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.
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 stopped.
'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 preyed upon.
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 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 of brutal murders shook
David Wood, Set for Execution, Says He Was Never the ‘Desert Killer’
Wood’s attorneys have requested that more than 100 additional pieces of evidence be tested for DNA, but the state has opposed the request for over a decade.
Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.
Daily Mail4d
I'm on death row and will die in days. I'm not the Desert Killer and want a DNA test to prove I didn't murder six
After serving just seven years, Wood was paroled in 1987 — one month before the first victim of the so-called 'Desert Killer' vanished. In 1992, a jury found him guilty of murdering six young ...
What Lance Davis, America’s most famous bee catcher and Indian Wells’ tennis savior, did next
Lance Davis is most famous for saving the day when bees swarmed Carlos Alcaraz's Indian Wells quarterfinal, but he's in it ...
KVIA3d
‘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 ...