The Strange Case of Darlie Routier

[@michaelloud5206]

EMT's arrived 3 mins after 911 call was made...impressive

[@JohnDoe-gy5dr]

They arrived almost as fast as cops when a parking ticket must be written, or about a billion times faster than a cop for anything else.

[@mocaloca83]

He said two minutes after...... not tree

[@rebeccaweberling6884]

Did you see that house? Of course it was quick..

[@fulcrum7455]

EMTs are usually pretty up to par sometimes not though

[@memecake9890]

@@rebeccaweberling6884 lol

[@sneakyb4st3rd12]

he started cpr. the air was coming out of a hole in his chest, he covered the hole, it didnt work. he blew into the hole... my heart broke when i heard that one. thats some despiration..

[@ralphjb]

That shit broke me too. Can you even imagine just trying to get your boy to breathe again?

[@jqbaker418]

That got me too.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

A horrific thought.

[@somecallmetim46]

That's one of the most terrible word pictures I've ever heard. Just heart breaking, horrible stuff

[@billroberds9075]

Its just amazing with her surface wounds that look self inflicted. How she wrapped a sock around her hand and came down agaun and again on her sons. But just slight wounds to herself.hmm. she feeling down and wanted people to give her attention now she spoiled on prison food. Just thoughts running in my head.

[@brerrabbit1838]

At 10:30 PM I told myself only one more video. It’s now 2AM. Thanks, Mike

[@ravinblow450]

Thanks mike lol

[@timoasmara6267]

Not thank you,I will sue him because he made me addicted to his show- hi you this Mike-- LOL

[@ajoylesseuphoria5900]

Been there

[@kylealexander7024]

Lol. Me too. Guess im not going to sleep anymore b4 work at 4

[@panjandrum.conundrum]

Mike is a murderer. Of our spare time.

[@alkhan6704]

I’m 61,feel humbled my parents were not rich,but were dignified and hardworking….and didn’t kill me.

[@donskuse2194]

I’m 66 and I still have PTSD from thinking throughout my mid to late teens that my father would kill me and my family members still living in our house. Ah, the variances of life within our human race. Forty-one years since he passed and I still get the occasional nightmare where I’m in a life and death fight with him. The only good thing about those dreams has been that I eventually overpower him.

[@NollaGirl504]

I've seen just about every documentary and read every book regarding this case. I think she killed her children and ment to kill herself, but couldn't go though with it. They lived a life style that could no longer be kept up, they were about to loose everything, it was all about to be exposed. She slept downstairs with the boys, and some intruder supposedly comes in and stabs the children first, instead of the adult lying there that could over power the intruder? Makes no sense. She was depressed and was going to end it all, but chickened out after stabbing the boys.

[@bryanowens812]

Dang Nolla, reading this late at night i just got chills reading their situation you described . Sad & terrifying what people are capable of. On to more light-hearted YT for me for now. blessings

[@nealkelly9757]

Disagree, she went out of her way to frame the false evidence. She was planning on living and not being arrested

[@Giggyphook]

I feel it was temporary insanity. She didn’t plan it, but just did it that night and probably came out of it after stabbing herself. Like the Zach Whitman case, my mind wonders why and how even if the simple answer is the right one.

[@KoffinKat]

@@nealkelly9757 I'm inclined to believe that she did plan to kill herself as well, but couldn't bring herself to end what she started. Realizing that, she made up the intruder story to shift the blame. Which (if true) was probably worse than if she simply collapsed in tears and turned herself in. That could have indicated that she was temporarily out of her mind, at least in my non-lawyer opinion.

[@NOT_SURE..]

have you looked at the daniel holtzclaw case by any chance

[@HB-yg3ke]

it's crazy that her spraying silly string at her children's grave was what did it but casey anthony partying after didn't do it... lol

[@MA__]

The difference is Casey hid the body and it was found so much later that so forensic evidence was destroyed thus making her lawyers "beyond reasonable doubt" defense possible.

