FOR 23 YEARS DARLIE KEE HAS BEEN DEFENDING DARIN AND THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY SHOULD COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN DARIN HAD BEEN LYING. Darlie was crying. The new series premieres on Tuesday night at 10 p.m. EST on ABC. DARLIE WAS NOT GOING TO CANCUN AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO TAKE THAT EXTENDED FAMILY TRIP DARIN CLAIMED THEY WERE TAKING. JavaScript is disabled. Darlie said at about 9:30am she made Darin take Dana home because she wasn't feeling good, we learned later that was also a lie. SO WHICH WAS IT? BETSY BLANEY, Associated Press. And that is where it stands. HE WAS SWIMMING IN DUPING DELIGHT WHEN HE WENT INTO DETAIL OF DEVON AND HIS INJURIES. To my surprise. But prosecutors portrayed her during her trial as selfish and materialistic, and contended that she killed Damon to rid herself of a financial burden. SHE IS HEARD TELLING DARIN JUST SECONDS INTO THE 911 CALL TO HURRY. DARIN RAN PAST HIS SON DAMON AND WENT RIGHT BACK TO DEVON AND HE BEGAN TO DO THAT FAKE CPR ON DEVON IN FRONT OF OFFICER WADDELL KNOWING FOR A FACT THAT HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. DAVIS GOT DARIN TO ADMIT WHEN HE FIRST SAW HER WHEN HE FIRST CAME DOWN THE STAIRS DARLIE WAS BY THE KITCHEN NEAR THE ISLAND, BY THE PHONE. "Some don't want to believe that a mother is capable of doing that," Lt. David Nabors, head of the Rowlett Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division told Rowlett Lakeshore Times. He told me he put a request in for a transfer before the murders and it came through right after the murders. Since their divorce, Darin hasn't remarried and. WAS HE OVER AT KARENS AT THIS TIME, OR WAS HE IN THE HOUSE BUSY DOING CPR ON DEVON? He characterized this later as "dramatic bullshit like she does to me all the time.". Darlie Routier contends that an unidentified intruder killed the boys and stabbed her in their home in Rowlett, a suburb of Dallas. Seeing that Darlie was somewhat okay, he worked to revive one of their two injured sons, but to no avail. There are at least two witnesses who saw Darin run over to Karen's after the police and medics entered the house. Many different people testified that Darlie and Darin constantly fought. Within seconds of Darlie getting the 911 operator on phone she is heard talking to Darin directing him where to go to the boys. It's just time for him to try to move on and try to find some kind of happiness. In my opinion Officer David Waddell should have been a major factor in this case but he wasn't. After taking a few steps she stops and goes back to turn the light on. Cindy Fisher is an American stage, film and television actress. She's the mother of my children," Darin Routier, who divorced Darlie Routier in 2011, told "ABC News." She remains on death row while he maintains her innocence. She granted interviews and hugged family members, and then the camera caught her laughing and spraying Silly String over the grave of her children. Devon and Damon and the baby Drake wore expensive clothes and grew up in a house that was an eclectic mix of Tara and Graceland. Darin will be a part of the docuseries and will most likely share his recollection of what happened that night and what he and his family have been through since then. The video of the birthday party just blew my mind. Darlie told the police that she had been sleeping on the sofa for the past week or so because the baby's crib was scrapping on the floor at night keeping her up. Darlies 14-year-old sister, also named Dana, had decided on her own to try to cheer things up and remembered how much Devon enjoyed party poppers and aerosol cans of squirting Silly String. I want to walk through all the calculating manipulating lies Darin has been telling for the past 23 years starting with his first statement he gave to the police on June 8th. Darin managed to bat down some misconceptions and predicted that he would have made about $200,000 in 1996 had everything remained normal. IT SHOWS ME HOW DETACHED HE REALLY WAS FROM HIS SON. Her actions spoke volumes and I don't think it had anything to do with the medication she was on. There's nothing especially remarkable or unusual about the Routiers marriage. HE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH AN EXCUSE AS TO WHY HE RAN PAST DAMON TO GET TO DEVON. DARIN IS SAYING HERE IN THIS STATEMENT HE RAN FROM THE HOUSE OVER TO KARENS YELLING AND SCREAMING FOR HELP, YET HE ADMITS HE WAS THERE IN THE HOUSE WHEN OFFICER WALLING CAME IN AND ALSO WHEN THE MEDICS CAME IN. ON THE 911 CALL I HEARD DARLIE SAYING TO DARIN "DEVON AND DAMON", SHE IS CLEARLY DIRECTING DARIN TO THE BOYS, BUT THIS WAS NOT TRANSCRIBED IN THE 911 CALL. Everything she said was a freaking lie. Darlie was convicted