Wade Wilson, who has been given the nickname 'Deadpool' killer on account of sharing his name with the Marvel superhero, has had his sentencing delayed.
He has been convicted of the murders of two women - Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43 - and the jury voted to send him to death row.
Wilson was convicted of six offences in total, including two counts of first-degree murder, battery, burglary, theft and grand theft auto.
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While the jury recommended that Wilson be sent to death row that decision will ultimately rest with a judge, and the murderer's sentencing hearing was supposed to take place today (23 July).
However, Wilson's sentencing will now take place next month after doctors argued that they needed more time to evaluate the convicted murderer.
Newsweek reports that the defendant's lawyers are allowed to present additional evidence before the judge passes their sentence.
They report that court records say 'two additional mental health experts were not able to modify their schedule to testify at the penalty phase proceedings'.
As per Fox 4, one doctor wants to run a brain scan on Wilson while the other reportedly needs more time to run tests on the convicted murderer.
The State Attorney's Office said the scans were not needed as Wilson didn't have previous evidence of brain injuries, and they reported that the move had been slated as a 'fishing expedition'.
A request from Wilson's team for him to be allowed to wear street clothes in court next time he is there was denied, and it may be 27 August when the convicted killer learns what his sentence will be.
He is already covered in a series of tattoos, including a swastika on his face, and a body language expert said that while Wilson was trying to appear 'casual and calm', there was a 'lot of anxiety and stress that he doesn't want to show'.
Wilson, who killed the two women in 2019, heard his father tell the court during his trial that he'd confessed to the murder over the phone.
The killer's biological father Steven Testasecca said he didn't believe his son initially, recounting that Wilson said there were 'two people who were gone and would not be coming back'.
At first Testasecca didn't believe his son and thought he was 'a good storyteller', but in further calls the son told his father he 'choked that b***h' as he described murdering Kristine Melton in her own home.
Even if a judge decides not to impose the death penalty, which would go against the jury's recommendations, on Wilson he would still be facing the prospect of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Topics: Crime, US News, True Crime
Joe Harker