The relatives of one of Wade Wilson’s victims have broken their silence after the so-called ‘Deadpool killer’ was sentenced to death.
Wilson was convicted in June for the murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz, which occurred in October 2019.
The judge described the murders of these two innocent women as ‘heinous, atrocious and cruel,’ and Wilson was sentenced to death for these crimes yesterday (August 27).
The 30-year-old made a disturbing request through his lawyer, asking to be placed on death row ‘as soon as possible.’ However, the actual date of his execution has yet to be set.
After the sentencing, Assistant State Attorneys Andreas Gardiner and Sara Miller discussed the reasons why Wilson deserved the death penalty.
Gardiner stated, as per Fox 4: “This defendant’s acts warranted the death penalty, not because he killed, how he killed, but why he killed.
“He killed because he could, he killed because he wanted to, he killed because he’d already done it once, he killed because he was going to do it again.”
In another statement, Felix Ruiz, Diana Ruiz’s father, promised to be present at Wilson’s future execution.
“This is not the end. The end is when the accused takes his last breath and I will be there at the execution. That’s a promise,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kristine Melton’s cousin Samantha described the past five years as ‘agony’.
Amira Fox, State Attorney for the 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida, also addressed the unwarranted attention Wilson has received from some people who consider themselves his ‘fans’. She criticized these individuals during her statement.
“It has not gone unnoticed that this defendant is being idolized by some people who are somehow proud to mix their name with his through public comments, fundraising for him or holding him up to be some sort of positive representation of a man, ignoring that he is nothing more than a vicious killer and about the most poor representation of a man there could ever be,” Fox said, as per Newsweek.
She added: “I’ve been doing this a very long time, 34 years, and I have to say that I have never seen someone as evil as Wade Wilson. And I have never been so stunned as to see some people in the community that actually think it’s a good idea to support somebody that evil and monstrous.”
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