Darlie Routier

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Darlie Lynn Peck Routier (born January 4, 1970) is an American convicted murderer from Rowlett, Texas, sentenced to death for the murders of her two sons in 1996. She was only convicted in the murder of Damon and not Devon, since in case the prosecutors couldn’t land a capital murder conviction for Damon’s murder, they could attempt to get a conviction for Devon’s murder. Damon and Devon were stabbed to death with a large kitchen knife in the Routier's home, while Routier sustained knife wounds to her throat and arm. Routier told authorities that the crime was perpetrated by an unidentified intruder. During the trial, the prosecution argued that Routier's injuries were self-inflicted, that the crime scene had been staged, and that she murdered her sons because of the family's financial difficulties; the defense argued that there was no reason Routier would have killed her children and that the case did not have a motive, a confession, or any witnesses. In February 1997, the jury found...

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