This enables LE to compare unknown prints against known felons. The blood we see is mostly Darlie's, and it wasn't shed until after she stood up and began walking around. They break into what they think is an empty house and come upon the family room. I know that someone will likely make the argument that even if Arkansas and Dwayne did break into a house and stab young children in the Dallas area in June of 1996, who's to say that there wasn't a similar crime that was unrelated? Here's the problem with that theory: The process of taking photographs and collecting evidence didn't begin until later that morning. You either understand the effects of psychological trauma and the memory lapses that accompany it, or you don't. It was kind of hard to miss. Routier was convicted in 1996 of the stabbing death of her young son. Did the Court get this one right? Yet, there were towels collected as evidence, and towels are also visible in the crime scene photos. The ambulance that was directly in front of Walling parked along a curve on Eagle Drive, across from the Routier's house and directly underneath where Gorsuch was standing. It's entirely possible that the only noises were grunting and some muffled screams. I believe he took that chance just as Waddell was pulling up. They could not have an unsolved double homicide of two young children and the general public panicking about a lunatic on the loose. I'm sorry, but it just doesn't wash. There was no investigation of Darin. SOMEONE had to have left that fingerprint in blood; the blood was still wet and fresh when the print was left. Poor Darlie ? Q. WowI never really considered the possibility that perhaps Darin arranged it so that the "burglars" would come in when the family was in the house. I just can't buy the idea that Darlie was the one who murdered her kids. There could be a perfectly logical explanation. This case is unlike any other case that I have covered, because technically it's a solved case. JustinCase976 (author) on January 31, 2020: Excellent point, Anonna Miss. I knew Darin liked his nose candy, but never heard anything about meth use. All he manages to get out is "Daaaaa----" before a beefy hand is clapped over his mouth and he is flung back to the floor. So what about the future, lets say hypothetically, Darlie free. Where did the information about the ceramic frog planter & the missing key come from? They testified that she did not appear to be grieving appropriately. "DNA map" of blood trails belonging to each of the injured Routiers. Q. But, regardless of the extent of Darin's involvement, it is undeniable that someone else was in that house that night. Questioning by defense attorney Mr. Doug Mulder: Q. Good point about Darins pants. I have no doubt that they did call a psychic, which goes to show just how desperate they were to figure out what happened. They were desperately trying to get oxygen flowing into him so that he would not be brain damaged if he were to be revived. The boys were bleeding from their injuries, but the majority of their bleeding was internal and the blood was mainly confined to the areas in which they were attacked. After the birth of their third one, Drake, Darlie began to suffer from post-partum depression. Davis can disapprove all he wants. It can be reasonably assumed that his reply is affirmative, since she immediately becomes even more hysterical and screams, "Oh my God!". But you don't remember that part; is that right? Darlie Routier has been on death row for five years now, always insisting that she didn't kill her sons Devon and Damon. I'm open-minded and always willing to consider new evidence, but at this point I don't feel as though anything that happened that night was planned. Cron certainly had an impressive resume and over 30 years of experience, but sometimes this can work against a person. And again, she did not "sleep through" the attack; her mind will not allow her to fully remember the trauma. Combine these details with the affidavit filed by Darlene Potter, and one can say that not only was there more than reasonable doubt in this case, but it looks possible, or even probable, that Arkansas and Dwayne were involved in the deaths of Damon and Devon Routier. A short time later, he was fully awakened by the sound of Darin yelling. If you find that call difficult to listen to, that's because it's real. Arkansas had also requested to see a psychiatrist while in jail, as he claimed he was suffering from nightmares and flashbacks related to one of his past crimes. Darlie Routier cannot be excluded as the contributor of the DNA from 10-2589-502. In fact, a trauma nurse named Teresa Powers had provided lead detective Jimmy Patterson with an affidavit. What about brown long haired guy - any ID on him? This is good for Darlie in the sense that it adds yet another element