FL - Diana Ruiz, 43, & Kristine Melton, 35, murdered, Cape Coral, Oct 2019 *arrest*

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Melisa Montanez, 36, of Fort Myers, is a former girlfriend of Wilson and the woman he is being charged for beating on Oct. 7. The News-Press does not typically name victims of domestic violence, but Montanez agreed to be identified.

"I fought for my life ... I was supposed to be one of those bodies," Montanez said about the attack.

A week after Wilson was charged, Montanez received three 15-minute phone calls from him in prison.

He wasn't worried about the prison recording the phone call and had no remorse in his voice when he told Montanez, "I killed that (expletive)," she said.

Wilson also told Montanez that Ruiz got into his car willingly, but then she got out of the car and he ran her over.

Montanez said he admitted to killing Ruiz and Melton, and told her that "they are going to give me the needle."
 
In the interview, Wilson admitted to meeting Melton at the Buddha Bar in Fort Myers on the night of October 6. He claims they left there together accompanied by a man and another woman, and attended a house party in Fort Myers. It's there Wilson claims he and Melton became intimate. He said after his car broke down, Melton called an Uber and the pair returned to her home on Tudor Drive in Cape Coral where he again was intimate with her at her home but said she was alive when he left her in the morning on October 7th.

"So Kristine was alive and well when you left her home, in her vehicle, with her car, and her phone?" D'Ambra asked. "Yes," Wilson responded. "I asked Kristine if I could borrow her phone and her car," Wilson said. "One, because I don't have a phone at all."

Wilson claims he returned to Fort Myers, got in a fight with his ex-girlfriend, then went back to Cape Coral. He claims he was lost in Cape Coral and while still driving Kristine Melton's black Nissan Versa, he stopped and asked Diane Ruiz for directions.

Wilson said he saw Ruiz walking on the side of the road.

"She actually wanted me to help give her a ride to work and I gave her a ride," he explained. "We drove together for maybe 4 or 5 minutes and then she had me drop her off at a bus stop."

Wilson also denied having anything to do with Ruiz's death.

"Do you find it at all strange though that the two women you had interactions within less than 24 hours, both ended up dying in very bad ways?" D'Ambra asked. "I agree that their deaths are tragic and sad, but do I find it strange? No, I do not," Wilson said. "Because I know what I've done and I have not."

https://nbc-2.com/story/41329269/wade-wilson-talks-to-nbc2-from-jail-about-cape-coral-murders
 
Melissa Summerall, an organizer of Saturday’s event and a friend of Ruiz's, said those who've heard Wilson’s comments are reeling.

“The few that I’ve talked to are very outraged and very upset. I don’t think attention should be given to it,” said Summerall. “He’s just trying to cry wolf now and get attention any way he can.”

They said Wilson is doing this for his personal gain and his statements shouldn’t be entertained.

“I don’t know if this is a defense he’s trying to conjure together now, but the, you know, him now denying it and saying he doesn’t know what happened, I think there’s a lot more behind it,” said Summerall. “Personally, I don’t believe it.”

Friends and family of Cape Coral woman react to Wade Wilson denying he killed her
 
“Wilson’s own father spoke on the record. He told investigators Wilson called him after spending the night with Melton asking for help. She was a server at a Cape Coral bar.

Wilson’s father said his son admitted to strangling Melton while she was sleeping, then rolled her up in a carpet.

He does admit, he met her at a bar the night before she was found dead and slept at her house. But claims she was alive when he left in her car.”

nbc-2.com

Accused killer Wade Wilson speaks from jail about murder case & alleged Lee County crime organization

A man accused of brutally murdering two Cape Coral women has been writing to NBC2 for months. Wade Wilson has been in jail since 2019, awaiting trial for the murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz.
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NEW TRIAL- Jury selection begins today in FL v. #WadeWilson. Wilson is charged with the murders of two Cape Coral women four days apart. This is a death penalty case. We expected jury selection to take a day or two.

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FL v. #WadeWilson. I wonder what jurors are going to think about this guy.... Jury selection begins today.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1797630987373080587
 
Wade Wilson sits in the courtroom during the start of his capital murder trial at the Lee County Courthouse in Fort Myers on Monday, June 3, 2024. Wilson is facing two first-degree murder charges among others.


www.news-press.com

Capital murder trial for Wade Wilson begins in Fort Myers

Photos from the beginning of the capital murder trial for Wade Wilson on Monday in Fort Myers.
www.news-press.com

June 3, 2024
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1798001849125011733



CAPE CORAL, Fla. (Court TV/Scripps News Fort Myers) — A Florida man is facing the death penalty if convicted of murdering two women.

Wade Wilson is charged in the 2019 deaths of 35-year-old Kristine Melton and 43-year-old Diane Ruiz. Melton was found dead in her Cape Coral home on Oct. 7. That same day, Ruiz vanished while walking to work. Her body was found three days later in a field behind a Sam’s Club.


Full article at link...

www.courttv.com

FL v. Wade Wilson: Strangled Women Murder Trial

UPDATE: Wade Wilson is facing the death penalty after being convicted of killing 35-year-old Kristine Melton and 43-year-old Diane Ruiz.
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June 4, 2024
 
A Fort Myers man facing the death penalty linked to the 2019 murders of two Cape Coral women, set to stand trial beginning Monday, is asking the court for permission for cosmetic changes he says would help him appear presentable to a jury.

His trial is scheduled to begin Monday with jury selection before Lee Circuit Judge Nicholas Thompson. It's expected to last three weeks.

If interested, full article at link...

Wade Wilson asks court if he may cut hair, cover tattoos ahead of capital murder trial

May 31, 2024
 
A Florida man stands trial for allegedly strangling two women to death in 2019. Wade Wilson claims he's being framed by a human trafficking group he used to work for because he tried to leave.

Judge has ruled that Wilson can wear makeup to cover facial tattoos. So far he has chosen not to wear it.

 
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Close to five years after the deaths of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz, the man accused of killing them has started his trial.

On Monday, Wade Wilson sat in front of potential jurors of the trial.
www.fox4now.com

DAY 1: 2019 Cape Coral double murder trial begins

Monday marked the first day of a Cape Coral double murder trial. Police say Wade Wilson strangled Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in 2019.
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The father of a Florida man who has been in jail on murder charges for nearly five years said his son confessed to killing one of his suspected victims, leaving her ‘looking like spaghetti’ after running her over.

Wade Wilson’s double-murder trial began in Cape Coral this week with jury selection. He is accused of murdering Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, in October 2019.
www.independent.co.uk

Swastika-covered murder suspect reportedly left his victim ‘looking like spaghetti’

Wade Wilson has been charged with murdering Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, in October 2019
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