Perhaps this sighting coincided with a major life event, such as a wedding, birth of a grandchild, or death in the family, and therefore the date stuck out in her mind. Bill Gorsuch was a neighbor who lived across the street and worked nights. So here's my challenge to you: Find me proof of such a crime. Did Darin shed a tear ? Over the years, her story would pop up on various television shows, or was featured on the news whenever a new development came up. What about brown long haired guy - any ID on him? The software usually suggests multiple possible matches and sorts them in order of most likely to least likely. Darlie Routier: Wrongfully Convicted of Murdering Her Children JustinCase976 Sep 1, 2022 Darlie Routier with Damon (left) and Devon (right) The Darlie Routier Case On June 6th, 1996, someone brutally murdered two little boys and got away with it. This fingerprint did not match one single person who was known to be in the house that night; it did not belong to any of the Routiers, nor did it match any of the police officers or paramedics (all were printed to rule them out). I believe it ALL happened. She grabbed a butcher knife and just started stabbing her kids in a rage. If the California lab, after comparing the many blood samples to the DNA profiles of the Routier family, determines that a 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. Tom Bevel was hired by the state as a blood spatter expert. I live in the real world and I know all too well that these things happen; I just don't believe that it happened in the case of Darlie Routier. What gives? JustinCase976 (author) on August 22, 2019: Thanks for your comment, Fern; it's always nice to hear another standpoint from a supporter of Darlie's innocence. Rage is rage; sometimes it's personal, and sometimes it's not. Aside from his weight, the attack on Devon was brutal and swift. Her husband, Darin, according to court documents, was asleep with the couples newborn in an upstairs bedroom. Routier said an intruder entered the home and stabbed her and the children. I don't believe that the dog heard a damn thing. She cut the screen with the bread knife, ran down the alleyway to plant the sock, and ran back to the house. What if the baby woke up and Darin had to come down and warm up a bottle? Nonsense. If Halina Czaban really believed the baby was in any danger from his mother then she is negligent for not calling the police or CPS right then and there. Many of the concerns you mentioned are actually addressed in the article, but no worries; we'll go one by one, slowly. Is it in transcripts? Darin was a successful entrepreneur and Darlie was a. She wasn't thinking about it at all; she was answering Waddell's questions about what had occurred. I see what you're saying, Curious George. What kind of mother has bleached blonde hair and $5,000 breast implants? Because it couldn't be matched to anyone elseand with Cron's statement that it "could" be a juvenile printit suddenly became proof positive that Damon must have left that fingerprint. This would also explain why he tossed the knife down. All of us who have prayed and stayed along her journey, will soon know more about this triumphant soul. No, she most certainly didn't. Why would anyone attempt to clean up blood while continually bleeding from a gaping wound on their throat? 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. I love how the non supporters always say Darin was the primary suspect at first. The "guilters" would chuckle at the insinuation of a "conspiracy" but is it really such a far reach? Routier has always claimed a stranger had broken into the home and killed the kids . Did the Court get this one right? However, considering that he has a history of this kind of scam when he needs quick cash, I believe it makes perfect sense. Q. I know mothers kill their children; the idea is not inconceivable to me. I'm going to outline some of those concerns in this article. She must have felt deeply violated. 2021. If the two police officers did not see this laying in the middle of the kitchen, it wasn't there. JustinCase976 (author) on February 03, 2020: Thank you for your email and the information you sent over. It was the same with the blonde hair and Daisy Duke outfits and flashy jewelry. If you're going to plant evidence to throw police off your trail, why not leave it in the yard or somewhere closer to the house where it is more likely to be found? The purpose of this database is to link crimes to other crimes and offenders. The police and lead prosecutors Greg Davis and Toby Shook claimed that the crime scene was staged and that Darlie inflicted her injuries upon herself. Thats what Id say hang on a sec while I change. She asked repeatedly when the ambulance would arrive. If you know Arkansas real name then you know I'm right. JustinCase976 (author) on December 12, 2019: To my knowledge the missing tapes have never turned up. He was returned to the Potter County Jail. ..people who are usually on drugs, violent and dont want any witnesses.. consider that. At the very end of the call, the operator tells her to go talk to the police officers. ;). 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. Fingerprint expert Jim Cron stated on the witness stand that "it could be a print from a juvenile." Not to mention the fact that the whole Dr. Phil thing was spearheaded by non-supporters; you know, the people that want to see Mrs. Kee's child put to death. The exhibit below shows a "DNA map" of blood trails belonging to each of the injured Routiers. Darlie Routier Net Worth: At the time on her conviction she had some credit card debt and they were behind in their mortgage. As you can see, the child went nowhere near the coffee table where the print was located. DNA testing not available at the time was recently conducted and the results are discussed in the special. "; Darlie: "They killed our babies!") C'mon Justin, you really asking me how I know about the frog planter? At the time, Darlie had two different private investigators working on the case and feeding her (sometimes conflicting) information. I think it's just plain silly and not worth even considering. We may have to agree to disagree about Darin. Davis can disapprove all he wants. There is a chapter in that book that struck me like lightning, and I couldn't get it out of my mind. They already know exactly what they're going to say, and they don't deviate from it. Darin and Neal had planned this for months against Darlie. Like cortisol, these hormones disrupt the process by which the brain collects and stores memories. 