Wood's conviction of the murders of six women and girls in El Paso, Texas in 1987 was largely based on circumstantial evidence. He's set for execution March 13.

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Botched crime scenes, circumstantial evidence, and false testimony - David Leonard Wood claims that all were used to convict him of the murder of six ...

Update: On March 11, the Court of Criminal Appeals stayed David Wood’s execution. The court has not yet announced whether it will send the case back to the trial court to review the evidence of ...

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 ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of David Wood on Tuesday, two days before it was scheduled to take place. The stay was in response to evidence of Wood’s innocence and various ...

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 ...

David Leonard Wood was a 33-year-old ex-convict living in Northeast El Paso when he was eventually linked to the murder of girls and women. He is scheduled to be executed on March 13. Nov. 3 ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' brief order on Tuesday recognized ...