Just cause someone may be self obsessed and superficial dont make them a killer of kids. Just cause she didnt ans quest doesnt make her a killler. Just cause she acts 'warped and weird' (in your view) doesnt make her killer.
Excellent post Nicola (by the way, I love that name!!).
NONE of these facts make Darlie Lynn Routier a killer.
The fact that she stabbed her two little boys - THAT makes her a killer.
ITA Cyberlaw.
Where are the details of the 'fight' she had with the intruder?
If he was running away like she said, then in order to 'fight' him, she started it. What did she do? Kick him in the butt? Grab him by the arm? Pull his hair? Did she slap or punch him? What did he do to her? She was awake now. So, she would remember. Did he try to strangle her? Did he kick her down? Did he drop the knife while fighting with her? Did she kick him in the family jewels and thats when he decided to run away from crazy momma who was kickin his butt?
Same questions for the 'struggle' that took place on the couch. What happened, dear Darlie? Blow by blow. How did you manage to save your life?
The funeral wasn't that long after the boys' death, so that must have been within days of the killings.
That to me is absolutely disgusting. I've heard LE say that they've been with people who went into their homes after a murder and they avoided stepping onto the areas where their loved ones were killed; but there were others that were under suspicion that walked right over the spot without any qualms whatsoever. IIRC Pamela Smart was one of them.
"After all the intruder is to blame for the blood letting & murder of two boys" If that were my child(ren's) blood on that floor, it would matter to me because that was their precious blood spilled. It's not a mess on the floor, it's a physical part of the child and a reminder of how brutal a death they experienced.
Darlie has a sensitivity chip missing.
Just cause someone may be self obsessed and superficial dont make them a killer of kids. Just cause she didnt ans quest doesnt make her a killler. Just cause she acts 'warped and weird' (in your view) doesnt make her killer.
You are right,
Only a psychologist could in all means determine if any actions were abnormal in many cases. How is anyone prone to acting with the media (this is everyone at that time) allowed to suggest how a person could and would act after such a traumatic incident like having your children murdered (with pain killing drugs effecting personality overlooked). Only a cold blooded maniac could have thought to have these actions take place, and we all know that the truest of all killers are the ones we least expect. They fly under the radar, for example Ted Bundy, BTK, they were both 'first class' family men. Women who murder their offspring are usually not sneaky about it. They know that they did it because of emotional issues and why would they evade being caught it unless it was something like a case of munchausen by proxy and they never admit it. There was a lot of life insurance under Darlie's name left, unfortunatly for someone.
I was watching on older 20/20 ep tonight on WE television. They were intervewing her on what happend. She stated that she was awoken by one of her sons touching her saying "mommy, mommy", she sat right up and saw something out of the corner of her eye.. she got up and saw someone running past her island in her kitchen, and then run out towards the garage, where he droped the knife. She then turned around and saw her boys were hurt started screaming, and called 911
Not one time during the interview did she say she fought with him, that they struggled, and she fought for her life, that that she woke up with him laying on her trying to rape her.
She later realized he must have slit her throat while she was sleeping on the couchCause everyone can sleep through something like that.!!
That 30 min clip put the last nail in the coffin as for as I am concerend. She did it, and she lied about it!!!!
ITA Cyberlaw.
Where are the details of the 'fight' she had with the intruder?
If he was running away like she said, then in order to 'fight' him, she started it. What did she do? Kick him in the butt? Grab him by the arm? Pull his hair? Did she slap or punch him? What did he do to her? She was awake now. So, she would remember. Did he try to strangle her? Did he kick her down? Did he drop the knife while fighting with her? Did she kick him in the family jewels and thats when he decided to run away from crazy momma who was kickin his butt?
Same questions for the 'struggle' that took place on the couch. What happened, dear Darlie? Blow by blow. How did you manage to save your life?
That's Darlie in a nutshell. I believe she was used to manipulating Darin, her family and friends and when it came to those outside her circle she was flabbergasted when she couldn't and upset that they didn't believe her.All of her different stories have some kind of dent in them. As soon as one story was not believed, she came up with another.
So now, its easiest to just say that she slept through it all.
I think Darlie has been such a good manipulator all her life that she never thought she would be questioned as much as she was. That, or, she was naive to how a murder intestigation goes.
I don't think she had her story straight cause she never thought she'd need an indepth play back for LE. She thought that they'd go looking for an unknown man because thats what she said happened. And it would all be over.
And why didn't the intruder speak? How likely is it he never said a word? Especially if they were fighting.
And why didn't she scream when she was 'struggling' with him?And why didn't the intruder speak? How likely is it he never said a word? Especially if they were fighting.
And why didn't she scream when she was 'struggling' with him?
Regarding the sock ... it is mysterious. I think the police made a mistake by not taking the lid off the storm sewer and searching it. Just a thought, but I wonder if in their haste to stuff something in the storm sewer the sock was dropped. Here's a thought ... just a thought mind you ... the defense theory goes that there were two knives used in the attack. Okay, she attacks the children with the first knife while the sock is on her hand. Remember that her DNA was found inside the sock. She runs out the back, down the alley and discards the knife in the storm sewer. Upon returning to the crime scene, discovers that Damon is crawling toward the door trying to escape. She runs to the kitchen, grabs the big knife and returns to inflict more injuries.
Anyone know if Darin owned a gun?
I've never bought the story that she struggled, followed, etc, without screaming like a banshee to Darin that someone was in their house.
I generally don't take dog evidence into consideration on cases however, Darlie supposedly had this struggle going on. She was fighting, chasing, wine glass breaking, alot of sounds should have been going even w/o her screaming.
Dogs have much better hearing than us humans. Yet the dog never alerted that something was going on.
I think Darlie slipped when she told LE that the dog always barks at strangers. It was a normal reaction to say something that was true. Same thing with her telling them that she slept downstairs cause the baby woke her. Snippets of true statements coming out in the midst of all the lies.