Patterson would have been forced to admit in open court that no such confession had been made, at which point Mulder should have smiled like a shark, said "Thank you, no further questions" and sat down like the boss he was supposed to be. If a wet towel or cloth came into contact with any blood in that area, it could have easily wiped it away. This whole case reeks of corruption! Do you set yours rightI bet you set yours right on the money, don't you? I don't believe that Waddell encountered or spoke to Darin when he first arrived, and here's why: If you listen to the 911 call, at the 3:29 mark, Darlie asks Darin if the children are dead. I stepped over, to look into the garage, just to see if I could see anybody, and told her to apply some pressure to the first child's wounds. Another huge issue for me is the 911 call. And as her lawyers prepare to head into court yet again, new information . He had entered the Potter County Jail in July of 1996, after carjacking a man at knife-point. Routier, now 49, was 26 when her children were killed. No one was concerned with trying to preserve a crime scene; the priority was to treat the injured. According to her arms, she certainly did. A videotape of a graveside birthday celebration for Darlie's late son showed Darlie smiling, chewing gum, and spraying "silly string" while singing "Happy Birthday.". How did the glass get on top of those bloody footprints? Far be it from me to critique another author's work, and I can say that the article is very well-written and the author appears to be highly intelligent. And she told me that she probably should not have done that, because she messed up the fingerprints on the knife. Seems it would have to be someone with big Reach ? When someone comes up with a cover story, they've usually got their details in order before they start talking. They found DNA from a black male on the sock found in the ally. You gotta be kidding. How can the crime scene and evidence be expected to match her story when she can provide part of the narrative? The Routiers had tickets to fly to Pennsylvania and were planning to fly out the following week, on the 14th. Text Darlie Routier was convicted of killing her son Damon and charged for killing her other son Devon in 1996 and was sentenced to death for her crimes. It could have been perfectly innocuous, and a police officer or paramedic may have inadvertently kicked the glass out of the way. As the man made his escape, he dropped a large butcher knife onto the floor. Can you explain that? Rickels peered out the blinds and saw that the men had returned and were trying to get in the window. In yet another account, she was awoken by the sound of breaking glass. Do you think the jury would of still voted guilty if they had saw all of the pics of her injuries? We may have to agree to disagree about Darin. The transcripts give the reader a good idea of what went on in the courtroom, but even if they were perfectly transcribed, there are so many nuances that could never be gleaned from them. He says "what mother wouldn't run upstairs to see for herself that the baby was unharmed" so that right there settles it, S Clemmons is definitely a man. Still, the machine can't do it all. Inappropriate, he thundered. James Cron testified that there was no intruder since the mulch beneath the window was undisturbed. But tell me, what does Rickels have to gain from falsifying information to police or perjuring herself on the witness stand? If that meant "Gangsta's Paradise" and silly string, so be it. If so, its still the murders and attack unsolved. I see a judge with a clear bias in favor of the prosecution that was blatantly trying to rush through the trial, never mind that someone's life was hanging in the balance. Kudos to you JustinCase Great article. You will never get me to believe that Darlie threw a glass to simulate a struggle for the simple fact that I know someone rounded a corner and walked smack dab into the wine rack, shattering a glass while it was still in place in its holder. Darlie subsequently told investigators that an intruder had broken in and attacked her . Darlie's story was also featured. Darins pants are a problem. It is very possible when Darlie was wetting the towels if they were big towels and they drapped down infront of the sink cupboards then could have rubbed against the front of the kitchen sink cupboards and this is why it looked like an attempted clean up. Copyright Altoona Mirror | https://www.altoonamirror.com | 301 Cayuga Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 | 814-946-7411. I have been in contact with Steve Cooper and he has told me that the state of Texas is only hiding the truth because they dont want the bad publicity. As for the accomplices that were with Tim Harris, if they get one of them to talk, I bet that they will throw Harris directly under the bus. On June 6th, 1996, someone brutally murdered two little boys and got away with it. Her husband, Darin, and seven-month-old son Drake were asleep in an upstairs bedroom, unharmed. CODIS differs from AFIS with regard to privacy: there are no personal identifiers, no names attached to these profiles. It is estimated that there are over 13 million offender profiles, more than 3 million arrestee profiles, and 840,000 forensic profiles in the system as of 2018. . 