GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY - Darlie Routier
Vložit
- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Darlie Routier was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her five-year-old son Damon in 1996. She has also been charged with capital murder in the death of her six-year-old son, Devon BUT, did she do it? Join Emma Kenny for an extended episode where she takes a close look at this case and gives her opinions on how it all unfolded.
-
Join Emma’s channel membership to get access to perks:
/ @emmakennytv
-
MERCH STORE - www.emmakennyt...
-
EMMA KENNY PATREON - / emmakennytv
-
Business email : youtube@dustedmedia.com
Website - www.ekenny.co.uk
-
Serial Killer next door stage tour dates - www.emmakennyt...
-
PAYPAL DONATE - www.paypal.com...
-
CONTRIBEE - contribee.com/e...
-
Follow me on:
Twitter - / emmakennytv
Facebook - / emmakennytv
Instagram - / emmakennytv
TikTok - / emmakennytv
Wellbeing youtube - / emmakennywellbeing
-
#darlieroutier
#truecrime
#unsolvedcrime
#emmakenny
At this point, If Darlie Routier admitted that she did it then an execution date would be set. So there is no incentive for her to admit her guilt.
I have friends whose daughter was born in hospital and was so severely ill, she never made it out of hospital and died 2 months later. Her parents, if you watched them minute by minute, went from being like a statue, to crying hysterically, to laughing and joking, to angry at everyone. This is why I do not believe that a parent reaction should be taken into evidence in such a way that the media did with the silly string.
This was my reaction to my mother’s sudden death. I actually got the news when I was at work, and I KEPT on working. It wasn’t until I came home and my then fiancé (now husband) rushed over to me that I broke down crying hysterically. I worked 2 jobs at the time, and NO ONE knew except the one HR person I spoke to to ensure I had the funeral day off. My brother had died only ONE MONTH before this. I fully believe my mother died of a broken heart. With his death, I was actually relieved in between fits of tears. He had a long (over a year) horrible battle with cancer-he was in so much pain at the end and just an utter shell of the person he was before. Knowing he was no longer suffering to me was reassuring. I missed him terribly, and I still cry 6 years later at things that remind me of them, or when they come up in my thoughts.
People that worked with me at the time didn’t know of either of their deaths, partly because talking about it and getting sympathy/empathy from anyone would’ve been too much for me to handle. if anyone knew, and they looked at me at the time they would’ve considered me cold and unaffected.. which would’ve been so far from the truth. I suffered in silence, I picked up smoking. I lost weight unintentionally. I started running to numb the feeling. I cried on breaks, I cried in the bathroom. I didn’t want anyone to see because drawing attention to it would’ve amplified my pain in those moments. But on the outside in public, I was still laughing, still carrying on as normal. So I can completely understand going from stoic, to laughing, to hysterically crying.. they were all phases I went through for months.
It was 1996 back then and that part of Texas sounded so small minded and judgmental, just because Darlie cared about her looks (like most women let’s be real) and took care of herself then they portrayed her as materialistic etc, but lots of people like material items, doesn’t make them killers & the prosecution was small minded and so judged her from the off. It’s now 27 years later and we now have more info out there about such stuff, but I’m not sure if Texas has caught up with the rest of the world!!
Very true that people grieve differently…but what also seems odd to me is that they would have that graveyard party in the first place. If someone had crept into my home in the middle of the night and stabbed my babies to death and tried to kill me, and the person had not been caught, I would be in hiding, terrified for myself and my remaining child. I wouldn’t be planning a party, inviting the media and the neighborhood kids. Anyway, it wasn’t that video that convicted her, it was the forensic evidence. The video may be part of the reason she got death, though.
Same with my work colleague whose son was in a wheelchair and when he passed from his disease they were criticised for smiling. Because he was finally pain free after being in pain all his life.
I feel if there is ANY doubt and there is only circumstantial evidence, nobody should get the death penalty.
There was significant forensic evidence from the crime scene. The scene was staged and things strewn around over the blood marks. The knife was from her own knife block and had been rested down a few times ..... A sock was found outside with the childrens blood and was used by Darlene to not have as much blood spatter on her. The mesh grille on the window was cut from the inside , the list goes on. The children's lives maybe we're not insured for very much as mentioned $10.000 each but just think Why would someone break in to kill innocent children who were lying on the lounge floor nearly impaling them !!!!????? No Darlene is guilty I'm certain of it.
@@lizmacleod8903 5thousand ea
@@lizmacleod8903 Her name is Darlie, not Darlene and the children were insured for $5000 each.
That is what the appeals process is for. It is a safeguard to check and double check everything concerning the trial, the evidence and everything in between. Darlie's case has been in the appeals process for years. There have been many tests and retests on her behalf. Unfortunately for her, every test has only reaffirmed her guilt.
Nobody should get the death penalty period IMO
I don’t get how she could sleep through her kids being murdered right next to her though? People keep saying how could the husband sleep through it but he was at least in a different part of the house. I do find it strange that a random stranger would make the decision to kill the children first because it would make more sense to take the adult out whilst they sleep and then the kids. It’s sick but it doesn’t really add up to me
That's because it was Darlie who murdered the children and not some random stranger.
Richard ramirez did
@@Survival86Gamer was the child sleeping on a couch next to the parent in the case of Richard Ramirez?
Nope
@@Survival86Gamer okay so that’s why I would find it odd for an intruder to come across two kids sleeping on a couch with a parent and make the choice to kill the kids first, seems way too risky because I think it’s safe to say that most wouldn’t sleep through that
I believe narcissists always have selfish motives when they help people.
Always
Not everyone that helps though is a narcissist
Yep!!
Not all people with NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) are evil you know, there’s plenty who are seeking help and changing their behavior. It’s not “always” they aren’t a monolith. There are so many people who have NPD and most of them aren’t murders . They are just people who have a mental disorder. Just because there are people who have it who are bad and have done horrible things doesn’t mean everyone who shares a disorder is also bad.
NPD is so heavily stigmatized a lot of people just think everyone with it is some evil master manipulator and abuser.
Btw I realized after writing this whole paragraph that this comment is 3 years old so you very well could have changed your opinions since then 😅
"I'm more of a sack kind of outfit" 😂 same here, girl
IKR? So relatable!!
me too! i love her sense of humor
Yup. Me too
Once again! It wasn’t the silly string video that convicted her!
Why is everyone obsessed with the silly string party? THAT is not what convicted her. It was the evidence at the crime scene which did that plus her many many lies and changing stories which supported her guilt.
Well said totally agree
Probably because at the time of this case first starting..footage of her spraying silly string at the funeral was playing on every news station every 15 min. or so, as though they were trying to portray her as guilty in the media.
@@lisacundiff8029 The media didn't portray her as anything. Darlie invited the media to video the ss party. It was her idea and she negotiated for them to do it for money. No one made Darlie do the things she did on that tape and of course, she knew the news crew was there. Have you ever seen the full interview of her and Darin at the party? Not the short version but the long one? Unfortunately I can't post it here, but it is jaw dropping.
Probably because juror Charles Sanford said the jury replayed the video repeatedly and considered it a factor in the conviction, admitting he would have voted differently if he'd seen the whole tape including the solemn memorial service before the silly string section. It was intentionally presented to be prejudicial.
@@sarahl88 First of all, Charles Samford lied about several things. One was that had the pics of her bruises been shown, he would have voted differently, but all of the pics were shown. Then he changed his story to it being the memorial tape (the entire silly string tape was shown, what you are referring to is known as the "memorial or prayer service tape"). That was a police surveillance video, which Darlie's own defense declined to show, although they were given the green light to do so, by the court. The memorial tape, has never been released to the public, so how did Samford see it? The appellate court threw his claim out. End of story.
I just don’t think the celebration on the grave site was all that strange… in my family we try to celebrate the life gone instead of just crying and being sad… this specially if it’s a young life lost💔
This is thing isn’t what is odd some it’s always odd to others. So we really shouldn’t find someone guilty on that alone.
It was strange because her sons hadn't been dead long, if it had happened a year later I could understand more but not at the first few weeks
I agree. And they made that video such a large part by showing it repeatedly. That’s not evidence to me. Everyone is different. When my uncle passed suddenly, we sang happy birthday to him at our first family gathering afterwards...and I honestly felt uncomfortable, but it helped some of my aunts with their grieving so who am I to judge... an outsider may have thought we were being weird too.
