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Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

69: Darlie Routier- Reasonable Doubt? Part 2

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

Killer Queens: A True Crime Podcast

True Crime, Comedy

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Darlie Routier was convicted of stabbing her 5 year old son Damon to death in 1996. She has never been charged in the murder of her 6 year old son Devon, who was also stabbed to death the same night. Darlie has always maintained that a masked intruder is the perpetrator of this heinous crime, but police say the evidence points to her. Darlie was sentenced to death for the murder of Damon Routier. But is there enough reasonable doubt in this case to warrant a second look at the evidence? Is there enough proof that Darlie murdered her own children?

A HUGE thank you to Sloane, who researched and wrote this episode. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Part 2 of 2.

Sources for this episode:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie_Routier

Forensic Files, October 1999, S4: E1, “Invisible Intruder”

Unsolved Mysteries, 2000, S12: E6

ABC Nightline, May 10, 2019, S40: E94

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/06/12/5-controversial-moments-case-sent-darlie-routier-death-row-sons-murder

Www.cbsnews.com/news/precious-angels/

Dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/06/12

Fordarlieroutier.org (the most 90s site still in existence)

20/20 - “Last Defense”, S41 E34

https://www.insideedition.com/2-decades-after-being-convicted-killing-her-son-darlie-routier-insists-shes-innocent-52811

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/New-DNA-Testing-Underway-in-Darlie-Routier-Capital-Murder-Case-500427111.html

https://www.fwweekly.com/2019/05/08/old-case-new-developments/

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/maybe-darlie-didnt-do-it/

https://murderpedia.org/female.R/r/routier-darlie-photos-1.htm

https://darliefacts.com/

https://darlieslastdefense.com/evidence/crime-scene-inside/

CRIME SCENE PHOTOS INCLUDING PICTURES OF DEVON (WARNING: GRAPHIC AND SO SAD)

https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f237/darlie-routier-crime-scene-pics-112209/

Breast Aug Stats 1997-

https://www.surgery.org/sites/default/files/ASAPS1997Stats_0.pdf

Transcript

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1:08.3

All right, welcome back. Part 2 of this one.

1:12.9

Darlie, Routier of Darlie.

1:14.8

Yeah, so of course if you've not listened to Part 1, your lost girl, you need to go back and

1:20.9

listen to Part 1, go back. If you have, you're right on schedule.

1:25.6

And welcome. Welcome.

1:28.2

Why are we so awkward?

1:29.4

I don't know.

1:31.0

Okay, one of the worst, okay.

1:32.2

So getting into the trial, the state opened their case kind of painting Darlie as this like selfish materialistic person.

1:32.2

They talked about the family's financial difficulties.

1:48.0

They said that Darlie was pampered.

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