darlie s story shifted. instead of awakening to face an intruder, she claimed her son damon had woken her, calling mommy, mommy. she saw a man with a knife and followed him into the utility room. i do not think that those two stories are mutually exclusive. darlie could have been awoken by a burglar, and momentarily have a memory lapse or a blackout or whatever and then also have some perception that she was awoken by the baby. all i was thinking about was trying to save the babies. darren and i tried to save the babies, but it was too late, my babies were gone. we tried. we tried. and we have to live with that forever. 12 days after the murders, darren and darlie returned to the rowlett police department for more questioning. they walked in voluntarily. but only one of them would walk out. at approximately 10:20 p.m. this evening, investigators from the rowlett police department
her family who had all been called as witnesses were banned from the court. but darren s aunt sandy slipped under the radar. darlie lynn asked me, please, if i would come to the trial. i ve never been to a trial my entire life. all i had seen was perry mason. i really did not know what to expect. everyone is behind her 100%. she had no one in that courtroom other than me that she could turn and look to. true crime novelist barbara davis who would later publish a book about the case was also in the courtroom. greg davis is an extremely dynamic prosecutor. he had a way of making you believe what he said was the god s truth. he began painting darlie as materialistic, a buxom blonde, worried about her own self and how she looked and a temptress so to speak. greg davis constantly portrayed her as a psychopath. on the stand, retired lieutenant james kron laid out
let s be practice couple practical about this, there are two adults in this house and two dead children. and darlie is sliced and cut and beat severely. well, the most logical culprit of that, if it is not an intruder, would be the husband or darren. in addition to defending darlie, doug mulder had represented darren in his gag order case. well, we alleged in several appellate pleadings that mr. mulder was suffering from a conflict of interest. at the time that doug mulder represented darlie, he had a continuing duty to protect darren. i was in the room when mulder and darren had that conversation. darren had said, you know, well, i don t want them going after me because i didn t do anything. and mulder said, well, you didn t do anything, i don t see any reason to go after you. and that was that. it would be very difficult to point a finger at darren when the person on trial said my husband is not involved.
no. the family moved to an upscale neighborhood in dallas after darren s computer business took off. oh, no, damon s driving. by all accounts, they were living the charmed life. but that would all change on june 6th, 1996. it was an average day. it was an ordinary day. i remember going to sleep. that night darlie fell asleep in front of the tv with her two sons devin and damon. 911, what is your emergency? ma am? they just stabbed me and my children. what? they just stabbed me and my children! who did? darren routier was upstairs, asleep with their infant. and he said he heard darlie yell for him, he heard a glass break
and that s when he came downstairs to find a bloodbath. coming downstairs, running straight over to devin and there was blood all over. 6-year-old devin routier had two devastating wounds to his chest. they went completely through his body. he was impaled by a large knife. darren tried to perform cpr. i blew into his mouth the first thing that happened was air came out of his chest and blood just sprayed all over me. oh, my god. hold on. hold on. ma am, is there anybody in the house? besides you and your children? my husband just came downstairs and he s helping me. oh, my god. darlie routier had also been injured with stab wounds to her neck and arms. there is blood everywhere, and darlie is bleeding and she s telling darren that some men came in here and did this. i saw them.