David Leonard Wood, Texas and Desert Killer

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.
Frustration grows as convicted 'Desert Killer" David Wood granted stay of execution
Frustration grows for the mother of one of the victims found in a Northeast El Paso desert as the man convicted in the slayings avoided execution.
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.
Texas appeals court blocks scheduled execution of David Leonard Wood
David Leonard Wood, who has been on death row for more than 32 years, was scheduled to be executed Thursday in the deaths of six girls and young women found buried in shallow graves in Northeast El Paso.
Texas Death Row inmate David Wood: Timeline of convicted serial killer set for execution
Here are some key moments in the serial killer's timeline: Jan. 15 – David Leonard Wood is paroled after serving seven years of two concurrent 20-year sentences for raping a 19-year-old and a 13-year-old in 1980. Feb. 14 – Marjorie Knox, 14, of the 400 block of Byrum in Chaparral, N.M., disappears. She remains missing.
David Leonard Wood says he's innocent. His execution is days away. | The Excerpt
Facing an execution date of March 13, time is short. USA TODAY Death Row Reporter Amanda Lee Myers had an exclusive sit-down interview with Wood.
Stay granted for Texas death row inmate two days before scheduled execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay.
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.
Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
A Texas appeals court has halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week.
Texas execution of David Wood stayed by court
Wood had been set to die by lethal injection Thursday over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso.
'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.
'I'm angry': Death Row inmate David Leonard Wood says he's innocent as execution nears
LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades ...
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David Leonard Wood’s ‘jailhouse snitch’
A man who was in prison alongside David Leonard Wood, aka "The Desert Serial Killer" of El Paso, says that the testimony of ...