Worst Ex Ever - Season 2 Episode 1

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00:00:23So do you want me to tell you what happened, not the truth?

00:00:27Evil is out there.

00:00:28I use my charm.

00:00:30I use my good looks.

00:00:32Evil walks among us.

00:00:35I just sent you a few.

00:00:36I'm in front of mine.

00:00:38I'm like, you're the prey.

00:00:39I thought I was going to die 100%.

00:00:42There's just a ray of thought.

00:00:43Murder, murder.

00:00:44Just kill, kill, kill.

00:00:46I was begging her to leave him.

00:00:48Like, please get away from this man.

00:00:50He's going to kill you.

00:00:52We realized that we had a really evil monster on our hands.

00:01:18In 2018, I was 26 years old.

00:01:23and living in my first apartment by myself

00:01:27with my two dogs and my two cats

00:01:31a couple miles up the road from my parents

00:01:33so I was still close enough that I felt like I was safe

00:01:37but I was on my own finally

00:01:43I've always loved working with animals

00:01:46when I was 19 years old I started working at a zoo

00:01:51and I used to train tigers

00:01:53work with venomous snakes

00:01:56and I wrestled alligators for two years

00:02:00then I took a break from the dangerous stuff

00:02:02and got into dog grooming

00:02:06my dating life was not the best

00:02:12I have always been like a shy person

00:02:16so I don't go out and meet people

00:02:19but then I did try online dating

00:02:24I scrolled past this guy whose name was Steven

00:02:28and he was six foot five

00:02:30and had dimples

00:02:31and super handsome

00:02:34and I was like

00:02:35oh this is obviously a catfish

00:02:37but I swiped on him

00:02:39and he replied and messaged me back

00:02:42and we agreed to go out

00:02:45he met up with me

00:02:47he was really him

00:02:48he was a real person

00:02:49six foot five

00:02:50super handsome

00:02:51nice teeth

00:02:51and I was like holy crap

00:02:53I found like the perfect man

00:02:56we hit it off like right away

00:02:58and at the end of the night

00:02:59he asked me if he could kiss me

00:03:02and I was like what is this

00:03:04this is like fairy tale stuff

00:03:08so that's where it all started

00:03:10and we just were like inseparable

00:03:15Steven was a personal trainer

00:03:18he told me that he was from North Florida

00:03:20and he was adopted

00:03:21and given to these two awesome people

00:03:25through their church

00:03:27they were nice well off people

00:03:30and he had told me that he had been in contact

00:03:32with his dad

00:03:33his biological dad

00:03:35and he seemed happy about that

00:03:39when my parents first met Steven

00:03:42they did really like him

00:03:43they thought he was super sweet

00:03:45and seemed to have a nice head on his shoulders

00:03:50and my animals really liked him

00:03:51which was a huge deal for me

00:04:00don't take the whole thing

00:04:04a couple weeks into dating

00:04:07he asked if I wanted to be his girlfriend

00:04:10and of course I said yes

00:04:14at the time

00:04:15Steven had been complaining about his roommate

00:04:19I trusted him and felt something for him

00:04:22so I let him move in with me

00:04:23pretty quickly

00:04:24like within the first month

00:04:26he didn't have a car

00:04:27he would borrow my car a lot

00:04:28and I only lived a couple miles

00:04:31from the park that he would go to

00:04:33so he would go

00:04:34and do personal training

00:04:37I believe it was

00:04:40like late September

00:04:41early October

00:04:42that we started officially dating

00:04:44I was super happy

00:04:46I thought

00:04:47this is it

00:04:48this is

00:04:48I'm going to marry this guy

00:05:00in 2018

00:05:02Wade and I matched

00:05:04on Plenty of Fish

00:05:05around the end of September

00:05:07the beginning of October

00:05:11I was 26 years old

00:05:14and I just moved to Loxahatchee

00:05:20when I first saw Wade

00:05:22I was like

00:05:23wow

00:05:23he's really

00:05:24attractive

00:05:26really good looking

00:05:27really tall

00:05:28and he had a nice voice

00:05:33he kept mentioning

00:05:35let's go to the park

00:05:37so we met up

00:05:39and we just sat there

00:05:41and talked

00:05:42there was a lot of joking

00:05:44a lot of laughing

00:05:47just like

00:05:47we had known each other

00:05:48for a while

00:05:51Wade said that

00:05:52he was looking

00:05:53for a relationship

00:05:54and

00:05:54that his only flaw

00:05:56was that he didn't have

00:05:57a good woman

00:05:57in his life

00:05:59I was just

00:06:00like

00:06:01it's too good

00:06:02to be true

00:06:06Wade and I

00:06:07were dating

00:06:08at this point

00:06:09and

00:06:09we were on the phone

00:06:11all the time

00:06:13texting

00:06:14calling

00:06:15sending pictures

00:06:16to each other

00:06:17back and forth

00:06:18but

00:06:19I worked a lot

00:06:20so

00:06:21Wade and I

00:06:21didn't really get to see

00:06:23each other

00:06:23in the beginning

00:06:24as much

00:06:24but

00:06:26I was just

00:06:27like

00:06:28over the moon

00:06:29ecstatic

00:06:30that I had

00:06:31found someone

00:06:39living

00:06:40with Stephen

00:06:41was great

00:06:42you know

00:06:43he would cook

00:06:44and

00:06:44he took care

00:06:46of me a lot

00:06:47but

00:06:48the first

00:06:49big red flag

00:06:50that I had

00:06:50with him

00:06:51was

00:06:52one day

00:06:53I came home

00:06:53from work

00:06:53and I was

00:06:54looking for my

00:06:55laptop

00:06:55to edit

00:06:55some photos

00:06:57and I couldn't

00:06:58find it

00:06:59and I looked

00:07:00everywhere

00:07:00and Stephen

00:07:02was like

00:07:02I don't know

00:07:03I haven't seen it

00:07:06I couldn't

00:07:06find it anywhere

00:07:08and then

00:07:09finally

00:07:10Stephen admitted

00:07:11that he

00:07:12pawned my laptop

00:07:13because he needed

00:07:14money

00:07:16I was just

00:07:17so mad

00:07:18that I called

00:07:18the police

00:07:19and I filed

00:07:19a police report

00:07:22the police

00:07:23did

00:07:24a search

00:07:24for all the

00:07:25pawn shops

00:07:26in the county

00:07:26they found

00:07:28my laptop

00:07:29literally

00:07:30two miles

00:07:30up the road

00:07:32and they

00:07:32went there

00:07:33and they

00:07:33verified

00:07:33that it

00:07:34was Stephen

00:07:34that dropped

00:07:35it off

00:07:37that's when

00:07:38I found out

00:07:38that his

00:07:38name was

00:07:39Wade

00:07:40because he

00:07:41used his

00:07:41ID to

00:07:42pawn it

00:07:42and I

00:07:43found out

00:07:43that Stephen

00:07:43was his

00:07:44middle name

00:07:44so that

00:07:45was a big

00:07:46shock to

00:07:46me

00:07:47because

00:07:47you know

00:07:48this whole

00:07:48time

00:07:48I thought

00:07:49his name

00:07:49was Stephen

00:07:51and I

00:07:52asked him

00:07:52about why

00:07:53he was

00:07:53going by

00:07:54Stephen

00:07:54why

00:07:55his

00:07:56dating

00:07:57profile

00:07:57said Stephen

00:07:58I actually

00:07:58found that

00:07:59he had

00:07:59several

00:07:59Facebook

00:08:00profiles

00:08:00with that

00:08:01name as

00:08:01well

00:08:01and he

00:08:02just said

00:08:03that he

00:08:04needed

00:08:05like an

00:08:06escape

00:08:06because he

00:08:07had some

00:08:07exes and

00:08:08stuff that

00:08:09knew his

00:08:09real name

00:08:10and he

00:08:10didn't want

00:08:10them to

00:08:11find him

00:08:13he was

00:08:14very good

00:08:14at laying

00:08:15it on

00:08:15thick

00:08:16like when

00:08:17you have a

00:08:18six foot

00:08:18five man

00:08:19crying to

00:08:20you that

00:08:20he's so

00:08:21sorry

00:08:21and he

00:08:22just needed

00:08:22the money

00:08:24your heart

00:08:24kind of

00:08:25breaks

00:08:25and you're

00:08:26like okay

00:08:26I understand

00:08:27it's like a

00:08:28one time

00:08:28thing

00:08:29it's not

00:08:29going to

00:08:29happen

00:08:29again

00:08:30you know

00:08:31this was

00:08:31one of my

00:08:32first more

00:08:33serious

00:08:33relationships

00:08:34so I

00:08:34hadn't

00:08:35really

00:08:35figured out

00:08:36how a

00:08:37real

00:08:37relationship

00:08:38should

00:08:38work

00:08:40and

00:08:41we had

00:08:41only been

00:08:42together for

00:08:42a couple

00:08:42months

00:08:43so you

00:08:44know when

00:08:44he apologized

00:08:45and he

00:08:45said he

00:08:46wouldn't do

00:08:46it again

00:08:46I believed

00:08:47him

00:08:51in November

00:08:52on Wade's

00:08:54Instagram

00:08:54I saw

00:08:55a person

00:08:56named

00:08:56pinup

00:08:57princess

00:08:58commenting

00:08:59all over

00:09:00his posts

00:09:02so I

00:09:03was you

00:09:04know asking

00:09:05him who's

00:09:06this girl

00:09:06why is she

00:09:07telling you to

00:09:08call her

00:09:09and I found

00:09:10out that

00:09:10pinup princess

00:09:11was Kelly

00:09:12and also

00:09:13the girl

00:09:14that was

00:09:15in his phone

00:09:16under K

00:09:18and he

00:09:19told me

00:09:19oh that's

00:09:20just my

00:09:20roommate

00:09:22and at

00:09:23that time

00:09:24I was just

00:09:24like okay

00:09:25and I

00:09:26believe that

00:09:31I had a

00:09:32friend that

00:09:33had broken

00:09:33up with her

00:09:33boyfriend and

00:09:34she needed to

00:09:35move in with

00:09:36someone temporarily

00:09:37so I let her

00:09:37come crash

00:09:38with me

00:09:39one day

00:09:40we were all

00:09:41sitting around

00:09:41talking about

00:09:42mastiffs and

00:09:43I was like I

00:09:44know this guy

00:09:45who breeds

00:09:46this rare breed

00:09:47of mastiff

00:09:47called a

00:09:48pressa canario

00:09:48and they had

00:09:50some puppies

00:09:52I didn't know

00:09:53that he was

00:09:53taking that

00:09:54and running

00:09:54with it

00:09:55and my

00:09:56friend

00:09:56was only

00:09:5818 so

00:09:58I think

00:09:59that she got

00:10:01sucked into

00:10:01Wade's

00:10:02charisma

00:10:05I went to

00:10:06work

00:10:07and Wade

00:10:08and my

00:10:08friend

00:10:08apparently

00:10:09they went

00:10:10to the

00:10:11kennel

00:10:11and had

00:10:12stolen

00:10:13I believe