of capital murder and is still on death row for killing her two children, but where is Darin now? According to Greg Davis and Barbara Jovell Darlie suspected Darin and Dana of having an affair. Caught Up (film ) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia . HELP WAS ALREADY THERE AND DARIN WAS TOLD BY THE POLICE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS NOW A CRIME SCENE, BUT DARIN WANTED TO MAKE IT APPEAR HE WAS DESPERATE TO GET HELP FOR HIS FAMILY. DARIN PUT ON A HELL OF A SHOW WHEN HE RAN FROM THAT HOUSE OVER TO KARENS. WE ALSO KNOW WITH IN 15 SECONDS OF DARIN GETTING TO DEVON HE CLEARLY KNEW DEVON WAS GONE. IN AUGUST GREG DAVIS WAS ABLE TO GET DARIN TO ADMIT LEAVING THE HOUSE AFTER WADDELL GOT THERE. He wasnt much interested in food or anything else and had lost so much weight that his red, white and blue leather jacket hung loose about his shoulders. I sat for a minute on a curb and walked over to the ambulance where Damon was and asked paramedic was he alive and they said no. They'd argued about this before, with Darlie packing a bag and leaving to stay with a friend on at least one occassion because she felt Darin was working too much and spending too little time with her and the kids. He later changed that story and he admitted to Greg Davis he left the house after Waddell came in and he did cpr on Devon. It was obvious she knew right then Darin was that intruder. GREG DAVIS WAS FULLY AWARE OF ALL THESE DETAILS IN AUGUST. It appears though that all the evidence points to her being the murderer. Werent they awfully young to have so much material stuff? Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. There's no way it makes sense for Darlie Routier to kill two of her children but leave one living. Reality #1. So I went upstairs to get her a blanket and pillow and came back downstairs to cover her up. When I looked again at his chest there were two holes in his chest with blood and muscle piecing (sic) out. THERE WAS NOT A SHRED OF DEBRIS FROM THAT FLOWER ARRANGEMENT ON OR AROUND THAT TABLE. Although it may sound insane, this was all due to a mother who did not have the patience for the children and valued her . This video clip became infamous and was played at her trial. DARIN WAS NEVER TREATED FOR SHOCK AND I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT VICTIMS WHO ARE SHOCK TO KNOW THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE OF LYING AND MANIPULATING AN ENTIRE SITUATION. Darin and Darlie were married in August 1988, a little more than three years after they met, waiting only because they were so young. HELP HAD ALREADY ARRIVED. THAT IS THE CPR HE DID ON DEVON IN FRONT OF OFFICER WADDELL. Darin knew the exact details of everything that went on in that house. Eight months later. He was killed days before turning seven. LUBBOCK The husband of death row inmate Darlie Routier said Friday that he and his wife are divorcing to move on from the "limbo" they've been in since her arrest and conviction for killing one of their sons. The ceremony was in the sunroom of Sarilda and Leonard Routiers home in Lubbock, and only four outsiders were invited. In reality, police had already made up their minds that there had been no intruder in the house and were focusing their efforts on building a case against Darlie. WE ALSO KNOW BY THE 911 CALL DARLIE DIDN'T SCREAM OUT FOR KAREN AS SHE CLAIMED, DARIN WAS ABSENT FROM THAT 911 CALL AND SHE OPENED THAT FRONT DOOR AND SHE CALLED OUT DARIN, LOUD AND CLEAR. Her mother found work at a Western Sizzlin restaurant . There was no doubt after listening to that 911 call Darlie had once again lied to cover for Darin. Darin subsequently heard the story from Darlie, believed her, and cooperated with detectives until they arrested his wife. SO NOW I THINK WE CAN SAFELY SAY HERE THAT THERE WAS NO INTRUDER IN THAT HOME. As the years passed by, though, their lavish lifestyles and a few problems with Darins businesses resulted in mounting debt. IT WAS LIKE LOOKING IN THE FACE OF SUSAN SMITH WHEN SHE WAS GIVING HER STATEMENTS OF HOW A BLACK MAN TOOK HER CAR AND HER CHILDREN. Darlie said she wanted to sleep on the couch because she would sleep better because the baby would keep her awake. Once Detective Patterson was on the case Darin was never viewed as a suspect again. The sex toys found in the house? She cried as he testified. THE ONLY OTHER WITNESS TO SEE THIS FIRST CPR HE CLAIMS TO HAVE DONE ON DEVON WAS DARLIE. Darin and the rest of the family continue to believe the real killer is still out there somewhere. Oh and that dream, I almost puked. DARIN APPEARED TO TRY AND COVER EVERYTHING. -, Press J to jump to the feed. Detective Patterson and officer Frosch took that police statement and according to detective Cron that table nor the flowers ever