of doubt regarding her story of an intruder. "Ma'am, I need you to talk to me." Initially, I did question whether Arkansas's hanging was a suicide or not. any information about this ? About 1520 minutes later, Rickels heard noises again, this time coming from her daughter's empty first floor bedroom. However, since Harrell was an integral part of the defense team and had been sitting in the courtroom throughout the trial, any testimony from him fell under the "Rule of Evidence," meaning that because he was able to hear what other witnesses had said, he was not permitted to take the stand. She grabbed a butcher knife and just started stabbing her kids in a rage. The prosecution asserted that Darlie had enough time to commit the murders, run 75 yards down the alley to deposit the sock daubed with Devon's and Damon's blood, run back to the house, slash her throat, inflict her other injuries, and stage the scene. There could be any number of reasons why blood could have appeared to be wiped away, but please don't expect me to believe that an actively bleeding woman made a half-hearted attempt to clean up blood and then just gave up. He would have had to be in the house for all that time until the cop got there, what was he doing hanging around the crime scene? Personally, I would lean more toward there being a middle man from Rowlett or nearby that set this whole thing up. Darlie would have known that he gets home around two in the morning, and if she did plant the sock, it had to be before the 911 call came in at 2:31. In the first account, she awoke to see a man standing at the edge of the couch, walking away from her toward the kitchen. If she was laying on the couch, and a man with a knife mounted her, the first thing anyone would do would be to raise their arms up defensively, thus accounting for the black-and-blue bruising up and down her arms. Have you ever read "The Disputed Conviction of Darlie Routier" by S Clemmons? JustinCase976 (author) on November 28, 2019: Perhaps. The intruder(s) would not have needed to go anywhere near the spa.The motion light is a moot point, although the police and the DA sure wanted everyone to think it was ominous. ", Karen said, "They said they broke into a house and it all went bad. I don't believe that Waddell encountered or spoke to Darin when he first arrived, and here's why: If you listen to the 911 call, at the 3:29 mark, Darlie asks Darin if the children are dead. JustinCase976 (author) on December 12, 2019: To my knowledge the missing tapes have never turned up. There was no cancelled trip as far as I know. Darlie Kee knows her daughter is guilty or she would have taken up Dr. Phils offer to do his show and let him pay for DNA a few years back. The emotion, the anguish, the terror, the panic you're getting a glimpse into another person's living helland every parent's worst nightmare. You gotta be kidding. James Cron testified that there was no intruder since the mulch beneath the window was undisturbed. Justice will be served. With so many people frantically coming in and out of the house, any one of them could have easily kicked that glass from one spot to another without even realizing it. It was also so popular that if you listened to any pop stations at all, you were bound to hear it no less than 12 times per day. it was mentioned Darlie had a psychic visit the home i have not managed to research this what is your view? Even the best of the best make mistakes, sometimes grievous mistakes. He actually came from a decent, hard-working, all-American/God fearing family, and I think every night when he tried to sleep he would see Devon's face until he couldn't stand it anymore. So he and his thug drug friends have to be involved. Do you remember talking to Detective Waddell there when he came into your house? When Shook confronted her with these letters, she became angry and demanded to know where he had gotten them. Seems it would have to be someone with big Reach ? Paramedics arrived at the scene at about 2:40, and paramedic Jack Kolbye witnessed Damon gasp his last breath immediately after he began attending to him. Well, were you there with him in her presence before the paramedics arrived? Suppose he had trouble sleeping and came down the stairs for a glass of water while she was doing all this? Did she struggle with the intruder? JustinCase976, please do not be fooled by all of these fake profiles. That is when Gorsuch saw Darin and Waddell outside, at 2:40 am. The bloody sock in the alleyway had not even been discovered at this point. He trusted BJ / daughter Enough back then. and even Darlie knew the maid/friend whatever was smokin weed. theres your drug connection. years of it. And then I directed my attentionshe pointed to the garage, and told me that somebody had ran out into the garage. A. I assumed it was two to three