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S3 Ep318: Darlie Routier: Is She Innocent? (Part 7)

Crime Weekly

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True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 91 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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0:00.0

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0:26.8

So now you can keep up with the Joneses and the Evanses. Hello, everybody, welcome back to Crime Weekly.

0:44.4

I'm Stephanie Harlow.

0:45.6

And I'm Derek Lavasar.

0:47.1

So today we are diving into the seventh and final part of the Darlie Routier series.

0:52.0

We had a long conversation with Darley's half-sister

0:56.6

Danelle last week. We thought it went very well. Your comments mirrored that. You also thought

1:02.7

it was a good, respectful, open conversation. Some of you, most of you said it didn't change

1:08.3

your minds. Some of you were like, eh, maybe, you know, I'm willing to kind of be a little bit more open-minded about this.

1:13.8

But either way, today we're going to talk about all the things that Danelle kind of touched

1:18.9

on, which is why Darley may be innocent because obviously she says that she is.

1:24.1

Before we dive in, though, I know Derek does have a special announcement.

1:26.9

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1:35.0

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