David Leonard Wood’s execution stayed
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- David Leonard Wood, the man known as El Paso's "Desert Serial Killer," has had his execution stayed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
The execution was scheduled for Thursday, March 13, 2025. The next action from the court has not been scheduled yet, pending further orders from the court.
ABC-7 had been planning to travel to Huntsville, Texas for the execution. We have been reporting on the case in the days leading up to the planned execution.
ABC-7 spoke with the mother of one of the women who was killed in 1987, Marcia Fulton. She is the mother of Desiree Wheatley, who was 15 years old when she was found dead in Northeast El Paso. Fulton said she doesn't know how the execution could have been stayed for a second time.
"It's been too long to tell me they found new evidence. So this one... this one hurts more."
She said she has been in contact with the families of the other victims, some of whom were already on the way to Huntsville for the execution. She said she won't stop fighting for the justice of both her daughter and the other 5 girls and women.
"They deserve the justice. Their families deserve that part of their live being over."
She told ABC-7 that she's calling upon the justice system to "do what's right" and that she also sent in a request to speak with Governor Greg Abbott about what the next steps can be.
"I've been waiting 37 years to keep that promise. I'll keep doing it, because that was a promise I made to my baby, and that hasn't changed, and that'll never change."