Some people and cultures cover themselves with ashes. Some people and cultures wale loudly and cry out. Some people and cultures throw themselves self to the floor prostrate. Some people and cultures paint themselves and dance. Everyone responds to things, situations and emotions very differently even within the same families.
@@flupflup932 She wasn't found guilty on that at all. She was found guilty on the evidence at the crime scene and her many many lies and changing stories. None of the stories that she told matched ANYTHING at the crime scene, except when she said that her boys were dead and dying.
You’re ignoring all the polygraph tests Darlie has been offered and either declined to take or have flat out failed.
But no one has to take them, it's your right to decline if you don't want to do it. It doesn't mean anything. Also, if someone is generally quite anxious or stressed, doing a polygraph will do them no favours. I don't think you can read between the lines there.
The unidentifed killer completely annihilated the little boys' bodies but only took a few slices at the adult witness, then ran away taking nothing from the home? As the kids say BFFR.
I'm not without understanding or sympathy even with serial killers, but I think that she did it..
Same here.
Regarding Darlie being "despondent" when told her boys had died.
My partner died (natural causes) in my home whilst paramedics were present. They worked to revive him for several minutes before transferring him to hospital. Shortly after arriving at the hospital a member of staff came to tell me he was dead. My initial reaction was "I know" then I very calmly asked to go to see him and when I saw him I disassociated. I already felt like it wasn't him and just the shell of him.
I then spent time doing paperwork at the hospital comforting my mother who was with me, comforting the paramedic when they were upset they couldn't save him (he was only 39) and comforting his sister when she arrived.
I was then very matter of fact about his funeral arrangements. My grief and realisation didn't hit for several weeks.
Grief and shock effects people differently and to make judgements because people don't react how you expect is wrong and certainly shouldn't be used against them in a court.
Absolutely!! I feel such a shame and guilt for not being overtly emotional when I was at the hospital and they told me my father died because in all these cases they always talk about the reactions of the family members when they get the news and they judge their relationships and characters by these. I've been taking my father to different doctors for the last 11 days every damn day and I watched him get worse and worse by the minute. I struggled for hours to make him eat a spoon of soup because he had no appetite and refused. I was alone all this time, completely confused and overwhelmed. When they told me the news I was already emotionally absolutely exhausted and I did not have a sound to make after all we've been through. There's absolutely no "normal" reaction to death. I wish people trying to set the norms for "normal reactions" would also tell us how to grieve as well so that I'd know what to do in the grieving process, instead of staring at the wall all day and cleaning the house obsessively like it's nobody's business. I wouldn't be so lost in grief if someone were there to tell me what to do. Yet they feel like they have the authority and knowledge for the proper reaction? Get the f out of here. I'm so angry about this.
Esin, I know sympathy from a stranger on the Internet means nothing but I hope that knowing someone understands and has also had a similar reaction to a loved ones death helps you feel less alone x
@@Roo3471 no it does mean a lot. thank you for warming my heart. blessings to you and hugs.
Sorry Emma the overkill on the children and lack of it with her is what convinces me. Also I've slept on the sofa with my boys. You could not take one stab him to death then the other without waking me. The children did not die instantly, did they make no noise. Her story makes no sense.
I am not sure entirely of the timeline, but it is possible that if she was slashed in the neck first whilst she was sleeping, the blood loss would have been so immediate that she would have come around groggily afterwards. Not saying that's what happened and I'm still unclear on when she supposedly sustained her injury, but I just don't think this 100% means she is guilty.
@@elliew9789 None of that happened. None of her blood on the sofa but lots of it in front of the kitchen sink--where she slashed her own neck.
@@elliew9789 She slashed her own neck just before she called 911. And even she said that she was attacked after the boys. How she knows this when she claims to have slept through it,...although in other stories the tale was much different...who knows?
Tina Juke, Devon died very quickly, but Devon didn't. He was able to crawl toward the stairs, where Darlie attacked him again (according to the physical evidence), but it is doubtful that either boy made any noise. Can you imagine their shock and Damon was stabbed in his lung, and he couldn't have made any sound or little at all. When paramedics arrived, he was gasping for air with everything that he had, while his mother refused to go near him. He died in the arms of a stranger (who had to leave his job for a year because he was so traumatized).
Sorry, Devon died quickly but Damon didn't.
There’s just something in me that does not believe she is innocent. I’ve always been conflicted with this one but deep down I just don’t believe her story, If she woke up at the sound of her baby just rolling over in the cot, how did she not hear her two children being savagely stabbed. I dunno, it’s a confusing one for me. Something in me tells me she’s lying and she did it
She is lying and she did it. There is no other suspect and all the evidence points to her.
@@sharonkv777 How do you explain the unknown adult finger print and the sock outside the home with a lack of blood trail. If she moved that sock there would be a blood trail from you know her gaping neck wound.
@@CharlieStClown The bloody smudged fingerprint known as 85J is only unknown because it doesn't have enough points for identification. However, this is what we do know about it. It is a small print, and even Darlie's own paid expert (Dr. Janz) said that it more than likely belonged to a small adult female. In 2015, a YSTR DNA test was done on it, to determine whether or not it contained male DNA. It didn't. Darlie has never been excluded as the source but every male in the world has been. As for the sock and no blood trail, Darlie cut her neck AFTER she took the sock down the alley, so there wouldn't have been a blood trail. But if an intruder had actually cut her neck, it would have been covered in her blood, as she did bleed profusely. Instead, the sock contained none of her blood, a nickel sized spot of the boys' blood and Darlie's DNA in the form of shed skin cells in the toe. Also, you need to understand that her neck wound was anything but gaping. It was a superficial non life threatening wound that only cut through skin and fat per her surgeon, Dr. Santos' testimony at trial. In fact, Dr. Santos also testified, that he would have sent her home from the hospital the same day had it not been for the circumstances of why she was there.
You're basing your opinion on ignorance of facts. I'll tell you why you are wrong. But first I'll let you know that the haters will never tell it like it happened because they want Darlie to be guilty. Here is the real story about the crib. When the baby moved around in the crib the crib wheels squeaked and woke Darlie up. The haters don't want that to be known. The crib wheels squeaking is in the transcripts.
Speaking of her baby, she didn't even run upstairs to check on him. You know why? Because she knew he was fine. Also, when one of the police officers asked, "Are there any other intruders in the house?" Darlie said No quickly. How did she know that? It's a big house. She knew because she was the one who murdered her sons.
I think it's so very unfair to judge the silly string incident, and I am so sick of people thinking they know what they would do or how they would react in situations, even you Emma. Being a mother and trying to imagine something horrific is nearly never accurate. I have lost a child and grief is so damn weird. I knew his death was coming and I thought that when it happened that I would be a wreck, hysterical breaking down and unable to cope. But I wasn't. I was calm, rational and to an outsider I may even have looked cold and uncaring. I was numb, I didn't know how to handle the emotions, so I just didn't They turned off and all I could think about was the practical. The first birthday without him, I was almost manic. I made cupcakes and wrote birthday cards and made my husband sing happy birthday and blow out candles with me. If my son had been murdered, would that make me guilty of it? To some people, apparently, yes. But it was desperation, to get through that day, I desperately needed to pretend everything was ok and "normal" and this horrible thing hadn't happened to me and my family.
YES
I never understood that people grieve so differently until I lost my own son too
I'm so sorry for your loss. I can identify with your reaction & subsequent actions too.
There is only evidence against her thought. That’s what makes her guilty. Bcuz if you knew someone killed your son so close after his death date not a while after it was so close to his death date and she did all of that. But if she knew some intruder did this, 100% they would be focused on getting Justice so that intruder can’t kill any other kid… also to get Justice for your son which is all that matters in that situation… not to celebrate his birthday. It is kinda sketchy. I’m sorry you lost your son fr and yah people do grieve differently but your fr
Crazy if you so that wasn’t sketchy at all
@@blakehillsdale9590 True. But, silly string is NOT a murder weapon, so therefore it should’ve never been shown in the courtroom. They also illegally filmed them during that time. They had a memorial service for the boys in the morning that they could’ve shown instead. It wasn’t even Darlie who brought the silly string, if was her sister’s idea.
