From executive producers Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, ABCs The Last Defense is a documentary series that explores the flaws within the justice system through the in-depth analysis of a couple of death-row cases that have baffled the nation for years. I think obviously if youre found guilty of murdering your children that the [death] penalty is a deserving sentence, and shes exactly where she should be, I think as soon as the federal appeal is over, the sentence will be upheld and the sentence will be carried out.. States Exhibit 122, the blood map. The Episode you refer to in Death Row Stories: Mother V Texas was written in 2013, casted and filmed in 2014 and released in July of 2015. A significant amount of blood was found on the kitchen floor in front of the sink. IF the world runs on that oxymoron theory, 99% the criminals should never be tried at all, because 99% crime were committed WITHOUT any witness! The back yard motion sensor light on the Routier's recently added $9,000 redwood spa. A green and white washcloth in the kitchen area is the one Officer Waddell observed Darlie holding to her neck when he first entered the house. He spent $100,000 financing a private investigation of her case. Then the other group with fewer members, consists of the fanatical supporters. Prosecution: Okay. And, they never offer any reasons as to why all of these different people would want to do that and perjure themselves. At around 10:30 pm, Routier's husband, Darin, took . Were they coerced and threatened to lie in court? If the Routier dog barked at every strange noise as stated, Darin, Darlie and the boys could have easily grown accustomed to the barking and tuned it out as well. As the crime scene was being "processed," Rowlett PD evidence specialist, Sergeant David Nabors, began dusting for prints and examining blood evidence as other technicians were taking photos all over the house. Dispatchers with EMD certification provide 911 centers with trained personnel that can give a 911 caller pre-EMS arrival medical instructions in accordance with local medical protocols as defined by the local medical director. Evidently this "big fight" did take place and it ended up with Darlie telling Darin she wanted a divorce and her two sons being savagely murdered. Like Darin Routier, probably one of the dumbest people in Texas based on his actions and willful ignorance, could possibly pull off the "perfect" crime. 6)not sure if blood on kitchen flood is only darlins. Doug Mulder, Darlie's lead defense attorney was well aware that he was going to have trouble explaining away the knife evidence. Darlie told police she saw the intruder drop the knife in the utility room, she picked it up and placed it on the kitchen island. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on January 22, 2018: Career Criminal, thank you for your comments, opposing opinions and thoughts are always welcome. He was briefed by detective Jimmy Patterson at the house as to what Darlie had stated and began conducting his own assessment of the scene. Her net worth is calculated to be approximately $1.5 Million. Savitch was killed in a vehicle accident 13 years before the boys were murdered. Darlie supporters love to nitpick on small issues of what occurred that night and raise an argument to contend that she couldn't have murdered her children. When it comes down to discussing the evidence and facts of the case, they can't keep up and the discussion on their end and it usually turns to anger. Darlie and Darin divorced but Darin does not believe that Darlie murdered the boys. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on March 06, 2018: Youre right, last year Time Magazine listed the top 10 antidepressant med's associated with violence. Shoot and get out. Apparently CNN filmed several episodes simultaneously. The last known appeal for re-examination of physical evidence was filed by her current and longtime appellate attorney, Stephen Cooper, and accepted by State District Judge Gracie Lewis in 2014 requesting updated forensic DNA testing of evidence found at the crime scene. I don't understand people being so mean and destructive against people with a differing viewpoint. The blood evidence, her inconsistent and illogical accounts of what took place, and the letters that she wrote to friends and family are what sealed her fate. The defense attorney's / Innocence groups always seem to boil their hopes on the same two issues, the "mysterious" unidentified fingerprint known as "85-J." (based on watching home movies of Darlie on YouTube) Though not required for a conviction, an established motive can certainly be the decision maker. ", DARLIE'S SELDOM MENTIONED POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION. (Identified as belonging to Darlie) And as mentioned, Luminol applied to the kitchen floor showed that someone had attempted to clean up Darlie's bloody footprints facing the sink. (Their director, Mike Ware, thought she was guilty). Examination of Darlie's feet (she was barefooted) revealed no cuts from the glass. Susanna Reid comes face to face with convicted killer Darlie Routier in the documentary. On November 14, the court announced jury selection was complete and it would consist of seven women and five men. Of course I know it is the "mother" in me that kept holding onto futile hope. * NOTE - It's important to point out here that the 911 call lasted 5 minutes and 31 seconds and the transcript of the call contains 166 individual sentences over that time frame. Awesome article on the case, SClemmons. Darin Routier's business that he started. ", Darlie completely folded up during her testimony, or as one court reporter put it, "The prosecution made mincemeat of her on the stand." Which in this case, they did. It's part of an all-out push by the Innocence Project to . I screamed out to my husband.". As mentioned previously, the backyard spa had two 150 watt motion-activated lights on it that were pointed directly toward the house (and the garage window) and illuminated the entire backyard. This author has always found it interesting that now she's been convicted and placed on death row, her interviews always consist of how she didn't kill her kids and how much she misses them. Darin first told investigators and family members