or four minutes, somewhere in that area. It's a small thing, but it's just one more detail that was used to make her look guilty, but which turned out to be completely untrue. Why even cut yourself at the sink at all? I honestly have no idea. 20, 2008, edition of the last DNA results Explore the story! Instead of focusing on the wiretapping, Mulder could have asked Patterson the million-dollar question: "Detective Patterson, upon reviewing the footage of this surreptitious recording, at what point did you hear Darlie Routier confess to murdering her sons?". It's laughable. The unfinished thought suddenly became a "suicide note" and was supposed to be proof of Darlie's mental state. Still, Rickels did not call 911. The kids woke up, and all hell broke loose.". Seeing those bloody, butchered children invoked anger in the nurses, most of whom were women. In the crime scene photo below, you can clearly see that a shard of glass remains in the holder where the broken glass had been. It's not spatter, a splash, or even a drop. Since when does rage have to be personal? Okay. Guilters claim that those tears were the result of her being "caught in her own lies.". My gut instinct is that Darin wanted to keep his hands fairly clean and didn't want to know about the details; therefore, I think he never directly communicated with the actual assailants. There is no way that bruising was caused by a 46 pound child kicking at her. This would also explain why it appeared as if there were "hesitation" wounds on her neck. The prosecution team was very good at setting the stage and creating the character of "Darlie the Killer." Did Sergeant Walling ever tell her to administer first aid? :/, yea i get why they went to a psychic especially when desperate for info. Darlie's blood was found to have dripped onto it, and there were wheel marks where it appeared the vacuum had been rolled through wet blood. Darlie has always maintained her innocence. Also, Darlie was probably fighting and struggling. Did you have a conversation with Mrs. Routier? During the police investigation, one of the mistakes that hurt Darlie the most was giving several accounts and timelines of how the events occurred. I predict that the first one to talk will get immunity. The public Facebook page for Darlie just locked down - accepting no new members. 6) I'm not even going to argue about the letters. This is the same officer, by the way, who neglected to collect several bloody towels as evidence, but for some reason retrieved as evidence paperwork on a funeral and headstone for a cat that had died the previous summer. JustinCase976 (author) on December 05, 2019: I'll tell you exactly what I think, and have always thought: it's downright IRRESPONSIBLE to rely upon the fractured memories of a traumatized crime victim whose entire recall of that night is like a piece of Swiss cheese. After reading all of this and the other sources, it seems as though Darin had struck a deal with someone who had been in the house at least once. I understand the guilters need to dismiss Rickels as a liar or as mentally unstable. CODIS, or Combined DNA Index System, is a little more complex. A. I remember some things that she told me. I also believe Devon and Damon were killed by two different people, with two different knives. ", At the time, Karl had been in jail for months and knew nothing of the Rowlett murders. Court reporter Sandra Halsey pled the 5th when questioned about the errors in the trial transcripts and the missing audio tapes. The presence of blood and water alone does not indicate a cleanup job, in my opinion. It should be noted that two sponges were collected as evidence from the sink area; there was no blood found on either one. This is the one point that people seem to have the most difficulty with. The prosecution called a number of so-called experts and analysts to the stand. It's not like she was just standing there, chit-chatting with her girlfriends on the phone. She sat down on the floor right where she was standing. It makes sense, right? Her mother had the opportunity a few years ago to go on Dr. Phil? A. I guess, I'm not sure on how long it took him. My belief is that Darlie is the one who grabbed the butcher knife, to fight the man off, and he got it away from her. As of 2021, testing is still underway. Quinncy was intrigued enough to start doing some digging. What kind of mother has bleached blonde hair and $5,000 breast implants? Copyright Altoona Mirror | https://www.altoonamirror.com | 301 Cayuga Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 | 814-946-7411. I have a diary. All right. I know the police wanted his bloody clothing while he was at the hospital, and he was given scrubs to wear. I would LOVE to know what is in the affidavit of Teresa Powers. Thats what Id say hang on a sec while I change. Water