00:10:14three or

00:10:14four puppies

00:10:16and brought

00:10:17them back

00:10:17to my

00:10:18house

00:10:18I got

00:10:21home from

00:10:21work

00:10:22and I was

00:10:22like why

00:10:23are there

00:10:23these dogs

00:10:23in my

00:10:24house

00:10:25there's gonna

00:10:26be people

00:10:26looking for

00:10:27these dogs

00:10:27I was

00:10:27freaking out

00:10:30Wade didn't

00:10:31care

00:10:31he said

00:10:33we need to

00:10:33sell these

00:10:34dogs

00:10:35so he

00:10:36and my

00:10:36friend

00:10:36took pictures

00:10:37of them

00:10:37in front

00:10:38of my

00:10:38couch

00:10:40and posted

00:10:40them on

00:10:41Craigslist

00:10:43the man

00:10:44that owned

00:10:44the dogs

00:10:45recognized

00:10:46my house

00:10:46and called

00:10:47the police

00:10:53so I get

00:10:53a phone call

00:10:54from Wade

00:10:54and he says

00:10:55I need you

00:10:56to three-way

00:10:56the detective

00:10:57and tell him

00:10:58that it was

00:10:58you

00:10:58and if you

00:10:59don't

00:11:00I'm going

00:11:01to kill

00:11:01your dogs

00:11:04it was

00:11:05like totally

00:11:05out of left

00:11:06field

00:11:06I was

00:11:06like who

00:11:07are you

00:11:08like what

00:11:08is happening

00:11:08right now

00:11:10I wasn't

00:11:11100% sure

00:11:11if he would

00:11:12actually go

00:11:13through or

00:11:13something like

00:11:13that but I

00:11:14was so afraid

00:11:15for my own

00:11:15animals

00:11:16that I

00:11:17didn't want

00:11:17to risk it

00:11:18and he was

00:11:19home alone

00:11:19with my

00:11:19dogs

00:11:20and I

00:11:20was at

00:11:21work

00:11:22so I

00:11:22called

00:11:23the cops

00:11:24they told

00:11:25me to walk

00:11:25them through

00:11:25everything

00:11:26how I

00:11:26stole the

00:11:27puppies

00:11:27what the

00:11:28place looked

00:11:28like

00:11:29and I

00:11:30did

00:11:31they told

00:11:32me I

00:11:32needed

00:11:32to turn

00:11:33myself

00:11:33in

00:11:33the next

00:11:34day

00:11:36I

00:11:37confronted

00:11:37Wade

00:11:37when I

00:11:38got home

00:11:39thankfully

00:11:40he didn't

00:11:41do anything

00:11:42to my

00:11:43dogs

00:11:44and he

00:11:45was like

00:11:45I have

00:11:46a criminal

00:11:46record

00:11:46and you

00:11:47don't

00:11:47so it's

00:11:48better for

00:11:48you to be

00:11:48on probation

00:11:49not me

00:11:51he said

00:11:51that he

00:11:52had just

00:11:52gone to

00:11:52jail

00:11:52for a

00:11:53couple

00:11:53petty

00:11:54things

00:11:54like

00:11:54stealing

00:11:55and stuff

00:11:55like that

00:11:57this is

00:11:57the first

00:11:57time that

00:11:58I heard

00:11:58that he

00:11:58had a

00:11:59record

00:11:59I had

00:11:59no

00:11:59idea

00:12:00I

00:12:00thought

00:12:00he

00:12:00was

00:12:01a

00:12:01good

00:12:02boy

00:12:03from

00:12:03Tallahassee

00:12:06the next

00:12:07day

00:12:08Wade

00:12:08and my

00:12:09friend

00:12:09dropped

00:12:10me off

00:12:10at the

00:12:11jail

00:12:14and

00:12:14I

00:12:15had to

00:12:15sit

00:12:16in a

00:12:16jail

00:12:16for

00:12:1627

00:12:17hours

00:12:20I

00:12:20grew up

00:12:21in

00:12:21Catholic

00:12:22school

00:12:22I

00:12:22am

00:12:23not

00:12:23a

00:12:23criminal

00:12:24so

00:12:25I

00:12:25was

00:12:25like

00:12:25sobbing

00:12:26the

00:12:26whole

00:12:26time

00:12:31when I

00:12:32got home

00:12:32they were

00:12:34gone

00:12:34and so

00:12:35was all

00:12:36of their

00:12:36stuff

00:12:37all of

00:12:38Wade's

00:12:38clothes

00:12:39all of

00:12:40her

00:12:40clothes

00:12:41my

00:12:42handgun

00:12:43I

00:12:45panicked

00:12:48I went

00:12:49to check

00:12:49my ring

00:12:49footage

00:12:50and what

00:12:51I found

00:12:52was

00:12:53the night

00:12:54that they

00:12:55had dropped

00:12:55me off

00:12:55at the

00:12:56jail

00:12:57they went

00:12:57back home

00:12:59and they were all

00:13:00flirty and huggy and kissy

00:13:01right in front of my camera

00:13:02I

00:13:04had

00:13:04evidence

00:13:05now

00:13:05that he

00:13:06was being

00:13:06unfaithful

00:13:07with my

00:13:07friend

00:13:11at this

00:13:12point

00:13:12I had

00:13:13looked up

00:13:14Wade's

00:13:14background

00:13:14found out

00:13:16that he

00:13:16was a

00:13:16felon

00:13:17he

00:13:18had

00:13:19several

00:13:20records

00:13:21of

00:13:21stealing

00:13:22weapons

00:13:23and

00:13:24thieving

00:13:24and

00:13:25breaking

00:13:25into

00:13:25people's

00:13:26homes

00:13:27and

00:13:28I

00:13:28believe

00:13:28he

00:13:28had

00:13:28a

00:13:28few

00:13:28drug

00:13:29charges

00:13:29as

00:13:29well

00:13:30so

00:13:31I

00:13:31told

00:13:31the

00:13:32police

00:13:32a

00:13:32felon

00:13:33stole

00:13:33my

00:13:33handgun

00:13:34which

00:13:35then put

00:13:36a warrant

00:13:36out for

00:13:36his arrest

00:13:37in the

00:13:37state

00:13:37of

00:13:37Florida

00:13:39so

00:13:39I

00:13:39called

00:13:40my

00:13:40friend's

00:13:40phone

00:13:40I

00:13:41called

00:13:41his

00:13:41phone

00:13:42they

00:13:42wouldn't

00:13:42answer

00:13:43me

00:13:43for

00:13:43several

00:13:43hours

00:13:44eventually

00:13:45they

00:13:45did

00:13:46and

00:13:46they

00:13:47told

00:13:47me

00:13:47that

00:13:47they

00:13:47were

00:13:48going

00:13:48to

00:13:48Texas

00:13:49I

00:13:50was

00:13:50very

00:13:50angry

00:13:52the

00:13:53police

00:13:53couldn't

00:13:53extradite

00:13:54him

00:13:54or

00:13:54anything

00:13:54like

00:13:55that

00:13:56so

00:13:56I

00:13:56had

00:13:56to

00:13:57somehow

00:13:57get

00:13:57him

00:13:57back

00:13:57to

00:13:58Florida

00:14:05late

00:14:05December

00:14:06and I

00:14:07get a

00:14:07phone

00:14:07call

00:14:07from

00:14:08Wade

00:14:09and he

00:14:10is like

00:14:10I

00:14:11am so

00:14:12sorry

00:14:13I want

00:14:13to come

00:14:13home

00:14:15and all I

00:14:16had in my

00:14:16head was

00:14:17revenge

00:14:19I agreed

00:14:19to pay for

00:14:20his bus

00:14:20ticket

00:14:21and I

00:14:22called the

00:14:22police

00:14:22and I

00:14:23said

00:14:23I have

00:14:24him coming

00:14:24back

00:14:25and you

00:14:25guys have

00:14:25a warrant

00:14:26so if

00:14:27I

00:14:27get

00:14:27him

00:14:27to

00:14:27my

00:14:27house

00:14:28will

00:14:28you

00:14:28come

00:14:28get

00:14:28him

00:14:29and

00:14:30they

00:14:30said

00:14:30sure

00:14:33I

00:14:33picked

00:14:34him

00:14:34up

00:14:34from

00:14:34the

00:14:34bus

00:14:34station

00:14:35he

00:14:36had

00:14:36told

00:14:36me

00:14:36that

00:14:37he

00:14:37had

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00:21:32knew

00:21:32that

00:21:33he

00:21:33did

00:21:33anything

00:21:34to

00:21:34her

00:21:34if

00:21:35I

00:21:35would

00:21:36have

00:21:36seen

00:21:36her

00:21:37bloody

00:21:37bruised

00:21:38or

00:21:38anything

00:21:38like

00:21:38that

00:21:39like

00:21:39I

00:21:40would

00:21:40not

00:21:40have

00:21:41taken

00:21:41him

00:21:41to

00:21:42my

00:21:42house

00:21:44I

00:21:45was

00:21:45just

00:21:45in

00:21:45the

00:21:45keys

00:21:45with

00:21:46my

00:21:47car

00:21:47and

00:21:48no

00:21:48phone

00:21:48no

00:21:49nothing

00:21:49and

00:21:50I

00:21:50just

00:21:50wanted

00:21:50to

00:21:50go

00:21:51home

00:21:54I

00:21:54went

00:21:54like

00:21:54120

00:21:55the

00:21:55entire

00:21:56way

00:21:57I

00:21:57went

00:21:57to

00:21:58my

00:21:58mom's

00:21:58house

00:21:59woke

00:22:00her

00:22:00up

00:22:00at

00:22:004

00:22:01a.m.

00:22:02and

00:22:03she

00:22:03turned

00:22:04on the

00:22:04light

00:22:04and saw

00:22:04my face

00:22:05and we

00:22:05called

00:22:05the police

00:22:07the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

00:22:09was in charge of the investigation

00:22:11and Detective Potter was put on the case against Wade

00:22:21my name is detective Potter I'm with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

00:22:24the special victims unit one time in the car you said that's when he assaulted

00:22:30you what do you mean by assaulting you um he had sex with me without my consent

00:22:36explain that to me help me understand what you mean pulled my pants down and stuck it in without my

00:22:44consent to his penis right before he tied me up okay did he use a condom no did he say

00:22:52anything no okay and then he hit me in the face and he bit my cheek and he bit my

00:23:01ear

00:23:03did you feel like he was going to kill you did he mention it um do you think he has

00:23:07the

00:23:07ability to kill you yeah when he choked me it felt like he was going to kill me

00:23:12and he just kept threatening to

00:23:14stab me 30 times and throw me in a ditch so I thought he was going to do it

00:23:20when I went to the police I thought

00:23:22that

00:23:24I was

00:23:26doing the best thing

00:23:27and that I was going to get justice for what had happened to me

00:23:31I was happy to give them all this information and DNA and everything else

00:23:57cool

00:24:00all right brother

00:24:01all right yes sir

00:24:06have any police officials involved in this case

00:24:08coerced threatened or otherwise forced you to get me a statement

00:24:11no sir absolutely not

00:24:12are you making a statement of your own free will

00:24:14absolutely yes sir

00:24:15okay all right now

00:24:17but you know why you're here

00:24:18I do know why you're a suspect in the case

00:24:20sure

00:24:20because she had called and said you did some ugly thing

00:24:22I understand

00:24:23she's my victim

00:24:25I'm working for her

00:24:26you got to realize that

00:24:27um but I do have to give you the option to tell me

00:24:32hey I didn't kidnap I didn't rape and I didn't assault that woman

00:24:36yeah

00:24:36and I have to believe you

00:24:38yeah

00:24:39thank you

00:24:39see what I'm saying

00:24:40yeah

00:24:40um so with that said

00:24:43did you kidnap or did you take it to the keys to Key Largo against her will

00:24:49listen and let me just tell you to take the product like I need to say this like there's

