Wade Wilson, who was known as Deadpool killer, was sentenced to death on Tuesday, August 27 for murders of two Florida Women in the year 2019 “for the sake of killing”.
The 30 years old tattooed killer of Fort Myers, has sentenced to death by Lee Circuit Judge Nicholas Thompson.
Circuit Judge Nicholas Thompson told the courtroom that, ““The evidence shows the murders were heinous, atrocious and cruel. and that the second murder was cold, calculated and premeditated.”
In June, Wade Wilson found guilty for the murders of two Florida women, Kristine Melton, 35 and Diane Ruiz, 43 on October, 2019. The jury suggested that Wilson should get the death penalty.
The case of the ‘Deadpool Killer’ Wade Wilson
Wade Wilson who shares his name with anti-hero of Marvels made famous by Ryan Reynolds.
According to prosecutors, Wilson first strangled Kristine Melton in her home after they had drug-fueled sexual encounter before he stole Melton’s car and called his girlfriend Melissa Montanez, 41, by using victim’s phone.
He assaulted his girlfriend, but she refused to get in the car.
Wilson later encountered with Ruiz, who was asking for directions in Cape Coral, and invited her into his car. He then strangled with her and throwed her out of the car. After that, he got back in the car and ran her over” until she looked like spaghetti,” according to testimony from the trial.
Assistant State Attorney Andreas Gardiner describe the crime to the court as, “This case was about killing for the sake of the killing.” “Strangulation is the epitome of life slipping through someone’s hands.”
Despite this hienious crime, Wilson received thousands of love letters and rated photos during 5 years of jail.
Several also wrote letters to judge asking him to look beyond Wilson’s tattooed face and swastika markings, saying that he was a different person when he was on medication.
Wilson’s lawyers tried to argued that he suffered brain damage from drug addiction and abandonment issues because his biological parents gave him up for adoption. However, his adoptive parents also pleaded the court not to give him death penalty, saying in a letter, “the human is still in there.”