and her hands? Listen carefully; what do we really hear on that tape? The two men were arguing heatedly about a crime in which they had both been involved, and in which young children were stabbed with knives, and Karl heard one of them mention the name "Darla. We also have to wonder what was stricken from the actual record, but still made it to the ears of the jury. Testing will be made on a sock that was found away from the scene of the murder, hairs recovered from the sock, Routiers shirt, blankets and pillow cases found at the scene, the jeans worn by Routier and the children, fingernail clippings from the children, a bloody knife and hairs on the knife. Darlie Routier 2021 Information Darlie Routier Women On Death Row SID Number: 05664972 TDCJ Number: 00999220 Name: ROUTIER,DARLIE LYNN Race: W Gender: F Age: 52 Maximum Sentence Date: DEATH ROW Current Facility: MOUNTAIN VIEW Projected Release Date: DEATH ROW Parole Eligibility Date: DEATH ROW Inmate Visitation Eligible: YES The first thing that woke Darlie up was the breaking glass. How thorough can a murder investigation be in less than two weeks time? He also stated that he never actually saw the police officer get out of the car. If the cop saw the killer come out of the house and let him get away where was the killer at while they were calling 911 and doing CPR? However, when it came time for Bevel to testify, his "expert" opinion was drastically different from what he had said to the defense previously. The Routier home, which has 2,740 square feet, is listed for $396,000, or $145 a square foot. Did you tell Detective Waddell that you had been fighting with the man there at the island area? Because the first guy brought his own knife, which is what he used to cut the screen (we'll get to the bread knife later). Drake preferred to sleep/nap with his face and head covered. What if Gorsuch was still awake and happened to see her running outside to plant this sock? These worms keep telling lies. You're home alone with your teenage daughter, two men try to break in once, come back again with a weapon and break in a different way and you don't call the police? There was a brief mention of it when Darlie was on the witness stand, but the prosecution objected on the grounds of hearsay. Rage is rage; sometimes it's personal, and sometimes it's not. C'mon Justin, you really asking me how I know about the frog planter? It is my personal belief that the noise Gorsuch first heard, before coming fully awake, was the sound of Darlie screaming out the front door for Karen Neal. The case has received worldwide attention and has been featured on several TV shows as Routier works to prove her innocence through post-conviction petitions in Dallas County and in the U.S. District Court in West Texas. Trollslayer is one of several fake profiles causing chaos on hubpages. She was somehow sophisticated enough to think of stabbing herself in her dominant arm, and slit her own throat with her non-dominant hand while standing in front of the sink. Even if he saw her get off the couch and follow him through the kitchen, he knew it was time to get the hell out of there, the quicker the better. I have to admit though, I loved the judge from that movie. I have to echo the same sentiment expressed by Marcia Clark when she described the OJ jury seeing pictures of a bruised and battered Nicole: they saw it, they understood itAND THEY JUST DIDN'T CARE. If that knife had been used to cause that large slice in the screen, there would have been a lot more fibers adhering to it. The photos were shown for the sole purpose of eviscerating an emotional response. She had some over-the-counter sleeping pills on hand, but as she was writing the note, she abandoned the idea and did the healthiest thing possible: she reached out for help. Days later, Darlie began menstruating again, and the relief washed over her. She even went on Facebook and ranted that she was refusing his help because it was a non supporter that contacted his people and then they contacted Kee. What if the baby woke up and Darin had to come down and warm up a bottle? Seems as if Darin is the Ghislaine Maxwell of this case. In another, she has no memory of fighting with him. Once Pardo announced that his investigation led him to suspect Darin was deeply involved in the crime, the family dismissed him and his services. If the software finds a match, the uploading agency is notified and is then tasked with the dissemination of personal information. A. I walked back over to where she was, and I asked her again who had done it, and if there had been any problems in the house, or if they had had any problems with anybody that she might think would have done it, and she told me no, and she kept telling me, that the guy was still in the house.

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