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Patrick O'Daniel Unit (then Mountain View), where Routier is located. Routier's trial began on January 6, 1997, in Kerrville, Texas. [19] [20] The prosecution suggested that Routier murdered her sons because of the family's financial difficulties [21] and described Routier as "...a self-centered woman, a materialistic woman, and a woman cold enough, in fact, to murder her own two children ...
Other crime scene experts have publicly criticized the case against Routier and one juror has publicly stated that he now believes she is innocent. [74] Routier is collecting funds to perform new DNA testing on evidence at the crime scene [75] and wrongful conviction advocacy group Investigating Innocence has taken her case.
However, police were unsure about the validity of her story and began an intensive search of the crime scene. The police determined the identity of the killer by analyzing blood spatter, doing behavioral profiling, and analyzing Routier's 911 call. The evidence proved that she killed her two older sons with a kitchen knife, inflicted wounds on ...
The first season examines the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones and seeks to trace the path that led both Routier and Jones to their places on death row, while taking a deep look into their personal stories. [2] Jones' sentence has since been commuted to life without parole while Routier remains on death row. [3]
Darlie Routier, convicted of murdering her five-year-old son, Damon. Two of her sons, Damon and 6-year-old Devon, were killed in the attack, but she was only tried for the murder of Damon. Blaine Milam, convicted of killing his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter.
Darlie Routier, June 6, 1996, Rowlett, Texas. Routier allegedly stabbed two of her sons to death before staging the scene as a home invasion. Christina Marie Riggs, November 4, 1997, Sherwood, Arkansas. Riggs smothered both her children before attempting suicide. Kip Kinkel, May 20, 1998, Springfield, Oregon.
Andrea Pia Yates (née Kennedy; born July 2, 1964 [2]) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. [3]
Darlie Routier: Stabbed her two sons in 1996. 28 years, 2 days Routier's case has attracted the attention of wrongful conviction advocacy groups in recent years. She is in the process of raising funds to test evidence found at the scene for DNA. [96] [97] Víctor Saldaño: Kidnapped and shot dead Paul Ray King. 28 years, 148 days