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David Leonard Wood. David Leonard Wood (born June 20, 1957), known as The Desert Killer, is an American serial killer and rapist who killed at least six girls and women in El Paso, Texas between May and August 1987, burying their bodies in the desert.
Sep 7, 2022 · Dubbed ‘The Desert Killer,’ David Leonard Wood was found guilty of abducting and murdering at least 6 women and girls in mid-1987 in El Paso, Texas. Even though finally nabbed and sentenced to death, the serial killer and sexual predator continues to postpone his execution date, making use of loopholes in the law.
Aug 10, 2017 · David Leonard Wood remains on death row 30 years after being convicted in the murder of six young women whose bodies were found in the Northeast El Paso desert.
Aug 10, 2017 · David Wood was sentenced to death for killing six girls and young women and burying their bodies in the desert in 1987. He also was linked to nine other disappearances and a sexual assault case. Read the details of his crimes, investigation and execution.
A search of police tattoo files led to the October 22 arrest of David Leonard Wood, an ex-convict with a history of violence against females. Born in 1957, Wood logged his first arrest at age 19, for the attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl.
Oct 31, 2021 · Detectives identified him as 30-year-old David Leonard Wood, who’d been paroled in January from prison where he’d served seven years for sex assaults on two teenage girls. The desert rape victim, like students who were interviewed, picked Wood out of a photo lineup, investigators said.
David Leonard Wood is a serial killer convicted and sentenced to death for the 1987 murders of six young women whose decomposed bodies were found in the desert area just northeast of El Paso, Texas.
