Last Defense - Darlie Routier | 20/20 | Part 1
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The Routiers seemed to be a perfect family, until murder of two boys
Darlie and Darin Routier seemed to have a perfect life with their three boys - until one night when Darlie said she and two of her sons were attacked by a man with a knife.
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2 minutes in you can tell, when she covers her face and says I miss them so much, pretending to cry. Then she moves her hands and her face is dry.
I noticed that IMMEDIATELY. Not a single tear. This woman killed her children without a shadow of a doubt.
@@Sarah-in1xk correct.
She can't lie to us.
So evil.
@@endtimesareuponus8930 I totally agree. Every single piece of physical evidence points to no intruder and she is obviously a sadistic liar. I am completely confounded by the fact that anyone believes she is innocent.
@@Sarah-in1xk right. She/her mom/friends could be making some of those posts.
Other posts could be from people who like something about her (looks, house etc) who deep down just want to support her.
Others probably haven't looked at enough evidence.
Her acting gets to me. I hope she wises up and stops lying to God. No one can hide from God.
It’s so obvious. Yes no tears
She purposely slept down stairs so that she could do this crime. She left the little baby upstairs with the dad so he wouldn’t interfere with her devious plan. She did it
She's not innocent those are crocodile 🐊 tears she's cold and heartless coldblooded killer who knows she and husband probably plan this crime
Why would any home intruder attack the kids first? Two sleeping children none the less?! They always remove a bigger threat first, like adults especially parents who will fight for their children's life until the last breath. That's a very first thing that made me suspicious.
amela m. I agree. I think she did it to because you’d remember being stabbed the way she was. I’m tired of all this selective amnesia.
@@kimberlyrowden6474 Bizarre to say the least. And her husband...There is about him, something that bothered me from the time this tragedy happened and is still bothering me.
Go do some research on traumatic events, and their effects on the brain, and memory before giving an 'ignorant opinion'.
@@AussieTruthSeeker are you replying to me, and if so do you consider my opinion an "ignorant opinion" or just an ignorant opinion. What trauma did she go through before all this happened and how did that in any way influence an intruder to attack the helpless sleeping children first? Further more, how does that kind of bloodbath happen without her waking up? Too many questiones.
Amela, sorry I should have stated I was replying to Kimberly's "selective amnesia" comment ...
...but as you stated "too many questions" ...especially to find someone guilty, and have them sentenced to death.
For the most part, people put no time and effort into properly researching the case thoroughly. They watch biased 'programs' and then think they're making up their own minds.
The first thing a woman would do if she seen a stranger walking in the house is scream for the husband , not follow him and pick up a knife laying on the floor . she where she needs to be
People forget that everyone has their own head, and brain. Not all of us think alike. Especially when the circumstances are different. One night, I while at work, I was followed by three men. I took out my phone and started recording. Nothing bad happened. When I reported the incident to my supervisor, I was asked why didn't I called 911 instead of recording? That proves that we all think different. Assuming I dial 911, would the police believe that I was in any danger? We all have a way of thinking and living
@@mihaelazisu590 In the Delphi Indiana murder case of two eighth graders one of the girls recorded a man who followed them. They were both murdered and approximately 5 years later an arrest was made with a trial pending. Dialing 911 and talking to the operator in the presence of the man that followed them might have worked out better.
@@dreamsagaofficial loser
I was thinking she could have DiD.
That “little girl voice” doesn’t convince me..In fact it creeps me out...
James Hawkins that's not a little girl voice that is how she always talked even when they were alive
@April Dannette Gosa that’s what I thought too, but you can hear her voice switch from normal to high pitched/affected in the matter of seconds
At minute 2:00 in this video her voice isn’t that high but I bet she used it often when they were alive to manipulate others as well..Split personality disorder aka fake bitch disorder..
Thats just her voice. She's not putting on a fake voice to convince anyone of anything. Thats not even a thing.
@@louwee3506 "Split personality disorder aka fake bitch disorder" doesn't exist. She's a liar and a murderer but her voice has nothing to do with her personality. Some people have high voices.
If when Darlie stepped off the couch her feet became covered in the kids' blood, subsequently leaving her footsteps outlined on the ground throughout the living room/kitchen/garage area, why on earth would there be NO trail of bloody footsteps from the alleged "intruder" as well? Not a single footstep. Did the intruder walk on air?! Sketchy
@Carolyn Smith This is just incorrect.
@@FirstNameLastName-wt5to no its not, actually.
There is photo evidence of the blood in the garage but the jury did not see them.
The full forensic evidence and the forensic police officers were not done to the best of any standard . Nothing was done in any correct way and no proper research required in the case was ever taken by any means of which would give anyone a chance may they be innocent or guilty . I do believe that Darlie is innocent but this is my view after fully researching the case and taking time to read transcripts . I don’t think anyone should give an opinion about this case unless they have taken the time to view all of the case information regarding the evidence in full .
@Carolyn Smith
Darlie wasn't wearing shoes, she was bare footed. If she had initially walked through all of the blood, she would have left a bloody foot trail from the couch to the utility room, but there wasn't such a trail. Her bloody footprints were in the kitchen, one under the sink had been wiped away, but was found by the police using Luminol.
Now, if she had kneeled by the boys when stabbing them, she wouldn't have initially had blood under her feet. That blood came under her feet after she returned to the living area, realised that Damon wasn't dead, then stabbed him again. This time she did get blood under her feet that she tried in part to conceal. Which innocent victim cleans the sink area in the kitchen from blood ?
"typical family" yeah that's for sure and usually means things look great from the outside but living hell on the inside
Right!!? There's always something about that typical/happy/perfect family
O livia pretty much
rose okoth Sorry U want to think that there are families that aren’t real but I am here to tell u that there are couples that believe their lives are wonderful and they appreciate the wonderful life they have created .
My DH & I had a marriage that everyone, family & friends were in AWE of. To say that this isn’t what this couple had...well U really don’t know because U didn’t live their lives.
So how to u explain how Darlie’s serious wounds? Ppl that think she did that to herself and killed her sons r ridiculous!!!!
Ever hear of Tommy Lynn Sells? There’s your killier right there...but prosecutors don’t want to admit they screwed up and so it’s better to EXECUTE someone who did NOT do what the state of Texas said she did.
Sorry but this is what happens when u don’t LAWYER UP the first 5 secs the cops decide to want U to come in for ??’s
If Tommy Lynn Sells didn’t do this Darin Rutier knows who did. He hired ppl to help him file bogus insurance claims & he knew Darlie was thinking about divorce & had someone killed all three of them he would have probably had a good $$ payout from insurance.
People like U disgust me.
@@holiday-td6hx I never said all families, did l? Stop taking offense if it doesn't apply to you. This was an observation merely on most families involved in these kind of situations. Read to understand and not merely react. Have a nice day.
O livia Ppl don’t know what goes on behind closed doors x
No three year old will say in that moment “it’s okay mommy”
Especially when he's at death's door. That whole part of her story is absurd.
@@carrieday8423 She's a demon in woman disguise.
@user name i don't know much about this case so I'm not going to comment on it because i don't know either way but when you say she wouldn't of been able to hide being a psychopath all her life - well ted bundy did a good job of hiding being one so did Harold shipman, fred west and the BTK killer, they all managed some how so why not her ?.
Yeah, she is just applying the "story" the way she thinks it should go, totally diff. than reality!
@@hayleyburns.9384 "all her life" is the key point here, not all any of their lives because when it exploded, they were no longer able to hide and we ALL knew!!! And it MUST explode because it is a lot of psycho to contain forever. The only reason it appears that some do is because they are not discovered.
Darlie is trying to cry but tears just won't appear...... No remorse
She's a narcissist and/or psychopath. She doesn't feel emotion
6:41 look like real tears to me.
