The Jury Saw a Few Seconds of Tape: The Darlie Routier Case
The Silly String Video That Sent a Mother to Death Row: The Darlie Routier Case
At 2:31 a.m. on June 6, 1996, Darlie Routier called 911 from her Rowlett, Texas home to say a man had stabbed her and her two little boys. Devon, 6, was dead; Damon, 5, died of his wounds; her own throat was cut within two millimeters of the carotid artery. Twelve days later, she was the one charged with capital murder. Why did a bloody fingerprint on the coffee table match no one in the house? How did a sock with both boys' blood end up 75 yards down the alley? And why, after courts first ordered DNA testing in…
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