00:24:52I've caused her no harm

00:24:54physically nothing dude

00:24:55I haven't done nothing

00:24:57ever in my ever since I've known her

00:25:00that's all I need to hear

00:25:01um you know that and I don't have

00:25:03you know what I'm saying

00:25:03she said he beats me

00:25:05he does this

00:25:05he does that

00:25:06you know

00:25:06and I'm like well

00:25:07I just don't know

00:25:08yeah

00:25:09I'm not doubting you man

00:25:11you're doing great

00:25:11I don't

00:25:12no you're doing great

00:25:13and you're a smart man

00:25:14you know

00:25:15you're on the right track

00:25:16but you know why we're here

00:25:19she wants this to go quick

00:25:21because this is an ulterior motive

00:25:23which sucks because she is my victim

00:25:25so I got to give her 100% of my abilities

00:25:28but I ain't putting the wrong man in jail

00:25:30I'll be damned if I do that

00:25:32that's all I want dude

00:25:34like I just want her to stop man

00:25:35please

00:25:36like that's all I need

00:25:37that'll never happen from this department

00:25:39so much

00:25:39like honestly thank you

00:25:40like

00:25:40none of our people are going to do that

00:25:42yeah thank you so much dude

00:25:47I did find out that eventually

00:25:48he did get a swab from Wade for DNA

00:25:51both sides get it good

00:25:52I mean

00:25:53both sides a few seconds okay

00:25:56and he asked if he would do

00:25:59a lie detector test

00:26:01Wade declined

00:26:03um

00:26:05and for whatever reason

00:26:06the detective was like

00:26:08okay that's fine

00:26:08if you know anybody

00:26:09that needs a personal trainer

00:26:10I'm a great one

00:26:13all right thank you

00:26:17he closed the case

00:26:19without getting the DNA back

00:26:21and just said

00:26:22I have no proof

00:26:25and

00:26:26this is just like a

00:26:27he said she said type of thing

00:26:29there was no witnesses

00:26:31I begged

00:26:32for him to not close the case

00:26:35and I was like

00:26:36you're a detective

00:26:36you're supposed to be protecting me

00:26:39from a young age

00:26:40you're taught to go to police

00:26:41when you need help

00:26:42and I did that

00:26:44and nothing was done

00:26:46I was failed as a victim

00:26:48and a sexual assault victim

00:26:58living in my sister's house

00:27:00it was going pretty good

00:27:02but like a week or so later

00:27:05my sister and I got into an argument

00:27:07and she told me that I had to leave

00:27:10and obviously Wade had to go with me

00:27:14but where I was going

00:27:16Wade couldn't go with me

00:27:19Wade told me he had a friend

00:27:22that he was going to go with

00:27:26after I moved

00:27:27we talked on the phone

00:27:29and we were messaging

00:27:30and everything

00:27:31and then

00:27:32I couldn't get a hold of him

00:27:34the phone was off

00:27:36the messages weren't going through

00:27:39and I just realized

00:27:40that he ghosted me

00:27:48one of my

00:27:49long time zoo friends

00:27:51had reached out to me

00:27:52and said that

00:27:53one of her friends

00:27:53was dating Wade

00:27:55and then she told me

00:27:56that it was a guy

00:27:58and I was like

00:27:59wait what

00:28:06I was in Inverness

00:28:08Florida working

00:28:09on a carnival

00:28:10when I first noticed

00:28:12a hot guy working

00:28:14at a pizza stand

00:28:27in 2019

00:28:28I was living in

00:28:30an RV

00:28:31traveling

00:28:33on a carnival

00:28:35I was working

00:28:36on a bungee jump

00:28:37at the carnival

00:28:39I saw this new guy

00:28:41that I'd never

00:28:42recognized before

00:28:43and I was like

00:28:44wow he's pretty good looking

00:28:46I just told my friend

00:28:47I was like

00:28:48I think that I'm

00:28:49going to give him

00:28:49my number

00:28:50so

00:28:51I wrote my number

00:28:53on a napkin

00:28:53and just left it there

00:28:54at the stand

00:28:55that he worked in

00:28:58and a couple days

00:28:59went by

00:29:00and I felt someone

00:29:01tap on my shoulder

00:29:02he just said

00:29:03I'm Wade

00:29:04and da da da da da

00:29:05and I was like

00:29:06okay cool

00:29:07I'm Christopher

00:29:09he's like

00:29:10I need that number

00:29:11again

00:29:11and I was like

00:29:11oh okay

00:29:12so

00:29:14and I just put it

00:29:15in his phone

00:29:19that night

00:29:20he messaged me

00:29:22and he's like

00:29:23so I just got in a fight

00:29:25with the girl

00:29:26that I'm with

00:29:27and she kicked me out

00:29:28and he's like

00:29:29I have nowhere to go

00:29:30I was just like

00:29:31yeah I have a couch

00:29:32I mean you can

00:29:33sleep on the couch

00:29:34or whatever

00:29:35and he's like

00:29:35well I don't want

00:29:36to sleep on the couch

00:29:37I'm like

00:29:38well you can sleep

00:29:38wherever you want

00:29:39I don't care

00:29:41I met Wade

00:29:42on like a Tuesday

00:29:43or Wednesday

00:29:44and then like

00:29:45maybe

00:29:47that following

00:29:48Sunday night

00:29:49Wade moved

00:29:50into my RV

00:29:55Wade said

00:29:55that he was straight

00:29:56when I met him

00:29:57but I was like

00:29:58it just seems

00:29:58a little sketchy

00:29:59like if you're straight

00:30:00you don't move

00:30:01into a guy's house

00:30:02with a guy

00:30:02and then want

00:30:03to sleep in his bed

00:30:06maybe like

00:30:07a week had went by

00:30:08and then we ended

00:30:09up going out

00:30:12and had some drinks

00:30:15and then I was

00:30:16feeling pretty good

00:30:16so then I think

00:30:17that was the first time

00:30:20usually after the first time

00:30:22like you sleep together

00:30:24either it goes well

00:30:25or it you never hear

00:30:27from that person again

00:30:28like that's just

00:30:29how it goes

00:30:29but then he still

00:30:31was living with me

00:30:32so

00:30:38two weeks after

00:30:39he'd moved in

00:30:41he had asked

00:30:42if I wanted to make

00:30:43it Facebook official

00:30:46I was very surprised

00:30:47because he was so

00:30:49skeptical about

00:30:50being with a guy

00:30:52and this was my first

00:30:54relationship with a guy

00:30:57we enjoyed being

00:30:58together

00:30:58we did a lot of

00:30:59stuff together

00:30:59we had fun

00:31:01and then after

00:31:02that was our last

00:31:03fair

00:31:05I was like

00:31:05well I'm gonna go home

00:31:07to my mom's house

00:31:07for a little bit

00:31:08and just park my trailer

00:31:10there so I can spend

00:31:11a little time with her

00:31:11before I figure out

00:31:13what I'm gonna do

00:31:14so we ended up

00:31:16doing that

00:31:18one night

00:31:19me, Wade, my mom

00:31:20and a few friends

00:31:21went out to a bar

00:31:22and they thought

00:31:24he was hot

00:31:25I mean obviously

00:31:26and they thought

00:31:27he was cool

00:31:28because he's a good

00:31:29smooth talker

00:31:29you know

00:31:33one night