@@trish1366 no such thing as real tears as we are in a simulation...lol
@@ecstaticallyextreme Okay (hard eye roll)
@@trish1366 but the truth is the truth
Darin was so obsessed with Darlie that she came first before his children. It's all about Darlie and not the kids.
Demons like that shouldn't be able to reproduce.
I guess shes gonna always lie about her killing her own kids smh
Everything she says including the 911 call is explaining a story. I saw an "outline", saying "someone stabbed my kids", instead of hurry i need an ambulance, all points to her setting up a story, not telling the truth.
@HJ Quinnthe first thing she says in the 911 call is, "someone came in here". Past tense. She doesn't say someone is in here and they're stabbing us. At this point she should be concerned that the children need immediate help, but she's not. She's concerned about convincing the 911 operator and Darin that "somebody" or "they" came in here. She knows they're gone because she chased them and saw them leave through the garage. Right?
Statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2012/09/statement-analysis-darlie-routier-911.html
Precisely.
www.wfaa.com/mobile/article/news/former-prosecutor-has-no-doubt-darlie-routier-is-guilty-of-killing-her-son/287-563896810
She knew they were dying too because she knew exactly the severity of their wounds.
She didn't even mention the baby upstairs. Even when asked about other people on the 911 call. Because she knew he was safe. She knew he was safe because she is the killer.
Whoooa whooooooooaaaaaa whoa. You only woke up after Damon tapped your shoulder? So, you slept through the killer stabbing them? Not possible.
She did it.
No I think Darlie was attacked first, rendered unconscious and left for dead. The kids were probably killed afterward to eliminate witnesses. Once the killer realized that Darlie and Damon weren't dead he had to hurry and get out before her husband came downstairs. She was screaming and it scared the intruder
@@rhonda9267 LOL whatever
💯💯💯👌🏻
@@rhonda9267 I was curious about this as well. She made it sound like she woke up and realized her throat had been cut. But she had such extensive bruising on her arms and body that I also wonder if she was knocked unconscious while sleeping, stabbed and then the kids were stabbed and that’s when her son woke her up? Idk, just a thought.
@@vivakatrob13 - The blue black bruising on Darlie's right arm, which appeared 4 days after the crime was thoroughly covered at trial, and found to have occurred after she left the hospital.
She didn't even mention the baby upstairs. Even when asked about other people on the 911 call. Because she knew he was safe. She knew he was safe because she is the killer.
well said and thought out!
@@alley1433
I agree ! A true victim wouldn't know if there wasn't another intruder hiding upstairs when her husband came down, who might kill the baby and attack them. He could also be arned with a gun and still kill them all. She knew that there was never a breakin, therefore didn't think and act like a true victim and mother would have done - run upstairs to see to the baby. Oh, I must mention here that during the trial her housemaid testified that, on the morning of the 5th June - the day before the murders - she found Darlie trying to suffocate the baby ! Read the trial transcripts of the testimony of Mrs. Czaban.
Maybe her husband had already checked on the baby. Just because she didn’t mention it to the 911 operator don’t mean anything. She could of asked about the baby when she first ran into her husband before calling 911. But what I don’t get is… when was she stabbed? She slept with the boys downstairs .. she said she awoke to her son saying mommy and she sat right up .. seen the man… picked up the knife.. seen the other son and screamed for her husband! So when did she get stabbed???because I’m sure she’d wake up to someone stabbing her .. not remaining asleep until her son said mommy. And how did the husband not hear the commotion going on downstairs but heard her calling out to him after the fact? Did they investigate the husband!
@@amandabutler100 yes, they did. Darin was the first suspect.
@user name it’s doubtful he’d go over to check the baby when he was jolted out of a dead sleep by Darlie screaming downstairs. It should’ve been Darlie asking if Drake was alright.
"What woke you up?" asked the interviewer.
"My little boy, Damon", replied Darlie. "He was pressing on my shoulder, and he was saying 'Mommy'".... Darlie says that she saw the guy walking away.
It is right here that Darlie gives her lie away.
Since the attacker is walking away, the attack has already taken place. Damon has been stabbed four times in the back, the deep stab wounds penetrated his lungs and his liver. Damon died a few minutes later.
Would the mortally wounded Damon really be in a position to calmly stand at Darlie's side, press her shoulder and say "Mommy"? This scene is totally unbelievable and I don't believe a word of it.
Don't forget the fact that she's said all along and testified to that after he woke her up, Damon walked right behind her while she was going to the kitchen to look for the intruder. It's just not medically possible with the injuries he sustained. The evidence on Damon was that he did try to crawl towards the wall so he can get up which is why his handprint was on the wall. He was stabbed 4 times while his brother was stabbed twice. It was believed that Darlie thought he was dead by while on the phone she realized he was still alive. Supposedly, he was stabbed 2 more times while he tried to crawl and get up.
@@kittykatt4429 Horrific!!!!!💔💔💔💔💔
He had 4 large gaping stab wounds to his back and one small one. This poor child would be crying, crawling, not standing. She is lying. The pictures are posted on line if you can stomach them. What happened to these children was brutal and rage.
@user name and don't forget she said she heard glass breaking in the kitchen and she went in there with bare feet yet she had no cuts on her feet ,and who goes to a home and uses a knife from the home to commit these acts ,I've saw so many documentaries on this case ,she's where she belongs period! And her talking that creepy baby voice just sickening, true narcissist
Nice catch
Damon was stabbed horribly and his lungs were hit. I don't believe for a second that child could stand up, much less touch his mother's shoulder and say "mommy". Their stories change through out the years, based on what is more appropriate at the time. I feel awful for Darlies family, but I think grief and love clouded their judgment. I was 16 and lived in Dallas when this happened. I will never forget it.
He wouldn't be able to walk and follow her around too!
Yeah exactly. That and I'll never believe that someone could sleep through that horrendous attack right next to them, let alone your own children.
His lungs were hit 3 times. No way he could talk.
@@beckyboo1433 She didn't sleep through it. She stated that she was awoken because she heard something, an intruder, and she saw a silhouette of a person. BS.
cutesy voice and no real tears. Pffttttt... she's where she belongs.
So her voice means she did it? Please. And what 'no real' tears?
She did cry
Our joke of a judicial system, and the jury thought the same thing, all those years ago. You make me sick with hatred. People like you are why she was convicted and unjustly imprisoned, simply because she wasn't emotional enough. People like you, are why it's "guilty until proven innocent". You're an idiot if you can't see how insane that is.
@@MrAnon00 Unjustly imprisoned? You think the jury sentenced her to death because she had not shown enough emotions? How naive.
You're right guilty as sin. but not because of her voice. Overwhelming forensic evidence of her guilt makes her guilty.
So sad those babies would be young men now with perhaps children of their own 💔
No tears Darlie......if they were my kids I would cry till there was no moisture left in my body and I was left a dried up husk who would crumble to dust and die and blow away in the breeze.
Sometimes you just get tired of crying. You got to remember, this is the 500th time shes told this story, after a while, you do tell it matter of fact. Now, not saying shes innocent, but Ive had many of people tell me the same thing Im like, im all cried out, it happened 10 yrs ago, doesnt mean i dont love and miss them.
@@tellurye I agree. I lost the love of my life almost 17 yrs ago, and although I miss him every single day, the tears have stopped. How dare anyone assume that because she isn't crying tears any more that the tragedy isn't still a horrible thing for Darlie. Shame on the investigators and the prosecutors in this case. You knew Darin was up to know good and allowed him to walk, even though the doctors KNEW Darlie was VERY close to death....and could have died. IF this is the way Texas treats mothers who were stabbed like Darlie was, I would never live in that state....
@@holiday-td6hx Thank you so much for sharing and terribly sad to hear what you went thru. But you stay strong, and you will be together someday.
@@susanb2015 yeah they do. Some days you cant cry, some days you can. I know many a mother whose child died and although they get sad, they dont always cry every friggin time. So how about you come down of your arrogant high horse. Of all the tragedy in your life, you telling me you cry EVERY single time you think of it? No you don't.
