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The execution of the inmate of the death of Texas, David Leonard Wood, who had been scheduled for this week, was arrested by a Texas Appeals Court on Tuesday.
Wood, 67, has spent almost 33 years in the death corridor and had been preceded to lethal injection this week due to the murders of six young girls and women found buried in the desert near El Paso. The court put Wood’s execution in a “up to an additional order” pause, without preparing in its three -page order.
Six of the nine members of the court made that decision, Fox 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth reported. Judges Mary Lou Keel and Gina Parker did not agree with the execution of Wood and Judge Bert Richardson, who had heard all Wood’s appeals in the court of first instance since 2011, did not participate.
This was another delay for Wood, who was previously prepared for execution in 2009 when he was suspended about 24 hours earlier because of the statements that he was intellectually disabled and, therefore, is not eligible for execution. Those statements were later rejected by a judge, and Wood had been willing to die on Thursday.
Photo without the date of David Wood, who has been executed this week after spending more than 30 years in the death corridor. (Texas Criminal Justice Department through Fox 4)
The 1987 murders remained unsolved for several years until the authorities say that Wood boasted a cell partner that he was the so -called “desert murderer.” The bodies of the victims were found buried in shallow tombs in the same desert area Northeast of El Paso.
Texas convict broadcasts the last message to the wife before the execution for killing the shepherd
Archive: The convicted murderer David Leonard Wood poses for a photo in the death corridor in Huntsville, Texas, July 15, 2009. (Mike Graczyk, Archive)
The authorities said Wood gave trips to the victims and then took them to the desert, where he He sexually assaulted them and killed them. The victims were Rosa Casio and Ivy Williams, both 23; Karen Baker, 21; Angelica Frausto, 17; Desiree Wheatley, 15; and Dawn Smith, 14.
Two other girls and a young woman were also missing reported But they were never found.
David Wood’s prison file paperwork. (Texas Criminal Justice Department through Fox 4)
Wood, a repeated convict sexual offender who worked as a mechanic, has long maintained his innocence.
“I did not do it. I am innocent of this case. I will fight against him,” Wood said in the recent documents presented in his appeals.
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Wood’s execution was the second detainee in the US. UU. Tuesday after a federal judge arrested the first execution of Louisiana with nitrogen gas, which will take place next week.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