4) What, exactly, do you believe Darlie cleaned the sink with? The majority of the public felt that Susan Smith should have gotten the death penalty and were outraged when she did not. And didnt that famous attorney say after reviewing it all. If Darlie is only able to relay bits and pieces of what happened, then obviously there is certain information, perhaps vital information, that is missing. Despite her claim of innocence, she was tried for the death of the 5-year-old, sentenced to death and is currently on death row. You don't think its at all suspicious how her story kept changing? I just figured, you know, what can the police do now?" When Darlie mentioned the knife to Waddell, the dispatcher immediately instructed her not to touch it. That does not, and never will, fall under the category of lying. This is good for Darlie in the sense that it adds yet another element of doubt regarding her story of an intruder. It certainly isn't impossible, but I formed my opinion based on verifiable facts, and I just haven't seen anything that points to a woman's involvement. Until that happens, I steadfastly maintain my position that an innocent woman has been sitting on death row for over two decades, while Dwayne, a recent parolee, is sitting back laughing at how he got away with murderand at everyone who believes in Darlie's guilt. The whole attack happened in a matter of minutes, and wasn't necessarily as noisy as some may assume. At around 2:30 in the morning of June 6, 1996, Rowlett, Texas homemaker Darlie Routier awoke on her family room couch to see the silhouette of a man walking away from her in the dark. The affidavit is only mentioned again once more, very briefly, and its contents have never been revealed. Water and her hands? I've said it before, and I'll say it again: not even the most hardened criminals would go around talking about stabbing little kids if it never happened. No, there's no recording of anything that was said after the 911 call ended, but according to Waddell's own words, this whole exchange took place during the first few minutes of his arrival, while Darlie was still on the phone. Waddell was transferred out of Rowlett shortly after the murders; he was with the Plano PD when he came back several months later to testify in the trial. It can be reasonably assumed that his reply is affirmative, since she immediately becomes even more hysterical and screams, "Oh my God!". The Darlie Routier, a homemaker sent to death in the garage a! Some of these errors were minor; many were not. About 1520 minutes later, Rickels heard noises again, this time coming from her daughter's empty first floor bedroom. JustinCase976 (author) on December 16, 2019: You may very well be right. Much has been made of a diary entry in Darlie's journal dated May 3, 1996, a little over a month before the murders. The guilters will tell you that there isn't any one thing that convinces them of Darlie's guilt; they say it's the "whole picture." Routier has maintained her innocence since the June 6, 1996, stabbing deaths of her children, Damon, 5, and Devon, 6, who were found dead in the familys Rowlett, Texas, home during the early morning hours. I honestly have no idea. Devon and Damon were not Davis's children or anyone else's. Trollslayer is one of several fake profiles causing chaos on hubpages. I believe that when Darlie turned her back to tell Damon to stay back, the guy doubled back down the hallway. There is no tone, no inflection, no facial expressions or body language. He also claims that Darlie described to him how she struggled or fought with the intruder by the kitchen bar, but that conversation never took place. Devon's death was not a rage killing; it was functional. I see what you're saying, Curious George. There was no investigation of Darin. No, sir, it would have been on the call as well, and it's not on there. That was their habit for the four years that they had Domain, and there is no reason to believe that they deviated from that habit on the night in question. When questioned about the time at which this took place, Gorsuch testified during direct examination that he looked at the clock and it was 2:40 am. "What is a yoot?" It's kind of hard to disturb mulch that isn't there Ah, the infamous "sink cleanup." More posts from r/TrueCrimeDiscussion 574K subscribers Mr. Harrell was never on any witness list and did not plan on testifying at all. She turned on the lights to find that she and her children had been stabbed and were soaked in blood, thus beginning the worst nightmare and biggest fight of her life. My belief is that the intruder did not go out the garage window. I can picture Marybeth Tinning holding a pillow over her infant's faces again and again and again. In truth, Darlie did not pick the music and did not know the song would be played, but the jury did not hear this. Innocence Project is not taking her case. The spectators got a good chuckle at her expense when Shook replied scathingly that it was not. He trusted BJ / daughter Enough back then. and even Darlie knew the maid/friend whatever was smokin weed. theres your drug connection. years of it. Did you listen to the 911 call? I also submit to you that if the vacuum was there and neither of these police officers noticed it, they're not very observant and perhaps should re-think their career choice. So what's the deal with the Innocence Project? There were millions of dollars worth of investments and development tied up in this desirable little crime-free community. Brian Pardo isn't actually an attorney. All right. Even if they were, I'm sure the defense team would not want these people's names released at this point in time, as that