that the loan was for a family vacation, but he later told investigators that the loan was actually to buy a pickup truck for Darlie's sister. Routier was convicted in 1996 of the stabbing death of her young son. Most people in this group cannot put up a good argument because they just don't know enough about the case. Darlie's well known story changing habits began right here at this point and would continue to present day. Both letters stated " I know who did it, Glenn did, I saw him. I'll get five-thousand dollars each for both of the boys.". The jailer assigned to escort Darlie back to her cell later stated that he observed both Darlie and her mother sobbing at the conclusion of the testing. Darlie bought that necklace at a pawn shop; it was used jewelry. The house today. Alle Beweise deuten auf Darlie Routier und niemanden hin. Officer's Walling and Waddell drew their weapons and began searching the house starting in the utility room adjacent to the kitchen which led to the garage where Darlie said she had chased the intruder out of the house. Some of Darlie's friends and acquaintances stated that she appeared to act differently and wasn't her usual self. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on January 30, 2020: Hi there and thank you for commenting on the article, I appreciate that. Location of the sock found down the alley from the Routier home, 3 house away. On May 9th, the Routier's received a letter from American Express demanding immediate payment of nearly $1,000 for an outstanding credit card balance. While watching the Last Defense last night, I thought to myself-is any of this true? Darlie Routier's murder conviction has been debated in depth since the day she was found guilty 25 years ago. They appear to be keeping quiet about their investigation. There were two, two person paramedic team ambulances from the fire department on scene tending to the boys and Darlie, two medics inside, two medics outside. Paramedic Kolbye: Im absolutely sure about that. All of this vicious action takes place just a few feet from her and she doesn't hear a sound; she continues sleeping. He said there has been just a tiding-up of the evidence. Judge Tolle using his gavel had to call the court back to order. All of this can be found on fordarlieroutier.org and darliefacts.com. TB8's stain has a long axis and shows an up and down trajectory. Why weren't the palms of her hands or her fingers cut while fighting a man with knife? I thought you wrote this brilliant article in response to her Looney Tune nonsense. No cuts were found under either one of her arms. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on September 06, 2019: You're right, I'm not going to post your cynical hate filled comments on this HubPage. This infers that a doctor and four nurses from Baylor University Medical Center were talked into risking their careers and risked receiving jail time by committing perjury on the witness stand. Which Darlie, Darin, and her mother Darlie Kee, all violated. I believe it was found right at the entrance to the utility room. But, that's not for us to decide. It is beyond frustrating. I think if I live to be a hundred, I wouldn't be able to tell you everything that happened that night. Darlie denied cleaning or even being anywhere near the kitchen sink, despite her blood being everywhere around it and in front of it. Darlie Routier was on a land line with 911, Officer Waddell was all over the house looking for an intruder and surveying the crime scene. In an attempt to show Darlie's character, Greg Davis subpoenaed Kay Norris, an employee from a local pawn that Darlie frequented to purchase jewelry. Upon arrival he observed Darin Routier coming out of the front door wearing only pants with no shirt or shoes. Literary made up of of THIN AIR. And not simple changes, major changes; Darlie supporters say it's because she was on pain killers and anti-depressants after the murders and it affected her recall of the events. There's something seriously wrong with that picture. I have a question you can likely answer. (Discussed later in this blog) And, Sylvia Chase states the defense was never given the entire silly string video including the memorial service conducted before the spraying of the silly string. He had stated publicly that if he had seen the photos in court, that he would have voted not guilty. We probably will never know. Wow did yiu waste time Joseph Goebells wannabe. The only blood discovered in the utility room, (Which led to the garage) was found on the edge of the utility room door and in two separate places on the left side of the washing machine; it was identified as belonging to Darlie. Is she a vain narcissist yes I think so. They should have still been on when Waddel arrived. If you remember her at all, you're probably seeing the same mental image that most of us have: a young, attractive blonde woman chewing gum and spraying Silly String onto the new graves of her little boys. Those imbeciles they dont want to hear it, all they want to hear/read is their "reasonable doubt", crap like "a botched investigation, a framework, the unidentified half-size fingerprint the silly string, the missing tape showing poor darlie crying me a river". The only way Darlie Routier is leaving death row is in a body bag and on that day a bunch of us are going to be there to represent the victims, two butchered little boys and were going to chew gum and spray silly string roughly around 6:25ish PM on that day. Your criminal mind profiling is D game. True confession: I have finally been able to come to terms with my inability to take a firm stand. During the trial, Dr. Alejandro Santos, the trauma surgeon that closed Darlie's wounds was called to testify. She literally sealed her own fate on the witness stand. It's been much too long I have anguished over this case, vacillating my beliefs from one side to the other to something else altogether! A guilty or innocent opinion cannot be accurately formed based on watching YouTube videos or simply reading a book; which are inevitably someone else's opinion. Come on lol. I have noticed that in some murders of children, the mother was on medication for depression. [sic], A close relative (Name withheld by request). I looked over and saw my two babies with blood all over them. So now we have these dramatic photos of Darlie in bed with all these wires and tubes and her intentionally displaying a look on her face as if she were on death's doorway. However, that knife successfully cutting a screen was replicated in the crime lab. (no pun intended) BTW, are you questioning my sources? I do, however, disagree with you on one thing. Kolbye testified that Damon was face down and took his last breath as he turned him over. Now, you never saw any evidence of this injury to the right arm on her stay [in the hospital] on the 6th, 7th or 8th of June; is that right? If Darlie Routier had been a man instead of a woman, this case would have simply faded into obscurity and no one would have challenged the jury's decision. Career Criminalwhatever. Darin and Darlie could have easily concocted a story to tell the police and rapidly staged the scene before she dialed 911. 