New details about the 2019 killings of two women in Cape Coral

The man accused of brutally murdering two women in Cape Coral in 2019 is facing the death penalty, and now we are learning what witnesses in the case against him are saying.

Wade Wilson, 28, is accused of killing Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape Coral just days apart in 2019. Investigators found Melton’s body in her Cape Coral home and four days later found they found Ruiz dead in a field.

Court documents outlining the deposition of witnesses in the case revealed new details about what happened and how Wilson was caught.

Ryan Gentile told defense attorneys that in October 2019, he was leaving for work, but when he went outside to get in his car, he noticed something strange.

Gentile said to the left of his Cape Coral home, he saw Wilson getting into a car and pulling away from inside the bushes. The car had a branch stuck in the fender.

Gentile called the police, and the next thing he knew, five or six officers were asking him all kinds of questions. He had no idea that what he witnessed was part of a brutal murder.

WINK News spoke with Ruiz’s fiance, Scott Hannon, in 2019, the year the love of his life was killed.

“That monster was the last one to talk to her. If I could say anything to him. Just ‘I hope you rot in hell,'” said Hannon.

MORE: Ex-girlfriend says Wade Wilson is a ‘monster’

Authorities found Ruiz in the Cape Coral field the day Gentile called about the suspicious activity, which was four days after her 2019 murder.

One of the friends of the victims spoke in the depositions. They had been friends since high school. They had plans to go out and have a fun night, but it turned out to be quite the opposite of a good time.

The victim’s friend told attorneys there were no warning signs of what would happen.

The deposition lays out never before seen details of the moments leading up to the murder of 35-year-old Kristine Melton.

“Securing a successful prosecution. And ultimately, a conviction, in this case, is paramount. A hastily conducted investigation simply for the sake of speed, where steps could be missed, benefits no one,” said Cape Coral police in 2019.

Cape police investigated the 2019 killing. Wilson is accused of the brutal murder of two Cape women.

While he awaits trial, defense and state attorneys got to questioning witnesses. In this deposition, we hear from Melton’s friend, whose name is blacked out.

She tells attorneys that she was with Melton and Wilson just hours​ before her friend’s murder. She said they “planned to go out and have drinks together and took an Uber to the Buddha in Fort Myers.”

That’s where they met Wilson and his friend. All four stayed until the bar closed. Throughout the night, Melton’s friend recalls seeing Wilson “Doing lines of cocaine and drinking,” but she “didn’t think anything suspicious of it.”

Eventually, the witness, Williams, and Melton returned to Melton’s home and spent some time there before the witness had to go to work, leaving the two alone.

That was the last time she saw her friend alive.

The witness said in questioning that she tried to text Melton but heard nothing back. Police called her later that day and told her they found someone dead at the residence.

Wilson has pled not guilty, but his father told attorneys that Wilson admitted to every horrific detail from beginning to end.

In the deposition report, Wilson admits to two murders. Wilson called his father three times on October 7, 2019. The same day he was arrested.

“He called me in the afternoon. Early afternoon in a panic.” Wilson’s father told him to call back at dinner, assuming it was another occasion where Wilson would ask for help, like in need of a hotel or for money.

The witness said his son had already been to prison once and was a suffering drug addict.

Wilson called a second time at dinner and said he needed help getting out of Fort Myers, saying he did something he couldn’t take back, and people weren’t coming back from that.

Late that night, Wilson called his dad a third time. His dad said he needed to know what was going on. Wilson told him everything in detail.

“He said that he went to some bar. Met a girl. And went home with her. That they hung out for a while. Went to sleep. And he got on top of her. And choked her until she died,” Wilson’s dad told investigators. “He said that he stayed in the house through the night, and he took her body and rolled it up in a rug. He was going to try and put her in her car, but she was too heavy, so he left the scene.”

Wilson left in the victim’s car. Hours later, he told his dad he was “Driving down the road and saw a lady walking. She asked for directions. He stopped, and she got in the car. He reached over with one hand as he was driving and choked her.”

Wilson’s dad told investigators, “He thought she was dead and pulled into some woods where was going to put her body,” but said when he pulled her out of the car, Wilson realized she was still alive.

Wilson’s father states, “He said to me that he got back in the car, and he ran her over like spaghetti. Got out and moved her to the woods after that.”

Wilson’s stepmother had been listening to the entire call. They told a detective what was happening and gave them Wilson’s location.

Authorities arrested Wilson. Wilson’s dad said in the deposition that he asked his son why he did it, and Wilson replied, “I don’t know, dad. I don’t know why I did it. I just wanted to do it.”