Darlie Routier has been on death row for five years now, always insisting that she didn't kill her sons Devon and Damon. And as her lawyers prepare to head into court yet again, new information about her case raises the possibility that she may have been telling the truth all along.
Death Row s Women viewers are left torn over mother who says she didn t kill her two boys after watching emotional memorial service not shown to jurors - while clip of her dancing on grave with Silly String to mark son s birthday was shown EIGHT times
Darlie Routier, 48, has been on death row in Texas for more than 20 years
Her sons Damon, five, and Devon, six, were stabbed to death on June 6, 1996
She was found guilty of Damon s murder but never prosecuted for Devon s
remember it. and you know that she knows she did it. she killed her baby on june 6th, 1996, in a suburb of dallas, texas, there was a crime of unprecedented horror. an intruder entered this home and attacked two young children, along with their mother. police hoped that science would lead them to the assailant. my babies are dying. they re dead. oh, my god! darin and darlie routier were a young couple in their mid-20s with three children, 6-year-old devon, 5-year-old day mon, and 8-month-old drake. darin routier was a successful
entrepreneur. darlie stayed at home to care for the children. this was a young couple who had made good. darin owned his own business. in 1995 he had made close to $300,000 in his business. in his business he repaired mainframe computers and had extensive contracts with government agencies. on the night of the attack, darin was asleep upstairs with 8-month-old drake. downstairs in the family room, the two older boys fell asleep watching television. their mother darlie was asleep on the sofa. around 2:30 in the morning, an intruder stabbed the children, then woke darlie, who felt a knife at her throat. after a brief struggle the intruder fled, and darlie called police. 911, what is your emergency? somebody came in the house,
when police examined the murder scene, it appeared the assailant entered the routier home through a screened window in the garage. darlie routier said she was asleep when the intruder murdered her two boys. darlie awoke when she felt a knife to her throat and there was a struggle and the assailant fled through the garage. darlie said he dropped the murder weapon onto the floor on his way out. darin routier said he was upstairs with 8-month-old blake and awoke when he heard glass breaking. when he walked into the family room where the detectives were waiting for him, the first thing out of his mouth was not, how is damon? how is darlie. it is have you seen darlie? isn t she beautiful and doesn t she have gorgeous breasts? darin said, you know, i can see why somebody came in, good