Is Darlie Routier still alive, her dna test, is she still on deathrow, 2022 updates, wiki, bio

Who Is Darlie Routier:

Darlie Lynn Peck Routier was born on January 4, 1970, in Rowlett, Texas. She is an American woman who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of her five-year-old son Damon.

Devon, her six-year-old son, was slain at the same time as Damon, and she has been charged with capital murder. Routier has yet to face charges in Devon’s death.

What Really Happened?:

Damon and Devon were stabbed to death with a huge kitchen knife at Routier’s house, according to sources, while Routier received knife wounds to her throat and arm.

The crime, according to Routier, was committed by an anonymous invader.

The prosecution argued that Routier’s injuries were self-inflicted, that the crime scene was staged, and that she murdered her sons because of the family’s financial difficulties; the defense argued that Routier had no reason to murder her children and that the case lacked a motive, a confession, or any witnesses.

Routier was found guilty of Damon’s murder and condemned to death by lethal injection in February 1997 by a jury.

Routier’s two appeals based on charges of trial errors were refused, but additional DNA testing was requested many times after technology had evolved. Routier maintains her innocence. The findings of these tests are still awaiting as of 2022.

Routier’s story has been included in a number of publications and television series.

9-1-1 dispatchers in Rowlett, Texas, received a call from the Routier house at 5801 Eagle Drive at 2:31 a.m. on June 6, 1996.

Routier informed the operator that her house had been broken into and that an attacker had stabbed her two children, Devon, six, and Damon, five, and slit her neck. The police came three minutes after the 9-1-1 call was made.

9-1-1 dispatchers in Rowlett, Texas, received a call from the Routier house at 5801 Eagle Drive at 2:31 a.m. on June 6, 1996.

Routier informed the operator that her house had been broken into and that an attacker had stabbed her two children, Devon, six, and Damon, five, and slit her neck. The police came three minutes after the 9-1-1 call was made.

 Darlie Routier Trail:

Routier’s trial began in Kerrville, Texas, on January 6, 1997.

Routier’s boys were allegedly murdered due to the family’s financial woes, according to the prosecution.

Prosecutors described her as a “pampered, materialistic lady with enormous debt, sliding credit scores, and little money in the bank, who felt her luxury lifestyle was going to come to an end,” according to prosecutors. The Silly String video was also shown to the jury.

Evidence revealed that the scene inside the Routier mansion had been manufactured, according to crime scene specialist James Cron.

Because both boys had a life insurance policy on them, the prosecution believed there was a financial motivation for the killings.

According to the defense, this amounted to only $10,000, which was insufficient to meet their burial expenses.

They also inquired as to why, if she was prepared to murder for money, she did not murder her husband, who had a $800,000 life insurance policy.

The defense also queried why she left her youngest son, seven-month-old Drake, alive and unhurt if she killed her boys to maintain her opulent lifestyle.

Douglas Mulder, a lawyer, represented Routier at the trial. Defense lawyers said that there was no cause for her to murder her children and that the case lacked motivation, confession, or witnesses.

They said that accusing Routier of fabricating a murder scene was absurd.

Her counsel encouraged her not to testify, but she did so anyway, and she “withered under prosecutor Toby Shook’s cross-examination.”

Where Is Darlie Routier Now:

Darlie Routier has been on death row for the murder of her son for 22 years.

Investigators for the defense are still trying to establish she was not involved in the killings of her boys.
Her ex-husband continues to believe she is innocent.