The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

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

Wood is scheduled to be executed after 5 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville Unit prison. David Leonard Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," is ...

David Leonard Wood has had his second execution stayed by a court. In 2009, he was about 24 hours away from execution when it was halted over claims he is intellectually disabled.(Mike Graczyk ...

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.

"We filed a petition in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals raising a claim that David Wood is actually innocent," Wiercioch said. "That claim is based on the DNA test that shows a male DNA ...

On March 13, Texas is set to execute David Wood for a series of killings that occurred in 1987. The case was full of tragedy but devoid of reliable forensic evidence. DNA evidence suggests Wood ...

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 ...

David Wood (Michelle Pitcher) At Wood’s trial, a chemist from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) testified that the fibers were a “match,” linking Wood and the crime scene.

Minutes apart, courts in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Texas each stopped upcoming executions, one on Thursday and another on Tuesday.