@@tellurye True. I have PTSD and no longer cry or get depressed, but when asked about the events that caused it I get agitated and start talking rapidly and my voice rises and rises. It's more anger at the injustice of it all that upsets me.
She slaughtered her two sons but only talks about herself.
Bullshit.
Typical narcissist!! @ ONE TWO
She almost died
@@andreashields6983 Nope. She did not "almost die". She cut herself superficially enough so that she would survive.
1996 the year where home intruders started killing children and spared the parents
@Mango Roxx Just before the silly string part there was a solemn ceremony where Darlie was sobbing. The cops cut that part out from the evidence. They also were unconvicted felons because they were guilty of violating federal wiretapping laws and should have been charged for their crimes,
Good point
I'd believe Darin had something to do with it before darlie
@@loralieisa
*“Just before the silly string part there was a solemn ceremony where Darlie was sobbing.”*
How do you know? That tape has never been released to the public in its entirety.
*“The cops cut that part out of the evidence.”*
No, they didn’t. The Silly String video was recorded by the local news crew that Darlie invited out for the birthday party. They recorded the the party and a bizarre interview with Darlie and Darin afterwards. They did not record the prayer service at all. The prayer service was recorded by police surveillance equipment placed close to the gravesite. The State turned that surveillance video over the defense in December of 1996. It was her defense who decided not to enter it into evidence. They also declined an offer by the State during the trial to show the video to the jury. So, nothing was cut out or hidden, her defense had the tape and chose not to use it.
*“They also were also unconvicted felons because they were guilty of violating federal wiretapping laws and should have been charged for their crimes.”*
They were not guilty of anything. Darlie’s husband and her mother sued the City of Rowlett, naming the detectives and the DA. Lost, appealed, lost again, and was rejected by the Supreme Court. No expectation of privacy in a public place and the officers had legal permission as well as permission from the owners of the cemetery.
@@HumanimalChannel
*“I’d believe Darin had something to do with it before darlie.“*
Why?
Anyone else find the father weird as hell?
Yes.
Yep. He has always been bizarre. I still do think she is guilty as sin though.
Sarah Umberger yeah. It’s possible she did it and he helped her cover up I feel. Still do wonder about a lot of stuff with this case tho
Yes even still the vibe i get it was him
He is the classic psychopath to me. Dead, sunken-in eyes, zero real emotion.
So she is still convinced that she is the victim? Last time I checked, those precious boys are the victims. STAY IN PRISON!!!!!!
Yes! She is a psychopath.
her idiotic mother even said "darlie was the target" yeah no..the boys were butchered and her wounds were strange and not life threatening...only the defense says oh the wound was 2 mm away from a major artery...ok well 2mm is deep when it comes to the human body... doesn't mean crap... her wounds are the most bizarre i have ever seen. the mother also says "why not kill the baby he is the most burdensome!!!" oh my god whats with this f-ed up family? they have terrible logic and disturbed minds... to talk about your own grand child that way... also darlies mother yells at a prosecutor "u don't know what happened in that house" well u weren't there either lady! and forensic evidence is actually quite simple in this case and overwhelming
Stay in prison if you’re lucky or be executed if you’re not
Trying to make that woman seem innocent is a much harder sell then the story of an intruder killing those brothers! I cannot stomach it!
Reasonable doubt is there. Police work was shoddy.
@@loralieisa The police work was excellent.
@@candiceparr4174 Right and the Moon is made of cheese.
Genuinely don’t understand how people could think she’s innocent. There is a MOUNTAIN of evidence against her.
I do not know what the truth is...however Darren had tried at different times to have someone break in and steal so he could collect insurance money.
Exactly glad someone else is saying this too
The evidence says she did it.
I’d not heard this before. I’ll look it up, for sure, but if you have any links related to this, please drop them here for me to review.
Thanks.
Yes. I think she is innocent.
@@JaimeMesChiens ruclips.net/video/Ff_ln9LR_wI/видео.html It does not matter what people think - The evidence proves she DID it! There is nothing else and no one else and the evidence stacks UP.
My grandmother stayed in the same neighborhood literally at the corner and that house is still there looks the same. Drove by a few weeks ago. Crazy it happened in the same neighborhood I grew up in.
They shoulda tore that thing down afterwards imo.
I cannot believe she said she had to be “woken up” by a stabbed child that only had minutes to live🤦🏾♂️ No way the “intruder” had time to choke her out without being heard, make a bloody mess, and leave without leaving DNA evidence….all within the 9 minutes the stabbed child had to live…..majority of the minutes she was on the phone. Seem like the type to practice her lies
Her memory could be blocked from trauma shock?
She totally lied, interrogation experts all agree she lied, extremely. Just watch their analysis, it is spot on.
@@soggypotato9790 It is Hollywood movie myth that one's memory can be totally shocked out of existence. At a minimum a psychologist with any knowledge of hypnosis can retrieve memory, think of it like a computer, it isn't erased, it's back there somewhere.
What about the finger print that did not match her or anyone else?
The lady is clearly innocent.
Look at the real facts.
Here.
gloryintruth.blogspot.com/
The post on darlie.
Through luke 12:1-3 summarise truth fully.
I suppose you would say christianitys holy ghost lies through jesus in luke 12:1-3.
Right?
Of course darlies innocent.
What a terrible miscarriage of justice.
Look at the real facts of the case.
The police in texas and the authorities are probably evil spitits in human form.
As 2nd cor 11:13-15 warn humans.
Cant you see that obvious truth.
It was clearly a set up.
Good grief.
How could a mother kill her own children? This is COLD BLOOD.
I saw the forensic files episode on her case, the blood evidence doesn't match her story at all. Plus there's no tears when she "cries"...
Darin made a comment to the cops " wow, this is the biggest thing to happen in this town"...he's been living in that 'we are famous " mindset since that night. He lives to tell the lie. Freaking weirdo.
He is such a creep. Literally every interview he’s done regarding the case is so bizarre and cringeworthy.
Ok, this is something I don't get: Darlie says that she was woken up by her son saying: "Mommy, mommy".
Considering the deepest and fatal stabs that he had gotten, how could he stand up and say anything?!
If the blood was pouring out of his mouth and chest when Darlie's husband tried to perform a CPR.
Exactly. But he did CPR on Devon not Damon who was face down, moaning, and barely alive
Darin never attempted CPR on Damon - I do blame Darlie (the murderer) for this. As Darin stated, she brought his attention to Devon as soon as he got down there, knowing for sure that Devon was already dead.
But you’re dead on about Damon’s behavior in her version of events. Damon is a 5 yr old little boy who has been stabbed four times in the back, with stabs that pierced his lung and liver. There’s no way in hell that little boy was talking (crying at best, perhaps) and walking around.
Blood evidence actually shows Damon did probably try to stand up but was unable to because of the pain/degree of injury and he was instead trying to drag himself over to the entryway of the home… they believe because the stairs were there and he was trying to get to his daddy. But in the process, Damon was attacked again.
I fully believe it went down like this: Darlie first goes after Devon. Now Devon died on his back, in the same position he fell asleep in, but he had some bruising plus a posterior wound of the buttock or thigh… the only way this is possible is if he had his legs up. I think Devon kicked at Darlie when he realized that he was being attacked - his eyes were open so he saw and responded to his killer for the brief time he was alive for after the stabs. She then goes after Damon, stabs him two times like with Devon and thinks that’s it. She starts staging the scene (like planting the sock), rinses off the knife (which had extremely minimal or no blood from Devon when found) before she cuts herself over the sink, which had diluted samples from both boys. She goes back into the living room and sees Damon is still alive and has dragged himself across the floor… so she stabs him two more times and then plants the knife before screaming for Darin. She knows now that Damon survived the first 2 stabs and is probably still alive after the second pair, but not for very long. So when Darin comes down those stairs, that’s why he says she came at him screaming “Devon Devon Devon Devon Devon!” She knew Damon wasn’t dead yet and wanted to divert Darin (who was CPR certified) to the son that was already 100% dead for sure.
