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

Four more victims of the so-called “Desert Killer” were discovered: Ivy Williams, Desiree Wheatley, Angelica Frausto, and Dawn Smith. The victims’ ages ranged from 14 to 24. Five were ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called "Desert Killer" and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

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 ...

Victims' families grow frustrated with stay of execution for convicted 'Desert Killer" David Leonard Wood. El Paso families awaits ruling for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on the fate of Wood's ...

The 1987 murders remained unsolved for several years until authorities say Wood bragged to a cellmate that he was the so-called "Desert Killer." The victims’ bodies were found buried in shallow ...

Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday. Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had ...

Branded the “Desert Killer” by prosecutors, Wood was accused of luring women into his pickup truck, driving them to the desert, sexually assaulting them, and killing them before burying their ...