[@GR-ps4dt]

@Sleeper 1776 Someone dying of natural causes can have a life celebrated. When my brother died my mom couldn't even smile for many months. I don't see how that mom was able to have any happiness so quickly. I agree with you 100% about the bruising though.

[@sharonkv777]

@@MA__ Her trial has stood the test of time and so has the evidence. In fact, there was some retesting of DNA evidence due to advances in technology, but it came back still pointing at Darlie. There is no reasonable doubt in this case. I hear people sometimes say that, but they are incorrect. Darlie is guilty and there is nothing that will ever say differently.

[@Gos1234567]

@@sharonkv777 The whole story is ridiculous anyway,why would a burglar need to stab the two little kids that are no threat to him?Absolute bullshit.Cant beleive anyone thinks this evil cow is innocent

[@KatetheGreat3689]

Especially since they didn’t show the entire video of them grieving prior. Smh what a justice system

[@joeymarie72]

Me: "Let's give it a goo." Mike: "Let's get into it." Me: "Damn."

[@Resnullia]

It's the "Hey ,you" for me.

[@Rebma7420]

EVERY TIME!! 🤣

[@Llama_lolz]

Is he Canadian?

[@oliver556]

@@tomparker8748 He's Irish

[@Milenaiguess]

I was very disappointed too 😔

[@michaelmcqueeferton6911]

I’ve watched so many of these shows, at this point I’m just glad my mom didn’t murder me as a child. Thanks mom!

[@Jaxissupergay77]

Ditto...my Mom had valid reasons for offing us wretched kids, but, never did.Thank you, Ma.... ( Sometimes I think the only reason she didn't, is because she was too exhausted to outrun us)

[@Dividivu]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MontagZoso]

Haha! Agreed! I ditto that for my mom. Thanks Mom! :)

[@MontagZoso]

@@Jaxissupergay77 🤣

[@amandastakeonit7402]

@@Jaxissupergay77 hahahaha

[@ivonlee5482]

This is too much. Those poor children. I cant listen to this stuff anymore. Im going to do good things for people and try to counter all this darkness.

[@broccolihighkicks3857]

What kind of things?

[@ivonlee5482]

@@broccolihighkicks3857 wherever I can show kindness I will. Wherever I can be a source of love I will.

[@broccolihighkicks3857]

Ivon Lee that’s nice :)

[@nadiamurray8369]

:)

[@sunnycustardpie]

Good for you, Ivon ❤️

[@kingalainc1]

Having studied for several years at That Chapter University, I consider myself an EXPERT in criminal investigations/forensics. Therefore my vast experience & knowledge have led me to conclude that "someone is guilty"

[@judeiz2203]

Hysterical 🤣

[@ShingwaGuido]

Genius!

[@sheydoll]

Hahahahahabahahahahaha!!!

[@sheionafinn5138]

V Good Sherlock 🤣🤣🧐

[@j.e.liedel4364]

@Jennifer D true

[@toportime]

Who says during a 911 call about their kids being stabbed to death "The attacker dropped the knife in the garage... I picked it up.. oh no you could have gotten fingerprints off it!"

[@deejk2587]

fishy.

[@crowmedicine3890]

Exactly

[@abundantYOUniverse]

exactly what I thought too

[@amityislandchum]

To be fair, the 911 operator told her specifically not to touch the knife. So even an innocent person would have that reaction as they realized that they fucked up the evidence.

[@rubydawn1]

the 911 operator told her don t touch anything before she said this but they often don't play that part when they play the call

[@_dell3888]

That poor officer watched the kid die… how heartbreaking. You can see the pain in his eyes.. that will stay with him forever. Rest In Peace to those sweet boys.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

Hence why developing alcohol/substance abuse issues and/or committing suicide is a staggeringly high issue amongst officers (particularly in high crime areas and working in child crime departments…one of my siblings included). 😔💔

[@mfr336]

My son is an EMT, he said it would never happen that they would ask her to help her son. They are trained to get in there and help the victims, and having a civilian in the way wouldn't be helpful. I don't know if she did it, but there's quite a bit of evidence that leads to some reasonable doubt...

[@timmacsweet1]

@@mfr336 I believe it was the cop that asked her for a towel not the EMT.

[@merson812]

Yes, it certainly didn't look like he was lying to me.

[@LaymanGamin]

@@glorygloryholeallelujahand ptsd from killing innocent people as well. Let’s not forget

[@niceguy2091]

This channel is the only thing getting me thru quarantine and 2020 in general.

[@MsAllup]

you and me both!!!

[@Giesmeister]

again one of those 2020 is a terrible year people... Little tip, stop following (social) media, start living ur life m8 ;) nps. gl

[@captainron4924]

@@Giesmeister great advice, but easier said than done. Hence, you being here and saying that lol.

[@r.m.5548]

2021 is going to be very rough for you

[@captainron4924]

@@r.m.5548 Like getting your bunghole played with is rough for you?

[@rhcp2204]

This channel is better than any tv show or documentary. I get caught up and end up watching episodes all day lol

[@TomboyGirlfriend]

I'm baffled at how Mike gets 911 calls, text messages and video footage that no other channels seems to get their hands on

[@toniesj11]

Same been on this channel every single day lol!

[@Crown432]

That's what happened to me I found it one day Saturday to watch episode end up getting addicted to it I watch it all day everyday I won't watch cable anymore😝🤣 something about Mike is awesome

[@lindsaydusenbery8967]

I literally just finished watching every episode yesterday. I was so addicted and continue to be. I love his accent and how he issues different words to describe things.

[@bobsaturday4273]

binge watching seems to really be more like bingedemic these days

[@alijeffery1810]

Those poor beautiful boys. May they rest in peace 😔😪

[@hunterways2442]

Ali Jeffery its devastating how could she stab her kids it's unfathomable . Just disgusting

[@user-yw4fh4pw3q]

When Darlie was questioned about how the paramedic said that she had refused to help her son by putting a towel on him, her response was "that's a lie. There's just no other word for it, that's a lie". And I was thinking, if someone accused me of something like that, and it WAS a lie, I would be freaking the hell out about it. I wouldn't just be sitting there calmly stating that it was a lie. I would want to know who said it first of all. Who was spreading such nasty lies about me and I would want to speak to that person. Darlie's calm little "that's a lie" told me that SHE was the one lying.

[@TheChristianNomad]

No matter her reply that'd be your proof. You've already made your mind up, so if she'd thrown the chair and got tased by the guards screaming about them lying about her, you'd say she was putting on a show. She's doing a jailhouse interview, if she raises her voice once the guards end the interview and she's taken back to solitary. Stop pretending like you ever had the slightest semblance of objectivity.

[@Robinson67]

Well, that’s all very nice and good, but everyone is different. We can all say we’d do this and that, but we do not know until we have actually experienced it and been in the position. If we are finding people guilty because we think we’d act more appropriately than them about something, we’re in big trouble. In fact, it’s basically the entirety of the state’s case so ya, I’d say we’re in trouble.

[@Ambivert_15]

But if she was to raise her voice and act out all of you internet dorks would be like: “AN INNOCENT PERSON WOULD BE A LOT CALMER BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE TRUTH! SHE’S TRYING TOO HARD TO CONVINCE US!”. Sherlock over here thought they cracked the case 😂.

[@creeper5051]

Meanwhile, Casey Anthony is alive and well. Walking the streets. Think about that.

[@chowder8802]

"think about that" ooh so dramatic lol (platitudes are so nineties)

[@RICOBME2]

And don't forget O. J.

[@DanSlaughter85]

Any jury in texas would have put anthony behind bars. We aint afraid to get out hands dirty.

