It's difficult to accept that a mother could possibly do this to her children. Tonight we share a cig between our homes with our babies safe inside. More on the sink will be addressed later in this article. Making the call is Darlie Routier, the mother of three boys, Devon, Damon, and Drake, and the wife of Darin. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on April 16, 2020: Sscott1101: Thanks for commenting. She could never explain how this intruder was able to run through the kitchen, through the blood, through the utility room and garage, without leaving a single bloody footprint anywhere, yet her bloody footprints were found all over the kitchen floor mostly going back and forth from the kitchen sink to the couch area. The best evidence we had in the case was Routier herself, she gave about seven different stories about what happened. Thanks for the information, I was unaware of it. He sure had the opportunity. The evidence was submitted to the UNT Health Science Center, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics in Fort Worth, Texas, for DNA testing. There was blood all over the carpet around the boys and all over the kitchen floor. We probably will never know about Darin's involvement, either. Even if by some remote chance Darlie won an evidentiary hearing and was granted a new trial for Damon's murder, the District Attorney could charge her with Devon's murder. Yes, one end of the cut was close to a carotid artery, but the carotid arteries are also very close to the surface. It also appears that from the time Officer Waddell arrived on the scene to the time Darlie was transported to the hospital, that she never attempted to render any kind of care to her dying son, Damon. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on April 08, 2018: Fed, I didn't retrieve the 2014 re-investigation story from the Internet, it came from a 2014 Time Magazine article I researched in a library. Darlie initially told police investigators that she never stood at the kitchen sink despite her blood being found on it, in it, and around it, as well as Luminol indicating that her bloody footprints had been wiped up from the floor near it. It wont be the first time a husband drugs his wife. Prosecutors don't need to have a motive to prove someone committed murder, they only have to prove the accused did it. Some supporters have gone as far as to say both paramedics we're lying. He called in James Cron, a retired veteran Dallas PD crime scene investigator with an excellent career track record. Darlie supporters will try to make you think she fought for her life with what doctors described as a "superficial laceration.". Your criminal mind profiling is D game. And second, the prosecution felt that if for some reason she was found not guilty of murdering Damon, they would charge her with Devon's murder. These two stories are completely different from one another. No blood found on the floor, only the outside of the door facing the kitchen and the washing machine on it's left side as you face it. In reference to you make it sound like everyone who looks at crime cases only know how to watch YouTube videos, that comes from a consensus of 3 years of comments on this HubPage from readers who support Darlie Routier and by their own admission, both refer to and quote information they retrieved from YouTube videos theyve watched. I really believe he did it. Judging by the preview, they are going just for ratings and sensationalism, incorrect facts already in the preview. They were from A TWIST TIE FROM A LOAF OF FRENCH BREAD (emphasis mine) which is identical to the material the screen is made of. your pictures of big bruising on arm after she went home. It really doesnt pay to put on a documentary 25 years later to show someones guilty, Shook said. She absolutely knows what she did, yet can be interviewed numerous times and yet seem convincingly wronged. Although their motives for Darlie committing the murders differed slightly, they unanimously agreed that there was no doubt in their minds that Darlie Routier alone committed the murders based only on the evidence found at the scene. In it, the guy asks Stamford about the way the episode portrayed him (looks like the program portrayed him as if the investigator had changed his mind), and that many supporters were asking themselves whether he had changed his mind about Darlies innocence. Davis asked Waddell what Darlie was doing when he arrived. Courtroom sketches of Darlie Routier on trial. He asked her why she told one policeman one thing and something completely different to another; he asked why her dog didn't bark when the intruder entered the house, he asked why the blood at the kitchen sink and counter had been cleaned up, he asked her why the 18 minute security light wasn't on when police arrived 3 minutes after the 911 call, he asked her why there were no blood drops, bloody footprints, or bloody finger prints in the garage, at the screen, the window, the yard, the gate, he asked her how she could possibly sleep through an intruder viciously stabbing her boys just a few feet from her and cutting her without hearing anything or waking up.she began crying and would reply "I don't know, I don't remember." If I'm not mistaken, the episode was released in 2015, and the evidence reviewed by the experts in 2014. based on the above findings should i vote guilty or not guilty? Awesome article on the