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 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 ...

Texas death row inmate David Leonard ... authorities say Wood bragged to a cellmate that he was the so-called "Desert Killer." The victims’ bodies were found buried in shallow graves in the ...

Branded the “Desert Killer” by prosecutors ... Despite Wood’s requests, Texas courts have denied further testing that could match evidence to the unidentified profile.

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

Reports that his original defense lawyers never saw reveal Texas Rangers had Wood under ... a victim of the 'Desert Killer,' believes Robert Wood played a role in her sister's death, but not ...

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 ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The notorious Desert Killer, David Leonard Wood, is scheduled for execution next week, more than three decades after a series of brutal murders shook the Borderland.