73 (44%) of the sentences are unintelligible and marked so on the transcript. The bruise photos were taken on June 10, - 48 hours after Darlie's discharge from the hospital. Do you know how absurd that claim is? Just stop already and put this animal down. If I'm not mistaken, the episode was released in 2015, and the evidence reviewed by the experts in 2014. Photos . Cameras weren't as frequently allowed in courtrooms in 1996 and Turner Broadcasting's Headline News (HLN) and Court TV didn't exist to broadcast each day of the trial into every home. She holds her diary (right) and is explaining her thoughts of suicide she wrote about in the diary about a month before the murders of Devon and Damon. When I examined the scene after she told me this version of her story, I was unable to see the utility room floor from the vicinity of the light switch by looking across and over the kitchen island, because the island is too large, and I am taller than Darlie." They blamed it all on Darlies post-partum depression. Ive heard those claims about fingerprintsThey failed to back those claims up. So that tells me that this is just another cloak from yet another Darlie fanatic pushing this Darin-did-it fairytale. So now, lets find out all that there is to know about her, shall we? A lot of people that comment on this Hub believe without question that Darlie Routier murdered her children. ", Some Darlie supporters have tried to blame the Rowlett 911 dispatcher (Doris Trammell) for Damon's death due to not giving Darlie first aide instructions over the phone. Judge Tolle announced that the trial would begin Monday morning at 9:00 AM on January 6, 1997. I was wondering if Darlie was feeling like it was becoming not all about her, so she wanted to make it that way. Waddell instructed Darlie to get a towel and put pressure on the boy's wounds. Hopefully they realize quickly that shes a liar and a murderer and they use their precious resources for people that are ACTUALLY innocent. Paramedic Jack Kolby testified that there was absolutely no towel(s) on or near Damon, and Paramedic Koschak testified that he didn't recall seeing any towels on or around Devon. "If the theory doesn't match the facts, change the facts", (A satirical remark he made on how some people support theory). On the night of June 6th, 1996, Darlie Lynn Routier made a frantic call to 911. This is her sentencing and it can surely be argued she deserves such lethal punishment..I am of the belief that natural life in prison w/o the possibility of parole (especially because it is Darlie) would be a far worse price for her to pay. Specifications: Darlie Routier House. SClemmons (author) from the Carolina Coast on July 07, 2018: I'm sorry to hear about the tragedy that you and your family went through and you made a very good point; people react to disaster and tragedy in different ways. Although portrayed as a loving doting mother in home videos, some neighbors and acquaintances stated that they noticed that Darlie had begun to not pay very close attention to the children when they were outside and often seemed aggravated when they were around. Tests revealed that it would stay on for 18 minutes after it was activated. It is all right there in plain. The 2021 DNA came back with "foreign eligible profile" has turned up, that sample is to be sent to Acadiana Criminalistics Laboratory in Iberia Parish, La., to determine if it matches the profile of anyone in the national DNA database. So, if money was the motive, they said, why did she leave Darin unharmed, who had an $800,000 insurance policy? The overwhelming evidence against Darlie, and Darin's failing the polygraph convinced Pardo to drop his financial assistance. He tried to kill me. 3 in Dallas County TX, by Judge Audra Riley. They're are dumbass. This is so true in the political forum, also. Officer Waddell: No. It gave the appearance that someone had tried to wipe the counter and cabinet doors clean of blood. In order to rule out Darin Routier as a suspect, Pardo talked him into taking a polygraph examination. 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. Darlie in the hospital with her wounds. A white sock, presumed to have belonged to Darin was found 75 yards away down an alley next to a garbage can. The blood on the towel was Darlie's, and no water was found on the towel. Darlie consistently told investigators that she could not remember the intruders face. "Coming and going through the house." You make the claim (you're really only repeating the psychobabble of David Nabors) that Darlie cleaned up two footprints. The majority of the items were samples from the nightshirt Darlie wore on the night of the murders, but other samples included fingerprints on a knife blade handle, (The murder weapon) a swab from the sweatband of a cap, 2 buccal (saliva) swabs from Darlie, and a sample from a sock found outside of the house containing blood stains belonging to both of her boys. Was the trial perfect and free of errors? luo xiao min from California on April 04, 2018: Anita Hasch, "However, we weren't there, sohow an anybody know what happened"? Darlie supporters love to direct people to an old CBS 20/20 special taped 18 years ago in 1999, hosted by moderator Sylvia Chase. Thanks for commenting. This stuff about the mystery car and her theories about CPR, Darin's affair with Darlie's sister..utter nonsense. 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