case, SClemmons. Be chatting with you soon! Well apparently not the night of the murders. On the Leeza Gibbons show that aired in 1998, Darin Routier stated as fact "There were 21 towels in the house, 4 were on one boy, 3 were on the other." .Unless she already knew Drake was fine because there was no intruder. Darin did NOT DRUG HIS WIFE. well you did and then some more. The Routier kitchen knife identified as the murder weapon. The killer focused on their chests, he emphasized, almost as if going for their heart. Darin identified himself and told the officer that his kids and been stabbed and were dying. As far as Darlie's attentiveness to the children; during the post-conviction / pre-sentencing phase of the trial, an 18 year old girl from the neighborhood named Allison Hennessey testified. You are a career criminal huh? Was that the only person that tried to get in? Darlie Lynn Routier is an American woman from Rowlett, Texas, who was convicted of murdering her five-year-old son, Damon. First and foremost, I want to thank you for incredibly comprehensive and well-written blog about this long-running case. Prosecutor Toby Shook hammered her with question after question after question that she couldn't answer. Then while in jail awaiting trial over the course of Nov. 1, 2, and 3, 1996, she wrote a series of letters to family and friends. Which makes sense if Darlie did it on two counts, first, she knew she would have had trouble opening and closing the faulty back gate that dragged the ground, and two, she wouldn't have wanted to trigger the light and draw attention to herself by neighbors close by. And after you got the 3 towels wet, did you take those to Darin? However, the Routier's continued to spend money as the bills were beginning to pile up. On June 18, 1996, Rowlett Police detectives asked Darlie to come once again to the police station for addition questions. Darin then went to Bank One on June 1st and filled out a loan application for $5,000, but was turned down later that same day. Her laceration did not penetrate muscle and was less than a half of an inch deep. Its results, though, are currently pending, from what we can tell. Cheers! He could have been, let's say, stabbed one or two times, and then two other times just before calling 911 (or during the 911 call). In 1996, a small Texas community was rocked by the tragic slaying of two young boys. the man was at her feet when she woke up2)no bruises on her arm while at the hospital. I dont think hed sleep in jeans and if you hear panic (especially if it involves your family) in your home you wont take time to dress at least I dont think you would instinct would be to run help. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Above: Crime scene tape around the Routier home in upscale Rowlett, Texas, the morning after the murders. Thought I'd never reach the end. At the crime scene investigators collected 3 damp towels from the utility room, 2 towels from the basket in the utility room, 4 washcloths from the top of the stairs, 3 towels from the backyard spa. I just can't explain how very hard it is for ME to accept such insanity carried out by a mother. Interestingly, these "YouTube educated experts" very seldom if ever mention the indisputable forensic evidence against Darlie, which or course convicted her, and they focus on theoretical evidence which cannot be proven against Darin. The prosecution did try to paint a picture of Darlie as a vain person that cared a lot about her appearance. Further, I can't bring myself to look at pictures of those gorgeous little Angels while knowing they are gone, that their own mother took their lives and in such an egregious incomprehensible way. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on July 06, 2018: fedematias95, the link definitely works I tried it on my computer at work. Just my opinion from what I know about how criminals operate. Did you read the article? None of the forensic evidence was matching Darlie's initial story. All of this can be found on fordarlieroutier.org and darliefacts.com. Is there any way you can download the PDF and send it to my email? They presented their conclusions to Mr. Samford and explained methodically how they came about them. A blood imprint of the knife on the carpet was found near Devons body. They're hardly qualified to criticize the certified professionals that were actually there doing their jobs. She also testified to this while on the witness stand during the trial. Darin could have given her a story to tell the police about waking up on the couch to an intruder attacking her, but again, with her state of mind at this moment she would have been upset, scared, confused, and half listening to him, which could explain the 5 different intruder stories she later gave police and prosecutors. He told the media in a press conference that he was going to make it his "Mission in life" to find the killer(s) of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. In this author's opinion, the first red flag would have to be the fact that not once did Darlie ask about her youngest child Drake, or go upstairs to check on him. One of them is that of Darlie Lynn Routier, who has spent the last 24 years on death row after being convicted of the 1996 murder of one of her sons while being accused of killing the other. Hopefully 2021 will be a better year for all! 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