The so-called ‘Deadpool killer’ who brutally murdered two women in 2019 appeared stoic in court as he learned his fate on Tuesday.
Wade Wilson, 30, who shares a name with the Marvel mercenary, showed no emotion as Florida County Circuit Judge Nicholas R Thompson ruled he would face two death sentences – one each for murdering Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43.
However, others in the courtroom cheered and applauded as the ruling was handed down.
“Goodbye, Wade,” said a woman as five police officers escorted him out of the courtroom. “Forever,” added a man sitting next to her. according to Newsweek.
Wilson was previously convicted in June of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the deaths of two women, whom he strangled within hours of each other on Oct. 6, 2019, in Cape Coral.
Wade Wilson, 30, who shares a name with the Marvel mercenary, showed no emotion as Florida County Circuit Judge Nicholas R Thompson ruled he would face 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 joy of killing.”
A jury voted 9-3 in favor of the death penalty in Melton’s case and 10-2 in Ruiz’s murder. Under Florida law, only eight of the 12 jurors must recommend the death penalty for a judge to consider it.
The jury found that the crimes involved aggravating factors, including that the crimes were especially heinous or cruel, committed by a person convicted of another capital offense, involved the use of threat of violence against the person, and committed by a person previously convicted of another capital offense and under sentence of imprisonment or placed on community control or felony probation. According to the Independent newspaper.
Prosecutors have said Wilson began his killing spree on the evening of Oct. 6, 2019, when he met Melton at a live music bar and went home with her.
Wilson strangled her to death inside their Cape Coral, Florida, home the next day, where her body was found inside.
That same day, Ruiz was reported missing after Wilson saw her asking for directions while walking to work.
Some in the gallery applauded as the death sentence was handed down Tuesday.
He was driving a car he stole from Melton’s home after murdering her, which Ruiz got into before she, too, was strangled to death.
Wilson’s father’s testimony said he ran her over until she was tangled in a spaghetti skein. Ruiz’s body was found three days later in a field behind a Sam’s Club.
The 30-year-old killer also drove to Fort Myers in Melton’s car and attacked Melissa Montanez, his ex-girlfriend.
The video shown in court in June showed the moment when She was arrested by police after receiving a call from Montanez, who claimed he attacked her at the spa she runs and stole her car.
In the video, Wilson appears shirtless in Montanez’s car outside a local restaurant and tells an officer that he was waiting for her there. She asks why he is being pulled over.
Finally, the officer tells him that he was being arrested “for the assault this morning.” Wilson denies having attacked Montanez.
The officer asks Wilson to turn off the car and hand over the keys and tells him to stay in the vehicle until they can get backup. Wilson simply restarts the car and drives away.
The officer is heard saying, “Don’t go anywhere, don’t do it.”
Wilson was finally arrested on October 8 and remained behind bars without bail until his murder conviction.
He has since added a number of face tattoos, including several swastikas, menacing mouth tattoos similar to the Joker, and a neck tattoo that reads, “Raised for War.”
Wilson was previously convicted in June of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the deaths of the two women, whom he strangled within hours of each other on Oct. 6, 2019, in Cape Coral.
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