00:31:34Wade was just like

00:31:35oh we should

00:31:35get some drugs

00:31:36then like have fun

00:31:38we just chill

00:31:38at the house

00:31:39and like

00:31:40and I was like

00:31:40okay cool

00:31:41I'll call up

00:31:41this dude

00:31:42that I used to know

00:31:44and this guy

00:31:45like I don't know

00:31:46what he gave us

00:31:47like ended up

00:31:48giving us like

00:31:49bath salts

00:31:49or something

00:31:52in the middle

00:31:53of the night

00:31:53Wade is flipping out

00:31:55and he's just like

00:31:56oh my god

00:31:57somebody's trying

00:31:57to break in the house

00:31:58someone's trying

00:31:58to break in the house

00:31:59I'm like

00:32:00nobody's trying

00:32:00to break in the house

00:32:01go to bed

00:32:02so then like

00:32:03a few hours later

00:32:05he ends up

00:32:05waking me up again

00:32:06well this time

00:32:07he's like standing

00:32:08over my bed

00:32:09with a knife

00:32:11Wade said

00:32:12if somebody breaks

00:32:13in the house

00:32:13I'm going to slit

00:32:14your throat

00:32:15before I slit theirs

00:32:16and I was like

00:32:17that pissed me off

00:32:18so then I ended up

00:32:19like getting up

00:32:19out of bed

00:32:20and like we got

00:32:20in a fight

00:32:24I pushed him

00:32:24and got crazy

00:32:25while he had a knife

00:32:26in his hand

00:32:27and so then

00:32:27he ended up

00:32:28like cutting my chest

00:32:29and he cut my hand

00:32:30for like four hours

00:32:32he wouldn't let me

00:32:32get up

00:32:33and I would try

00:32:34to get up

00:32:34and then he like

00:32:35literally was choking

00:32:36me

00:32:36it was crazy

00:32:38I had like

00:32:39these sliding glass

00:32:40doors in my RV

00:32:41like that covered

00:32:42my closet

00:32:42and he ended up

00:32:43like throwing me

00:32:44through there

00:32:45and then it broke

00:32:46the glass

00:32:47so then that ended

00:32:48up cutting me more

00:32:49now I'm like

00:32:50really bleeding

00:32:51and I was like

00:32:52oh my gosh

00:32:55then he ran

00:32:56out of the house

00:32:57so as soon as he

00:32:58like left

00:32:59I like locked

00:33:00my door

00:33:02my heart was beating

00:33:03so fast

00:33:04it was like forever

00:33:07after he stabbed me

00:33:09I didn't call the police

00:33:11unless someone's dead

00:33:12there's no reason

00:33:13to call the cops

00:33:15I ended up taking

00:33:17an Advil PM

00:33:18and I got under

00:33:19my kitchen table

00:33:19and I just slept

00:33:20under there

00:33:30I wake up

00:33:31like the next day

00:33:32to my sister

00:33:33like banging

00:33:34on my door

00:33:36Wade had ended up

00:33:37getting a hold

00:33:38of my sister

00:33:41my sister

00:33:41calmed the situation

00:33:43down and like

00:33:44he showed back up

00:33:45with blood all over him

00:33:47and apologized

00:33:49he seemed sincere

00:33:51and he sounded like

00:33:53he was sorry

00:33:54so

00:33:55I said after that

00:33:56if you're with me

00:33:58like there's no more

00:33:59drinking

00:33:59no more smoking

00:34:00like you're not even

00:34:01smoking cigarettes

00:34:02I don't care

00:34:10Wade had found

00:34:11this job on Indeed

00:34:12that sounded

00:34:13different and more

00:34:15interesting than

00:34:15what I had going on

00:34:19and then we moved

00:34:20to Key West

00:34:20like two days later

00:34:22he had lived

00:34:23down there prior

00:34:24so he seemed

00:34:25to have like

00:34:26a little familiarity

00:34:27with it

00:34:27but I didn't

00:34:29I would say

00:34:29maybe two weeks

00:34:30after we had

00:34:31arrived in the Keys

00:34:32I found out

00:34:34that Wade was like

00:34:35going around

00:34:35and telling people

00:34:36that we were cousins

00:34:39and I felt like

00:34:40Wade was embarrassed

00:34:42about our relationship

00:34:44and I didn't want

00:34:44to be in a relationship

00:34:46where I had to hide anything

00:34:50so I kicked him out

00:34:52then I just packed up

00:34:54and left

00:34:57I found out that Wade

00:34:59had been dating Chris

00:35:02and I wanted to reach out

00:35:04and warn Chris

00:35:05about everything

00:35:07he had told me

00:35:08that he had kicked

00:35:10Wade out recently

00:35:11and he had attempted

00:35:12to stab him

00:35:14he told me everything

00:35:15about how things

00:35:17had gone great

00:35:17in the beginning

00:35:18and then just went

00:35:19way south

00:35:20very fast

00:35:21just like with mine

00:35:23after that

00:35:25I started reaching out

00:35:26to all the people

00:35:26I could find

00:35:27that had dated Wade

00:35:30and that he had

00:35:31hurt

00:35:32and I started

00:35:34telling my story

00:35:34on Instagram

00:35:35and TikTok

00:35:36so this is my lip

00:35:37he busted my lip open

00:35:39these are the ligature marks

00:35:41on my hands

00:35:42this is the marks

00:35:44from being strangled

00:35:46posting videos

00:35:48about Wade

00:35:49and what he did

00:35:50to me

00:35:50and

00:35:51that other women

00:35:53and men

00:35:53should not hide

00:35:56and they should tell

00:35:57their story

00:35:58and if anyone

00:35:59ever needed

00:35:59someone to talk to

00:36:00they could message me

00:36:04Wade's biological father

00:36:05reached out to me

00:36:07I had no idea

00:36:08who he was

00:36:10he told me

00:36:11don't go back to him

00:36:13he's done this before

00:36:15and hearing that

00:36:16from his father

00:36:19really solidified

00:36:20that I

00:36:22cannot ever

00:36:23go back to this man

00:36:24which is part of

00:36:25the reason why

00:36:25I was so adamant

00:36:26about helping other people

00:36:27to stay away from him

00:36:37several months after

00:36:38I started posting

00:36:40on social media

00:36:41I got a message

00:36:42on Instagram

00:36:43from somebody

00:36:44saying that his friend

00:36:45Mila had started

00:36:46dating Wade

00:36:47and they needed help

00:36:49to get her away

00:36:50from him

00:36:51because he was

00:36:52already abusing her

00:36:57they sent me

00:36:58pictures of her

00:36:59covered in bruises

00:37:00like way worse

00:37:01than I was

00:37:03so they gave me

00:37:04her information

00:37:04and I reached out

00:37:05to her

00:37:06and she told me

00:37:07from the beginning

00:37:08he was putting

00:37:08his hands on her

00:37:09but she loved him

00:37:11and she wanted

00:37:11to try to make it work

00:37:14seeing how he

00:37:16was

00:37:17so easily

00:37:18able to do

00:37:19what he did

00:37:19to me

00:37:20and to Chris

00:37:21and to Mila

00:37:22and to everybody else

00:37:23I knew it was

00:37:24going to escalate

00:37:26I was begging Mila

00:37:27to leave him

00:37:30I told her

00:37:31everything that he

00:37:31did to me

00:37:33and I was like

00:37:34please get away

00:37:35from this man

00:37:35he's going to kill you

00:37:45911 what is your emergency?