@@Cagebreaker This was my analysis too. If the dad tried to help the still living child, he might be able to tell him, “mommy did it.”
😭nooooooo
Rest In Peace you two beautiful boys
I would be interested to have a psychic detective give a reading on this case. What Damon & Devon have to say. I don’t think Darlie was suppose to live through the attack. I have always wondered about Darin’s involvement?? Insurance scam before. Why not again and things got out of hand. The sock was a big mistake. New DNA is coming
I remember those sweet little boys! I still can't wrap my mind around this! How could she?? And expect anyone to believe she didn't?? RIP DEVON AND DAMON.
Don't worry she will rip too
She is a malignant narcissist.
I was convinced she did it when she told police that she was awakened by Damon but not by someone slitting her throat?!! And the screen debris on the knife that was in the butcher block not to mention that the cut in the screen was too perfect..
She would have heard the first squeak of the door opening or the first foot step on the floor. It's all so nuts.
@@biggestcuddyfan Also, how did she get TWO wounds? Did he slash her throat and then her arm? Or did he slash her arm and she didn't wake up from that? This doesn't make any sense.
Also, wouldn't a child let out a bloodcurdling scream at first stab, that would wake the dead, or did those poor children silently get stabbed to death, and why, when she was lying right there as a better witness than any child!>?
@@jennyking7237 I actually never thought about that.. Good observation
I read somewhere that eyes speaks more than words....And unfortunately here i couldn't saw grief in darlie's eyes...
Or regret
No maternal denial. Even when a child has been dead & buried it's very hard for a mother to admit their child is dead. But Darlie is very quick to accept it. "My babies are dying."
I've always noticed that too. "My babies are dying, they're dead" Like you would lose hope that soon especially since she never checked on them herself (never touched them)
She's EVIL
People say that all the time. Not everyone lives in some denial coma where they can’t comprehend what tf is going on.
I lived 15 miles from the house this happened in and lived and breathed the story. She absolutely did it. Why is she still alive?
Darlies new attorneys convinced a judge that there was a finger print that matched no one in the home ... well guess what , it matched a females DNA , Darlies ! now they are trying to blame her ex Darin ... just a waste of time ...
She didn’t do it
Capital punishment is a slow moving process in our country. No punishment is harsh enough for people that do this type of thing imo. If you are caught killing children in some foreign countries they will arrest and execute you by firing squad the same day. They don't have the sympathy that the United States has when dealing with evil people doing evil deeds.
@@Malcolmblacc Yea right
@@mizzoupatriot8814 my opinion changes every time I watch a different video
I've seen this case before I can't judge her but celebration of two kids on their grave is crazy
Especially considering how they died. She was basically laughing about their deaths.
Darin is very odd....something is not right with that guy. I really think he was involved.
Been following her story a long time, I'm with you on this one
@@keahithefieryone8513 he was an odd person. I think he knew she did it and tried to cover for her as best he could. I don't figure him for anything to do with the actual murders themselves.
I guess because someone is odd that means they are a murderer.
just my opinion where dies it say that I’ve never heard of that. He did ?!??
Ive always wondered about that.
The whole time she was on the phone with 911, she kept emphasising to the dispatcher, "I picked up the knife, it's going to have my prints on it" what the hell mother of two children who's been attacked is going to have the forethought or concern to try and explain why their prints will be found on the knife??
This is typical in domestic murders. The children are dying and she's forming her defense instead of rendering aid.
@J winchell You mean the sock with only her fingerprints and the boy's blood, right?
No one questions that her initial (b/c there were many) statement about fingerprints was a response. It was her obsession with this fact and with "catching the killer" over and above the deaths of her sons that was at the very least suspicious. Of course you could add oodles and oodles of evidence to this...which is why she is rightfully in prison.
I'm sure you also think the so-called intruder nicely put the bread knife back after cutting through the screen? What a thoughtful intruder!
@@greg7384 i dont think they can get fingerprints off a sock, but they know the trail ended there because they used dogs. Her whole story is full of holes. She was a real dumb bitch who thought she could make it look like an intruder. A lot of child killers try that. Darin and the rest of her family cant admit she's a monster.
Oh my gosh that is so crazy because I said the exact same thing when I heard the 911 call.... She emphasized that to let them know ahead of time why her prints would be on the knife to cover up her prince being found on the knife..... That is in no way shape or form something I would even be thinking about in that moment.I will be so hysterical the last thing I would be thinking is if they thought I did it.... Dead giveaway plus she's changing her voice dead giveaway...I think her and her husband did it for insurance money and thought they were going to cash in
@@Deawonnda1 you would think of it if the dispatcher literally just told you not to touch anything, and you had already touched a piece of evidence. her concern was that she may have obscured the prints left on the knife by the attacker. would it really have been so shocking for her prints to have been found...on her own knife...in her own kitchen?
PS--The boys were insured for $5,000 apiece. Their funeral cost around $14,000. Darin and Darlie may not have been geniuses, but I'm pretty sure they can both do simple arithmetic.
she was honestly a stunning young woman and she wasted the best years of her life by doing something that is just simply mindblowing.. wtf
Beside the rest of your comment ... "stunning" ... NOT! Only she thought so.
@@sharpedge3355 lol yea. . She’s like a 5 out of 10 on a good day
@@sharpedge3355 PERKY melons
Stunning? Get some thicker glasses.
If you like plastic bleached blondes with nauseating baby voices
Darlie is guilty as hell. It’s been 25 years she needs to give it up now.
@Carolyn Smith no she isn’t.
@Carolyn Smith Inoccent my f. A$$!!!!!
She's a big liar and bigger hypocrite.😠
Why
Why kill her kids da though?Motive please.Diabe Downs was motivated by trying to keep a man.Im lost on her motive if she did it.
@@queenfpbt1212 look at her diary entries. She was depressed and overwhelmed. Also financial motive. She’d save a lot of money only having one child
I can't even listen to this phony woman anymore. Such old footage
Well sh#t, I'm bawling my eyes out for these poor boys. Innocent defenseless children, I'll never understand or justify why people do this😭☹️
me too ma'am. ME too
You mean person
Same 😫😫😫
I thought that I could watch this, but not even a minute in and I'm bawling so much. My heart breaks for those precious children. What they saw and felt from a person that is suppose to protect and love them. She had it all!! Amazing children, husband, family & friends, I just don't understand at all.
Cs shes in love w money
Ugh same 😢😢😢
Maybe the husband did it and she’s covering nah idk but I agree she did it there’s to much evidence! She deserves to be where she is her eyes look evil to me
Stop with the "baby girl" talk, Darlie. It never worked. And you are fake crying. Better work up some tears. But then you never could, could you?!
It's incredulous that an intruder would viciously stab two little boys while inflicting superficial wounds on the only adult present at the scene. How do you account for such a discrepancy? Moreover, wouldn't an intruder focus their rage and attention on the adult who is more likely to put up a struggle and also potentially identify them? She murdered those innocent boys and one day she will encounter the vengeful wrath of God.
Superficial wounds? I would suggest that you do some research regarding those wounds.
The reason she survived is because she was capable of fighting back
She was only a very small way from her carotid artery how could she cut that close ?
I suggest you research and look at the extent of her injures. Aside from four different knife wounds ( one of which nearly killed her), she had deep defensive wounds and bruises on her body in places she couldn’t have reached or inflicted on herself. Unbiased medical experts have said her injuries are consistent with fending off an attack and were not self-inflicted. You should really conduct full research before condemning someone, instead of basing your opinion on theories, before you encounter the vengeful wrath of god for being a judgmental idiot.
