A former forensic psychologist has shared his thoughts on Wade Wilson's “true feelings” when he was sentenced to death.
The 30-year-old Canadian – nicknamed the “Deadpool Killer” due to his name being similar to the character from the Marvel film – was found guilty of the murder of two women in Florida, USA, in 2019.
He strangled 35-year-old Kristine Melton in her Cape Coral home and stole her car.
That same day, Wilson met 43-year-old Diane Ruiz, who asked him for directions. He invited her into his car and did not let her get out.
Wilson strangled Ruiz and threw her out of the car. In court he stated that he had “ran over her until she looked like spaghetti.”
“I choked her until she couldn't breathe,” Wilson told police. “The thought crossed my mind to murder her, just kill, kill, kill.”
After several hearings, ten of the twelve jurors finally voted to impose the death penalty on Wilson.
“Deadpool Killer” Wade Wilson, 30, was sentenced to death on Tuesday (August 27) (Cape Coral Police Department)
Dr. John Paul Garrison analyzed Wilson's body language at his sentencing on August 27 on his YouTube channel “Dr. G Explains.”
He said his “casual” and nonchalant reaction was actually an indication that the killer was feeling “great fear and stress.”
“You see him swallowing, which means he's very anxious right now. You also see him looking everywhere,” Dr. G said of his heavy breathing.
“Leaning back is an attempt to balance one’s emotions.”
The body language expert believes Wilson was trying to “intimidate” the jury when he turned to face 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 has no power whatsoever,” he added.
“The loss of control here is almost too much to bear. It's so significant when someone like him is at the end of his control.”
Meanwhile, District Judge Nicholas Thompson said of Wilson's conviction: “The evidence shows that the murders were heinous, cruel and savage and that the second murder was cold-blooded, calculated and premeditated.”
“This case was about killing for the sake of killing,” Deputy District Attorney Andreas Gardiner said in court.
“Strangulation is the epitome of life slipping through your hands.”
Wilson is currently being held at the Lee County Jail in Fort Myers, Florida, pending trial on another charge before being transferred into the prison system and transferred to death row at the Union Correctional Institution.
