Nearly 40 years after a series of killings shocked the Borderland, one of El Paso’s most notorious criminal cases is once again in the national spotlight. A new five-part podcast from The Marshall Project, Serial Productions and The New York Times revisits the David Leonard Wood case, taking listeners inside the final weeks leading up to what was supposed to be his March 2025 execution.
For many El Pasoans, the story is sadly familiar. For everyone else, The Last 12 Weeks is an introduction to a case that changed the city forever.
The David Leonard Wood Case Changed El Paso Forever
The summer of 1987 became one of the darkest chapters in El Paso history.
Six girls and young women disappeared and were later found buried in the Northeast El Paso desert, marking the city’s first experience with a serial killing case of this magnitude…