I want to give my take on the birthday party a week after the murder thing:
Idk man, when people die the things they loved still matter. I think by choosing to separate mourning for him and celebrating the time they spent with him, they were able to preserve his memory in a way proper for him specifically .
I agree. I know everybody acts differently in grief. When I put myself in her shoes, and I think about one of my children dying and then the next weekend being their birthday I don’t know what I would’ve done. I think it would be a huge roller coaster of emotions. I could see you having a couple of moments of celebration for the birthday and then having a huge breakdown moments later. I feel like some part of me would want to act like what was happening was not really happening.
The helpless need to do SOMETHING may have lead her there. I lost my partner while I was looking after him. We all knew he was gonna die but that didn't mean I understood and accepted it on a gut level. I would go for long drives anywhere - looking for something.
Spot on! And let's remember, a silly string party at her son's grave for whatever reason(s) doesn't mean she's a murderer. That's only 1 piece of the very large puzzle.
Like the recent murder of Tristin Bailey. It was a lovely service where they focused on sending a positive message, and nobody is blaming them for anything. In fairness, her killer was obviously the guilty party from day one. I’m sure there are plenty of memorial services that have had cheerful moments. I remember the press going wild about the silly string and I remember thinking “well, that proves absolutely nothing!”
@@subrosa4792 those were my first thoughts, a celebration of life service is seen positively now.
My niece and husband tragically lost their 18month old to drowning in backyard pool. Immediately after the funeral service the entire congregation smiled and celebrated his life. Releasing balloons and butterflies.
The tears had been shed. We all needed to ease our pain with warmth and love. Smiles and celebration.
To onlookers that may have looked odd.
😇 love to all 👼 angel babies ❣️
What you are describing is normal and is done by many at the end of a service. I maintain that the silly string party by itself doesn't prove Darlie guilty. If the State had had no other evidence, she never would have even been indicted. But the people who place so much importance on it, do not know the case well enough to know that there was a mountain of physical evidence at the crime scene which proved Routier's guilt and that is what convicted her.
How do you know the sock was dropped after she was stabbed only the blood of the boys was on it
Because most objective people realize the sick was dropped outside before the neck was wound was inflicted.
She doesn't. She clearly put very little time into researching the case before making a video about it.
@@bautistalover It was dropped outside after the children were bleeding but before she was bleeding.
Emma, I respect you & I respect your opinion. Think about this.. she says she slept down stairs because she is a "light sleeper"... so she slept thru being slashed, stabbed, and all those bruises she had??? The first thing she says she remembers is her son tapping her on the shoulder and saying "mommy". Does that make sense to you?
She passed out she didnt sleep through it
@@Nicole-7187passed out means falling asleep in America ….
Yeah, this bothers me too. How did she sleep through the attack if she's such a light sleeper? I'm a light sleeper, and if someone even enters my room, I wake up. She slept through both boys being stabbed AND the attack on herself until her son wakes her up (if you go by that version)? I have a hard time with that.
She's a mum, when you have a baby to look after you are a light sleeper, the slightest whimper from a baby will wake you up. But.... When your baby is upstairs and safe with a responsible person, that rapid wake doesn't happen.
She was with the two boys whom if did wake up in the middle of the night for any normal reason wouldn't be nearly as frantic as a baby screaming, you don't have to act as fast because it's probably just thirst, or toilet and they aren't screaming the house down.
When I'm out anywhere with my kids it's assassin/secret agent mumma, I see everyone and everything. If I'm not with my kids it's totally different, I'm a kid again. Doesn't happen often enough.
She wouldn't be aware of all that while sleeping. And it's not the same as being in the FBI. >_>
As for the silly sting.... how is it any different to someone pitting some whiskey on a grave because it someone fav thing to drink... Or putting cigarettes in the coffin... Ect ect
Exactly its wired to pick holes in the way people mourn and greave, like I'm Irish and every funeral is ended with a party as a celebration of their life to me there's nothing wrong with what she did at the grave
@@ImHardlyAHuman I guarantee there are 100s of thousands of families that do something similar for there loved ones... If its something the departed loved, I'd go out my way to make sure it was there for them in theyre after life...
My mum put my grandad into necklaces after his death.. And it horrified me. (I believe the departed should be left whole, but that's just my personal opinion) who am I to even comment, on the way my mother maund her father...
who is anyone, to say silly string is wrong.. Whatever someone chooses to do to say goodbye to a loved one. It is noone's business but that families
And it was her sister that brought the silly string, as she had promised the kid she would get some for his bday
@@ImHardlyAHuman It's the overwhelming physical forensic evidence, a staged crime scene and a woman who could not keep her stories straight and lied over and over again during her trial that proves she is guilty and not her acting like a goof at her sons' grave only 8 days after they were brutally murdered.
@@bubbles1257 I'm guessing those families don't charge admission.
Emma, what had really given me chills is the husband Daren has never visibly shed a tear about loosing the children in public in interviews. I have seen him actually smile when they asked him if he had anything to do with it. Very strange to me.
I’m still learning about this case. But...just wondering how he was cleared. Being cleared doesn’t mean that he wasn’t indirectly responsible for the murders...of all emergency calls heard before, hers sounds the most authentic, at several points my gut twisted...her emotions feel real. That doesn’t mean she wasn’t responsible, either
Will pay attention to the husbands reactions...and how he was cleared
Wait, he smiled when asked if he had anything to do with it..? Hmm.
@@alkahinat4558 Darlie told the police it was not her husband for one. That is the main reason he was cleared.
@@alkahinat4558 I will never understand him smiling when asked if he had anything to do with it. How can anyone smile with that questioning? Those boys were stabbed thru their bodies, to the floor. It's horrific what happened to those children.
She was smiling too.
This little boy was killed with a week to go until his birthday. I can imagine he had probably been asking for weeks "mummy, will there be cake? Will there be balloons? Will there be silly string I LOVE SILLY STRING". And then to have all of that just end and those moments disappear and fall silent? Life with young children is a whirlwind of colour and life and noise and silly string. For this family that wall ended so quickly and their world filled with grey and whispers and questions. I can emphasize with a mother, desperately clinging on to the colour, to the silly string.
Well she is the one who murdered him, so...... 🤷♀️
Do you know that at one of his last birthday parties, that Darlie smashed cake in that little boy's face for squirting her with his water pistol? And then told him that he deserved it? His party was ruined.
@@sharonkv777 I’m not doubting you, but where is the proof of this? It would help people a lot if it were a proven source. Many thanks.
@@SpikeyAlbinoPotato All of the things that I've brought up were part of testimonies at her trial, including the cake being smashed in Devon's face by Darlie. I believe that was in Eileen Schumer's testimony. She and her husband were friends with the Routier's and she attended the party.
@@sharonkv777 thank you so much for taking the time to reply ☺️
I lost my 22 yr old brother suddenly when i was 26. My mind shut down. I had to be sedated for a period of time and was diagnosed as having a nervous breakdown. I remember being at the grocery store and running into a classmate of my brother who asked me if he passed away and i broke out in laughter and said yes its a tragedy . Another situation i denied he died . So you can see the mind is capable of strange behavior when confronted with devastating heartache. It took years of therapy for me to recover from his death .
The one piece of evidence is that a screen was cut and in one knife in the kitchen had the metals of that screen embedded in the knife from her kitchen. That one piece of forensics convinced me of her guilt. She might have had severe post pardum depression and had a psychotic break.
They never proved it, it was speculation. Read the transcripts, eventually admits they cannot say where it came from and they never chemically tested the fibers. Easily could have been transferred when dusting the screen or same officer that transferred her own blond hair to the screen, which they tried at first to claim it was Darlies.
@@cindys9858 Thank you! I got my information from a documentary about this case. Do you think she didn't do it? I certainly do. So did the jury based on "beyond reasonable doubt." I think she had severe post pardon depression. There is a medical term for it and it involves a psychosis. Two children were mortality wounded and she had superficial cuts. I know that this isn't evidence but I smell something very fishy. It certainly doesn't make sense.
