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.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid lack of DNA evidence.

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.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday delayed the plans of the state to executed its longest-held death row inmate.

After 31 years behind bars, David Wood, one of Texas’ longest-serving death row inmates, is scheduled for execution on March 13. Convicted in 1992 for the murders of six women in El Paso, Wood’s case has long been marked by contested evidence, unreliable testimony, and, now, new forensic findings that his attorneys argue prove his innocence.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records show.

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.