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? For the love of God, what is your obsession with Dr. Phil? Nabors Dirty deeds done dirt cheap. Darlie Routier is now 48 years old. The Innocence Project is paying for the shipment of evidence between laboratories, according to the judges orders. If Acadiana Criminalistics recommends additional testing of samples, the specific evidence is to be sent to Mitotyping Technologies in State College to undergo mitochondrial DNA testing. Rickels peered out the blinds and saw that the men had returned and were trying to get in the window. In another account, she was awakened by Damon pushing on her shoulder, saying, "Mommy.". Last but not least, the amount of fiber recovered from the knife was so minuscule that when Linch was finished with his analysis, there was nothing left for the defense to perform their own analysis! Internal job & corruption = recipe for a death row disaster. The spectators got a good chuckle at her expense when Shook replied scathingly that it was not. There was no guarantee that the police would find it, or realize that it was linked to the murders. Because they were more than likely caused by two different people, with two different knives. There's so many details that just don't add up. Thank you kindly for the compliment. In part 1 we discuss the crime scene, the injuries, and blood evidence. and a bloodbath of two butchered little boys. I'm not saying it's impossible for his kicking to have caused that bruising, but it is improbable. Cron did not see Darlie's injuries. And she told me that she probably should not have done that, because she messed up the fingerprints on the knife. And then were awakenedwhat awakened you the second time, do you know? Judge Audra Riley of Dallas County signed on order on Sept. 30 instructing multiple agencies including the Dallas County District Clerk, the Rowlett Police Department, the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification to collect their evidence from the Routier case and send it to the Forensic Analytical Crime Laboratory in Hayward, Calif. Still, the machine can't do it all. 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. He began submitting open records requests of all inmates that were at Potter County Jail in the fall of 1996. But prior to going to the hospital, I thought he was given clothes to wear from Terry Neal across the street. They don't see the kids sleeping on the floor at first; what they do see is an attractive young blonde asleep on the couch. You can say whatever you want about Mary Rickels and her story of the two men that tried to break in her house, but I have seen Arkansas's mugshot, and one of the men she described fits him to a T. The description of the other man very closely fits Dwayne. A song about violence and death at the funeral of two slain little boys? I do agree with you that he was involved along with several associates. The neighborhood children called it "The Nintendo House" because of the elaborate game room made just for kids. The murders were premeditated, meaning Darlie chose to do this in the middle of the night, with Darin at home and just upstairs. The Rowlett PD was under tremendous pressure to solve this case and solve it quickly. Darin even did a fake CPR on his son Damon, 7 times. Cooper cannot "make" the state of Texas do anything. Just my opinion. The scene was most definitely staged. CODIS, or Combined DNA Index System, is a little more complex. So, it was 2:40 you're telling us? Captain Edward J. Smith had a good 40 years of experience on the sea, but he still sank to the bottom of the Atlantic with the Titanic in 1912. So nothing you have testified to here today, about what she said to you, happened after Sergeant Walling arrived? So can the general public. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Why, it's all RELATIVE, of course. I know the police wanted his bloody clothing while he was at the hospital, and he was given scrubs to wear. It's been said that it was impossible to dislodge the glass by accident, as there was a built-in mechanism in the glass holders to prevent that. Q. He also wrote to Houston attorney and former investigative reporter Quinncy McNeal, who was also named in the article, relating the same story. I don't know who "Arthur" is but the other two you mention come from the Darlie Did It camp so I don't think they'll ever be commenting about anyone breaking in. Let's say that Waddell is correct when he says that he saw a man come out of the front door and into the front yard when he first pulled up. When the 911 dispatcher picked up, Darlie was just blurting out the words, trying to get it all out. There's always a part of you that's on alert, waiting for a whimper or cry that signals it's time to warm up a bottle or grab a fresh diaper. Karl sat down and promptly wrote to Darlie, sharing this information with her. A 2008 study showed that short-term stress can damage the brain, taking minutesnot monthsto impact neurons responsible for learning and memory. He never notified the dispatcher that he was on the scene; therefore, the dispatcher had no idea that a police officer was in the house and did not realize that Darlie was speaking to him. After a decade many of the DNA has never been tested. Its very unique. 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?". 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