Lasted 3 mins with this cause Emma starts to indicate that Darlie could be innocent, which is possible at first but look at tall of the facts, she murdered her boys!
Went back to this and as Emma fan, I think she’s trying to balance the fact that Darlie was judged before trial. But she did murder her boys I think.
The intruder left no footprints, debris, dust, fingerprints, DNA, etc. behind. The breadknife had a microscopic piece of exactly the same size and shape of fiberglass that the screen was made of. Only when Darlie was confronted with the cleaned sink did she add the wet towel element to her story. However, no wet towels or wet spots on the floor were ever found. Light sleeping Darlie didn't wake up despite an intruder stabbed both her sons next to her. Darlie didn't even wake up when her neck was slashed. She claims her son woke her up. Not even the dog woke up during the attack. The motion detector light didn't trigger when the intruder fled. Only Darlie's DNA was found on the bloody sock. It only took 50 seconds to run back and forth between the house and where the sock was found. Cast off blood spatter from the boys was found on her right back shoulder as if she stabbed them. The shattered wineglass was found on top of her bloody footprint which is impossible considering her own timeline. No impression of a bloody knife was found on the kitchen floor (Darlie's claim) but a bloody carpet impression was about 18" from Devon's body. The bloody carpet impression consisted of the blood of both the boys and Darlie. Her bruises on her forearms emerged after she'd been released from the hospital. However, the hospital staff never saw any bruises when she was there. Three unidentified fingerprints were found but two of them are probably from the boys and the third contained female DNA.
@@Douglas_Hamilton But the picture of the sink with the Luminol on it, and the photos taken of the sink from the Routier family home, are not the same sink. The Routier sink was a double sink, the one always shown in the photo with Luminol, is a single sink. How do you explain that one? Something doesn’t sit right with me about that
@@montanamountaingarden476 The sink with Luminol is not her sink. There are no public pictures available of the sink sprayed with Luminol. As soon as they found blood, the sink was removed and among many things sent to the lab for further analysis.
My cousins wife lost a child. His wife goes to her daughters grave every birthday and has a party. Silly string, balloons everywhere. She didn’t kill her daughter. So silly string does not mean she killed her sons!!
@Katie A She was a major suspect (she and her husband both, but he was cleared. She never has been) and YES, she did invite the media to film the party. For money.
@@sharonkv777 I think you misunderstood them, they were talking about the commenters
@@skinlesswalnut6259 I reread it and apparently I did. My apologies, Katie.
@Katie A Thank you!
no all the forensic evidence means she killed her sons. Her own damn bread knife cut the screen.
There was another case like this, but in that case a neighbour tackled the slasher on the front lawn as he was escaping and he got busted. Turned out it was truck driver who would drive accros the US for work. Later on they found out he had attacked other people too in other states. No reason, no robbery. He'd park his truck a mile away and would go on foot to a random house... so yeah. Can happen.
I’ve heard of that case, think it’s on FBI files
Random murders like Israel Keyes committed, those are very difficult to solve.
Omg... I was asking if anyone had heard of this incident/crime on another you tube platform that discussed the this case. I was shocked that it wasn’t mentioned during their presentation of Darlias case. I could not find info on the man who came in and did basically the same thing to a persons home in close proximity to theirs. I find that very suspicious.
@@KT27RN it has no bearing on Darlie's case. There isn't a shred of evidence (in 25 years and over a 100 tests performed...more than any other inmate in the history of Texas) and nothing pointing to an unknown male and everything pointing to Darlie. And I don't mean a few things but EVERYTHING!
@@sharonkv777 I thought there was an unknown male dna 🧬? Maybe that wasn’t true then. You know how some shows can be biased.
I’ve seen a lot of documentaries on this case but look forward to seeing your take on it - reminder set 🙌
I think what hit for me was that when one of her sons was waking her up (and there were two of them in there with her), it wasn't her first instinct to look at her babies. I mean, even if she did not intently want to check for injuries, that instinct of looking at your child would have immediately told her that they are hurt. It's weird as hell. And I don't know of any kid who would not scream like cray when they're being stabbed. It's just sus.
Not to be facetious, but how many kids do you know who’ve been stabbed in there sleep to make such a statement? From experience with my own children, kids can be eerily quiet at the time of injury and have a delayed reaction. My son was especially stoic. I can think of three specific instances where it still boggles our minds he never screamed and cried. Point being, your statement is just not valid.
@@thehaglin as a lawyer and one who volunteers in a shelter for abused children, I'd say a lot. You know, I respect your opinion. Everyone is entitled to one. So next time, please refrain from invalidating other people's. :)
IF Damon had been able to scream, I believe he would have, but he was stabbed through his lungs and his diaphragm. Plus he was attacked as he was sound asleep, as was Devon. Darlie's story is ludicrous. Damon crawled across the floor after he was attacked the first time to get away from his killer (in the direction of the stairs, which I believe indicates he was trying to get to his dad OR just get away). I'm not disagreeing with you at all, but just wanted to say that. Also, her story of Damon waking her wasn't her first story. It wasn't even her second or third story.
@@sharonkv777 Yeah. It's just sus really. I can't really say she's guilty or not definitively. I guess Darlie is the only one who actually knows what happened. Thank you for the additional info though. x
@@reeserive We know what happened that night because of the evidence at the crime scene. But thank you for taking the time to read my comment. If you want to really know the truth about his this case, you should read the transcripts.
I remember watching this case in an episode of forensic files. If you watch that, she’s guilty as sin, so it’s interesting to see another take. Well done! 😊
Very guilty. She is where she belongs.
I agree that she did it.
The podcast Women and Crime, done by two criminologists, is pretty convinced of her innocence.
That documentary was geared that way as thats what everyone was led to believe. Miscarriage of justice in my opinion.
6 minute 911 call while kids are dying. Any normal mother would give the address, throw the phone, and help her kids. Darlie just tried setting up an alibi.
She sounded pretty shook up to me .
The part where she said she’s touched the knife was only because the operator told her not to touch it ... so she said she’s touched it ... she wouldn’t have said that if the operator hasn’t mentioned it ...... I think I would have said this too
anon amos Didn't the 911 operator tell Darlie repeatedly to talk to her?.
So how can she ditch the phone and tend to her children?.
She did what she was told to do.
@@debrak8521 no. Dsrlie just kept on talking epileptic the officer was there telling her to help her kids and she did noting while Damon was crawling across the floor gurgling on blood looking up at her while she held a rag on her minor neck wound.
She had already tried to help her kids before getting the phone!
@@DebsMcC69 no she didn't. Where did you hear such nonsense?
I've ALWAYS felt very uncomfortable about the way the prosecution presented this case. They botched the investigation, so they had to really double down on making people hate her. So sad. I can't say definitively that she's innocent, but there is AMPLE cause for a new trial.
How did they botch the case?
Realizing how old you are when you understand the Beverly Hillbillies reference but also realizing that you're old and that there is now a generation that doesn't know who they are 😭😭 I discovered you a week ago and have been quickly binging everything in order.
Emma, a very dear friend of mine, Jacque Sue Rawlins Waller was killed in 2011 by her husband, Clay. He took her body to an island on the Mississippi River and buried her in a shallow grave. It did get covered by true crime daily and a few others, but I would LOVE for you to cover the case. She was a very strong woman and would have enjoyed your program I believe. It has been covered but not enough, in my opinion, I don’t ever want anyone to forget her story and her triplets have been adopted by her sister who pushed for solving the missing persons/murder case. Thanks for what you do, I think this would be a beautiful testament to her beautiful life.
Of course my lovely. X
I'm addicted to Emma's channel. The best quality commentary.
She's brilliant. A natural.
Just heard the tape.....wow. sounds genuine that distress. And I've listened to a lot of true crime. Hells bells.
