Darin Routier, Kees boss, although only 17, was hardworking and very mature for his age. Anyone who's read anything about the Darlie Routier case knows that Routier was filmed spraying silly string on her son Devon's grave at a birthday celebration held for him. Police, satisfied with the reverse ripple effect of the investigation, in which everything moved toward the center, arrested Darlie Routier on Tuesday. HE HAD NO IDEA THE POLICE HAD FOUND THOSE HIDDEN BLOODY JEANS. A broken wine glass lay on the ground, and there was a torn window screen in the garage. He then said he ran down the stairs as fast as he could and went right past Damon to get to Devon because he looked over and saw the glass table tipped over on Devon. I wonder how log they've been together? He was calculating right down to the very last statement he wrote in his police statement. When Routier was a teenager, she relocated to Lubbock with her mother and stepfather Robbie Kee. I had not heard of this story so i did some reading. Every piece of evidence has an answer. She was standing in the door way with the paramedics said she needed to go to the hospital. I'm wondering where you got this story. WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IS A LIE JUST BY LISTENING TO THE 911 CALL. THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A MINOR DETAIL TO SOME, BUT TO ME IT SPOKE VOLUMES. ", Lubbock man divorcing woman on death row for killing son, Watch: Astros SP Luis Garcia debuts new windup after rule changes, Oops! This is something both Detective Patterson and officer Frosch have denied. Darin had always been quiet and strong, the responsible one of his peers. "It's not too late, because Darlie's not dead," he told The Inquirer. You might say that we had a Brady Bunch family, but by comparison, the Bradys looked dysfunctional, he says. AS A MATTER OF FACT GREG DAVIS WAS ALSO ABLE TO PROVE THAT DARIN NOT ONLY STOPPED THE CPR ON DEVON BUT HE ALSO SNUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE. Darlie calling an ambulance while her son is alive makes sense to me only if either she was innocent, or she had to act as an innocent person would act in front of Darin, when he came downstairs and discovered the crime. Darin Routier. There's no way it makes sense for Darlie Routier to kill two of her children but leave one living. Darin and Darlie were married in August 1988, a little more than three years after they met, waiting only because they were so young. She was moved out to the state prison in Mountain View, to become only the seventh woman on Texas Death Row, her attorneys already launching an aggressive appeals process. I WANT TO PROVE WITHOUT ANY DOUBT HE WAS AS MANIPULATING AND CALCULATING ON JUNE 8TH,1996 AS HE WAS ON JUNE 5TH AND EVERY OTHER TIME HE GAVE A STATEMENT. Darlie was crying. Then one neighbor drove him to Baylor Hospital, where Damon and Devon and Darlie had been taken; another took care of Drake. SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH 911 AND SHE HAD NOT YET GIVEN DARIN ALL THE DETAILS YET. Darlie said she was questioned by police and she knew right away they were suspicious of Darin and it was clear everything she said and did was to make sure he was never implicated in the crime. LET THAT SINK IN FOR A MINUTE. And this $5,000 personal loan that a bank had recently turned down? Cindy Routier. Here is a photo she (Cindy Black) posted on her Facebook account.. Darlie Routier is on death row in Texas, convicted of the murder of one of her two sons, Devon and Damon Routier, who . DARIN KNEW WHEN THEY REMOVED DAMON FROM THAT HOUSE THERE WASN'T A DROP OF BLOOD LEFT IN HIS BODY. THAT IS BECAUSE DARIN HAS FIRST CLAIMED HE DID SEE DAMON WHEN HE FIRST CAME DOWN, BUT THEN HE LATER DENIED HE EVER SAW DAMON WHEN HE FIRST CAME DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING HIM AND CALLING HIM OUT ON THAT. and I gave her a kiss goodnight. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? DARIN WAS CONFRONTED ONCE AGAIN BY DAVIS FOR LYING AND DAVIS KNEW DARIN NEVER WENT NEAR THAT MEDIC VAN TO ASK ABOUT DAMON. So we helped her onto the stretcher and she said Darin you have to promise me we will find this man! Darins parents-the quiet and steady Lenny and the petite, dark firecracker Sarilda-had only one serious argument anyone could remember, and Deon Routier would describe growing up in the best terms. She is one of 10 women on death row in Gatesville, which is between Dallas and Austin. In fact, they only waited till August 1988 to get married due to their age. IN AUGUST GREG DAVIS WAS ABLE TO GET DARIN TO ADMIT LEAVING THE HOUSE AFTER WADDELL GOT THERE. Why dont the Electoral College and popular vote always match up? Flash* was risky on a non-monetary point, however, because it brought sniping from jealous acquaintances. He knew exactly how high the window was up in the garage. WHEN I READ THIS I KNEW FOR A