20 September 2024 :
AUGUST 27, 2024 - Florida. Judge Nicholas Thompson sentences Wade Wilson to death
A Lee County judge affirmed the jury’s recommendation on Tuesday. Wilson will receive the death penalty.
The 30-year-old was convicted of killing Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, on Oct. 7, 2019.
9 of the 12 jurors recommended the death penalty for the murder of Melton, and 10 of them recommended death for the murder of Ruiz on June 23 (see).