I always thought Darlie was guilty because to me, her wounds looked self inflicted. Even though her carotid artery was nicked, the wound on her throat goes diagonally down and to the left and my understanding is that the majority of her other wounds are all on the same arm. Her story is that some unknown stranger randomly breaks into her home, (assuming for the purpose of a robbery because of the huge pile of jewelry "clearly" visible on the counter) in the dark, and without bringing a weapon of any kind. He unexpectedly finds an adult asleep in the livingroom with her children, who are also asleep, then he goes into the unfamiliar, dark kitchen, finds a sharp knife, comes back and incapacitates the small, sleeping children first, (because clearly they are more of a threat to him than the adult sleeping beside them) and Darlie is then awoken to the sound of her son saying "Mommy". Then she gets into a life and death struggle with the crazed unknown assailant who has just stabbed 2 small children to death, and he slashes at her neck and arm and runs off into the night... without even taking the jewelry.. seems legit, right?? No, something about that just didn't sit right. I thought for whatever reason, known only to Darlie herself, that she alone was responsible for this because according to her, Dan was upstairs asleep with the baby while all this was going on.
As more details came out, I actually began to think it was a set up involving her husband. I think he set up a robbery (that big old pile of jewelry just sitting around randomly on the counter) and that he actually intended for Darlie and the 2 boys to be killed in the process. Why? For financial gain. Even though he wasn't in severe financial trouble, there were still financial issues and people have done a lot worse for a lot less. And perhaps there were marital issues that may not have seemed to be a big deal to her but they were to him. I think it was an incredible stroke of luck for him that we all blamed her instead of falling for the old robbery bit he hatched up.. He's happily remarried with a new family now, right? Of course he'll support her and say she would never do this, right?? He has to stand by her because if she didn't do it, who's left? Even his own Aunt believes that he is involved. I think he hired somebody to do this and what's more, I think that he, Dan, planted the sock since he would have been the only one not entirely covered in blood. The bloody fingerprint belongs to the assailant and Dan planted the sock to make it lean toward someone running away from the scene, reinforcing his robbery claim and keeping all eyes off him yet all the while, and fortunately for him, casting doubt on Darlie. That's my theory anyway 🤷♀️
completely agree
This is one of the most logical scenarios provided . I’m actually shocked that they didn’t think it could be Dan. I mean, did he not hear the struggle ?
@@UnapolegeticallyAProblem he didn’t hear the struggle because there was no struggle. She staged the whole thing while her husband was passed out. There’s no evidence whatsoever to support anyone other than Darlie killed her kids.
She is guilty AF. Watch the Behavioral Panel in regard to Darlene Routier. Thanks Emma! You rock!
Oh god, imagine if she was innocent and being sent down for murdering her own kids 🥺😩. I think strong possibility she had psychotic episode and didn’t know she done it..
What about her neck wound? Not saying you’re wrong but that’s what makes me doubt that theory, do you think there’d any chance the male figure was her husband? He seems to have been ruled out quickly without any main reason given as to why
She knows she did it. She is a narcissitic sociopath or psychopath and lying comes easier to her than breathing. There was no psychotic episode.
@@matthewgannon722 Her neck wound was a non life threatening superficial cut. Her husband was thoroughly checked out and cleared. Darlie wasn't cleared because the forensics kept coming back pointing at her. All of it. Every single bit of it. To this day.
@@matthewgannon722 Would you like to discuss the boy's wounds? The fact that every single stab wound they endured was through the core of their bodies and meant to kill them. Deep, penetrating stab wounds in the bodies of a little six and five year old. Have you seen the autopsy pics? Darlie wasn't even stabbed and there were hesitation wounds in her cut. She cut skin and fat. Her own surgeon said her wounds were superficial and non life threatening. I'm very sorry about the loss of your sister. I didn't mean to be insensitive but Darlie is nothing like your mother.
@@sharonkv777 maybe that is the case. I haven’t seen the pictures so they may well tell a different story but i wouldn’t say it was a clear cut case either way. Like Emma mentioned how would she move the sock as even if not life threatening she would be bleeding fairly heavily
Actually, the financial gain from the kids' deaths didn't even cover their funeral. It's always really bugged me that the prosecution played up the financial aspect so much. It looked desperate to me, grabbing at all that circumstancial evidence in lieu of anything that physically pointed to darlie.
There was a heap of physical evidence pointing to Darlie.
Wait a minute. I live in Rowlett, and accusing us of “rubber stamping” cases is a terrible assertion. It’s one thing to have an opinion, but to suggest that we knowingly send innocent people to death row is inaccurate and completely undeserved.
Thank you!!!!
I agree
You did such an unbelievable job on this story!!!! I’ve watched just about every documentary made on this tragedy, but hearing it told with an empathy & kindness & knowledge that only Emma can? *chef’s kiss*
I have waited for Emma Kenny, to do this horrific case. It is so hard to know the true. My son died in 2019 and I have to tell you it is beyond any death you can ever imagine or experience. The depth that it goes you can not even put to words. You do some strange things when it has just happened. I can't say I would be throwing silly string but I did do some things that I had no memory of.
I would not wish to be part of deciding her fate
Thank you Emma, you are fabulous
Keep well
Lynne N I am so sorry for your loss. But Darlie orchestrated the silly string party and invited the news crew to video it. For money. Please don't compare your loss to hers. She murdered Devon and Damon and it is easy to know the truth. The crime scene did everything but literally scream her name as the killer.
Please read the transcripts if you have doubts.
@@sharonkv777 you clearly need help. You are literally on these posts commenting conjecture 🙈
@@debiclark4362 If you don't like my comments, move on. But understand that the things I am saying are based only on facts and not conjecture, lies, rumors or innuendo. Read the transcripts.
@@sharonkv777 Keep going Sharon, I applaud you. Have you looked into the Luke Mitchell case from Scotland? One despicable woman wrote a couple of books full of lies & nothing about the facts & started a campaign to free him when in fact it was Always about her financial gain. So many sites & she has numerous fake profiles to spread her bs, so in doing that, has brainwashed many that he is innocent on the basis that no crown documents were available for the public to read for themselves about all the evidence. Things have changed more recently & Sandra Lean is now Finished. 18 years of never-ending hell for the murdered girl's family hopefully will be ended now. I see 'similarities' from some people about this case, they watch too many Utube shows full of misinformation from dodgy defence lawyers & family members, & hit repeat. Cheers
You don't think Darlie is a narcissist? LOL. I can't take you seriously anymore!
The silly string looks weird, however I think her baby son is being held by a relative whilst she is doing it and to me they're trying to make this situation, slightly less sad for him and all of them after they've had a 2 hour solemn service. Who knows what we'd do if it was us, I think I wouldn't do that myself but don't judge her for doing it. Hope she gets out eventually.
It is only her & her mother who say that other was 2 hours, it was about 15 minutes in Fact. She called the news crew to attend the 'silly string show' & then she & Darrin did an interview after & she arranged payment already, of course. Her lawyer has been drawing out the federal appeal because of that fingerprint but her days are numbered. The DNA has come back as being female
were you at this 2 hour solemn service?
@@anonamos9102 It Wasn't 2 Hours. Were You?
Iv always thought she was guilty and i still do. I watched a interview when the interviewer suggested she could be a psychopath and she smiles and she was trying to squeeze a tear out while talking about the children but she didn’t succeed.
Being old, I remember this as it happened. EVERY time they said something on the national news they showed the Silly String clip. I thought "absolutely guilty" at the time. Now- having seen years of documentaries, opinions and news clips, I'm not so sure. What I do know is if something happened to my ex-husband, I'd be in a world of shit.. lol.. If there is a time for being inappropriate, I've done it.. I've giggled at funerals, accidently cussed in church, said the stupidest things to ever be said.. Heaven forbid someone look at my search history! I just have no idea what to think about this whole case..
Me too I was so sure she was guilty but now I just dont know
I have giggled too! But not Joyous at the murder of two little boys! Watch the Behaviour Panel on CZcams! The silly string video didn't put her on Death Row! Her own testimony did! Do your research before you spout your lies!
I myself, have gone back and forth as to Darlie's guilt all throughout the years since the horrific tragedy occurred. However, the silly string video should never have been used as a piece of legitimate evidence. For one thing, the very fact that that part of the video was singled out for the jury and the public to see, with NO mention (until well after the fact), about the fact that the silly string was brought out AFTER those same people at the grave site had held and almost 2 hour, very solem, emotional memorial for the boys, was never even mentioned at the trial. If they were going to show the video, it should have at least been shown in its entirety. Also, there were children present and, while it may not be how some people act so soon after such a brutal demise for 2 young boys, the fact is...they were 2 YOUNG BOYS (who supposedly loved to play with silly string!) And, perhaps a show of celebration of their all too brief lives, was just what those kids in attendance (including Devon and Damon's baby brother), needed in order to to help them process and grieve. There is after all, no right or wrong way to grieve. Again, not speaking to Darlie's guilt or innocence but, the silly string clip being used as supposed direct and solid, legitimate proof of her guilt, is deplorable...especially in this country.
