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A Florida man could face the death penalty after strangling two Cape Coral women "for the sake of killing."
Follow Newsweek's live coverage of Wade Wilson's sentencing here.
Wade Wilson, 30, was convicted on June 12 of killing Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, within hours of each other back in October 2019. On Tuesday, jurors recommended Wilson should be executed for his crimes, causing "silent tears" to fall from the eyes of the victims' families, NBC 2 reports.
Wilson, however, was "emotionless and stone cold the entire time," according to the outlet.
Wilson met Melton at a live-music bar and went home with her on Oct. 6, 2019. The next day, he strangled her to death in her Cape Coral home where her body was discovered, Fox 4 reported from the trial.

Melton was remembered as a cat lover and great friend during the trial, according to News-Press. Her friend since high school, Stephanie Sailors, 41, testified that she and Melton lived in Colorado before moving to Cape Coral together and were servers at the same restaurant.
Melton's cousin, Samantha Catomer, testified that Melton was the quick-witted godmother to her child who made everyone feel safe and understood, the outlet reported.
"Kristine will never experience motherhood, a role she was born to play," Catomer said through tears.
Ruiz was reported missing on Oct. 7. The bartender was walking to work at a nearby bar when Wilson approached her in a car he stole from Melton's home, asking for directions. Ruiz got in the car where Wilson strangled her and "ran her over until she looked like spaghetti," Wilson's dad said his son admitted during his testimony. Ruiz's body was found on October 10 in a field behind a Sam's Club.

Ruiz was the mother of two sons: Brandon Cuellar, 29, and Zane Romero, 19.
Romero testified that his mother's death happened just days before his debut in the high school marching band, which she was excited to see.
"I never got to see her in the crowd," Romero said. "My mom will never get to see me get married."
Ruiz is remembered by her coworkers as never missing a shift in her five years at the bar. Her former coworker, Linda Giancola, remembered her fallen friend in an interview with NBC 2 last week.
"Diane was the heartbeat of the bar," Giancola said. "She always had everybody's back. She just had that personality that was really magnifying. She has this really loud laugh that you could hear it like a mile away."

In addition to the two first-degree murder charges, Florida resident Wilson was convicted of grand theft, battery, burglary, and petit theft. He had stolen Melton's car and also broke into her home and stole items from it.
During the trial, a prosecutor said Wilson killed the two women for "the sake of killing," according to Fox 4.

"This case was about killing for the sake of the killing," Assistant State Attorney Andreas Gardiner reportedly said during closing arguments. "Strangulation is the epitome of life slipping through someone's hands."
Wilson also allegedly told detectives in a jailhouse interview, "I would do it again."
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