The Deadpool Killer

The case of Wade Wilson

Wade Wilson was born on 19th May, 1994. After his birth he was adopted by Candy and Steve Wilson. They tried their best to raise him well and give him a good childhood. But during Wade's teenage years things started to change. He started showing destructive tendencies. But when his family tried to get him professional help, he refused to follow along.

Few years later, things started getting out of hand and they had no other option but to invoke the Florida mental health act. It allows people who are unable to determine their need for treatment, receive emergency mental health services and detention. So Wade was held in for 72 hours. But it was said that this made his situation even worse because of drug use.

During his young adulthood Wade was arrested and charged multiple times for theft and assault. But thanks to his parents, he got away with all of them. Around this time he also got close with biological father. 

In 2019, Wade started dating a woman named Kelly. At first things were good, but then it started going downhill. Wade started abusing drugs. The couple would constantly get into fights. Things quickly escalated when at one point Wade decided to kidnap Kelly.

He threw her into the trunk of her own car then drove to Florida Keys. During this time he sexually and physically abused her. He even broke her foot while trying to shove her inside the trunk. 

Fortunately, at some point Wade met up with another woman and he let Kelly go. He gave her, her keys so she immediately took the car and rushed to the nearby hospital and decided to file a sexual assault case. But the case ended up becoming inactive because according to the police, there was no evidence nor witnesses. 

But regardless, Wade went on to dating other women and abusing them in similar ways. 

During 2019 Wade started dating a woman by the name of Melissa Montanas. So on October 6th they decided to go clubbing and Wade met a man, Jason Shepard. 

By the end of the night, he went to Jason's house with him. They met up with two other women, Christine Melton and Stephanie Johnson. They spent the night together and the next morning he drove the two women home, and after Stephanie had left, for some apparent reason Wade strangled Christine with her own clothes. Then left the crime scene with her car.

Afterwards, Wade decided to go on a spree of assaults. First he went to his partner's workplace and tried to drag her into the car. but when she refused to go, he proceeded to brutally beat her. Then he dragged her upstairs and pinned her against the wall where he started punching her again.

At this point she starts bleeding heavily, so he pauses for a second. Fortunately, it gave Melissa an opportunity to escape. After her escape, Wade just took the car and left. 

After that, he drove to Cape Coral and spotted a woman by the name of Diane Ruiz. He somehow managed to get her inside the car then proceeded to strangle her. Then he tossed her out of the car in an empty parking lot near Sam's Club. But she was still alive so he ran over her multiple times with the car.

At this point Melissa had filed a report against him. So the police started to look for him. They spotted him at a parking lot but when they tried to approach him, he drove away, and they didn't bother to go after him. 

That night he needed a place to stay. So he broke into an empty house and made himself comfortable. He then called his biological father Steven and broke down. He told him that he had done some horrible things and can't take them back. He also mentioned that there were two people gone. He ended the call by saying that he was a killer. At first his father didn't believe him but Wade went into details to convince him. 

But Wade certainly didn't admit his crimes out of guilt. According to Steven, he didn't sound remorseful but rather excited. 

Wade asked his father if he could get him an Uber to get him out of town. That is when his father took his location and sent it to the US Marshals and turned his son in. 

On November 19th, 2019 Wade was finally charged with the premeditated murders of Christine Melton and Dianna Ruiz. 

His trial started on 10th June, 2024. He was being charged with two first degree murders, grand theft, burglary and more. Many witnesses came forward. He decided not to testify and his attorney claimed that he was under heavy substances when he committed the crimes. 

After two hours of  deliberation, 9 out of 12 jurors decided that Wade should be sentenced to death. His sentencing was on August 27th, 2024. But he asked for a new trial and argued that the state did not sufficiently prove that he had possession of Christine's car. 

The media however decided to give the case a different turn. Because of the similar names they started associating Wade with the famous Marvel character Deadpool. Everyone felt as if Wade looked and acted very similar to the famous anti hero character. Many even thought he was attractive which gave him some public support.

Regardless, on August 27th he was sentenced to death.