The defense never showed the before video! Her lawyer now has had that tape for years! Why doesn't he show it??? Read the trial transcripts and quit harping on silly string!
Also, I bet Darlie asked Dana to bring the silly string! You just listen to the family! That's the problem, you don't look at evidence and facts! Just because you say you are innocent doesn't mean you are! Dianne Downs shot herself, Jeffrey McDonald stabbed himself! Alk, the strongest of the bunch, with minor wounds compared to the butchery of there children! But I guess they are innocent to because they say they are! They are narcissist!
Well done Emma . You covered that case brilliantly! ❤️
She actually covered it very poorly and clearly did very little research.
This case really fascinates me.
I’m in Scotland. What’s happening?
She’s on death row but no date for her execution! Why is that ?
@@alisonrussell2140 She's going through the appellate process.
People judging the Silly String Incident need to understand that grief manifests in different ways for different people! A month after my best friend died VERY suddenly her sister and I went to see One Direction and danced the night away. It made me feel closer to her and I felt like I was honoring her by seeing the show we'd planned to see together. People honor their loved ones in different ways.
Pretty random thought, but I would love a video on Betty Broderick one day, I am so interested in your analysis Emma!
Have asked for the same! I'm very conflicted as to Betty Broderick, whether she was a jealous cold blooded murderer or a woman pushed to the edge by her controlling ex husband.
Can't wait for this tonight makes my Sunday night. Watching these have made me decide I want to study psychology and criminology at college in September. I'd love to see you cover either Ted Bundy or Joanna Dennehy because I think they are both such interesting cases.
She’s done both of those honey 😘
I really feel like the fact that Darren was never considered a suspect, he was never thoroughly questioned. I have a bad feeling this is another insurance job from Darren
The evidence says she is guilty. 100% Guilty.
She’s guilty. There were red flags. Some that knew her as a parent say she was emotionally and verbally abusive. There were also concerns about the lack of supervision of her children by the neighbors. I think she was very, very depressed (there was a suicide note found in her journal) and enraged by the financial situation in which they found themselves. If you look into it further (which I recommend to everyone) you’ll see A LOT of evidence that points to her guilt.
LOVED this one, I’ve always been incredibly conflicted. Even questioning my “gut” instincts. Fantastic look at this strange, heartbreaking case. Those poor babies 😢. And if she’s not guilty? Well I can’t imagine her suffering as a mother. So much reasonable doubt exists I don’t think death row is where she belongs. Layer upon layer of injustice and in my opinion, actual corruption. As an American, just an observer of our justice system at work, it’s rife with injustice, politics, egos, bias and wrong or unfair sentences and wrongful convictions. Definitely needs some work. Great, in depth look as always Emma xxx, thank you! Best CZcams channel around for true crime and analysis 🌺🦋🌺. Quick side note 🥰, my mother was a homemaker her entire life. She didn’t work outside the home or even ever learn to drive. She put on her full makeup every single day of her life 💄. Signature red lipstick, hair fixed and accessorized! Lovely, sweet woman!! She said it just made her feel better starting each day looking her best! Love you Emma! 🌸
Why would someone brake in stab two kids and slash her for no reason , didn’t steal nothing either 🤔 . I think she cut herself then stabbed the kids. There is something that just doesn’t seem right with her specially when interviewed there is some darkness in her
Yes people say her cut was close to killing her but it was not deep and the rest could be accident. Her boys were so much worse
They broke in and were surprised they were there, panicked? I dunno either xx
@@hayweb866 Who is "they". There has never been any evidence that even one unknown intruder was in the house, so "they" doesn't compute. And it wasn't a robbery, but if your theory were correct, it would have been the biggest threat who would have been killed and not the two sleeping little guys on the floor. And why wouldn't the jewelry at least have been snatched up?
@@sharonkv777 it is rhetoric. I'm agreeing with James Rotherham that the suggestion is implausible.
@@hayweb866 I've seen many write comments like yours who were serious. But sorry, if you weren't and I misunderstood.
I'm from North Texas, where this happened. The news outlets crucified her- they painted her guilty and the public followed. I am convinced she is an innocent woman who has been vilified and violated by the press and the judicial system. My heart goes out to her for the loss of her two boys and her freedom.
Me too. I agree with everything you said!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Being crucified has nothing to do with stone cold forensics.
Darlie did in fact have signs of mental issues and her family covered it up, suicide notes, she even claim to be attacked before which was a lie..heres what she did... First Darlie took a knife from the kitchen to cut the window screen, then put it back and grabbed a bigger knife to commit the crime. why would a killer put a knife back in the holder and grab another knife? Darlie then put a sock on her hand while she murdered her sons, then ran it down the street to drop it. The sock only had Devon and Damons blood on it. it had Darlie's and Darrin's DNA on it though, there's a difference. If Darlie was attacked like she said she was there would have been her blood too on it, also why didn't the family dog start barking?.... it took the investigators 4 mins walking back and forth, so she had plenty of time to run 3 houses down. why didn't the motion detector go off if the intruder ran in the back like she claimed?...She ran back and cut herself by the sink with her apposing arm to make it appear she was attacked by an intruder from behind, she then tried to clean up the sink with towels, but she notices Devon was still alive and stabbed him so hard again it went through the floor, that's why the knife got her blood on it and also got 2 cuts on her fingers not slashes. remember when the police arrived, they notice she was only using the towels for herself not the boys, there were several towels covered in blood by the sink and they only had Darlie's blood on them.... She started staging the crime scene, and Darrin woke up when she broke the glass on the floor before she called 911, that's when the timeline started. she had lots of time to stage it. Darlie's blood and footprints were on the bottom of the broken glass too. Darlie's feet would have had cuts on them if the glass was broken during a struggle. where were the intruder's footprints? and why would an intruder murder those little boys so viciously first and then go after Darlie? her wounds were not as bad as she claims. those boys were butchered! she also had hesitation wounds on her right arm, look closely at the pictures.. Her neck wound did not require stiches, and she was only in ICU because the police wanted to question her without the press, her family allowed those pics to be taken. look closely at the pictures someone put her earrings back in after the nurse took all her jewelry off, that shows her vainness. Darlie showed up 5 days later at the police dept with those bruises, no one notice them while she was in the hospital. she even claimed to a nurse that she thought she was raped but that was false too... after she was arrested, she wrote a letter from jail claiming to know who the intruder was, when confronted on the stand she admitted to lying about it. she also said on the stand she couldn't remember if she was attacked on the couch or by the sink? Her story makes no sense. as of 2023 Darlie's new defense is trying to blame Darrin for some insurance scam. Darrin had a 200 thousand life insurance policy on her, the boys had 5 grand each on them. If Darrin really set her up, why wasn't she killed first? more money for him..... there's so much more don't be fooled by Darlie she is monster and deserves no sympathy. in order for anyone to believe Darlie is innocent you have to believe the state of Texas, roulette police dept, prosecutors, doctors, nurses, investigators and her own attorneys set her up. because that's what her family claims. which is nonsense.
Thank you for covering this case Emma I don’t think this was beyond a reasonable doubt it remains unsolved
I really think they should of looked at her husband a lot closer because I don’t know how he didn’t wake up through all of it , I really don’t think she did it because I’ve heard my mom screaming when my sister died & darlie sounded just like my mom , I really think he done it & I thought that from day one when I watched the documentary about it when it happened & I agree with you Emma it’s unsolved & they shouldn’t put her to death , thank you 😊
So sorry for your loss....hugs
I for one think she didn't do it the cuts to her neck were very deep and to sit on death row and still say I didn't kill my children speaks volumes, Kate Australia 🇦🇺
He had absolutely nothing to do with it. Baby Killer Darlie did it all by herself.
