Tattooed killer Wade Wilson sits motionless as judge hands down death penalty for double murder

By Jared Feldschreiber
Tattooed killer Wade Wilson sits motionless as judge hands down death penalty for double murder
The Swastika-tattooed Florida murderer Wade Wilson, 30, discovered his fate this afternoon when Judge Nick Thompson delivered the final verdict on his life. Fundly

The notoriously tattoo-covered Florida woman killer Wade Wilson learned his fate this afternoon as Judge Nick Thompson handed down the final say over his life.

Wilson, 30, sat motionless as Lee Circuit Judge Thompson sentenced him to death for the brutal murders of two women, Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in 2019.

Additionally, a no contact order will be issued for the victim's family members, according to Fox4.

Wilson's defense counsel had previously addressed the judge one last time on Tuesday and asked Thompson to consider two life sentences as opposed to the death penalty.

Prosecuting attorney Andreas Gardiner had strong words and stated that this case screams justice, adding that "the capital felony was heinous, atrocious, and cruel."

"He overpowered them, controlled them, and silenced them, and that factor should be given extreme weight, said Gardiner.

"Not only is it deserved, but it is earned," he continued to a courtroom full of people and only a few feet away from Wilson.

In July, a jury convicted Wilson in the first-degree strangulation murders of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43.

Both women were killed in October 2019 in separate incidents.

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Florida, Capital Punishment, Judge, Death Penalty
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