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 ...

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 ...

While police built their investigation, Wood was convicted of sexually assaulting Judith Brown Kelling, a crime prosecutors argued fit the serial killer’s modus operandi. According to court ...

David Leonard Wood, 67, known as the convicted "Desert Killer," was set to be executed Thursday, March 13, but less than 48 hours before the state of Texas was to kill him, the state's highest ...

On March 13, 1988, David Leonard Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," denied killing nine El Paso-area victims, saying, “I will make these people kill me before these people ever make me say ...

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 ...