So you don't know that her husband was the first suspect and they did investigate him thoroughly? There was no evidence that even remotely suggested that he committed these murders or that he was involved in any way. And believe me, LE would have been relieved in the evidence had pointed to him rather than the mother of these boys. But none of it did. It all pointed straight to the mother (Darlie).
@@aussiekate3306 Her cuts weren't deep. They were superficial and non life threatening (per her surgeon's testimony). The boys' wounds were horribly deep. Every stab wound was meant to kill them. And it was overkill. Look at the autopsy photos and then look at Darlie's wounds. Her neck wound wasn't even closed with stitches, but steri strips.
She is guilty
I think the nail in her coffin was her saying she got her throat cut while asleep on the couch while there was no blood running down her back or anywhere on the couch... it was all on her front and at the sink.... at the sink!
All evidence point at her, besides the behaviour and the stereotypes associated to the case. The chance of an intruder, entering the house and using a knife that was in there to brutally murdering the children but not her (although her wounds can be discussed)is very farfetched. However it's not impossible and she should not have been given sent to death row.
Thanks Emma, so insightful. I have a real problem with the death penalty, I would never want to be in a situation of making that decision ever.
This case deserves a re-trial with all the evidence they didn't include the first time! The big thing for me is the sock and the timings it just doesn't seem possible to me. I hope she gets her appeal and gets the trial she deserves.
Why would she run 75 yards and drop a sock, and risk being seen? Doesn't make any sense at all, the time scale, too. Very, very unsafe conviction.
What evidence did they not include in the trial?
@@jackj4604 not only risk being seen but bring seen barely dressed and sorry but like nobody gonna notice that, women running with a bloody sock barely dressed?
She seems 100% guilty to me. Who breaks into a home and kills the children first, if at all? If they’re there to kill, they’ll kill the adult(s). And, who would just break into a home to kill the people and not take the jewelry laying on the counter? She cut herself to keep from looking guilty. She had to. She didn’t know how close she came to actually killing herself. That was just luck. The children were stabbed with a lot of force. If a woman wakes up and sees a man she’s not going to follow. If she does and sees he dropped a knife, she’s not going to pick it up. She’d stop and go right back to her children. And Devon couldn’t talk to his mom when she says hold on be strong because he had blood coming up out of his throat and into his mouth. I’ve seen some interviews with her and she seems like a total liar to me. The 911 call sounded fake. Overkill. Maybe she thought the children’s life insurance was more
I agree. Totally lying and she is guilty
I'm not defending her in the slightest, but I chew gum when I'm nauseated.
Right! I have chewed gum at funerals before if I hadn’t had breakfast or something. Chewing gum isn’t necessarily weird to me.
Same here. It helps with my motion sickness too
Ye an its somthing i do when im anxious etc. Its like a calmer or a comfort etc..
Clinician here… I haven’t watched the video yet, but chewing gum, specifically mint, helps with nausea and vomiting-backed by peer reviewed medical science. It also helps with mental focus, like studying or writing papers: I chewed tons of gums during school! Just a random bit of validating info.
FFS.... her chewing gum is not evidence of anything. The evidence in this case is the reason she was convicted and the reason her conviction has stood, appeal after appeal. Are you at all familiar with the evidence or do you know anything about the tons of DNA evidence that's been done in this case?
Amazing presentation - thank you! This case reminds me a lot of the 'Whitehouse Farm' murders. Jamie Bamber was initially presented in the press as an evil psychopathic killer (reactions at funerals, behaviour in the aftermath etc) - even the recent netflix drama shows him as such - & it was considered an open & shut case at the time. However later evidence, a lot kept back during the trial, and more thorough delving has resulted in many now thinking him innocent.
Nah Jeremy Bamber is where he should be
I have no conflict I think that she did it. I don't doubt that she was hysterical but I think that was because she stabbed herself and didn't realize how much it would hurt/that she would bleed quite so much. Also as to motive I think that it was for attention. The forensic evidence was damning & whilst not every detail has an explanation(life isn't CSI) there are insurmountable scientific realities relating to the case that her appeals couldn't overcome for good reason. Finally the first person that she mentioned in the call was herself.
🤔 I appreciate your explain. I'm only half through but torn lol
If she didn’t do it, the cops and lawyers will never say. They wouldn’t want to tarnish their reputations not to mention and HUGE lawsuit in Darlie’s favor. It’s sad how in most ppl money trumps moral value. EVERYONE deserves a fair shake. Thanks Emma…4 being u.
Horrifying to think that there is a possibility that an innocent person could be put to death
it is horrifying to imagine an innocent person being put to death, but Darlie is as guilty as they come. She deserves her fate.
Don't worry, Darlie is not innocent.
She is far from innocent. She butchered her 2 boys.
That was an amazing one!!! I think my favourite! Very thought provoking!
This case is just heart breaking all round. I know for me my partner and kids have a joke about me as I become very aggressive when I'm asleep I curse and become extremely violent so if I woke up to that I would think straight away that I had done it. I am the least aggressive person ever so I think this must be my realise but it terrifies me when my partner tells me how horrible I am and recently punched him when I was asleep and he tries to wake me up but he can't. I am always so ashamed of myself. Is anyone else like this when they are asleep?
Love 💕 your show! A homicide has just happened in my quiet neighborhood in San Diego, CA. A man was reported wandering around confused with blood on him , the police are called, and they check the house he was staying in, and found a dead body , bloodied, with trauma on the upper torso. The homicide detectives were called, and the other person was taken into custody and taken away with his hands bagged (to save the evidence) , today they released the names. Came home to the street with police tape blocking and police cars everywhere.
Lock your windows get a gun
For YEARS I thought she was guilty! In the last year or 2 I have flipped to the non guilty side! There are SO many holes in this case and so much evidence supporting her innocence. When I found out about the boys having different knife wounds and different sizes-they beIieve there was 2 different knives used-I was shocked. Then to find out she was only charged with her youngest Damon’s murder bc they couldn’t ever find any of the oldests Devins blood on the knife-just darlies and Damon’s, I was shook. These are just literally a fraction of the faults in this case. The trial transcripts had 33,000 mistakes -yes that many 😩 and the tapes mysteriously disappeared from evidence.
It’s horrifying how railroaded she was. She is innocent in my opinion!!!
I sooo appreciate you and your videos! Thank you for this one! I am obsessed with this case!
So the intruder took the knife he brought but was decent enough to leave the one he "borrowed" from the butcher block?! The wounds were different because the ones to Devon are on his chest and the ones to Damon are to his back.
Devon's blood was not on the knife because she rinsed it out after stabing them, hence why the cleaned out blood in the sink. She leaves to stage the sock 75 yards away comes back to find Damon still moving then stabbed him some more and cuts her own throat.
No matter how many mistakes in the trial transcripts, the jury that convicted her got to hear and see the evidence.
A case is like a puzzle even if you have only 90 percent of the pieces, you can still make out the whole picture. The pieces she fabricated and staged did not ammount to an intruder. She's a liar, a narcissist and a murderer.
I agree with your point about the celebration around the grave Emma. As a mum I completely get your point. My son is in the Army and he was not allowed any leave at Easter. I was suffering terribly. I shut myself away and turned my phone off. I refused to have a happy Easter meal or see family without my lovely boy. Now, this is a temporary separation, I cannot imagine the state i would be in if it were permanent. I certainly would not want to smile and probably wouldnt even make it from my bed, let alone groom myself with a hairdo&make up. Yet still I am 50/50. There are so many other aspects that scream her innocence. This is a tough one x
I've just got to the phone call and I am struggling to hear what she is saying. I noticed this on the last few and it would be really helpful if you were able to add some subtitles to those as CZcams cc doesn't pick it up. Absolutely love your work! Thank you! X
Champagne wishes and caviar dreams. That was what they would say on the television show lifestyles of the rich and famous back in the 80s with Robin Leach.
champagne taste and wine money , where I am from.lol
This case is so controversial. I cannot make up my mind if she’s guilty or not.
I’m the same and can not make up my mind but then that’s reasonable doubt.
@@louisejeffries7155 What reasonable doubt? There is nothing that has anything to do with the actual truth or facts that in any way point to Routier's innocence.
@@louisejeffries7155 Zero evidence of intruder, motion lites not on, Domain was a barker, didn't bark til cops came, her knife, cleanup at sink, her changing stories, in letters from jail she named 2 men then cried on the stand when caught. Blood under glass & vacuum. Guilty! darlieroutierfactandfiction.com
I live in the neighborhood where this happened and pass the house almost daily. It’s constantly on my mind.
Maybe this was an insurance job and Darlie was supposed to die too. The husband could have arranged for someone to kill his family and made sure there was no trace of any interactions or money changing hands, took the knife, split the screen to allow the intruder entry and put it back. I am confused about this case because the graveside party just doesn't sit right with me. How can you go from a 2 hour service which would be emotionally exhausting to that? I understand people grieve differently but that's a bit much
So why would he arrange for them to do it when he was in the house? Why not have them do it while he was at work surrounded by witnesses?
This case has never made sense. I appreciate all the points made with your analysis of prosecution bias and lack of motive... however, I believe she did it. Shock or not, confused or not, her story makes no sense. We're to believe the attacker came in with the specific motive to kill children, but leave Darlie alive. That he would use 2 knives from THEIR home and not bring a weapon. That she "woke up" the way she did,...?! Come on...Her bruises make no sense. They showed up days later and are ridiculous 🙄. Then...her behaviour....I've seen enough female Psychopath cases to recognize detachment and feigned emotions. She never shows even the tiniest bit of interest in finding the real killers. Just my take.
My Dad fell down 5 steps and dislocated his shoulder. A few days later, his ENTIRE arm was COMPLETELY purple of bruises. Just saying.
This happened where I usually drove to get to work. I have seen that house almost daily. The way that it was introduced to me, it was very biased (looking back on it now). It wasnt until just the last few years that I found out some things that would have changed my mind. Unfortunately, I cant say im convinced one way or the other, but I am absolutely not as sure as I thought I was when it first happened.
What things have you found out, that have you confused?
At the grave site, what we didn't see is her friends taking her aside and convincing her to stop crying and do the party. She didn't want to do it. She was under a lot of pressure.
she'd be damned for not doing a party and damned when she did. how sad
That's not even close to the truth! She invited the news crew to the "party" in exchange for money for her out of town family's hotel and air fare! LEARN THE FACTS
Where did you hear that? And if she was under so much pressure and didn't want to do it then why did she orchestrate this "party" and invite the media (for money)? Have you watched the full interview with her and Darin? Her shooting the silly string pales in comparison. Laughing, giggling flirting with the newsman, Joe Munoz...I've never seen or heard of Darlie crying except when she was arrested, and when she was caught in her lies on the witness stand. Real tears then, not her pathetic fake crying.
@@christinerose5337 what a lot of crap.
@@ohaiyoashchan she wouldn't be damned if she didn't have a party. Did you listen to tge interview after this party where she tells the reporter that "gossip is the biggest evil in the world"? Not that "intruder" that butchered your babies. He's not the biggest evil in the world. Gossip is according to this monster. SMDH
I recommend everyone watch the behavior panel's assessment of this woman...she reminds me of Diane Downs
The Behaviour Channel is awesome 🤩
DOWNS 100% MURDERED AND ATTPYEF TI MURDR HER BAIES NO QUESTION
Didn't mean caps sorry haha
Good video! I don’t know if you were just using it as an example, but just for clarification that photo of the sink showing the luminol is not the Routier sink. As far as I’m aware, no photos of the Routier sink with luminol exist, or at least they have not been made public.
She deserves a new trial.
Not happening, and there are no grounds for it.
Ive recently found you and i am watching ALL of your videos. I absolutely love your sass!
I don't think you are as undecided as you say, I think you have already decided she is not guilty maybe you don't want to admit that but that's the way it seems
Wow you actually managed to change my mind I was sure the police had it right... I didn’t know about the bloody fingerprint and the bloody sock
Hi Emma.
I’ve always had concerns surrounding this case and you’ve enhanced them.
In my opinion, it appears Darlie’s fate was set within 10mins of the arrival of police.
I’m not sure the husband “ moving on “ sits well with me.
It might just be me but if I 100% supported my wife my focus, till time ends, would be fighting the conviction in any way possible.
I would not consider “ moving on “ as my belief in her innocence and eventual freedom would prevent that.
I feel he’s made a decision on knowledge that Darlie will never be free whether she’s guilty or not.
Thanks for your efforts.
Cheers
I don't think she did it, the evidence just doesn't add up. I'm a grieving mother of two children myself 19 and 8 both passed 2011 four months apart 😇😢😇😢 and my intuition screams she's innocent .The dad on the other hand, why is he not heard screaming and crying in the background! R. I. P Beautiful boys 💙😇💔💙😇💔💚😇💔❤️😇💔
Is it just me that finds American emergency services operators really aggressive? I have listened to loads of 911 calls and thought if you just listen for a minute you will hear what they are saying, continually shouting calm down at someone in that sort of situation isn’t going to make them calm down. They talk over the callers then keep asking what happened it annoys the shIt out of me lol 😝
Doris Trammell never shouted at Darlie. She was trying to get information from her and get help to her door as quickly as possible. Darlie was over the top, screaming OMG and who would do this and we could have gotten the prints, maybe...Supporters want to blame everyone but the murderer: Darlie Routier.
@@sharonkv777 I’m not “blaming” anyone for anything I am just saying I find 911 operators aggressive.
Shock does weird things, too. After my dad died, I slept for a week. That was in march; I'm still trying to deal with it
The paramedic testified Darlie was never in shock.
@@tsully4368 OK; that does change things; thanks for setting me straight :)
Thank you for covering this case. As silly as this may sound, one thing that has always bothered me is the neck wound. From all accounts it seems Darlie was, for lack of better words, vain. Of all the possible self inflicted wounds one could inflict, I have trouble with the location and extent of that neck wound.
Furthermore, evidence from the couch (pillow I believe) was NOT collected. Serrated edge? Hard to believe anyone would select a serrated knife for what was to follow.
Lastly, from what I remember as a Texan watching footage back then, the entirety of the "silly string" footage was never shown. There has come to light additional footage showing the somber affect just prior to silly string. I don't recall ever seeing the images of her massive bruises until many years later.
I can't pretend to know the truth but if ever there's been a case with reasonable doubt, I believe this is may be one.
She inflicted her wounds at the sink where the majority of her blood was found. Damon and Devon's blood was also found in the sink and drain because she rinsed the knife prior to cutting herself. There's no evidence of an intruder. All the 'fingerprints', DNA, and footprints have been accounted for.
The Silly String tape was recorded by the news crew Darlie invited to the cemetery and admitted in full. There was a second tape, a police surveillance tape, that was provided to the defense who decided not to admit it into evidence. The family contends it shows Darlie mourning, but has never made the entire tape available. The defense obviously found the tape unhelpful to Darlie.
The jury heard all the evidence and found no reasonable doubt. 24 years later, that verdict has survived all challenges.
there was no blood on the couch to be collected where she claims to have been attacked. She is a lying monster who murdered her sons
I agree, the neck wound and all of those horrific bruises! You just DON'T do that to yourself.
@@jamiepender6667 yeah you do if you’re pure evil. Lots of people do it for sympathy.
yeah the extent of that superficial scratch? shall we also talk about the magic bruise that wasn't there in the hospital and didn't show up for a number of days.... a bruise like that would've started showing up severely THAT NIGHT, not days later.
Emma have you watched The Behaviour Panel looking at this case. Really interesting and these guys know what they are doing
Maybe she had the party simply to remember happy times, past birthdays, and imagine him still with her. Especially after the horror, then 2 hours of sombreness and crying. I can see it as her needing to feel close to him, so his birthday wasn't forgotten, her gift of love. Had she been free, I think this would have been an annual event for both boys.
Hey Emma xx can you please do the case of the mother and daughter positioning their family ? It’s such an interesting case
...yet, casey anthony is free...
Why did their dog not bark? Why didn’t she rush to her boys when they were literally dying? Didn’t Darlie and Darren both fail polygraphs? She didn’t even react to seeing Damon lying dead in the ER. No doubt in my mind. Guilty!
Looking forward to seeing your take on this I personally think she's innocent and she doesn't belong on death row xx