would be counterproductive to any investigation that may be ongoing. Why, it's all RELATIVE, of course. Darin & Karen should both sue you. This was incorrect; Darin testified that he locked the front door before going upstairs to bed, but he wasn't sure about the utility room door. There were also cleaning supplies kept under the sink. Darlie Routier cannot be excluded as the contributor of the DNA from 10-2589-502. Their mother, Darlie Routier, has been fighting to get off of death row for over 25 years. Parchman testified that Damon could have lived, at most, 8 or 9 minutes after he was first stabbed. Wonder what they've been up to all of this time. No, he was referring to someone else entirely. And then I directed my attentionshe pointed to the garage, and told me that somebody had ran out into the garage. Maybe one of them jumped on her while she was on the couch and they began fighting. Devon scrambles to his feet and starts for the hallway. She turned on the porch light and the men ran off. Q. The murders were premeditated, meaning Darlie chose to do this in the middle of the night, with Darin at home and just upstairs. Guilters insist the only way this could happen is from Darlie raising the knife over her shoulder while stabbing Damon. There was blood on the drawers beside the sink and on the cabinet doors underneath, which is consistent with Darlie's assertion that she was pulling out kitchen rags and towels for Darin to use on the boys. I would probably roll my eyes at the conspiracy claim, too if this happened in any other state. It should not be legal to use a person's private diary against them in a court of law unless they actually confess to murder or something. A. I walked back over to where she was, and I asked her again who had done it, and if there had been any problems in the house, or if they had had any problems with anybody that she might think would have done it, and she told me no, and she kept telling me, that the guy was still in the house. 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. Bruising on her arms prob caused by boys kicking her off. Guilters claim that those tears were the result of her being "caught in her own lies.". In reality, Rickels had not been in good health at the time. Another drop from Damon, mixed with Darlie's. When Darlie began to scream for Darin, he ducked into the darkness of the formal dining room, where he waited for his chance to make a break for it. Specifications: Darlie Routier House. I think if Darlie and Rebecca chuckled at her when she leaped to "save the baby" it was due to the melodramatic manner she displayed. I do agree with you that he was involved along with several associates. Q. Pleading the 5th amendment seemed to be a recurring theme in this trial. In honor of the boys, the family chose this as one of the songs to be played at their funeral. So what about the future, lets say hypothetically, Darlie free. It was kind of hard to miss. There was no exact match to any prints that are in the systemincluding Darlie Routier's. I know the police wanted his bloody clothing while he was at the hospital, and he was given scrubs to wear. These worms keep telling lies. She sat down on the floor right where she was standing. Rickels was shaken, but not alarmed enough to summon police. Davis can disapprove all he wants. He may have been an experienced police officer, but he was still a parent, and I believe the man just plain froze. Their notes, however, told a different story. Two things to keep in mind: 1) The Innocence Project normally does not become involved with any defendant that already has counsel in place, so that right there ought to tell you something; 2) They also don't accept cases where there is no exculpatory DNA evidence. Once Darlie is set free:), what is the next step in solving the crime? So why the discrepancies? One, two, donewitness dispatched. If you think he is anything more than an exploitative, hypocritical quack, I truly feel sorry for you. Thank you kindly for the compliment. They were desperately trying to get oxygen flowing into him so that he would not be brain damaged if he were to be revived. Who decided to cancel? If her account is true, that puts two armed bad guys in the area not half an hour before the attacks, which lends credence to the intruder theory. I have no doubt that they did call a psychic, which goes to show just how desperate they were to figure out what happened. Okay. Their reasoning for this conclusion included the following factors and pieces of evidence, some of which, admittedly, did not look good for her: 1) A stab wound to Darlie's right arm that went to the bone (she is right-handed). Okay. I thank you for the compliment; I make every effort to be as accurate and detail oriented as possible. If you're familiar with this case, you already know that a fingerprint, State's Exhibit 85-J, was discovered at the crime scenefound on a glass coffee table behind one of the sofas. Darlie's plaintive reply is "Now I hang up?". Quinncy was able to meet with Karen while she was incarcerated at the Lubbock County Jail. I'm not saying it's impossible for his kicking to have caused that bruising, but it is improbable. When it came time for this family to lay the boys to rest, it was all about honoring them, their lives, and the things that made them happy. Dekleva examined Darlie and came to the conclusion that she was not a sociopath; nor did she, in his opinion, present a future danger to society, one of the main criteria