@@marleneschulz118 It was superficial wounds 😂
🤔My sister was working at Rest Haven Funeral Home in Rockwall and had to ride with Darin Routier in the car to show Darin the cemetery plots that Rest Haven had to offer.My sister said that riding alone in the car with Darin creeped her out so bad.She was afraid of Darin. His whole demeanor came off so Sinaster towards my sister.
What makes me believe she’s guilty is for the fact she was even concerned bout telling the 911 operator her finger prints were on the knife, a concerned mother would not even be concerned with thinking bout her fingerprints when their children are fighting for their life
That is the last thing a mother would be thinking of. Why even pick up a knife? To do what with it exactly?
@@melisentiapheiffer3034 Get it up off the floor as she said it was an instinct, meaning picking things up was a knee jerk habit for her.
She also kept repeating her fingerprint concerns to her doctors, nurses, officers, family members over the next several days. Because she didn't know the knife handle material wasn't conducive to holding fingerprints.
Friends' and neighbours' opinions on Darlie were not all positive. In fact, they were largely divided on her behaviour and parenting. Darlie was depressed before this happened, because of a combination of high debt and the struggles of looking after two young children and a newborn baby. She would frequently swear at the boys in public and lock them out of the house for punishment. Just because Darlie did a lot of nice things for the boys and their friends in public doesn't mean she did it out the goodness of her own heart. Selfish people do that all the time to make themselves look like better people. I know this is all circumstantial evidence but it's okay to discuss it after someone has been convicted, which she was, 22 years ago...
And how do you know all this are you a family member
@@desertmoonlight2880 I've read the trial transcripts.
@@desertmoonlight2880 , no I'm not related to Darlie. I've just studied the evidence inside out from reading the trial transcripts.
Let a team of lawyers and investigators go digging through your personal life, and I'm sure they'll find folks who like you and folks who don't.
By the way...those transcripts might give you a pretty good idea of what went on in the courtroom, but in no way do they tell you what really happened in that house in June of 1996
@@natalynmichele4154 Lol of course they do. Nobody was there to contradict Darlie's version of events. The evidence told an entirely different story and was presented at trial. There's no evidence of an intruder whatsoever.
Who stabbed Damon the 2nd time? Damon didn't die as quick as Devon. Evidence showed he was dragging his injured body across the floor. When the attacker realized he was still alive the attacker stabbed him 2 more times immobilizing him. Darlie claims Damon woke her by shaking/touching her shoulder during her attack saying "Mommy". If that was true she would witnessed the attacker stab Damon the 2nd time. She claims that she "came to", fought the attacker, then chased him out into the garage. She never told us that the attacker fought her, stabbed Damon 2 more times, then ran towards the garage. Who stabbed Damon the 2nd time? Darlie did.
The innocence project couldn’t find one shred of evidence to show she was innocent. They only found things pointing to her guilt.
They are done now?
They neglect to mention their extreme debt, the marital problems. I do believe this woman was a good mother, that she loved her kids. But I also believe that she snapped...she was depressed, she was taking diet pills, she was angry at what she saw as the possible loss of their lavish lifestyle. All that rage was probably directed towards the husband, and she intended to kill those kids and then herself to punish him. Why does everyone have such a hard time believing this? Wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened.
yeah, I hate when a documentary manipulates the public's perception by only showing what they want you to see. the family was not perfect nor happy and they weren't even sleeping in the same bed anymore.
Moon Bell4 exactly. This is nothing but an anti death penalty advertisement.
Darlie did write a journal entry in May of 1996 that she had thought of committing suicide stemming from the depression that no doubt resulted from the birth of her son Drake.
Oh go to hell right a long with her
Everyone?? You're referring to the fraction of a percentage of people who are uncertain??? Hardly 'everyone'.
Why would an intruder break in and brutally stab 2 little boys and leave. Not stealing anything. 🤔🤔🤔Doesn’t make sense !!!!
What's her voice about? Definitely isn't real
It's fake like her personality
That actually is her voice.
Fake as hell
Melanie La Pan nah listen to the home videos that is NOT her real voice
I believe it's her real voice. Have you ever listened to Jackie Kennedy or Melanin Griffith or Marilyn Monroe? Same voice. Means nothing of any importance.
They only spent $130,000 on that big ass house!?! Goes to show ya how much things have changed!!! And... why people can't afford to live anymore. Just think about it... wages haven't changed much in that time frame, yet cost of living has skyrocketed!!!
Watch the Forensics File episode, “ invisible Intruder “ and see what you think.
I’ve seen that before, but I also saw the full version of this episode and in it they go through all the evidence provided by the police and tear it apart bit by bit. There’s absolutely no way she killed her boys.
There are several episodes that they have put out and some seem point to her guilt and others imply that the case wasn't handled correctly or there was prejudice. I find the blood evidence alone should clearly convict her, but as one prosecuter implied we have to look at the "totality of the evidence" and that's why she's on Death Row because that too supported that she killed her sons and tried to cover it up. Now job one is to discredit the judicial system and so that is their goal here. They want to create a reasonable doubt. The same thing was done in the OJ Simpson trial. He brutally murdered his wife and "her friend" and because one police officer did something wrong and OJ was Black, he was found innocent even though DNA evidence was vast and everything else pointed to his guilt. Darlie has a lot of support many of who are probably opponents to the death penalty and would try to get her off for that reason regardless of whether she is guilty. The two main witnesses are dead and their blood cries out to Heaven for justice.
@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 they did not tear all the evidence apart in any episode. They tried to cast doubt on the investigation. There was not one shred of evidence then or now that supports her story that an intruder entered her home and attacked them. Her blood was in front of the kitchen sink where she inflicted the wound on her neck. Her blood wasn't found on the couch where she said she was knifed. Her stories changed repeatedly and then she claimed she had traumatic amnesia at the trial.
After that - You know 100% she did it. The evidence says she did it.
@Alissa Michelle The evidence is neutral, and it stacked up against her regardless.
If she did it, and I'm NOT convinced that she did, she's the best actress I've heard in a long time. That 911 call. Did NOT sound like someone faking it.
Michelle Abbott it’s easy to hype yourself up to play a role for a 45 second call. How long did she take before making that call? How long did she have to get her story straight? How can she be laughing and playing with silly string at her sons grave site 8 EIGHT DAYS after the murder? Psychologically speaking (I’ve studied this in college) Psychopaths HAVE to mimic normal people. They have a lack of morals, emotions, sensibilities and social queues. They have to mask. They copy the actions and reactions of people to use as what would look like a “normal” reaction to other humans. But yet they don’t see themselves and how they look how it looks a little off. and when they think they are getting away with it they almost unconsciously smile or laugh being the “duping delight” it’s a tell tale sign of deception. So scientifically and psychologically she shows all the signs of a psychopath.
The 911 call is so fake. She is building an alibi and is zero interested in helping her children.
No mother would stay on the phone talking about fingerprints when her kid is dying next to her. She is a monster.
She is a horrible actress. I feel nothing when she rslks. 0 emotions no empathy
She is a bad actress. Even I could tell it was fake. I mean, how hard can it be to scream and shout? 😮
she is a psychopath,
so good and thoughtful of you for saying devon don’t give up!!!
and how sweet that he understand it and reply it with a “ok”
when the first cop arrived, darlie was on the phone, and one of the child was still alive, gurgling or trying to gasp more air, i don’t know the right word,
and her husband was chasing ghosts outside,
anyway the last minutes, the last seconds, that their child was alive, was in pain, scared with all his little heart, she wasn’t sitting beside him, hugging or holding hand.
She was in horrific shock and adrrnaline pumping theres no dmn rule book on how to react coming atoumd to find your kids dying. You dont act normal in that horrific circumstance. Nothing but a silly judgment
@@warriorfortruth2838 Get the F out of here with that poor excuse....I was in a HORRIFIC car accident where people died and there was blood everywhere and bones sticking out from compound fractures, I myself was in so much pain from broken bones and internal injuries but I still managed to get straight to my kids, STRAIGHT TO MY KIDS FIRST!!!! My girls were 5 and 7 and screaming so loud and scared and even though I could hardly move from my own pain My mind was only with my kids. She is guilty as phuk......Nothing makes sense out of that woman's mouth.....Shock my ass....
