Forensic psychologist shared Deadpool killer's 'true feelings' on death sentence

An ex-forensic psychologist has analysed Wade Wilson's 'true feelings' as he was being handed a death sentence in light of some pretty shocking information coming out in a documentary about his crimes.

The 31-year-old, from Florida, who you might know from his nickname, the 'Deadpool Killer', has been serving his time on death row after being sentenced for the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43.

Branded with the anti-hero's likeness thanks to sharing the same name as the Marvel character, that's pretty much where the similarities stop.

That and the fact that both people have recognisable facial features.

Wilson’s murders in Florida were heavily scrutinised, with the trial being played out on camera for all to see, and even after the sentencing.

Wade Wilson was sentenced to death (CBS)

For example, Wilson tried to barter with guards in return for information about the location of a body in return for food.

In a new season of Worst Ex Ever on Netflix, it was alleged that he had asked for a burger and fries for information leading to the recovery of Ruiz’s body - which he didn’t know had already been found.

He strangled Melton to death in her Cape Coral home and stole her car.

That same day, Wilson met Ruiz, who asked him for directions. He invited her into the vehicle and didn't let her out.

Wilson strangled Ruiz and threw her out of the car, telling the court that he 'ran her over until she looked like spaghetti'.

"I choked her out until she couldn’t breathe anymore," Wilson said in a police interview. "I came across my mind to murder, just kill, kill, kill."

After several hearings, 10 out of the 12 jurors subsequently voted for Wilson to receive the death penalty.

Kristine Melton tragically died on 7 October, 2019 (NBC)

He killed Diane Ruiz on the same day (NBC)

Dr John Paul Garrison took to his YouTube channel 'Dr. G Explains' to break down Wilson's body language when he was sentenced on 27 August, 2024.

He suggested that his 'casual' and nonchalant reaction was actually an indicator that the killer was feeling 'a lot of anxiety and stress'.

"You're seeing him swallowing which means that he's got a lot of anxiety right now, you're also seeing him look around everywhere," Dr G said of Wilson's heavy breathing.

"The leaning back is an attempt to counterbalance how he's feeling."

As Wilson looked back at each juror, the body language expert thinks he was trying to be 'intimidating' towards them.

"He wanted to intimidate, he wanted to scare the jury, he wanted to feel powerful in these moments because this is a very real situation where he doesn't have any power," Dr Garrison added.

"The amount of control that's lost right here is almost too much to bear. It's so significant for somebody like this to be on the receiving end of having no control."

Meanwhile, of Wilson's sentencing, Circuit Judge Nicholas Thompson said: "The evidence shows the murders were heinous, atrocious and cruel and that the second murder was cold, calculated and premeditated."

"This case was about killing for the sake of the killing," Assistant State Attorney Andreas Gardiner previously told the court.

"Strangulation is the epitome of life slipping through someone’s hands."

Wilson is now being held at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida.