Download or read book Bloodstained Justice the Darlie Routier Story written by W.G. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of June 6th, 1996, Darlie Lynn Routier made a frantic call to 911. She told the dispatcher that she and her two sons had been stabbed.Five minutes later, police arrived at Darlie's home in Rowlett, a suburb of Dallas. Darlie's eldest son, Devon, had already died from four knife wounds. He was just three days shy of his seventh birthday. His brother, five year old Damon, had also been attacked. Damon later died in the care of a paramedic. Darlie had a deep gash in her neck and wounds on her arms. She was immediately transported to a local hospital for emergency surgery and survived.Eight months later, Darlie Routier was convicted of killing her two young sons and sentenced to die by lethal injection. It is a verdict that many refused to accept.Darlie's family believed unidentified fingerprints at the crime scene belong to the intruder. A fingerprint on the door leading to the garage, and a second print on the credenza behind the couch, have never been positively identified by investigators.Her family insists crucial evidence was overlooked during her trial. But authorities argue that their case against Darlie Lynn Routier is overwhelming.Darlie's lawyers continue to appeal her sentence. If and when those appeals are exhausted, Darlie Lynn Routier will be executed for brutally murdering Devon and Damon.

Download or read book Bloodstained Justice written by Wanda G. Davis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of June 6th, 1996, Darlie Lynn Routier made a frantic call to 911. She told the dispatcher that she and her two sons had been stabbed. Five minutes later, police arrived at Darlie's home in Rowlett, a suburb of Dallas. Darlie's eldest son, Devon, had already died from four knife wounds. He was just three days shy of his seventh birthday. His brother, five year old Damon, had also been attacked. Damon later died in the care of a paramedic. Darlie had a deep gash in her neck and wounds on her arms. She was immediately transported to a local hospital for emergency surgery and survived. Eight months later, Darlie Routier was convicted of killing her two young sons and sentenced to die by lethal injection. It is a verdict that many refused to accept. Darlie's family believed unidentified fingerprints at the crime scene belong to the intruder. A fingerprint on the door leading to the garage, and a second print on the credenza behind the couch, have never been positively identified by investigators. Her family insists crucial evidence was overlooked during her trial. But authorities argue that their case against Darlie Lynn Routier is overwhelming. Darlie's lawyers continue to appeal her sentence. If and when those appeals are exhausted, Darlie Lynn Routier will be executed for brutally murdering Devon and Damon.

Download or read book Dateline Purgatory written by Kathy Cruz and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brutal murders of young Devon and Damon Routier in the early morning hours of June 6, 1996, put their mother—Darlie Routier—at the heart of one of the most notorious murder cases in modern Texas history—despite her own throat having been slashed to within two millimeters of her carotid artery. The actions of a small-town police department and those within Dallas County's ruthless justice system created a perfect storm that swept up the young mother and landed her on death row. There she has remained, in a nine-feet-by-six-feet cell, despite claims of her innocence by those who know her, findings about the alarming fallibility of bloodstain analysis, and her husband's admission that at the time of the murders he was soliciting help to stage a home burglary to commit insurance fraud. In Dateline Purgatory, award-winning journalist Kathy Cruz enlists current-day legal experts to weigh in on the shocking transgressions that resulted in one of the country's most controversial death penalty convictions. With the help of the infamous death row inmate and a former FBI Special Agent known as “Crimefighter,” Cruz would find that her journey through Purgatory was as much about herself as it was about the woman dubbed “Dallas’s Susan Smith.”

Download or read book Just After Midnight written by W G Davis and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 6, 1996, a mother named Darlie Routier did the unthinkable: she murdered her two sons, Damon aged 5, and Devon just one week shy of his 7th birthday, in cold blood while they slept in their luxurious home in Rowlett, Texas. This capital murder case, built on detailed, abundant, and damning circumstantial evidence, continues to generate national publicity, roil people's emotions, and raise lingering doubts of her guilt.Meanwhile, Darlie awaits death by lethal injection in a Dallas prison.And many are left wondering if Darlie Routier is truly the murderer she is believed to be, or if an innocent woman is being put to death for crimes she didn't commit.Many of Darlie's supporters claim that she never had enough time to stab her two boys, stage the crime scene, and inflict her own wounds before calling 911.But what if Darlie started her crime spree..."Just After Midnight"

Download or read book Fatal Vision written by Joe McGinniss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-29 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electrifying true crime story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children—murders he vehemently denies committing... Bestselling author Joe McGinniss chronicles every aspect of this horrifying and intricate crime and probes the life and psyche of the magnetic, all-American Jeffrey MacDonald—a golden boy who seemed destined to have it all. The result is a penetration to the heart of darkness that enshrouded one of the most complex criminal cases ever to capture the attention of the American public. It is a haunting, stunningly suspenseful work that no reader will be able to forget. Includes photographs and a Special Epilogue by the author OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD

Download or read book A Killer in My House written by David Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early morning hours of June 6th, 1996 residents slept peacefully in their beds as the moon hung over the quiet neighborhood of Dalrock Heights Addition, in the small town of Rowlett Texas. At 2:30 a.m., a 9-1-1 operator received a frantic call for help. Darlie Routier, a 26-year-old wife and mother of three young boys, reported that a knife-wielding intruder had broken into her house, attacking her and her two of her young sons. From a loving wife and mother of three young boys, to inmate #999220 on Texas death row, we will look at the evidence, the witnesses and the testimony to find the truth in the Darlie Routier murder trial. Moreover, for the last time answer the question: Was a killer sentenced to die or was she railroaded?

Download or read book Drawn to Injustice written by Timothy Masters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy Masters was a lonely, troubled teenager with a penchant for gory artwork when he first saw Peggy Lee Hettrick… …her dead, mutilated body nearly frozen in the early morning of Fort Collins, Colorado. Not believing it could really be a dead body, thinking he was the victim of yet another prank by his abusive classmates, the fifteen-year-old didn’t go to the police—but they came to him. So began a decade-long investigation led by a relentless detective who was sure that Masters was the killer, even without a shred of physical evidence. Against all reason, a conspiracy of silence and circumstantial evidence eventually put Masters behind bars. Only the determination of a lone investigator who believed the young man was innocent would reveal the shocking truth, and free Masters after ten years in prison. This is the compelling true story of one life ended in blood and murder, one life ruined by coincidence and prejudice, and justice long denied but finally found.

Download or read book Guilt For The Guiltless The Story Of Steven Crea A Government Target Who Was Wrongfully Convicted written by Lisa Babick and published by Justice Tech Pros. This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look into the case of Steven L. Crea and how the Government wrongly won a conviction against an innocent man for a murder he didn't commit, participate in, or have any knowledge about

Download or read book Hush Little Babies written by Donald A. Davis and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A killing so brutal it shocked the police and left the nation grieving, Hush Little Babies is the appalling true story of Darlie Routier, the neighborhood's most wonderful mom, who one night, coldly, calculatingly and brutally stabbed her two sons and watched them die in a pool of their own blood... Darlie claimed an intruder has come through the window, fatally stabbed her sons, six-year-old Devon and five-year-old Damon, slashed her throat with same knife, then fled, while her husband and infant son slept upstairs. At first Darlie's heartfelt testimony evoked fear and sympathy in her safe Dallas community. Then police became suspicious after these troubling questions were raised: Why, according to a police report, didn't Darlie make any attempt to help her dying sons? Why, when she called 911, did she tell the dispatcher that her own fingerprints would be on the murderer's knife because she had picked it up? Why did the trail of blood left behind contradict Darlie's testimony? From the dark forces that drove her to kill her own flesh and blood, to the evidence that snared her in her own twisted web, here is a chilling account of homemaker, loving wife, mother of three, and cold-blooded killer--Darlie Routier.

Download or read book RedHanded written by Suruthi Bala and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2021 Listeners' Choice British Podcast Awards Winner What is it about killers, cult leaders, cannibals, cults, and criminals that capture our imaginations even as they terrify and disturb us? How do we responsibly consume these kinds of stories as entertainment, and more importantly, what can we learn from them? RedHanded rejects the narrative of killers as monsters and that a victim "was in the wrong place at the wrong time," and instead tells the stories we want to hear in a way that challenges perceptions and asks the hard questions about society, gender, poverty, culture, and even our politics. After meeting at a party in London where they both discovered they listened to the same murder podcasts, Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala drunkenly promised to one day start their own true crime podcast together and the rest is history. From the hosts of the hit true crime podcast RedHanded (dubbed by Rick & Morty creator Dan Harmon as the "best true crime podcast I've heard, ever"), Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala have amassed a cult following of "spooky bitches" amounting to an incredibly strong 63k downloads per episode and 728k backlist downloads every month in the US alone. With candor, humor, interviews with experts, research on real-life cases, and an unflinching dissection of what makes a killer tick, Bala and Maguire take us through the societal, behavioral, and cultural phenomena that make victims -- and their murderers -- our collective responsibility and to find out once and for all: what makes a killer tick?

Download or read book Precious Angels written by Barbara Davis and published by Onyx. This book was released on 1998-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 6, 1996, the tranquillity of Rowlett, Texas was forever shattered by a frantic 911 phone call from Darlie Routier to police, claiming an intruder had broken into her home and stabbed her two little boys to death. But the subsequent investigation revealed a darker truth -- the murder of two innocent children by their own mother. Through meticulous research and exclusive sources, "Precious Angels" presents the complete story of this shocking crime.