I don’t even know these beautiful babies and I’m over here crying more than the mother is. I know that everyone cries and grieves differently, but if this had been my children, I’d never stop crying.
Oh stop being so dramatic you don't know what you would do when your adrenaline is flowing and you're going through a traumatic I just love how people say what they would have done you have absolutely zero idea what you would do right now is you're nice and comfortable in your house and relax I'm sure you would think how you would act but you don't know and you cannot argue that
@@michaelax3025right? How anyone who even watches these shows hasn’t learned that no one should be judged by the way they act in response to a traumatic event
Husband might have arranged to rid them all except youngest.
Yes I agree!
Obviously Darlie is not the sharpest crayon in the box. So, her fatally stabbed child not only woke her up by saying mommy mommy, she also responded by "OK" to her telling him to hold on? The boy was gargling and gasping for air, the first responders heard Damon struggling to live. She is a horrendous liar and deserves no mercy. Not once has she fought for the killer of the children to be found, she and her relatives are all about Darlie this and Darlie that. But who does care more for themselves than for their offspring. The Narcs do. And they have no feelings, others are tools in their life, not real persons with feelings, aspirations and their own rights to live. She got tired of them and got rid of them in the most heinous way. Monster.
That singing in opening gave me chills
In this video Darin is adamant that Darlie is screaming "Devin Devin Devin" .... but in another video he's just as adamant that she's screaming "Darin Darin Darin". Sooooo they were in it together or he willfully helped her create a cover story .
ruclips.net/video/mbsU0mJWvB8/видео.html ...... at 4:43
@@stephaniemcgill2009 I went and watched it. GOOD CATCH!!! Question: WHERE ARE HIS TEARS?????? He is reliving giving his dying son CPR and he doesnt stammer or fight back tears?? He's just telling the story like it was about something normal and mundane.
I just can't watch the ones with children. They just overwhelm me with urge to hug my boys tight and never let go.
I think both, she and her husband, were involved. BOTH failed their polygraph test. Both behave extremely suspicious with their dead eyes showing no real emotion, no tear ever. The way her husband smiles talking about that night gives me the chills. It's not unusual that two psychopaths bond with each other.
Darlie did not failed her polygraph test. Also, where did you get your degree in psychology? Calling people psychopaths with no evidence is irresponsible. Do your research before you post idiotic statements.
@@cathytimmons164 Darlie's results were not released by her attorney and Darin failed the question do you know who killed your children?"You don't need a degree in psychology to see they weren't that upset at their childrens' murders. Throwing stuffed animals from the memorial and cheering and spraying silly string on the graves? It speaks for itself.
Sandy Weinhold they both failed a lie detector test, are you positive?
@@joanielorentz4979 Darin failed the question, 'Do you know who killed your children?"and passed, "Did you kill your children?" Darlie's results were not released by her lawyer.
@@cathytimmons164 her lawyers didnt release the results of her polygraph. Darin failed the question "Do you know who killed your children?. He passed did you kill your children?
At first, I really defended these people but then I met a group from Canada who keep up on the boy's birthdays and keep up on the journey of Darlie for justice's sake. There was no one else. They don't tell you their bizarre behavior when they got to the hospital, they leave off so many details that puts Darlie front and center'; that husband also, he is certainly insincere; when the police talked to him while Darlie was in surgery, he just went on and on about the boobs he bought her. They were a very odd couple of people. She was not mom-of the-year, either, the neighbors said she just let them out for hours and they'd wander to different streets, etc.
Dunno about other places but where lived back then it wad pretty normal for kids that ages to just run wild outside.
My mum would let me out cuz I had my sister 2 years older, I assume it was the same for these boys
At 5 years old I had to ask to go out and sometimes my mum said no just to make me realise I wouldn't always get what I wanted in life (I understand the lesson but that was a shitty way to go about it) but there was at least one kid same age who would simply shout 'IM GOING OUT' at 5 years old and we'd go round different streets etc so I don't see why it's bad for these 2 boys.
Things were different back then
When I heard the remark her husband made about her boobs I nearly died. I mean what in the actual hell was that about? I do remember that darlie claimed that she may have been raped but she couldn't say for sure so maybe that's why he said that.
22yrs and still on death row and still no evidence to say she murdered her 2 boys and they charged her for 1 sons murder samons but not other how has that town officials been able to keep her locked up rip damon and devon 💕💕
Exactly 💯! I honestly think her husband set this all up. But she was supposed to die too. All that insurance $$ could help him with all that debt.
@@kyliesmith7903 The forensic evidence shows otherwise. She did it.
I am only 6 mins in and she is obviously guilty
@Carolyn Smith I'm good at stuff like this
@Carolyn Smith I can't recall this episode. It seems like years since I've seen it. I usually make my comments during the video. But I do have a weird ability that normal detectives do not have
@Carolyn Smith I bet what it was is that all I had to hear was the 911 call. I can tell if someone is lying by how they talk
She's right where she belong behind prison walls. You're pure EVIL to take the lives of those beautiful boys
So you can embed a necklace in your neck?? Did you see her defensive wounds? What about the bloody fingerprint they found that didn't match the kids or her or anyone else?? I've been following her case for over 20 years and I have done the research & the investigation was shoddy at best. She is innocent, shoddy police work, what damn cop pleads the 5th???
@@ITSONLYMEWATCHINGImbedded? I heard the necklace didnt have a scratch on it. Her Rolex watch and other expensive jewelry were untouched in plain sight on the table. The crime scene was staged by Darla which shows she was more concerned about her material possessions than her children. The vacumn cleaner was turned on its side but the blood had already dropped on top of it. The same thing is true of the one broken wine glass the blood was under it. Her feet were not cut, but the luminol showed her bloody footprints had been cleaned up in front of the sink where she cut herself. This is exactly what Dr.Jeffrey McDonald did after he killed his pregnant wife and two little girls in Ft.Bragg.N.C. They had multiple fatal stab wounds and he nonlethal injuries from supposedly fighting off the "crazed hippie intruders". Same thing with the Henri Van Breda in South Africa. His mother sister and father have horrendous axe wounds and his has a minor knife cut in his side. Darlie's bruised arms look so fake because nobody gets uniform bruising like that when they fight someone. That guy would have killed her too. The younger child was a foot away from her and you believe he stood up and touched her shoulder after he was stabbed and woke her up. That was one of her stories that she changed. The older boy was crawling toward the door when he was stabbed two more times in the back. She slept through all of this plus her own neck slashing? Some people are unbelievably gullible. The police came on this horrific scene and they had to figure out what happened and they eventually did through forensic and other evidence. Since then you and others have been attacking their investigation findings to get this child killer freed.
@HJ Quinn yes, they're both lying
@HJ Quinn Apparently everybody is innocent according to you even if the forensic evidence says otherwise. If they make a confession, it's coerced.
@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING You know, it is possible that she did want to kill her kids, but realizing what she'd done, she tried to commit suicide, but it didn't work?
The bruises on her arms could have been the result of her and her husband fighting and it escalating (not saying that he hit her, but maybe she tried to walk away and he grabbed her arms).
I am Polish, but a mother who raised children on her own. Today I am already a grandmother and sometimes I wonder what kind of beast a mother is who kills children. This is the behavior of this woman at her sons' grave. ..It's disgusting and terrible. In my opinion, the punishment is just.
Pertaining to Darly saying she touched the knife to 911 operator-she said it in response to the operator saying “don’t touch anything.” Had she not said anything at the time, the prosecutor would have attacked her for that once her prints were found on the knife! He would have said she had the opportunity to tell us she had touched the knife at that moment, but DIDN’T!! Would it not have been easier for Darly to just wipe the knife clean and not say a word in response to the 911 operator’s request? She didn’t do that. I’ll admit Darly’s behavior and body language are ODD, no doubt about it, but the physical evidence is contradictory (points to guilt and innocence 50/50). Bottom line: the state should have allowed DNA testing and Darly’s statement on the 911 call has been taken out of context.
