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S3 Ep307: Blood, Cries, and Broken Glass: The Case Against Darlie Routier (Part 2)

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1996, a frantic 911 call came in from a quiet neighborhood in Rowlett, Texas. On the line was 26-year-old Darlie Routier, who said she and her sons had been stabbed by an intruder while they slept in the downstairs family room. When first responders arrived, they found a horrific scene—six-year-old Devon and five-year-old Damon lying on the floor with multiple stab wounds, while Darlie was walking around, bleeding from several knife injuries of her own.

As officers cleared the house and paramedics worked to save the victims, Darlie repeated the same story: a man in dark clothing had come into the family room, stabbed her and her children, then fled through the garage—leaving the knife behind. But as investigators began to process the scene and piece together what had unfolded in the Routier home, a new set of questions emerged—about Darlie’s version of events, the physical evidence, and what she did—and didn’t do—after the attack.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Crime Weekly. I'm Stephanie Harlow.

0:16.1

And I'm Derek Lavasar. So today we are diving into part two of the Darley-Routier case, and I will give you guys a

0:23.1

quick sort of a recap. I know it's been a week, but I also know a lot of people were engrossed

0:28.4

in this case. A lot of people have requested this case. So you might not need a recap, but I think

0:33.5

both Derek and I do, so we can get back into that mindset. So in the early morning hours of

0:38.4

June 6, 1996, 26-year-old Darley-Routier called 911 from her home in Rallat, Texas,

0:45.5

reporting that an intruder had stabbed her and her two young sons while they slept downstairs.

0:52.0

When responding officers arrived, they found six-year-old Devin and

0:55.8

five-year-old Damon gravely wounded and Darley bleeding from several knife injuries. Darley insisted

1:02.9

that a man in dark clothing had broken in, attacked them, and fled through the garage,

1:08.0

leaving the knife behind. But as officers examined the scene, they began to notice troubling inconsistencies,

1:15.0

especially in Darley's behavior and in her account of what had happened.

1:19.2

Recognizing they ran over their heads, the Rallet Police Department brought in James Kron,

1:24.0

a seasoned crime scene consultant with decades of experience to take the lead.

1:29.0

And what he found would only raise more questions.

1:32.9

So that's where we're at.

1:34.2

We left off last episode with the entry of James Cron.

1:37.6

And we kind of talked a little bit about him and why he was the right man for the job.

1:42.3

And today we are now continuing on with this story.

1:46.4

And honestly, I can't wait.

1:47.4

And I know Derek can't wait because he didn't have a great understanding of this case beforehand.

1:52.5

But I could tell last week when we were talking about this, he was very much getting into it.

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