Download or read book Forensic Files Now written by Rebecca Reisner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files. Including murders, insurance fraud, hit-and-runs, and kidnappings, all cases featured on the show are solved in large part with the help of forensic science like DNA evidence. In Forensic Files Now: Inside 40 Unforgettable Cases, author Rebecca Reisner shares her own gripping retellings — adapted from her popular blog, ForensicFilesNow.com — of 40 favorite cases profiled on the show along with fascinating updates and personal interviews with those directly involved. Featuring classic cases like the Tennessee brothers who terrorized locals for years until the feds rode into town, the Texas lovebirds who robbed a grave in an insurance fraud plot that made international headlines, the Ivy League-educated physician who attempted a fresh start by burying his wife in the basement, and some cases so captivating that they have sparked spinoff miniseries or documentaries of their own, this book will enthrall readers with its vivid recaps and detailed updates. Also featuring an in-depth interview with Forensic Files creator Paul Dowling and a profile on the show’s beloved narrator, Peter Thomas, Forensic Files Now is a must-read for diehard Forensic Files fans and a welcome find for true crime readers looking for more riveting and well-told stories.

Download or read book The Perfect Father written by John Glatt and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect lives played out on social media—but the truth would lead to a vicious and heartbreaking murder. In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family’s safe return. But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police: he had strangled his pregnant wife to death and smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder. The mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV interviews and the family’s Facebook accounts was slipping—and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, and boiling rage. In this first major account of the case, bestselling author and journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century.

Download or read book A Texas Style Witch Hunt written by David J. Pietras and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1997, a court found Darlie Lynn Routier guilty of probably the worst of human crimes: killing two of her natural children in cold-blood ... the following story related the events of the murder and those leading up to her sensational trial resulting in her conveyance to death row in Dallas ... but, recent findings in her case have cast a doubt over her guilt ..."--Title page verso

Download or read book Don t You Save Her written by Brenda Irish Heintzelman and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're asking questions. Because we want answers. Why is there an organized effort to control the narrative on the case of Christopher Watts?What is it the attackers were hired to hide? Is it true that Christopher Watts' wife was Bipolar - as her father-in-law suggested during his interview? Is it true that she was medically abusing their children - as we've been told by people who claim to know that she was caught by the hospital in December of 2016? Is it true that she was a con? Is it true that at the time of her death there was an open CPS case against her? If so, is it true that she was not allowed to be alone with their children? Is it true that Christopher Watts was a battered husband?Be clear, we have the right to discuss true crime cases that are on the public stage - without being attacked.Yet, the attackers have "mass reported" and shut down discussion channels and groups to interfere with our right to discuss true crime cases on social media. The attackers are also flooding my book reviews with fake posts. They don't bother to read my work. They don't bother to discuss the cases. Instead, they post libelous comments accusing me of cheating on my ex? Accusing me of lying about my law degree? Accusing me of lying about having my own real estate company? Also, the attackers claim that I plagiarize my work. Obviously they don't even know the meaning of the word. Clearly, those who are attempting to silence us richly deserve to be arrested and jailed for the bad acts they have committed and continue to commit against us. Because we have the right to speak. We have the right to discuss true crime cases that are on the public stage. We have the right to ask questions and to state our opinions on the case while the people who are attempting to silence us - lose their right to freely speak the second they use free speech to harass and harm us. There are two little girls - Bella and Ce Ce Watts - at the center of this case who deserve for us to continue the discussion. Because Bella and Ce Ce DESERVE FOR THE TRUTH TO BE KNOWN. Is it possible their father was telling the truth in his first police interview when he insisted that HE DID NOT MURDER HIS CHILDREN?Join the discussion.And YOU decide.

Download or read book Hell Hath No Fury written by Bryna Taubman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1992-09 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betty Broderick, a wealthy California woman, brutally kills her husband and his new girlfriend - was it cold-blooded murder or the desperate revenge of a wronged woman?

Download or read book The Disappearance of Diane Suzuki written by Peter Eagle and published by Trellis Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hard day teaching dance. Finish work and head to the beach. It's an appealing prospect especially when that beach is the North Shore of Oahu, on the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. Whether it is standing by the ancient temple looking out to sea, having a coffee on any of the waterfront cafes or swimming in the warm blue ocean, the beach is one of those paradise-like places about which we all dream...It might be a touch different today to what it was like back in the mid-1980s, but the ambience is little changed. On July 6th 1985, a talented and enthusiastic student planned to go to that beauty spot along with friends when she finished teaching her dance class at the Rosalie Woodson Dance Academy, located in the 'Aiea district of Honolulu. ..But Diane Yayoe Suzuki never made it. Her class finished at 3.00pm, but by the time her friend arrived fifteen minutes later, the student was missing. She has never been seen since.