"Jim Can't Swim" just recently uploaded a video about Casey Anthony. That woman 100% killed Caylee.

[@pepcore]

@ Jim can't swim is such a good channel. I binge watch The Chapter and his channel. Casey Antony is a manipulative bitch that got away with murder. Even throwing her own father under the bus with false aqusations.

[@charlisays]

For me the "i touched the knife it has prints" on the 911 call was it. Creating an alibi from the start.

[@jillgarlick2122]

Charli Day yeah, who the hell would say that when they had just seen two of their young children dead and dying on the floor. Absolutely guilty.

[@rebeccajelenawang4306]

Exactly my thought.I see no remorse, no feelings, no nothing. My gut tells me she did it.

[@drebk]

Perhaps... But the knife was from their own kitchen block. Of course her prints would be in it. The dispatcher said not to touch the knife. And her response was basically 'too late, I already touched it'

[@rebeccajelenawang4306]

"We could've gotten the prints maybe"Right.Kids dead/dying on the floor, stabbed multiple times(CPR?What about my baby? Husband?Plz tell me this is nothing but a horrible nightmare")I'd probably beg them to hurry up countless times.Try replying to the 911 operators questions...Darlie was already ready to discuss who did it.Yes,who could He" be?(The intruder didn't even touch the Jewelry...)"He"doesn't seem to make any sense to me.Perhaps because"He"actually was a she..

[@Moritz19081980]

Yeah, that part was weird. It came across very calculated. But I won't play the internet judge. Who knows what people say and think in situations like this. But it was at least a bit suspicious.

[@tonym7919]

Notice how Darlie never (NOT ONCE) expresses any interest in finding out who killed her child? She only ever talks to defend her supposed innocence.

[@marcuseviltree6304]

Ya. Not even 1 person. Didn't even mention the idea of anyone

[@tapoemt3995]

I didn't see your post until later but I wrote "Forget the video of that disgusting party, just listen to the audio of how she is speaking, days after it happened. Why isn't she terrified the person will come back and finish the job? Why isn't she hounding the media to please get it out there this person needs to be caught? I'm not even going into how giddy and happy she sounds and looked. Everyone mourns differently, yeah, yeah, yeah..." So I agree 100%

[@kemolowlow]

Like OJ? LuLz

[@tonym7919]

@@nolitimere11 I've watched full interviews with her outside of documentaries. She never brings it up.

[@bond7459]

The same with O.J., Amanda Knox,Drew Peterson, and for sure many others.

[@zeroportis3430]

I don't know why so many people use the fact he came so close to severing her carotid artery as proof she couldn't or wouldn't have done it. How many people know exactly where the carotid artery is at on your neck? She was made a light, grazing cut so she could say she was injured too and by sheer blind luck came close enough to the artery for it to have been potentially dangerous yet still be a couple millimeters away from actually severing it.

[@bleepindeadalienbody]

i realize this comment is a year old but omg i kept saying that to myself throughout the video. and anyone capable of stabbing two toddlers to death is capable of injuring themselves to an alarming degree. And she was suicidal!! cmon now

[@cynthiahoskins7414]

An "intruder" would take care of the biggest threat first, the adult! Mother's do kill their children, certainly not unheard of.

[@Danko31]

I agree

[@alienzzz229]

Maybe the boys woke up to noise and they didn't want to leave a witness behind, it doesn't make sense that one of the boys could have only survived for 9 minutes and died within 6 minutes of the emergency services arriving so did she set it all up while on the phone to 911

[@joebrito3192]

it happens in nature all the time how are humans any different ? bigger brain doesn't amount to shit if people cant fight their animalistic behavior

[@ginamchemwa4902]

Wat if it was a teenager with psycho tendencies

[@veganjeliza8518]

And wouldn't Darin have been awakened by the boys crying and his wife screaming? Why were tge boys sleeping downstairs anyway? There's not really a cut and dry answer. Her DNA in the sock could have been there because it was a sock that she had worn. It could easily have been a murder/ robbery for hire and the intruder did an awful job at making it look like there was an actual intruder. People can respond differently to death, so the video alone isn't enough to convince me that she's guilty. She seemed more disturbed than celebratory. For me the biggest clue to her probable guilt is the detailed nature of the 911 call. She was already making a case for her defense...I'm just not sure either way. Surprised she was convicted.

