Striking face tattooed ‘Deadpool killer’ Wade Wilson, who murdered two women, sets TikTok ablaze with mysterious hand signal flash as he’s sentenced to death
A convicted double murderer was caught making a mysterious hand signal as he sat stone-faced while being sentenced to death.
Wade Wilson, 30, made headlines in October 2019 after he slaughtered two women within hours. Photos of his striking tattooed appearance circulated widely.
Wilson has been dubbed the “Deadpool Killer” because he shares a name with the Marvel character. Wilson was convicted of murdering Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, whom prosecutors said he killed “because he wanted to kill.”
Images of Wilson’s creepy hand gesture sparked speculation online, with some morbid female fans also appearing to swoon over the killer’s heavily tattooed look.
Convicted double murderer Wade Wilson, 30, made a mysterious hand signal as he was sentenced to death this week
Wilson strangled two women to death within hours of each other during a chilling crime spree in October 2019
Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, were killed by Wilson ‘to kill’
Wilson was also convicted of several charges in an hours-long crime spree, including the assault of Melissa Montanez, 41, the burglary and robbery of two homes and the theft of Melton’s car.
It started on the afternoon of October 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.
The same day, Ruiz was reported missing after Wilson asked her for directions while she was walking to work.
He drove a car he stole from Melton’s home after killing her, which Ruiz got into before she was also strangled.
Wilson’s father’s testimony said 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 the car from Melton to Fort Myers and attacked Montanez, his ex-girlfriend.
Wilson was arrested on October 8, where he remained behind bars without bail until he was found guilty of murder this month.
Wilson has added a number of tattoos since he was arrested, and his face features several Swatika’s, menacing Joker-esque mouth tattoos and a neck tattoo that reads: ‘Bred for war.’
The jury voted to sentence him to death. Courtroom footage shows Wilson appearing emotionless as he learns what happened to him.
Wilson’s striking facial tattoos on display during his trial on June 25, 2024
Wilson was also convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Melissa Montanez, who testified against him at his trial
Wilson’s father Steven Testasecca, 46, said in his testimony that Wilson was adopted as a baby because he and the killer’s mother were teenagers when they had him.
He said he had had “sporadic” contact with his son since his 18th birthday, but that Wilson contacted him on Oct. 7 after he killed Melton and Ruiz.
“He said, ‘I’m a murderer,'” said Testasecca, who added that he initially thought his son was just telling him a “story.”
“He’s a good storyteller,” he testified. Later that day, after another phone call, he said it dawned on him that his son was telling the truth.
Testasecca said his son then went into gory details about how he killed the two women, including how he strangled Melton after she fell asleep.
Ruiz was also still breathing when she was repeatedly run over by Wilson, Testasecca told him.
“He was excited,” he said. “He wanted me to feel the same way he did… he would do it again.”
Wilson fled Florida in the stolen car and drove to Ohio, where he broke into the home of Fanny and Kent Amlin, a retired couple.
He was reportedly found in the home with some White Claw alcoholic beverages.
Kristine Melton’s niece said she always dreamed of being a mother and said in a victim impact statement that she will ‘never experience motherhood, a role she was born to play’
Ruiz was described as having a “magnifying” personality who “always had everyone’s back”
In heartbreaking victim impact statements after Wilson’s trial, Melton’s cousin Samantha Catomer said she was a sharp-witted and kind person who dreamed of becoming a mother.
“Kristine will never experience motherhood, a role she was born for,” she said.
Zane Romero, 19, one of Ruiz’s two sons, said his mother was killed just days before he was to make his debut in the school marching band, which he said she was looking forward to.
“I never saw her in the crowd,” Romero said. “My mother will never see me get married.”
Ruiz, a bartender, was remembered by her coworkers as “the beating heart of the bar” where she worked, never missing a shift for five years.
‘She always had everyone’s back. She just had that personality that really magnified. “She has such a loud laugh you can hear it from a mile away,” she said.