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Accused double murderer allowed to cover swastika and skeleton face tattoos with makeup
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0:32Now PlayingAn accused double murderer facing the death penalty in Florida has won the right to hide from jurors disturbing tattoos covering his neck and face, including swastikas and ones making him look like a skeleton.
Wade Wilson, 30, is accused of killing Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43, in 2019 — allegedly confessing to his dad that he left Ruiz “looking like spaghetti” when he repeatedly ran over the mother of two, according to NBC 2.
The tattooed suspect has already been in custody almost five years — and the start of his trial was further delayed this week as he fought to hide his startling appearance.
He wanted to cover “numerous and varied tattoos” on his face “that might be objectionable to members of the potential jury pool,” his lawyers wrote in a pretrial motion obtained by the News-Press.
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