No they wouldn’t, because she would have stilled had plenty of opportunities to tell them that she touched the knife before her fingerprints were found on the knife. When the detective was questioning her about what happened, she could have told him then that she touched the knife. There is no way that a mother would have been able to sleep through both of her sons being stabbed.
@@sierramcclary2897 Yeah, you missed the point. The operator specifically asked her about the knife and it’s location. Had she not said she touched it at that time, the prosecutor would have attacked her. As for your other point: Some people are crazy, heavy sleepers. I imagine someone who sleeps in their living room instead of a bed is probably one of those people. Also, if he had ambushed the children, it’s possible that they wouldn’t have made any noise. I mean, why didn’t Darren wake up if Darly did it?
Darin had plans for someone to rob the house so he could collect insurance. Darlie had been suicidal. They both worked the system.
I feel like it was her husband, he said really weird stuff at the time and he admitted to trying to hire someone to rob the house for insurance.
or adleast he knew who did it cause he wanted someone to rob the house anyway.
exactly my opinion !!!!!!!
The place I grew up. I used to drive by that house nearly every day delivering pizzas.
Her testimony played a HUGE part in her conviction/sentence. She should have never taken the stand. Whatever doubt or credibility the jury had for her before that I think was completely squashed once she was cross examined. She was such an awful witness for herself that her own defense team it. There was no turning back after that.
I wonder if her attorneys told her to take the stand to sabatoge her . If your guilty , why would anyone Wana take the stand
@@Charmander009 I’ve wondered that, too. She had a high profile attorney, like the best defense attorney in Texas at that time, and he did a really crappy job of defending her. It’s as if he made no effort to present a defense, and he had to have known that letting her take the stand would have sealed her fate.
Exactly. I don't see how her defense attorney can still believe she's innocent after all this time to truly think about this case, including the horrific job she did outing herself on the stand as the murderer.
They told her NOT to take the stand, she ignored their advice
A psychopath thinks that they can fool everyone. Her story changes more than she probably changed her underwear.
This, I cannot get out of my head....why the HELL is she not tending to those boys? Instead she is running to pick up a knife, running around cleaning up blood, running to the bottom of the stairs to get Darren. Wtf was she not holding something to her children's wounds while they were moaning and gasping for air. Cannot, will not ever get over that.
She was in shock. No set way you can react in that horror
@@warriorfortruth2838 LMAO
The only cleaning of blood that happened was from the towels Darlie was handing her husband to try to stop the boys bleeding. As well she was on the phone with 911 who several times had to tell her to stay on the line with them. At the end of the phone call, she even asked them if it was alright for her to hang up now.
Ok first the strange man goes on the same path you followed ?
And I think Damon said mommie because he was in shock that his mother just stabbed him 🤷🏽♀️
That’s my initial instinct
she is her own demise. she claimed to have awaken when Damon tapped her on the shoulder but she slept through all that alleged chaos!! yeah ok. she never shows REAL emotion/ fake tears!! this is really SICK!! plus Damon was stabbed & could not speak!!! RIP lil angels
She wanted to believe he spoke and that Damon tapped her on the shoulder
@@aprildannettegosa5381 she's lying and nobody with any sense believes any of her stories.
When she got caught in her lies, she claimed amnesia. How convenient. Read how Toby Shook dismantled the testimony of the defense's witness, Dr.Clayton, who tries to support that defense. It was truly beautiful.
Exactly! She would have witnessed the "intruder" stabbing Damon's the second time around. The cut window screen was the act of an amateur. Blood thirsty maniacs are not gonna bother with neatly cutting a screen when "he" can easily kick it in. Super flimsy aluminum. People weren't as knowledgeable about DNA in 1996. So the "intruder" would have left his presence somewhere in the house thinking finger prints were his only obstacle. If she had fought him wouldn't there be a trace of him on her? The couch where she was being stabbed had no blood on it. Considering she received a life threatening neck knife wound the couch should have been covered. The sink was covered in it though.
Tracie why would she kill them ? Just because her depression? Or she just didn’t want them anymore
@Justin Hoardshe staged the scene how she imagined it should look.
Hard believe this was 23 years ago.
Interesting...having been trained in crime scene investigation and examining this case here’s what I think. (I’ve seen this as well as the Forensic Files Episode for full disclosure)
She had numerous bruises on her arms and legs which couldn’t have been inflicted by two little boys.
The tube sock was found almost a block away. At the time of the murders there was a series of rapes that took place in the area. The attackers MO involved wearing tube socks and threatening the victims with knives from the kitchen. Her panties missing is a significant example of trophies being taken
The blood cast off on her shirt was due to it being placed (still wet) in an evidence bag along with the still wet blood stained clothes of the boys. You never collect evidence in this way because it can cause contamination.
The silly string video- a more somber ceremony the same day was recorded where she along with her husband and family are in tears just sobbing for the boys.
There was no motive the boys life insurance was $5,000($2,500 each) it cost almost $15,000 to bury them. She never showed signs of being neglectful or abusive to her kids.
When her husband came downstairs he testified that Darly was standing at the kitchen sink with a towel to her neck on the phone with 911.
The knife on the carpet is explained in a couple of ways. The intruder finds the boys...he attacks her by covering her mouth with the tube sock, stabs her, cuts her throat and she loses consciousness...he stabs the boys then places the knife on the carpet preparing to return his attention to Darly. He removed her panties (she’s reviving at this point and feels the pressure) he picks up the knife and turns to leave. Carelessly he knocks over the wine glass, drops the knife, escapes out the window.
Not realizing the situation Darly picks up the knife to protect herself thinking he might comeback. She finds the boys...lays the knife down on the carpet hurries to call the police. She frantically moves from the family room back to the kitchen panicking and bleeding heavily. The police found the knife according to one officer on the carpet next two one of the boys and placed it (still wet) into an evidence bag.
Police arrived...looked around and say “ok mother did it tried to cover it up.” Her interrogation/questioning both at the hospital after surgery and days after being released from the hospital (was never recorded in writing, audio tape, or video tape).
The trial was moved to a more conservative part of Texas that had a conviction rate of over 90% in capital cases. A mother charged with killing her kids-no way was she walking Free. And at least one juror saying “We got it wrong and weren’t shown everything. She’s innocent.” That’s compelling.
So there is evidence to support the intruder scenario. It is within reasonable doubt that the case was rushed and not investigated throughly.
None of what you wrote is true.
Kevin Michael everything I wrote is true.
Alright, well take it one claim at a a time.
Bruises: Darlie had bruises on her right arm. She had some bruising on her left arm from the arterial monitor installed in the ER. There was no bruising on her legs. No doctor has said they couldn't be self inflicted, and none of the bruises were where she couldn't have reached to inflict them. More importantly she had no signed of bruising while at the hospital, nor did she mention any bruising to the police two days after her release, but then two days after than when she showed up to have her injuries photographed, her right arm was covered in fresh bruises. Those bruises were virtually gone a couple of days later at the SS party.
The tube sock was found 3 doors down from Darlie's house. It had blood from both boys, but none of Darlie's. It did have Darlie's DNA on the inside. No-one else's DNA was in the sock.
No-one has provided any evidence of this serial rapist, but ever if he existed, the MO does not match. Darlie was not threatened, nor was she raped.
The cast off blood.
Cast off stains and transfer stains look nothing alike. Darlie's night shirt was cut off her in the ambulance and collected later-enough time to dry. And it's a myth that Darlie and Damon's clothes were in the same bag. They were put into separate bags and sealed, and then thise bags were placed in a third bag and also sealed. Perhaps not optimal, but then the person who collected them was not a cop. But there's not evidence that the clothes came into direct contact with each other Darlie's were collected from the ER, Damon's from the morgue.
