Darlie: Some man came in and stabbed my babies, stabbed me. Darlie Routier’s 911 call
Two young boys brutally murdered. A mother searches for the truth while on death row. But can a new investigation uncover the truth? June 6th 1996, 2.30 a.m. Crime Stories: The Wrong Man
A gash across her throat. ibid.
Sentenced to death by lethal injection. For over ten years Routier has maintained her innocence. Claiming she and her children had been attacked during a botched robbery. ibid.
‘We have serious doubts whether Darlie Routier is the right person.’ ibid. rozzer
New DNA evidence that points to a male perpetrator. ibid.
In an alley almost a football field’s distance from the house lay one of her husband’s socks, splattered with spots of blood. ibid.
Kill her own children and slash her own throat? ibid.
Why isn’t she finished off? ibid.
‘He [Husband] failed on a number of questions.’ ibid. rozzer to mother
This is Darlie Routier, sentenced to death for the murder of her two children. Werner Herzog on Death Row, Discovery 2014
From the moment of her arrest she has proclaimed her innocence. ibid.
In Texas a housewife has been found guilty of murdering her five-year-old son and could now get the death penalty. Death Row’s Women with Susanna Reid: Darley Routier, news report, ITV 2020
If ever there was a crime that warranted the death penalty in America this was it: two young boys murdered, their mother convicted and sentenced to death. But the case against Darlie Routier is far from simple. ibid.
‘If they choose to kill me, my innocent blood will be on their hands.’ ibid. Routier
When the police arrived the house was covered in blood. ibid.
In the 23 years that Darlie has sat on Death Row, 15 women have been executed in America. ibid.
‘Darlie should not be where she is today when she is yet to have a fair trial.’ ibid. Stephen Cooper, present pro bono brief
Darlie Routier is sitting on death row for the 1996 murder of two of her sons. True Crime Recaps: Killer Moms, Youtube 44.29, 2022
Starting with the hysterical 911 call Darlie Routier made at 2.31 in the morning on June 6th 1996. ibid.
Her slashed throat: two millimetres deeper and doctors say her carotid artery would have been cut and she would have bled to death. ibid.
One of Darren’s socks was found in a back alley about the length of a football field away from the house. It had two drops of blood on it, one from each of the boys. ibid.
Prosecutors jumped on the couple’s financial issues. ibid.
The jury saw her literally dancing and laughing on her sons’ grave. ibid.
Why couldn’t she seem to land on one believable story. ibid.
Darlie Routier is sitting on death row for the 1996 murder of two of her sons. True Crime Recaps: Killer Moms, Youtube 44.29, 2022
Starting with the hysterical 911 call Darlie Routier made at 2.31 in the morning on June 6th 1996. ibid.
Her slashed throat: two millimetres deeper and doctors say her carotid artery would have been cut and she would have bled to death. ibid.
One of Darren’s socks was found in a back alley about the length of a football field away from the house. It had two drops of blood on it, one from each of the boys. ibid.
Prosecutors jumped on the couple’s financial issues. ibid.
The jury saw her literally dancing and laughing on her sons’ grave. ibid.
Why couldn’t she seem to land on one believable story? ibid.
ROWE, RAYMOND: Cold Case Files TV - True Crime Recaps -
December 21 1992, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 6th Grade teacher, 25-year-old Christy Mirack, is missing. Cold Case Files s2e4: The School Teacher, A&E 2021
Christy has been murdered. Back at the scene of the crime [home], police begin canvassing the neighbourhood. ibid.
Several swabs are also collected and sent to the lab for testing. ibid.
This popular young teacher [Christy Mirack] doesn’t have an enemy in the world. So when she’s found strangled to death with her own sweater, the police are baffled. True Crime Recaps: Cold Case Cracked by DNA: Teacher Found Murdered in Her Home, Youtube 2025
Raymond Rowe: He savagely attacked Christy Mirack, then he went back home to his fiance and carried on with his life. ibid.
Investigators turned to the public geneology database. ibid.
After 25 years Lancaster Police finally have their guy. ibid.
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Samantha Josephson called for an Uber after a night our with friends. But she got into the wrong car by mistake. And once the door closed behind her, the child locks made sure she couldn’t get out. Then her kidnapper stabbed her more than 120 times. True Crime Recaps: All About the Fake Rideshaw Murder, Youtube 4.38, 2022
In July 2021 Nathaniel Rowland was sentenced to life in prison for kidnap and murder. ibid.
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For the doctors and nurses working in one hospital in Kolkata, India, danger isn’t supposed to come from inside their own walls. But that’s what happens when a volunteer hospital security guard allegedly leaves a young doctor brutally attacked and murdered in the middle of her shift. True Crime Recaps: Murdered on Duty: The Tragic Case of the Kolkata Doctor, Youtube 2024
Why did the hospital do everything in its power to hide the truth? ibid.
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In Miami men are being murdered and mutilated. Police suspect a violent, secretive cult. One fateful mistake will reveal the truth. Killers: Behind the Myth s3e1: Robert Rozier, 2016
Their suspect is a former pro-football player from California. ibid.
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‘She [Brenda DuPont] had been stabbed in the head ten times or more. It was a horrible death. Cold Case Files s3e1: Killer in the Storm, sister
The coroner finds bite marks and 31 stab wounds. ibid.
‘We interviewed had to be hundreds of people.’ ibid. rozzer
Police still have the DNA samples taken in 1988. ibid.
Joenell Rubin was 18 when Brenda was killed. Police had questioned him at the time because he had a connection to Brenda’s children. ibid.
‘How did you get the scratches on your neck.’ ibid. police interview of Rubin