Dani_T said:
I would agree with you on that completely.
I think c) is unlikely. I lean towards a) more than b) but think that subconsciously Darin knows Darlie is not innocent. Believing b) means accepting that Darin loves Darlie so much that he would pretty much instantly forgive her for stabbing to death their precious boys. If that IS the case then their relationship is/was indeed not only toxic but bordering on psycotic I would say.
Good post Dani. I wish that the extent of Darin's involvement could be known. I'm no psychiatrist, but I think this type of thing would be worth examining. My opinion varies from thinking that he probably knew it was going to happen eventually to he is telling the truth and just came down stairs after Darlie was "ready" for him to and what he says is the truth.
Darin was involved, I believe, in illegal activities prior to the murders.
I think that Darlie is/was aware of some of these activities, but not all of them. I think Darin wanted Darlie to think he was takin care of business, and his business was going down the crapper at an alarmingly fast rate. She liked to shop, both for herself and those around her, and I believe Darin liked to let her do so. I think they argued A LOT. I think the arguments were mostly about money, but I think that Darlie probably also accused him of cheating on her, whether she actually believed that he was or not.
There is something to the argument that they had that night though. I don't know what it was, but something happened that night in their argument that hadn't happened before. I tend to think that Darlie was used to telling Darin that she was getting a divorce, blah, blah, blah . . . but I think this time, Darin either said it first or when she threatened to do it, he shocked the crap out of her by saying he thought it was going to really happen this time. Whatever it was that he said to her blew her out of the water. She snapped.
If you look at the video of the grave-side birthday party, its pretty obvious that Darlie is having the time of her life. Darin, however, kinda looks like someone punched him in the stomach. He at least looks like what would be expected considering where they were. That to me, has always made me wonder just how involved he was in what happened that night. OR, is he thinking about something he had done that no one has found out about yet and he's worried that they would?????