00:37:48There's a man

00:37:48grabbing a woman

00:37:49in our parking lot

00:37:50she's yelling no no

00:37:52and she's on the ground

00:37:55there's a man here

00:37:56appears to be

00:37:57a possible woman

00:37:59male, female

00:38:00fighting in the parking lot

00:38:01we do have a call

00:38:02and we have officers

00:38:02en route sir

00:38:08the Fort Myers Police Department

00:38:10responded to Mila Spa

00:38:12for a domestic violence fight

00:38:14where witnesses

00:38:15had told

00:38:16the Fort Myers Police officers

00:38:18that Wade Wilson

00:38:19had punched her in the face

00:38:21what's his name?

00:38:22Wade Wilson

00:38:23he just got out of jail

00:38:26when he left

00:38:27he hit the bar

00:38:27at Buddha

00:38:28like a nice picture

00:38:28this guy's a nightmare

00:38:31like

00:38:32she spent the night

00:38:33at my house

00:38:34because there was

00:38:35he took her car

00:38:36so

00:38:37she spent the night

00:38:38at my house

00:38:39on the sofa

00:38:39and

00:38:40he was calling her up

00:38:41you're not at

00:38:42his house

00:38:43you're not at

00:38:43he's a fucking liar

00:38:44I'm like

00:38:45she is bro

00:38:46she's right here

00:38:47on my bed

00:38:48because

00:38:48you took her car

00:38:49and won't give it back

00:38:50now he has her car

00:38:51keys to her freaking place

00:38:52didn't give any of that back

00:38:53I'm like

00:38:54Mila

00:38:54I gotta get rid of this

00:38:55fucking guy

00:38:57when they responded there

00:38:58Melissa Montanez

00:38:59gave a vehicle description

00:39:01of the car

00:39:02that Wade was driving

00:39:05Wade Wilson

00:39:06was supposed to come

00:39:07to her spa

00:39:08and bring her back

00:39:09her car

00:39:10that he had taken

00:39:11the night before

00:39:11and instead of

00:39:12showing up in her car

00:39:14he showed up

00:39:15in a car

00:39:16that she did not recognize

00:39:17black Nissan Versa

00:39:19white male

00:39:19no shirt

00:39:20covered in tattoos

00:39:22he's at Joe's

00:39:24they end up locating

00:39:26the car

00:39:26with Wade Wilson

00:39:28in it

00:39:28at a Joe's Crab Shack

00:39:30just sitting in the

00:39:31parking lot

00:39:36now for one

00:39:37you're going to need

00:39:38a couple more units

00:39:48how you doing

00:39:50what's going on man

00:39:53you're waiting on your

00:39:54girlfriend

00:39:55oh okay

00:39:56that's no problem

00:39:57no I got a call

00:39:59somebody was sitting

00:39:59in their car and everything like that.

00:40:01Oh, definitely not.

00:40:02Oh, we don't need a spot, she's trying to.

00:40:04Oh, OK, she's on her way now.

00:40:06Yes, we don't need a spot right now.

00:40:08Mm-hmm.

00:40:10OK.

00:40:12I'm going to have you step out of the car,

00:40:14and I'm going to detain you.

00:40:17Not arrest.

00:40:19Detain you right now.

00:40:20What happened?

00:40:21Hm?

00:40:22Because of the battery this morning.

00:40:26There wasn't any battery?

00:40:29OK.

00:40:32Give me the, let me see the keys to the car.

00:40:34I need a very good car.

00:40:37Wade?

00:40:38Sir, I need a little lucky.

00:40:40Right now, L41, let's go ahead.

00:40:42Let me get some keys to the battery.

00:40:46All right, please.

00:40:47Just wait till my partner gets here.

00:40:52L41, going to need a couple more units.

00:40:54Don't go anywhere.

00:40:56Hey.

00:40:59Alpha 80, we're out, we're in there.

00:41:02He's taking off four miles.

00:41:04Just ran a stop sign.

00:41:07We're going up towards McGregor.

00:41:09Do we have, like, an address of where this guy lives

00:41:11or anything?

00:41:14Negative, sir.

00:41:14We don't even know who that car belongs to.

00:41:18I'm off of him.

00:41:20He's signal 12.

00:41:21It's only battery charge.

00:41:27When Wade Wilson took off from the scene,

00:41:30there was a very brief pursuit before that was terminated.

00:41:34Wade Wilson was only being investigated

00:41:36by the Fort Myers Police Department at that time

00:41:39for a misdemeanor battery charge.

00:41:43Pursuing someone endangering the lives of the public

00:41:47for a misdemeanor battery charge is not something

00:41:49that any agency would do.

00:41:57We know that Wade went to Joe's Crab Shack,

00:42:01and then he left there and then went back over the bridge,

00:42:06back over into the Cape, and went to Mateo's Graphics,

00:42:09where Wade had approached Joshua Lukic seeking to get help

00:42:13just to get out of town as quickly as he possibly could.

00:42:20911, what is your emergency?

00:42:23I have a very unstable man that's at my office.

00:42:31He's got tattoos.

00:42:32He's shirtless.

00:42:34He said he just hurt a girl.

00:42:37His name was Wade.

00:42:39Wade, yeah, I don't know his last name,

00:42:41but I know his name's Wade.

00:42:43He's just a cordial friend of a friend associate,

00:42:46and he just did something bad, I guess,

00:42:49and is running from somebody,

00:42:50but I need to get him out of my place.

00:42:53All right, I just left.

00:42:54I'm right around the block.

00:42:55I don't feel safe with this guy there.

00:42:57He won't leave.

00:42:59When the Cape Corp Police Department arrived

00:43:02to meet with Josh Lukic, officers tried

00:43:05to locate Wade inside the business,

00:43:07but he had fled the area on foot.

00:43:10Cape Coral at that point wasn't even aware

00:43:13of what had happened at Mila Spa in Fort Myers.

00:43:17There would have not been any communication or knowledge

00:43:20between the two agencies.

00:43:22Detectives began investigating the vehicle

00:43:24that was located there at the business.

00:43:27They determined that it belonged to a young lady

00:43:29by the name of Christine Melton.

00:43:32Christine Melton was then placed on their radar,

00:43:34and they began to try to locate Miss Melton.

00:43:38They began running the driver's license information for her,

00:43:43determining who the emergency contact was,

00:43:44which happened to have been a young lady

00:43:46by the name of Stephanie Johnson.

00:43:48They reached out to Miss Johnson.

00:43:50Miss Johnson had told them that the night before,

00:43:53she and Christine Melton met Wade Wilson at the Buddha,

00:43:57which is a local establishment here in Fort Myers.

00:44:02They were in the process of closing down the Buddha.

00:44:05It was about 2 o'clock in the morning,

00:44:06but yet they didn't want to stop partying.

00:44:11So they decided to move over to Miss Melton's residence.

00:44:16Stephanie had to get her child to school,

00:44:18so she left Christine alone with Wade Wilson

00:44:22at that point in time.

00:44:26The Cape Coral Police Department had responded

00:44:28to Christine Melton's home in South Cape Coral.

00:44:32When law enforcement arrived, they knocked at the residence.

00:44:35They didn't receive a response,

00:44:37so they ultimately wound up breaching the door.

00:44:41When officers went inside,

00:44:43they had located Christine Melton,

00:44:46wrapped up in some blankets and a carpet.

00:44:49Christine Melton was choked to death.

00:44:52Right about that same time,

00:44:54we received a call from the Fort Myers Police Department.

00:44:59They had been investigating the domestic incident

00:45:03with Melissa Montanez and Wade Wilson fleeing the scene

00:45:07in Christine Melton's car.

00:45:09The homicide of Christine Melton

00:45:11and the domestic violence incident with Melissa Montanez

00:45:15happened right on the border between the two cities.

00:45:18We are working two investigations

00:45:21that are separate from each other

00:45:23at the same time with the same suspect.

00:45:26The search was on, at that point, to find Wade Wilson.

00:45:33In 2019, I was working for the Cape Coral Police Department

00:45:36as a detective.

