Wade Wilson! The name made famous by the Marvel movie franchise, Deadpool. Yes, the ruthless mercenary who happens to be a hero, and a split personality of Wade Wilson. But the real-life Wade is no hero; he’s a downright terror.
Let’s rewind to 2019, shall we? Wade Wilson, then a 25-year-old Fort Myers resident, was living his usual life. On the night of October 7, 2019, Wade and his friend Jayson Shepard went to a nearby club, Buddah LIVE. There, they met two girls at the bar. After it closed, they went to one of the girls’ place.
Something gruesome was about to happen that night. The girls they were with were Kristine Melton and her friend Stephanie Sailors. The sad thing is, only one of the girls made it out alive. Sailors left early, but Melton…..
Soon after Sailors left, Wade Wilson strangled Melton to death and stole her car. And he didn’t stop there. On his way home in the stolen car, Wade forced another woman, Diane Ruiz, into the car. When she tried to escape, he beat her, strangled her, and pushed her out of the car.
But that wasn’t enough for him. Wade Wilson ran over Ruiz 20 times! We wouldn’t have known all these details, but his phone call to his girlfriend, Mila, from jail revealed the gruesome details of the two murders he committed within a few hours.
Wade Wilson Calls His Girlfriend, Mila, From Jail!
It’s apparent Wade was cheating on his then-girlfriend, Mila Montanez. However, he denied it in the phone call with her. But that’s not the point. What he said in his call will downright disgust you. He opened up, saying, “This is bad, Mila. I don’t wanna live.”
Mila replied, “You can’t just kill people,” to which Wade only said, “I know,” with a laugh. Where’s the regret in this man? We don’t see any! As the phone conversation continued, Mila asked, “What made you kill those women?” Wade answered, “The rage inside me!”
Yes, Wade admitted his crimes in the recorded phone call with his girlfriend. But before he was convicted, after running over Ruiz several times and eventually killing her, Wilson called his biological father, Steven Testasecca, several times, confessing to and narrating the gruesome details of his crimes.
Testasecca testified in court, adding that Wilson said he wanted to make Ruiz “look like spaghetti.” Testasecca contacted the police, and Wilson was arrested on October 8, 2019.
Who Were the Victims?
Kristine Melton grew up in Illinois and moved with a friend to Cape Coral, where she worked as a waitress. Melton was 35 years old when she met Wilson at Buddah LIVE, a Fort Myers bar.
After leaving the bar and spending several hours at the home of Jayson Shepard, Melton, her friend Stephanie Sailors, and Wilson went to Melton’s duplex. After Sailors left, Wilson strangled Melton to death in her sleep.
Another victim was Diane Ruiz, then 43 years old, a mother, and engaged to be married. She worked as a bartender at the Moose Lodge in Cape Coral. Ruiz was walking to work for her 10 a.m. shift when she encountered Wilson. A short time after killing Melton, Wilson saw Ruiz walking along a Cape Coral street and lured her into the car after asking her for directions.
When she tried to leave, Wilson beat and strangled Ruiz, pushed her out of the car, and ran her over repeatedly. Her body was found in a field three days later, with vultures circling overhead.