FACT DARIN WAS LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH. The debt grew, but all the bills got paid. The notes had been at the office, but he decided to keep them at home instead. I get that Darlie may have been confused but there was no way she got confused on every detail that implicated Darin in the crime. Seeing that Darlie was somewhat okay, he worked to revive one of their two injured sons, but to no avail. Darin had jumped into the hot world of electronics and created a small company called Testnec to test circuit boards, and the money rolled in. I want to take apart his statement he wrote on June 8th and prove once and for all Darin was not in shock as he alleged. Childhood, Early Life, & Marriage. Evidence In The Darlie Routier Case. From that moment on Darin was no longer implicated in the crime. IF THIS WASN'T ALL THE PROOF THAT GREG DAVIS NEEDED TO STOP THE PROSECUTION FROM TAKING DARLIE TO TRIAL THE NEXT BEST THING WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONFESSION FROM DARIN, AND WE KNOW THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. Devon and Damon and the baby Drake wore expensive clothes and grew up in a house that was an eclectic mix of Tara and Graceland. So, maybe she's not a psychopath, that's all that really tells us. Darin was called to the witness stand on Jan. 27, almost weeping every time he glanced over at Darlie. In fact Darin appeared to be very calculating and very organized when the police arrived. Since their divorce, Darin hasn't remarried and maintain's Darlie's innocence. 1 most stressful city for workers in U.S. Houston rap royalty Bun B on returning to Rodeo for another Takeover, Turner: State takeover of Houston ISD could happen as soon as next week, 'Call me a Nazi': Former Houston-area pastor calls for state book ban, W&P Porter bowl review: A container that makes office lunch easy, Why the Texans should take Bijan Robinson with the No. Then when that didnt work I blew into one of the holes in his chest. Drake lay in his bassinet at the foot of the bed. Darin said they always kept their wills updated, particularly before going on a trip. He lit up and just stared and stared, she recalls. Cindy Carol Black, Drake A Routier, and two other persons are connected to this place. So I went upstairs to get her a blanket and pillow and came back downstairs to cover her up. Darin filed for divorce from Darlie in 2011, however, he continues to maintain that Darlie is innocent. Everyone agreed that Darin and Darlie might as well go ahead and get married. At the instruction of defense attorney Doug Mulder, he shaved off his beard, leaving only a trim mustache, and had gotten rid of the nugget-size rings, replacing them with a single gold wedding band. The mother, the in-laws, the sisters, the aunts, the cousins, all of those people whose names start with D, the whole bunch of them. DARIN USED HIS FRIEND KAREN AND HER HUSBAND TO TRY AND GAIN ACCESS TO HIS HOUSE AGAIN. Ive always believed that she alone was guilty, and not because of the birthday video. Best man was a long-haired friend who played the drums in a rock band, and maid of honor was Barbara Jovell (who would later turn against Darlie during the trial in an undisguised blend of contempt and envy). IT WAS LIKE LOOKING IN THE FACE OF SUSAN SMITH WHEN SHE WAS GIVING HER STATEMENTS OF HOW A BLACK MAN TOOK HER CAR AND HER CHILDREN. She granted interviews and hugged family members, and then the camera caught her laughing and spraying Silly String over the grave of her children. She very well could have been feeling regret, guilt, grief, and depression after murdering her two children. Darin was never treated for shock. AGAIN, NOBODY IS GOING TO TELL ME THAT DARIN WAS NOT CALCULATING AND MANIPULATING EVERY WORD HE WROTE IN THIS STATEMENT? On June 6th right after the police arrived Darin told the first responding officers he had been asleep upstairs when he was woken by Darlie screaming. The boys were asleep with pillows and blankets on the floor. After putting Darlie in jail with bail set at $1 million, the state of Texas placed baby Drake in a foster home in 1996. I looked over at Darlie and she was on the phone calling 911. DARIN CLEARLY HAD NO SHAME IN LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR EVERY PERSON IN THIS INVESTIGATION TO HAVE NOT PUT TOGETHER THE TIMELINE HERE? He was killed days before turning seven. The first four episodes of the series will be dedicated to Darlie's story, looking at the events that took place the night her sons were murdered as well as the trial and conviction. On the day of the prayer service, Rowlett Police Det. Darlie and her family have been lying and covering for Darin ever since. She fought him off and he ran out through the kitchen and garage, dropping a knife on the way. In my opinion Darlie never attacked those boys, but she a major part of this conspiracy. Herein is