Why would a burgular worry about killing two small kids.sociopath can turn on tears in the drop of a dime. I think she thought kids were in the way of the life style she wanted to live.
idk why did richard ramirez break into peoples home and kill them? why did ted bundy do this also? you ever think that people like to kill and break into homes to do just that?
@@elizabethhazel15 Ted Bundy picked them up in his car. He didnt break into their homes.
Darlie was a rich woman with family and friends who were close to her. If she really wanted the kids out of the way she could’ve just hired a nanny or sent them on an extended trip to grandmas house. And besides that, I presume you are not a professional psychologist and have never met this woman, so you really can’t make judgments on her mental state.
@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 she tried to commit suicide. You dont have to be a psychologist to know that indicates a mental problem. She wanted to get rid of them permanently.
@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 they were heavily in debt. And why people dont give their kids away instead of killing them - no one knows. But they do. Shes not the first one, by far.
Darlie dry crying.
i always believed she killed those boys, from the get go. her story was so sketchy.
Cherry Davis i said the same her cry was dry and fake
She was crying tears....Her throat was slashed. She almost died. If this was a murder/suicide why call 911? I think people are too quick pointing fingers.
@@vivenomada when was she crying tears besides when she was arrested for the murders?
@@janetfrisco772 6:41 real tears. She is innocent. She will be let out soon.
@@trish1366 where are the real tears? The evidence proves she's guilty and her own changing stories. No proof of an intruder.
I mourn to myself too. I don’t openly cry and fall out but when it comes to a child being murdered. They’d have to put me in the psychiatric ward. There no way I could smile at my child’s gravesite or throw a party.
She's not even crying ...no tears
I think both of the parents murdered the two boys for insurance money, and planned a murder story to cover it up. This just makes the most sense to me. Either that or one of the parents murdered the boys.
Insurance money? The only policy they held was for Darin (husband), and it totaled $10,100.
There were NO insurance policies for any of the three children nor Darlie herself. Your baseless theory is, therefore, flawed on that premise alone.
No 3 year old would say something like that
zero tears? wow.
Omg this is so cruel ..rip 😞😢😤
I think the reason she refused to help the little boy that was still alive was because he might have shown fear of her. She absolutely did it.
I watched a documentary about this case and they interviewed the first officer on the scene and when he got there one of the boys was still alive and was crawling around on the floor and the dad was doing his very best to console this child because he knew he was dying and didn't want him to be afraid and it brought tears to his eyes. Darlie on the other hand was going through her jewelry on the counter to show the officer that some things might be missing and had zero interest in her child. The difference between the two was obvious and that's a big factor on why I also think she absolutely did it.
@Ers Elley Wow. She is cold blooded.
@@erselley9017 yep, I heard about that too. She is absolutely where she deserves to be! Psychopath!
or accuse her, it was convenient for her that he dies
@@monicafajardo215exactly!
if anyone is keen on getting to know more about this case, watch the forensic files episode ‘invisible intruder’.
it goes into detail about the blood splatter evidence and the forensic evidence that shows that the whole ‘intruder’ crime scene was set up by darlie.
No, scrap blood spatter evidence. Some despite it still being admitted into courts are considering it to be junk science. Too many wrongful convictions because of blood spatter "experts."
Forensic evidence doesn't lie.
No actual tears were shed.
yes.... i just watched a fascinating docu called crocodile tears when murders lie to the cameras... it made me think of darlie and susan smith and diane downs
I was wondering how her husband who was sleeping upstairs with their 3rd child didn’t hear the commotion and the boys screaming from being stabbed, they wouldn’t have been quiet during that frenzy and pain!
EXACTLY why is no one talking about this!!?
I wonder who made the decision to only charge her with one murder verses both. I imagine they were sitting in a room and someone said "Hey.....we should only file one charge just in case something happens and she gets out. That way we can charge her with the second and put her right back in jail. I mean what are the chances she could herself innocent twice?". Savage
It was an automatic death penalty case to murder a child under 6 at the time in Texas. Devon was over 6 and would have to be argued for justification to pursue the death penalty. And yes, they'd be able to charge her for Devon's murder if the prosecution of Damon's murder failed to result in a conviction.
I cannot stomach the crocodile tears of this monster.
Makes me cry watching this
How could the youngest son say,"Okay Mommy" when his lungs were pierced by stabbing wounds? I don't believe her. At he 6:35 mark she states that she told her son to hold on.
exactly.. 4 through his back into his lungs... and the fact officer waddell said he saw pure terror in that boys eyes, struggling to breathe and gurgling... no way he said OK MOMMY.. and hang on baby? u can't say this.. u need to render aid immediately
I’ve always been on the fence about her guilt. One thing that does trouble me is why isn’t she indignant? If I were tried and convicted and sent to death row for a crime I did not commit I swear I’d proclaim my innocence to anyone who would listen. I don’t see that with her. It’s like she just accepted the sentence and wants to whine about it.
Lol ExAxtly . She’s so calm and chill about it
I have heard, years earlier a documentary and recently a news video there was a bloody thumb print that they won't run through the system. The only bloody foot prints should be hers. The perpetrator would only have blood splatter on him and not pools of blood draining off him to step into. Darlie woke up after being stabbed, not knowing it and probably week from the blood loss not clear of mind. Followed the shadowy person, found the knife and picked it up. She was prompted by 911 to say something about her prints when the lady told her to touch nothing. OOPs! She already had done that. That is all she confessed. Everybody deals with grief differently or sometimes we just try to overcome or keep busy to ignore feelings. I lost a baby in my second trimester. I tried to ignore it and be brave and get back to my classes and stay busy. One of my teachers in college tried to encourage me to return next semester. I refused and said I just didn't want to be staying at home feeling sorry for myself. Eventually, I broke down over 9 months from time to time. They convicted her on that celebration at the cemetery plot alone, which should have never been aloud in a court room. The documentary I heard years ago talked about how the forensics investigation was botched up. I forgot the points on that but it was clear they did and totally did not believe her from the beginning and honed in on her alone. Her lawyer now is trying to get the bloody thumb print through the system and a judge okayed that but the state want allow it. Also the lawyer wanted the sock tested for DNA and that has not been allowed. Why folks? She is on death row. Cause the state and the police force want to protect their evil asses from getting sued. God's judgement for being a false witness is they get the penalty for what would have been done to the person they accused.That is the true law, the law of God. There has to be 2 or more witnesses and God who is the great judge does not count circumstantial evidence. Putting those two words together is a hypocrisy. Circumstances is not evidence and is only appearances that can be deceiving. That should not be in court. There was a time when I was a young girl that it wasn't allowed. The State, police, Judge and Jury ( all those in the high places mentioned in Ephesians) have the death penalty on their heads. If there is any humbleness and repentance in any of them, they will find another income and get out of Babylon and get covered by the blood of Jesus. Then, they need to do what they can to help this lady get out. She could have gone on with her life with her husband and had more children. David in the Bible helped his wife cope with the loss by getting her pregnant again.They did not hunt down the murderer of her children, instead they stole an innocent woman's life away already. They think they are getting away with this. Jesus is coming.
The "bloodly thumb print" you allude to is actually a partial fingerprint (blood smeared) which doesn't have the necessary points of comparison to ever identify. It was found on the glass coffee table in the family room. It's known as exhibit 85J.
It's been thoroughly tested over the years. the appeals court agreed with State expert, Pat Wertheim, that Darlie's right ring finger couldn't be ruled out from making 85J. In 2015, *%J was DNA tested and found to contain no male DNA. Still, the defense insisted this partial print be run through AFIS and in Jan 2020 it returned unmatched. dead issue.
Notice on 911 call she keep saying, "they or they're" meaning more than one intruder, but in all subsequent interviews she only talks of ONE intruder..
Are you retarded?