00:45:39When we found out that Mila was the girlfriend

00:45:41of our current suspect, then that's when they requested,

00:45:46hey, Detective Mila, go to the Fort Myers Police Department,

00:45:50go speak with Mila, see what information you can get from her.

00:45:53Most importantly, a location for Wade Wilson at the time,

00:45:57and what relationship Wade Wilson had with Ms. Christine Melton.

00:46:07How do you know Wade? How long have you known?

00:46:10Boyfriend, six months.

00:46:11Boyfriend, six months.

00:46:14He's been in jail, incarcerated three and a half of this.

00:46:17He beat me up, and I put him in jail here.

00:46:20And then when he had a charge on West Palm

00:46:22for second-degree felony stolen property,

00:46:29they released him, and then me, stupid enough,

00:46:31went down five days ago and got him.

00:46:34There's a gang of exes that keep saying,

00:46:36Mila, don't go back, Mila, don't go back.

00:46:38Exes of his?

00:46:39Yeah. Kelly was friends with Chris,

00:46:40and, like, it's just, like, all these people

00:46:42that link up together and just share information.

00:46:45Everybody told me that this would happen.

00:46:49I have a busted mouth, so I'm talking funny.

00:46:51Yeah, he busted it this morning. It's okay.

00:46:54He punches me as hard as he can right here,

00:46:57like, in the face.

00:46:59And somehow, when he punched like that,

00:47:01I was able to kind of, like, maneuver around the back and run.

00:47:05And that's how I got away.

00:47:06And then he jumped in the car and left.

00:47:09You haven't seen him, though, since then?

00:47:12Okay.

00:47:13Now, let's rewind.

00:47:14Okay.

00:47:23Last night, we went to Buda, roughly 11-ish.

00:47:28What happened there?

00:47:29We order a few beers.

00:47:31Well, he's wandering around talking to people.

00:47:33You know, he's very social.

00:47:34And then I pretty much sit at the table watching the band.

00:47:39And, yeah, we just hang with friends and stuff like that.

00:47:41And then that's when he wanted to go get drugs

00:47:45at the drug house or something.

00:47:47And I said, no, I don't want to go to a drug house, you know?

00:47:50I guess he knew that I wasn't going to do that.

00:47:52He took the keys.

00:47:52And then I see the Hellcat drive off.

00:47:55He leaves the Buddha in your car by himself.

00:47:58No.

00:47:59He can't drive a stick shift.

00:48:00So we had somebody else with him.

00:48:02Who?

00:48:03I don't know.

00:48:04I don't know.

00:48:05I feel like it was a car full of people.

00:48:08And in the morning, he was blowing up my phone.

00:48:10And he told me that the Hellcat ran out of gas somewhere.

00:48:13So I said, okay, let me come get the keys.

00:48:17So I said, meet me at the spa.

00:48:20He pulls in a black car.

00:48:21I'm wondering whose car it is.

00:48:23Were you ever inside that car?

00:48:25No, I was not getting that car.

00:48:27I would have died if I would have gotten that car.

00:48:30Speaking with Mila, we were able to put Wade Wilson at the Buddha

00:48:34the same night as Miss Melton.

00:48:38And we were able to connect the charges for the battery domestic violence

00:48:43with the homicide investigation.

00:48:46I'm going to be straight up and honest with you.

00:48:48We do have a body.

00:48:50Oh my God, stop it.

00:48:52This is a homicide.

00:48:53Are you really serious?

00:48:55Did you see him talking to any females at the club last night?

00:48:58No.

00:48:58At the Buddha?

00:48:59Was he talking just to random people all over the place?

00:49:02Guys, he's very social.

00:49:05If I wouldn't have went and got him, this would have never happened.

00:49:09You can't blame me.

00:49:15I wish I would have just left him down there.

00:49:18While speaking with Mila, I asked her if I could see her phone.

00:49:22And I noticed that he had called her several times throughout the day of October 7th

00:49:28from different numbers.

00:49:33When we recovered the black Nissan belonging to Christine Melton,

00:49:37we ended up serving a search warrant on the vehicle.

00:49:42And we did locate two cell phones inside of this black Nissan.

00:49:48When we recover the phones, we are not able to just turn on cell phones and see who they belong

00:49:55to

00:49:55and start rummaging through them.

00:49:56To be able to go inside someone's cell phone requires a search warrant, and that takes time.

00:50:03And in a situation like this, time is important.

00:50:06So I was really playing a waiting game.

00:50:10While we were working on the Christine Melton case that first day,

00:50:14where we get another case,

00:50:16we had received a call at the Cape Coral Police Department about a found purse and possible missing woman.

00:50:22A police officer at a local elementary school had a parent come into the school

00:50:30and say, hey, I found this purse out in front of the school by the sidewalk.

00:50:35He looks in the wallet, gets the name and the address,

00:50:39and realizes that the owner of the purse, Diane Ruiz, lives just a couple of streets behind his school.

00:50:46The officer went to return the purse, and when he got to the home,

00:50:52he learned that Diane Ruiz was not there.

00:50:55Her son told our school resource officer that my mom is supposed to be at work.

00:51:07911, what is your emergency?

00:51:09I would like to file a missing person support.

00:51:12Okay, what's exactly going on, sir?

00:51:14Well, um, she was walking to work and never made it to work.

00:51:21Her purse was found, and she is nowhere to be found.

00:51:26Okay, and who is that to you?

00:51:28That is my fiancée.

00:51:30Does she have a phone?

00:51:33Yes, her phone is not in her purse that they found.

00:51:37In Diane's case, knowing that her cell phone was turned off and that she was not responding to any messages,

00:51:43I really wanted to get a hold of her cell phone records quickly.

00:51:47When I was speaking with another detective, she said,

00:51:50you know, Nick, what do you think the chances are that these two cases are related?

00:51:56And at that time, I said, I don't know, we're on opposite ends of the city.

00:52:01Nothing so far has said that Diane Ruiz or Christine Melton knew each other,

00:52:07and we could not come up with a connection between the two women.

00:52:12All at the same time, there's still a big piece of the Christine Melton case missing.

00:52:18Our suspect is still on the loose.

00:52:21We knew the general area that he was last in when he was at Mateo Graphics.

00:52:27That neighborhood was searched extensively,

00:52:31and we had hoped that he was still in that general area.

00:52:41All of a sudden, that night on October 7th, we get a big break.

00:52:46We received a call from Wade Wilson's dad,

00:52:51giving us a location of a house that he was hiding inside of in Cape Coral

00:52:55that was right down the street from Mateo Graphics.

00:53:00I said, what's going on?

00:53:02So he goes, you want me to tell you the truth?

00:53:05And I said, yeah.

00:53:06He said, I killed a girl last night.

00:53:10And I said, what?

00:53:13And he said, two.

00:53:15And he said, I choked the bitch.

00:53:18He said, Dad, I'm a killer.

00:53:21I'm a killer, and I kill with my bare hands.

00:53:25He said, they'll find the first one.

00:53:26I know that, you know.

00:53:28He went in detail what he did, and he laughed,

00:53:31and he thought it was funny.

00:53:36And I said, where are you?

00:53:38He said, I got away.

00:53:41I found a house.

00:53:43Wade Wilson broke into a home nearby in Northeast Cape Coral.

00:53:49Luckily, the couple that was living there had left the day before

00:53:52and went back to Ohio.

00:53:54Wade Wilson helped himself to some White Claws, food, and clothing.

00:54:00During that time, he ended up calling his biological father.

00:54:05We found out that his dad didn't have much of a connection with Wade

00:54:10until he had reconnected when he was 18 years old

00:54:13and had started asking his parents for money.

00:54:19Wade had asked him whether or not he would assist him in getting out of town.

00:54:23The dad put out a ruse to indicate that, yeah, he would get him an Uber,

00:54:27but he needed to know what the address was, where he was located.

00:54:31So at that point in time, the father let Cape Coral Police Department

00:54:35know where Wade Wilson was.

00:54:41When the task force got there, they then invited Mr. Wilson to come out,

00:54:45and that's how he was ultimately located and ultimately arrested.

00:54:50All right, man, listen, I'm a nice guy, okay?

00:54:53That's good.

00:54:54All right, good.

00:54:56So, all right, I'm going to take, I'm going to put some new handcuffs on you.

00:54:59If you want anything stupid, I'm going to slam you on your face.

00:55:02I'm going to slam you in my face if you want to.

00:55:04I don't care, I'm not going to do nothing.

00:55:05All right, but you don't have to threaten me.

00:55:06That's the fucking car, man.

00:55:07Spread your feet, kick your feet.

00:55:08Fuck you.

00:55:10Fuck you, man.

00:55:18What's your name?

00:55:21I got a phone call from his dad saying,

00:55:26I'm on the other line with the marshals,

00:55:29and they have Wade surrounded, and he murdered two women.

00:55:35This way.

00:55:36Of course, I was like, are you serious?

00:55:39But deep down, I wasn't shocked at all.

00:55:43I knew that that's what he was capable of.

00:55:45This is the second door here.

00:55:48After Wade Wilson was placed under arrest,

00:55:50the first interview with him went very quickly.

00:55:53Suck my dick, cracker.

00:55:55How about that?

00:55:56I'll see you in track.