part of the problem with this whole saga. "[The conviction] has ruined their marriage, so we can thank the state for that," she said. The video of the birthday party just blew my mind. LUBBOCK The husband of death row inmate Darlie Routier said Friday that he and his wife are divorcing to move on from the "limbo" they've been in since her arrest and conviction for killing one of their sons. It was almost like she was gloating because she thought she had gotten away with murder. He had no pulse but I could not see any injuries. Dallas housewife Darlie Routier has undergone a shocking transformation over her the past 20 decades she's spent on death row for killing her two young sons. She knew when Darin ran over to do that cpr on Devon in front of officer Waddell he knew Devon was gone and he also knew Damon was still alive gasping for air looking around the room. The petition states that Darin Routier. From then on, nobody could think of Darlie without thinking of that bizarre scene. COVID origin Darlie Routier's ex-husband says she's innocent in sons' murders "I loved Darlie. Devon!! Wasnt Darlie fantasizing? HE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH AN EXCUSE AS TO WHY HE RAN PAST DAMON TO GET TO DEVON. Mulder led him carefully through the presentation. He said that in the following days, both of them cooperated totally with police investigators, who promised they were checking out hundreds of leads. DARIN RAN PAST HIS SON DAMON AND WENT RIGHT BACK TO DEVON AND HE BEGAN TO DO THAT FAKE CPR ON DEVON IN FRONT OF OFFICER WADDELL KNOWING FOR A FACT THAT HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. He was the first kid in his class to have his own checkbook, the first to go to work to earn money for a car when he realized he needed wheels before he could get a girl. THE REASON WHY DARIN SPECIFICALLY SAYS HERE, "I TOOK OFF MY GLASSES" IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS AS HE CONTINUES WITH THIS STATEMENT HE IS GOING TO BE TELLING THE POLICE HE WENT BACK UP THOSE STAIRS AND PUT ON HIS PANTS AS THE POLICE WERE COMING IN THE DOOR. Volume 45 - William M. Parker, Richard E. Coons. The autopsy pictures, which are on the record, clearly show no wounds going all the way through the boys' bodies. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Sundance Film Festival Independent Spirit Awards Black History Month SXSW STARmeter Awards Awards . IT WAS BOTH INFURIATING AND SICKENING TO KNOW THAT THEY COULD HAVE SOLVED THIS CRIME YEARS AGO. IT WAS SHOCKING TO SEE HOW DARIN HAD BEEN MANIPULATING THIS WHOLE SITUATION. Here is a photo she (Cindy Black) posted on her Facebook account. SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE HOME. HIS INTEREST WASN'T IN HOW HIS FAMILY WAS DOING, HIS ONLY INTEREST WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH POLICE AND THE INVESTIGATION. He was about 6ft tall and had a wide build. By the time he wrote his police statement on June 8th he was claiming Darlie was at the foot of the stairs when he came down. She has a sister named Danelle Fugate. Time passed in a blur of images for Darin as the police arrived, the paramedics came with their bulky boxes, and he ran across the street to get help from a neighbor who is a nurse. DAVIS KNEW FOR A FACT DARIN WAS LYING THREW HIS TEETH. After 6am Darin was questioned by Detective Patterson and officer Frosch but Patterson did not take any written notes so there is no way to go back now and see exactly when Darin's stories began to change. He was killed days before turning seven. ", Darlie's mother, Darlie Kee, had similar sentiments. THERE WAS A SHORT TIME FRAME OF LESS THAN 2 MINUTES FROM THE TIME DAMON WAS STABBED TO THE TIME DARLIE DIALED 911 AND FOUND DARIN ON THOSE STAIRS. NOBODY IS EVER GOING TO CONVINCE ME DARIN WAS NOT SETTING DARLIE UP RIGHT HERE. WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HERE IS DARIN WENT TO BED NAKED THAT NIGHT? KAREN NEAL TESTIFIED THAT SHE DID GO BACK TO THE HOUSE BUT HER SON, DARIN AND HER HUSBAND WERE ALL STOPPED BY THE POLICE. Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine? Both times I was hesitant to go, but when I did it was such a wonderful feeling, one that you cannot describe and both times I felt I was going to be with the Lord." Trending. There's nothing pointing away from the possibility that the Routiers were working together to kill their sons. In fact Darin himself admitted this in his statement. She didn't scream out Karen's name, she clearly screamed out Darin. Shit , the luminol alone blew any hope of honesty away. This is when her story does not match the evidence. Darlie Routier, 40, was convicted in 1997 of killing the couple's middle child, 5-year-old Damon, the year before. We talked about the business, bills, and how Darlie was having a hard time with taking care of the babys (all) today. 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