree on the afternoon of Oct. 6, 2019, when he met Melton at a bar with live music and went home with her.
Wilson strangled her the next day in her Cape Coral, Florida, home, where her body was found.
That same day, Ruiz was reported missing after Wilson asked her for directions while she was walking to work.
Some in the stands cheered as the death sentence was pronounced on Tuesday
He was driving a car he stole from Melton’s home after killing her. Ruiz also got into the car before she was strangled.
According to a statement from Wilson’s father, he “ran her over until she looked like spaghetti.” Ruiz’s body was found three days later in a field behind a Sam’s Club.
The 30-year-old killer also drove Melton’s car to Fort Myers and attacked Melissa Montanez, his ex-girlfriend.
Video footage shown in court in June showed the moment he was arrested by police after they received a call from Montanez, who claimed he had attacked her at the spa she runs and stolen her car.
In the clip, Wilson is found shirtless in Montanez’s car outside a local restaurant, telling an office he was waiting for her there. He asks why he’s being pulled over.
Eventually, the officer tells him he was being arrested “for the assault this morning.” Wilson denies attacking Montanez.
The officer asks Wilson to turn off the car and turn in the keys, telling him to stay in the vehicle until they have backup. Wilson simply restarts the car and drives away.
You hear the officer say, “Don’t go anywhere, don’t do it.”
Wilson was eventually arrested on October 8 and remained in custody without bail until his conviction for murder.
Since then, he has had a number of tattoos added to his face, including several swatikas, menacing Joker-esque tattoos on his mouth, and a tattoo on his neck that reads, “Bred for war.”
Wilson was convicted in June of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of the two women he strangled within hours of each other on Oct. 6, 2019, in Cape Coral.