Wood, known as the "Desert Killer," is set to be executed after 5 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville Unit prison. The execution could be postponed as Wood and his attorney continue to fight in court to save his life.

Wood’s attorneys have requested that more than 100 additional pieces of evidence be tested for DNA, but the state has opposed the request for over a decade.

David Leonard Wood was convicted of murdering six girls and women in 1987 and yet, he is fighting to stop his upcoming execution on March 13 saying all the evidence was circumstantial

As the state of Texas prepares to execute David Leonard Wood on March 13, here are the stories of the nine women and girls he preyed upon.