00:55:57He did not admit to knowing Christine Melton,

00:56:00did not admit to having anything to do

00:56:03with the homicide of Christine Melton.

00:56:06The next morning, an email came from Diane's cell phone carrier.

00:56:11At that point, I now have her cell phone records,

00:56:15and I'm looking at the last calls or text messages

00:56:19that were made or came through.

00:56:21And when I had looked at the phone number,

00:56:24immediately my heart sank because I recognized the phone number

00:56:28that was being dialed belonging to the girlfriend of Wade Wilson.

00:56:33Wade Wilson was calling his girlfriend, Mila,

00:56:37from Diane Ruiz's phone.

00:56:39At that point, I knew that the Christine Melton case

00:56:43and the Diane Ruiz case were connected.

00:56:45So at this point, my strategy changes.

00:56:48I go from working a missing person case

00:56:51to working a possible homicide.

00:56:57A painful night for Southwest Florida family.

00:57:00Their loved one is missing.

00:57:01Diane Ruiz disappeared yesterday morning on her way to work.

00:57:05Her purse found nearby.

00:57:06This torture is just sitting back here and just waiting.

00:57:09It's killing us.

00:57:11It really is killing us.

00:57:13Brandon Cuellar and his family are still reeling

00:57:16from the sudden disappearance of his mother.

00:57:18I want my mother to come home.

00:57:19That's my mother.

00:57:22After getting the phone records,

00:57:24I was able to go into the elementary school

00:57:27and take a look at the surveillance video

00:57:29from the time where the purse was dropped off.

00:57:33And now I see Christine Melton's car

00:57:36in the same spot where Diane Ruiz's purse was located.

00:57:41I also obtained GPS and longitude-latitude coordinates

00:57:46for every spot that her phone was pinging.

00:57:51Diane's phone had traveled a lot within her neighborhood

00:57:55and then had traveled west on Pine Island Road.

00:58:00Pine Island Road is a lot of vacant lots,

00:58:05a lot of trees, bushes, wooded areas

00:58:08that you could potentially hide a body if you wanted to.

00:58:14I had believed that Diane Ruiz's body was somewhere

00:58:18located along Pine Island Road.

00:58:21We had canines out searching for her.

00:58:24We had side-by-side ATVs out looking for her,

00:58:28squad cars, you name it, everybody was out looking.

00:58:41Within, I would say, about two and a half days of searching,

00:58:44Wade Wilson's dad had another conversation with him

00:58:48while he was in the Lee County Jail.

00:58:59What's up, Dad?

00:59:00What's up, boy?

00:59:01Hey, man, how you doing?

00:59:02I'm all right.

00:59:03You okay?

00:59:04Yeah, not really.

00:59:05I found out how they found me.

00:59:07What?

00:59:07They said you.

00:59:08They said they found me because of you.

00:59:09What'd they say?

00:59:10They said you called them.

00:59:12Yeah.

00:59:12Did you?

00:59:13What do you think?

00:59:14Yeah.

00:59:15Yeah.

00:59:16All right.

00:59:17How do you feel about that?

00:59:18Yeah.

00:59:20Yeah.

00:59:21I do too.

00:59:22Yeah.

00:59:23Do you understand that?

00:59:25No.

00:59:25Why?

00:59:26Because why would you want me here?

00:59:28You know I'm going to be here.

00:59:29Wade, son, listen to me.

00:59:30I love you more than anything on this fucking earth.

00:59:33Yeah.

00:59:34And I'm going to be honest with you, son.

00:59:42You broke my heart.

00:59:44Yeah.

00:59:44When I say that to you, I don't mean that to make you feel like shit.

00:59:49But I say that to you because, you know, you came from me.

00:59:55Yeah.

00:59:55And the pain that you have caused, son, I can't even describe to you.

01:00:01Yeah.

01:00:02It's something that'll never be forgotten.

01:00:06But listen to me, son.

01:00:08Yeah.

01:00:08We gotta fix it.

01:00:09Well, how do you want me to fix it?

01:00:11Yeah.

01:00:11I'm here to help you fix it.

01:00:13Yeah.

01:00:13Because I'm going to tell you why we gotta fix it.

01:00:15Three reasons.

01:00:18Yeah.

01:00:18That 15-year-old boy that's missing his fucking mom right now.

01:00:22Yeah.

01:00:23Who is about to fucking lose his shit because he's waiting on his fucking mom to walk back

01:00:27in that door.

01:00:28Yeah.

01:00:29We gotta fix it.

01:00:31That fiancé who's waiting on his fucking wife to come home.

01:00:35We gotta fix it.

01:00:37Yeah.

01:00:37And the only way, Wade, that you are going to get any fucking leniency is to fix this shit.

01:00:43Okay?

01:00:44Everybody in the state thinks you're a monster.

01:00:47Yeah, I know.

01:00:48So, yes, yes, you did some monster shit.

01:00:51Yeah.

01:00:52But you know what?

01:00:53You can show them that you have remorse and you fixed it, son.

01:00:57Did they put the story on the news and anything?

01:00:59Yeah.

01:01:00Yeah?

01:01:00Yeah.

01:01:01So what do you want me to do?

01:01:02I mean, when?

01:01:03We gotta, we gotta, we gotta, we gotta, we gotta send that lady home to her family, son.

01:01:10Alright, Dad.

01:01:11Okay?

01:01:11Right.

01:01:11She decided to go home to her family as painful as it's gonna be for those people.

01:01:16Yeah.

01:01:16Not knowing is harder for them.

01:01:19Yeah.

01:01:20And that little boy's been on that fucking news.

01:01:23Yeah.

01:01:23Just crying for his mama's son.

01:01:25Are you kidding me?

01:01:25No, dude.

01:01:26I'm not fucking kidding you, Wade.

01:01:27It's, it's fucking heartbreaking.

01:01:29Yeah.

01:01:30Okay?

01:01:30And this is what I don't understand.

01:01:32You know, and I don't, whatever.

01:01:34Was that, was that just rising to his brother?

01:01:37Yeah.

01:01:38Yeah, I knew it.

01:01:39I knew it was.

01:01:40Yes.

01:01:40And just, you know, you lost your goddamn mind.

01:01:44Yeah.

01:01:45Yeah.

01:01:45Okay?

01:01:46And my biggest fear was that you were gonna lose it and go on a rampage.

01:01:51And I just about did.

01:01:53That's what I was doing.

01:01:54I know.

01:01:54I know you were heading there.

01:01:55Yeah, I was.

01:01:56Okay.

01:01:56I was gonna do more.

01:01:57I know.

01:01:58How'd you know?

01:01:59That's crazy you said that.

01:02:00You were right.

01:02:01You were right.

01:02:02You were right.

01:02:02I knew what you were going to do.

01:02:03Yeah.

01:02:04That's why I went, that's why after the first one I said, okay, number two, then number three.

01:02:08Right.

01:02:08Yeah.

01:02:09Yes.

01:02:09And you know what's crazy, son?

01:02:11What's that?

01:02:12Is the people's house that you went in.

01:02:14Yeah.

01:02:14They just left.

01:02:16No.

01:02:17They fucking just left.

01:02:18Just left.

01:02:19You're kidding me.

01:02:20No, I'm not kidding.

01:02:21Yeah, I believe it.

01:02:21Everybody would have happened when you went in that fucking house.

01:02:23Oh, everybody.

01:02:25Right.

01:02:25Everybody.

01:02:26Okay.

01:02:29October the 10th was now the third day that we were looking for Diane Ruiz.

01:02:37All of the officers at our police department were still searching the Pine Island corridor.

01:02:45Two of our officers had taken a break from searching and they were having lunch in a vacant field.

01:02:56While they were having lunch, one of our officers noticed a buzzard in the sky in the area.

01:03:07The buzzard ended up landing in a vacant field next to some pepper bushes.

01:03:14Buzzards are attracted to decomposing flesh.

01:03:19So the officer went into the pepper bushes in this vacant lot.

01:03:26And that's where he had located the body of Diane Ruiz.

01:03:36When the medical examiner had responded to the scene, Diane Ruiz had some marks on her body that looked like

01:03:44tire marks.

01:03:46However, it was really hard to tell from the naked eye any cause of death.

01:03:53While we were on scene, I get a phone call saying, hey, Wade Wilson wants to talk to you.

01:04:11He wanted to trade a body for a meal, but Wade Wilson has no idea that we just located the

01:04:22body of Diane Ruiz.

01:04:24So do you want me to tell you what happened on the truth?

01:04:26Yeah.

01:04:27Sure.

01:04:28All right.

01:04:31The truth is, I was just randomly driving.

01:04:34I saw her walking down the road.

01:04:37At the window driving, I said, hey, do you know where the high school is?

01:04:40Where are the schools at?

01:04:41Could you show me?

01:04:42She got it in my car.

01:04:44That's all it's up.

01:04:46Got her in my car.

01:04:47And then from there, we drove from school and I was going to drop her off.

01:04:51But I knew in my mind I was going to drop her off.

01:04:54She really wanted to get out of the car.

01:04:56At this point, I could tell she was getting, I could sense your fear.

01:04:59I'm like, fuck her mind.

01:05:00I'm like, but you're the prey.

