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BRAIN SCAN FOR WADE WILSON: Assess gives okay one week before sentencing
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Convicted double-murderer Wade Wilson will possess his brain scanned before his Spencer hearing and sentencing on Aug. 27.
During a hearing on Tuesday, Wilson’s attorney Lee Hollander asked a judge to allow Wilson’s brain be examined, after possible traumatic brain injury indications were found.
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“Based on a report by Dr. [Mark] Rubino, he recommended, adequately first off he found evidence indicating, possibly indicating traumatic intellect injury,” said Hollander. “So in order to find it, or not find it, he recommended a radiological work up for traumatic brain injury.”
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Hollander said the tests would include MRI without contrast, diffusion tensor imaging and NeuroQuant.
Without any objection from prosecutors, Judge Nick Thompson granted the motion. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office will transport Wilson to the tests, the hour and location of which are being kept secret.
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The man convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of two Cape Coral women has begun his first of many appeals to the death sentence he got last year.
Wade Wilson was in court Monday, as his first automatic appeal hearing took place in Fort Myers.
Monday’s hearing was another step in the automatic appeals process for the man convicted of killing Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz, both of Cape Coral.
During Monday’s court, Michael Ufferman, appellate counsel for Wilson, said that all of the transcripts that have been requested have now been filed.
“The next step is for the circuit court clerk to compile a record of appeal based on those transcripts,” Ufferman said.
With transcripts of Wilson’s June 2024 trial successfully filed, the circuit court clerk in charge of that next step told WINK News he should have that record wrapped up by the end of the day Tuesday.
Back in August, Wilson was sentenced to death for the murders.
It was an emotional trial with the family of the two women breaking down about their loved ones.
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, since September of 2024, there have been a number of disciplinary reports document
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In a last minute court date for Wilson, his attorneys argued that the doctors who will testify need more time.
Kevin Shirley, one of two of Wilson's defense team, says one doctor wants to do brain scans on Wilson. However, it would require deputies to escort Wilson to a facility.
"I don't know if he would be prepared to render an opinion as to whether or not my client had any organic brain damage without those [scans]," Shirley said.
The examination would also cost up to $10,000.
As for the other doctor, Shirley says he also needs more time to run his own tests on Wilson - which is different from what was already done by other doctors who testified during trial.
Also, both doctors have schedule conflicts.
The State Attorney's Office said the scans are not necessary because there's no evidence Wilson had any brain injuries before the murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz.
Prosecutors call the move a "fishing expedition."
"I don't think th
Wade Wilson pleads not guilty to the murder of two Cape Coral women
Monday morning, Wade Wilson was in court to enter a not guilty plea to the murder of two Cape Coral women. Wilson is accused of murdering Diane Ruiz and Kristine Melton. The body of Ruiz was found in a field in Cape Coral four days after she was reported missing while walking to work. Melton […]
Grand jury indicts Wade Wilson on two first-degree murder charges
A grand jury has indicted Wade Wilson on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder for the deaths of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43. The Lee County grand jury met Tuesday and returned the indictments, which also included two counts of battery; 1 count of burglary of a dwelling; and 1 count of petit […]
'Heinous, atrocious and cruel': Man gets death penalty in random killings of Florida women
A Florida judge on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for the random 2019 killings of two Southwest Florida women.
Wade Steven Wilson, reportedly tied to a white supremist gang, was found guilty this summer of charges including first-degree murder in the slayings of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, of Cape Coral. A 12-member Lee County jury previously recommended he receive the death penalty for his crimes.
In Florida, juries recommend whether a convict should receive the death sentence, but the decision is ultimately up to a judge.
On Tuesday, 20th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Nicholas Thompson imposed the capitol sentence - one for each murders.
“The evidence showed both murders were heinous, atrocious and cruel, and that the second murder was cold, calculated and premeditated,” Thompson said during Wilson's sentencing hearing.
The defendant inflicted "serious physical and emotion pain to the victims" while on probation for felony convictions, the judge said.
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