Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly 33 years on death row for the crimes.
Texas 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood gets rare stay of execution: What to know
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid lack of DNA evidence.
Texas Court Halts Execution of David Leonard Wood, the Alleged 'Desert Killer' of 1987 El Paso Murders
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite stay of execution to David Leonard Wood, convicted of six murders in 1987, just days before his lethal injection date.
Man Convicted In Serial Killer Case Gets Stay Of Execution As Court Considers Innocence Claim
David Wood, who was scheduled to be executed in Texas on Thursday, has maintained for decades that he is not the so-called "Desert Killer."
'Desert Killer' execution paused by Texas appeals court
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday delayed the plans of the state to executed its longest-held death row inmate.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts execution of death row inmate David Leonard Wood
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records show.
Execution blocked for man accused of 1987 deaths
Texas’ highest criminal court on Tuesday blocked Thursday’s scheduled execution of David Leonard Wood, the man sentenced to die for the 1987 deaths of six girls and young women whose bodies were buried in the Northeast El Paso desert.
'I pray every day for her': Remembering 'Desert Killer' David Wood's victims
As the state of Texas prepares to execute David Leonard Wood on March 13, here are the stories of the nine women and girls he ...
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As Texas readies 3rd execution of 2025, 'Desert Killer' asks for stay, DNA testing
Texas is getting ready to perform its third execution of 2025 on Thursday while the man set to be executed seeks to have that ...
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'It's been long enough': Victims' families anxious as 'Desert Killer' execution date nears
The execution of serial killer David Leonard Wood will end a nearly 40-year saga for nine El Paso families, but the victims' survivors will continue to cope with pain, heartbreak and three ...
Execution looms for El Paso's Desert Killer as attorney fights for DNA testing
The notorious Desert Killer, David Leonard Wood, is scheduled for execution next week, more than three decades after a series ...
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‘100% fabricated’: Man who served time with David Leonard Wood speaks out on ‘jailhouse snitch’ testimony
A man who was in prison alongside David Leonard Wood, aka "The Desert Serial Killer" of El Paso, says that the testimony of ...