tipped over of Devon. He has never thought that shes a murderer. As he sat in the waiting room, police checked him out, took his clothes, gave him hospital garb to wear, photographed him and got the keys to his house. He was wearing a black t shirt, a black hat and blue jeans. "[The conviction] has ruined their marriage, so we can thank the state for that," she said. /u/CliffTruxton's writeups on the case. DARIN WAS SNOOPING ABOUT THE EVIDENCE, BUT THIS HAPPENED EARLIER ON WHEN THE FIRST TWO OFFICERS WERE THERE ALONE. She basically described her own husband to Detective Patterson. She said she called out. The plan was to release balloons in memory of both boys on the one's birthday at the cemetery. This story is very chilling! I understand what you're saying. James Patterson had a long-lens camera set up across the way on the roof of the cemetery offices. THEY ALSO KNEW THAT THE VERY DELICATE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT ON THE TABLE HAD NOT FALLEN OVER EITHER. AT THE TIME DARIN WROTE THIS STATEMENT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT BOTH OFFICER WADDELL AND DARLIE HAD BOTH STATED DARIN ALREADY HAD PANTS ON WHEN HE CAME DOWN THOSE STAIRS. HOW CAN HE BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE? I could not go to sleep for a while but finally I fell asleep. That night. Devon was asleep face up in front of TV and Damon was asleep between couch and coffee table by the couch mom was. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Darin Routier is an American Spouse . HE ALSO KNEW DARIN DIDN'T STAY WITH DEVON FOR FOUR MINUTES UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. Hed always say, As pretty as she is, how can she like me? Deons wife, Dana, agreed: They were just silly in love. It can be used by investigators to follow leads, but everyone is so different and shows emotion differently I hate when they include that stuff in court. Darin Routier Jo Version of the story according to Darlie According to Darlie her and Darin were getting along before the murders, no issues what so ever. She says Damon is walking behind her and she tells him to stay back and goes into the kitchen. HE MADE SURE TO POINT OUT AND MAKE IT CLEAR HE KNEW THE NIGHT BEFORE WHERE DEVON WAS WHEN HE WENT TO SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE. Career [ edit ] Winston played the part of Cindy, wife of Ben Walton (played by Eric Scott ), in 42 episodes through the last 3 seasons of the series. We were watching TV in the Roman Room (Living Room SW Corner of House) watching[illegible] movie on HBO (Satellite). They could afford it; years of hard work had paid off. This was just another excuse and lie for Darin to explain away why he never stopped to help Damon. THIS IS THE FIRST CPR DARIN DID ON DEVON, OR WE ASSUME HE DID ON DEVON. Responding to Darlie Routier's hysterical 911 call from her Rowlett, Dallas, home on June 6, 1996, police officers found two of her three sons, 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon, with fatal stab wounds. I'd like to interview the source for my show. ACCORDING TO DARLIE KEE SHE DID AN INTERVIEW ON LEEZA SHOW WHERE ANNOUNCED LOUD AND CLEAR THAT IT WASN'T DARIN WHO FLED THE HOME. Drake's father, Darin Routier, didn't take custody of him right away after the murders, because he wanted to get his finances in order, Liz Stevens reported. She was also heard that day, on a tape recorded message, shouting and swearing at both her two older sons and her husband. Best man was a long-haired friend who played the drums in a rock band, and maid of honor was Barbara Jovell (who would later turn against Darlie during the trial in an undisguised blend of contempt and envy). THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A MINOR DETAIL TO SOME, BUT TO ME IT SPOKE VOLUMES. that one video should not be the reason she was convicted. I get that Darlie may have been confused but there was no way she got confused on every detail that implicated Darin in the crime. THE ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN A STATE OF shock as a media blitzkrieg descended, private photographs became public, and neighbors, friends, enemies and people who didnt even know Darlie and Darin were interviewed and their words published and broadcast across America. WHEN I READ THIS STATEMENT I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. 12 pick, A new musical spotlights a Texas bank-robbing legend, This Houston rodeo food vendor wants you to eat his rattlesnake. Darin gave many different versions as to when he ran over to Karen's place. In short, there was no reason they should wait. Darin described in detail everything he did that morning. Southern Fried True Crime did a 3 parter on Darlie. 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