used to determine eligibility for the death penalty. It was also so popular that if you listened to any pop stations at all, you were bound to hear it no less than 12 times per day. You seem to be one of the most thoroughly researched & credible sources out there regarding this whole mess. Why would anyone attempt to clean up blood while continually bleeding from a gaping wound on their throat? The blood we see is mostly Darlie's, and it wasn't shed until after she stood up and began walking around. If Darlie or Darin were ever asked, I couldn't find a record of it. It's a small thing, but it's just one more detail that was used to make her look guilty, but which turned out to be completely untrue. Darlie tried to explain herself, but ended up dissolving into tears. It's not like she was just standing there, chit-chatting with her girlfriends on the phone. 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. Look at the floor plan of the Routier's first floor to get a better idea of where they were positioned. It should be noted here that at the end of the 911 call, somewhere between 2:36 and 2:37 am, the dispatcher tells Darlie there is a police officer at her door and to let him in. Ha-ha! What do you think of Halina Czabens evidence the part about suffocating baby Drake the day before the murders? Darlie's 911 call came in at 2:31 am. Poor John Haglerwe would stand there and make these eloquent and long-winded arguments and the judge would listen patiently, knowing all the while he was going to overrule him. Imagine the fallout if the public got wind of the fact a child killer literally slipped right under Waddell's nose. This time, he looked out the window and saw Darin running from the front yard, past the fountain and to the sidewalk, yelling, "Someone just stabbed my wife and kids!". She mentions a struggle early in the 911 call to the dispatcher, but that is before Waddell arrives. Did you tell Detective Waddell that you had been fighting with the man there at the island area? The results from the system are then evaluated by the examiner, requiring a combination of experience, training, and visual inspection. In part 1 we discuss the crime scene, the injuries, and blood evidence. Her wounds were superficial & she didn't know what/where carotid was. Yea i don't believe it was someone who knew her either and the letter from Karl about them other inmates talking about this tragedy and there involvement it seem's that it is very likely those two males. Everyone seems to have a theory as to how it got there. The exhibit below shows a "DNA map" of blood trails belonging to each of the injured Routiers. Darlie should be home fern Christmas. She grasped onto what they told her like a lifeline, desperate to believe that the real killer would be found. You hear Waddell come into the house at 3 minutes and 41 seconds into the call, meaning he was inside by 2:34 am. Again, Alan Brantley was instructed by the prosecution to not put his professional opinion in writing. Okay. As if Rickels' testimony wasn't enough for reasonable doubt, we also have the affidavit filed by Darlene Potter. None of these areas appear clean. Q. The location of the vacuum cleaner was another detail that caused investigators to suspect staging. I'm sorry, but it just doesn't wash. If anyone doesn't care to take my word for it, they can always feel free to contact Mountain View and request Darlie's visitor logs, which I believe are public record. Did you look at the clock when you woke up? Regardless of what juror Charles Samford said, I think they DID see those pictures. Routier suffered a near-fatal stab wound to her neck, which just missed the carotid artery. I have to admit though, I loved the judge from that movie. As of 2021, testing is still underway. Question: If the police officer committed perjury like you say, why hasn't the conviction been overturned? Still, I'd love to know how his bloody jeans managed to end up in a pile of clean, folded laundry. And again, she did not "sleep through" the attack; her mind will not allow her to fully remember the trauma. She went to the door and screamed for Karen Neal, the nurse across the street. And, is that when you looked at the clock? If you know Arkansas real name then you know I'm right. Darlie's blood was found to have dripped onto it, and there were wheel marks where it appeared the vacuum had been rolled through wet blood. Darlie does not need Dr. Phil for worldwide attention--she already has it. Ah that makes a comment I saw on Facebook make sense now. I would have told them to go pound sand too. Moving him in any way could have resulted in permanent paralysis, had he lived. She knows her daughter did this. However, since Harrell was an integral part of the defense team and had been sitting in the courtroom throughout the trial, any testimony from him fell under the "Rule of Evidence," meaning that because he was able to hear what other witnesses had said, he was not permitted to take the stand. Paramedics arrived at the scene at about 2:40, and paramedic Jack Kolbye witnessed Damon gasp his last breath immediately after he began attending to him. I really hope the whole truth comes out, sooner rather than later. I have never believed this crime was personal; I think the attackers saw an opportunity to make a quick buck, believed the house was empty, and when they realized it wasn't, it all went bad. 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.

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