Texas' highest appeals court remanded the David Leonard Wood's serial killer death penalty case back to a trial court.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a trial court to review a death row inmate's case after pausing the man's ...

Robert Moore July 30, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. The conviction of David Leonard Wood in a 1987 serial killing spree should be reexamined ...

David Leonard Wood was convicted of the 1987 serial killing spree, and now his case is going to be reexamined by the trial ...

What was David Leonard Wood convicted of? A jury convicted Wood of killing six women and girls in 1987 in a case dubbed by local media as the "Desert Killer." The victims are: 14-year-old Dawn ...

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly 33 years on death row for the crimes.

David Leonard Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville Unit prison in Livingston, Texas ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades when no DNA evidence links him to the murders of six women and girls in El Paso.

David Leonard Wood was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of six girls and young women. Top row, from left: Desiree Wheatley, 15; Karen Baker, 20; and Angelica Frausto, 17.

Dissenting judges expressed frustration over a lack of clarity on why the case of David Leonard Wood was remanded to the lower court.