🇺🇸 👁️ ⚠️ ⚖️ WADE WILSON: TWO MURDERS, A DEATH SENTENCE — AND THE WOMEN WHO STILL WANTED HIM

How does a man convicted of killing two women become the object of romantic obsession online?

That question has become one of the strangest parts of the Wade Wilson case.

In 2019, Wilson was convicted in Florida of murdering Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz.

Years later, his crimes would become only part of the story.

Because while prosecutors presented evidence of two brutal killings, something completely different was happening outside the courtroom.

Women were writing to him.

Some sent love letters.

Some sent photographs.

Some pleaded with the court for mercy.

And some openly described romantic or sexual feelings toward a convicted murderer.

The phenomenon turned Wilson — already notorious for the crimes — into an unexpected internet fixation.

🛑 TWO WOMEN. TWO MURDERS. ONE NIGHTMARE

According to court records, Wilson’s crimes began with the killing of Kristine Melton.

He then used her vehicle.

Later, he encountered Diane Ruiz.

She was also killed.

Ruiz’s death involved Wilson running her over with the vehicle, according to evidence presented in the case.

The murders eventually resulted in two first-degree murder convictions.

The case was not simply about one victim.

It was two separate lives destroyed.

Two families left grieving.

And two murder convictions that would ultimately put Wilson on Florida’s death row.

⚖️ THE COURTROOM REACHED ITS DECISION

In August 2024, Circuit Judge Nicholas Thompson imposed two death sentences after the jury recommended death for both murders.

The jury’s votes were 9–3 for Melton’s murder and 10–2 for Ruiz’s murder.

The Florida Supreme Court later reviewed the case and records the trial court’s decision to follow those recommendations and impose death sentences for both murders.

But the legal story did not end there.

A death sentence does not mean an immediate execution.

Appeals and post-conviction proceedings can continue for years.

And Wilson remains part of that legal process.

👁️ THEN CAME THE PART NOBODY EXPECTED

As the case spread across social media, Wilson developed a following.

Not the ordinary kind of following.

Some women appeared to become emotionally attached to him despite knowing what he had been convicted of doing.

Letters poured into the prison.

Some admirers called themselves his “wives.”

Others expressed desires for a relationship or even children with him.

According to reports, some supporters also tried to help with his appearance for court pro