01:05:02I can sense it.

01:05:04And she wanted to get out.

01:05:06And I could just tell.

01:05:07So I was like, no, I'm just going to go ahead and just kill her real quick.

01:05:15Grabbed my neck and choked her.

01:05:18She was about to do this for sure.

01:05:20Give her that.

01:05:23And I brought her to her.

01:05:24I'm going to show you guys where she's at.

01:05:25And she was still alive.

01:05:28And pushed her out of the park.

01:05:30And she tried to get out of her random vehicle.

01:05:33So she was not moving anymore.

01:05:39She was still alive.

01:05:40She was still alive.

01:05:41She was still alive.

01:05:44She was still alive.

01:05:44While talking with him, he's got really dark eyes.

01:05:48It's almost like that there was just like nothing there.

01:05:51There was no remorse.

01:05:52No empathy.

01:05:55That's what I did with mine, you know.

01:05:57I used my charm.

01:05:58I used my good looks.

01:05:59That's what I did with the first girl.

01:06:01And that's how I got her in her bed.

01:06:03And then look what happened to her.

01:06:04Same story.

01:06:05Same story with this.

01:06:07I just used my looks.

01:06:09Well, since you brought her out, let me ask you about that then.

01:06:12First girl, how'd that all happen?

01:06:15I met her at the park.

01:06:17Okay.

01:06:18Went up to her, died.

01:06:20Just like that?

01:06:21Got several bullets.

01:06:24Me, the girl and her friend went back to her house.

01:06:27Where she just found out.

01:06:29After like 20 minutes to meet at the house, her friend left.

01:06:33Okay.

01:06:33And then I killed her.

01:06:36And then I killed her.

01:06:36How'd you kill her?

01:06:37Oh, strangulation.

01:06:41And then where'd you go?

01:06:42Then I got in the car.

01:06:44I went to my girl's first.

01:06:46That didn't work out right.

01:06:47And I was like, you know what?

01:06:49I've already done it once, man.

01:06:50I'll do it again.

01:06:52Randomly driving around.

01:06:53Randomly saw that girl walking.

01:06:56And I was like, that's the one.

01:07:00I'm so crazy when I'm on drugs that the rage overcomes me.

01:07:04Am I thinking properly?

01:07:06And I just, I guess, you know what comes across my mind?

01:07:09Just murder.

01:07:10Just murder.

01:07:11Murder.

01:07:11Just kill, kill, kill.

01:07:14Are we going to go?

01:07:15You're going to take me to make this.

01:07:16I'll show you the body.

01:07:17Yeah.

01:07:18You're going to make some fresh rice.

01:07:19Yeah.

01:07:20Let's go get this body.

01:07:21Come on.

01:07:22It's going to get dark.

01:07:23Hold on, man.

01:07:23I'm hungry.

01:07:25The fact that we had already located Diane, there was no reason for me to take him out of jail.

01:07:32Cape Coral police tonight are confirming they consider Wade Wilson, who's in custody, seen here in a court appearance yesterday,

01:07:38a person of interest in the deaths of both these women.

01:07:42I started watching the news and my heart dropped.

01:07:47Like, it had to have been someone else.

01:07:50It can't be him.

01:07:51Like, he's not that type of person.

01:07:54Like, yeah, he's, he cheats, but he's not a murderer.

01:07:58Confirming they consider Wade Wilson.

01:08:00I turn on the news and, like, it's literally Wade on the news.

01:08:04Like, Lee County murder.

01:08:07I was like, oh, my gosh.

01:08:10But looking back, the night Wade stabbed me could have ended up very differently.

01:08:14I could have been dead.

01:08:19A couple of months later, we were able to get DNA confirmation for both Diane Ruiz and Christine Melton.

01:08:26Wade Wilson's DNA was recovered from both crime scenes.

01:08:32And we were able to confirm that Wade Wilson sexually assaulted Diane Ruiz after he killed her.

01:08:42Grand jury officially indicted Wade Wilson on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Ruiz and another

01:08:48woman, Christine Melton.

01:08:50Both women were killed within hours of each other in Cape Coral last month.

01:08:54These two women were preyed upon by the defendant, and their murders impacted their families and shook our community.

01:09:04The grand jury indictment comes out, and the public is very interested in this case.

01:09:09The media attention grew and grew and grew over time.

01:09:14This is not what we're used to, this type of just absolute random violence.

01:09:20Some people made a little bit of a weird connection between Wade Wilson and Cape Coral and Wade Wilson, the

01:09:27antihero, also known as Deadpool.

01:09:30Some people were calling him the Deadpool killer, using it in headlines, saying the Deadpool killer is going to trial.

01:09:37Any time we would have court, he'd be on the news and people would see his face.

01:09:41And so women started writing him. Women started reaching out to him.

01:09:46I did a public records request for Wade Wilson's visitor log.

01:09:51There were hundreds of kiosk calls from women.

01:09:56Thank you for using GTL.

01:09:59Hi, baby.

01:10:00Hi, baby.

01:10:05What's up, baby?

01:10:07What's up?

01:10:08Hey.

01:10:11Baby, what are you going to be wearing tomorrow?

01:10:13Maybe not for him.

01:10:18Well, maybe that sounds like a good idea.

01:10:22During the time period up to the trial, Wade Wilson is changing his appearance while he's in jail, including adding

01:10:30tattoos on his face and head, such as a swastika.

01:10:35This grabs media attention, of course, and it just caused a media sensation.

01:10:40Wade Wilson.

01:10:41Wade Wilson.

01:10:42Wade Wilson.

01:10:43Wade Wilson's receiving an interesting number of messages from the outside.

01:10:463,903 messages since June 12th of this year.

01:10:51Say my name, spell it out, syrup it up like a lemonade, sweet and sour, make it bust it.

01:10:57He ate it up. He loved it.

01:10:59Every time he'd come to court, he'd look behind and see who was there watching him.

01:11:05He gained a following from all over the world that went on email writing campaigns for him and started GoFundMe

01:11:15pages for him.

01:11:17And he started collecting money basically for brutally killing two young women.

01:11:34The attention was very upsetting to the families.

01:11:39To just think that women could be attracted to and giving attention to this man that really was a monster

01:11:46and who upended their lives.

01:11:48That was a really difficult thing to deal with.

01:11:59I think one thing about this case that stands out is how justice can't be served without people that are

01:12:08willing to come in and testify.

01:12:09You know someone by the name of Wade Wilson?

01:12:11Yes, ma'am.

01:12:12How do you know Wade Wilson?

01:12:13He's my son.

01:12:15How old were you when you found out you were going to be his father?

01:12:1914 or 15.

01:12:21How old was his mother at the time?

01:12:22A year younger than me.

01:12:24Was he placed up for adoption?

01:12:26Yes, ma'am.

01:12:28Christine Melton was my best friend and my cousin until October 7th, 2019.

01:12:35Did you have any contact with her after you left for work that day?

01:12:38Um, a brief text message.

01:12:41Um, she, uh, she, uh, she, uh, she didn't think I'd give her a kiss goodbye.

01:13:00Had you?

01:13:01Of course.

01:13:05This was certainly a group effort of, of people in the community willing to come in and testify against someone

01:13:12who was so dangerous.

01:13:13And because of that, we were able to do what we did.

01:13:15We, the jury, find that the defendant is guilty of first-degree murder.

01:13:21There are certain people who I, I'll say it, they are poster children for the death penalty.

01:13:27And Wade Wilson is one of them.

01:13:29So, our goal from the minute we knew what he had done to these two women was to receive a

01:13:37death penalty sentence.

01:13:40He killed for the sake of killing.

01:13:42That's what he wanted to do and that's why he did it.

01:13:45I don't think there was any ounce of remorse whatsoever.

01:13:47The totality of the circumstances warrants that the defendant, Wade Steven Wilson, be sentenced to death for each count of

01:13:54first-degree murder.

01:13:55Count one, first-degree murder of Christine Melton.

01:13:58The defendant is hereby sentenced to death.

01:14:01Count four, first-degree murder of Diane Ruiz.

01:14:03The defendant is hereby sentenced to death.

01:14:09When I heard that he got the death penalty, all I could think of was if the Palm Beach County

01:14:15sheriffs had done their job, these two women would probably still be here.

01:14:22So, I filed a complaint against the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for not thoroughly investigating my sexual assault.

01:14:31The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office did do an internal affairs investigation.

01:14:35At the end of the report, they did find that Detective Potter did not do a thorough investigation on the

01:14:41sexual assault of Kelly Matthews.

01:14:44Detective Potter was supposed to be suspended for three weeks, but he ended up only being suspended for two weeks.

01:14:50The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

01:15:10Wade ruined my trust in the dating world, but he didn't ruin my life. I have a great life.

01:15:19Assault is, like, such a dirty thing that no one wants to talk about it, and I refused to be

01:15:29one of those people.

01:15:31I'm not a victim. I'm a survivor, and I will always advocate for people that have gone through this and

01:15:38want to share their story.

01:15:40And if they're too afraid to, you know, they can always reach out to me and I'll help them.

01:15:46They shouldn't hide from this kind of stuff.

01:16:06I'm not a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm

01:16:06a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim. I'm a victim.

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