[@zonkolbox]

I think Mike purposely looks for cases that contain the number tree; tree children, tree stabs, or whatever. It has to have a tree somewhere.

[@judeiz2203]

🤣🤣🤣 And we love him for it! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Strype13]

Were you around several videos back when he treated us with a "tree hundrit and turdy tree?" I particularly enjoyed that one.

[@alex-qd6of]

I've had the same thought.

[@alanasantucci694]

It's that Scottish accent...love it !!!

[@iofbeholder]

@@alanasantucci694 he's Irish.

[@SerTasera]

"The distant year of 1996" I feel personally attacked.

[@tinayoung2216]

Same😒🤣lol

[@wayhectic8615]

I feel you fam

[@stephaniehowe0973]

Fairly sure I remember this.

[@AC-iy6rv]

That was the year I got my drivers license so.....same Gal....same....🙄😂

[@angelcake2582]

🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭😏🤪 hehe!! This made me giggle...bcuz "I hear ya barking big dog"

[@Ali-yq1jh]

I hate when someone mentions a motive in this case. Does anyone on earth have a motive for killing a 5 &6 yr old child? I have no idea why Darlie did this, but she did.

[@lindseylane7181]

😳😂 Its ridiculous how many times i went back to hear Mike say "cpr" over and over again. Beautiful.

[@PatBrownfield-TheRainmaker]

What’s CPR? I thought he made it clear we’re talking about See Pee Orrrrrrrr

[@samanthamarie5118]

Cpoar.

[@samanthamarie5118]

@xirsamoht x oar.

[@supernova11711]

6:49 Easier to just hit this a few times 😂

[@kveldulf3605]

I'm weak 😂😂😂😂

[@LuisCastro-zk5fh]

The amount of cases of parents killing their kids is heart breaking

[@jms0313]

Yeah just think about how many babies are aborted

[@pimentoloaf1509]

Moms. It's almost always the mom. Like 90 percent.

[@JohnDoe-gy5dr]

@@pimentoloaf1509 I don't know how much scientific truth there is to this, but I've heard there is a psychology where women who feel like they cannot go on due to stress have a biological inclination to take the lives of their children with them so that they do not have to suffer as well. Its irrational, especially in modern society but to be honest might have been a more merciful action for primitive humans who's environment might have been very hostile many thousands of years ago.

[@pimentoloaf1509]

@@JohnDoe-gy5dr That sounds plausible. And very sad.

[@jms0313]

@Sausage Cream you are a vile creature

[@sarasillydinosaur2561]

The most telling thing to me is that she says a lot that it wasn’t her but never “ we need to find out who did this”

[@moonriver4275]

Yes, i thought the same too. Theres hardly any anger or passion in her voice to find their killers. Theres an interview video of her and Darin (the interview from the news team was the same day as the grave side party) and Darin is asked how he feels about the intruder. Darlie doesn't answer, but Darin says "were not even going to get into that". What an odd response.. You'd have thought they would be appealing for their boys killer/s and asking the public if they know anything, to come forward with information.

[@BLACK05GO1]

She never acted like a mother who just lost 2 children. I think she did it for the $20,000 combined life insurance, and that she didn't want to spend all day taking care of her kids. She wanted to be out "enjoying" the freedom to do whatever she wanted every day. She was depressed and wrote a suicide note. That tells you that she hated her life. By getting rid of her kids was a second option to change her life. I believe that's what she did (killed her kids instead of committing suicide).

[@moonriver4275]

@@BLACK05GO1 I also feel that she didnt behave how a grieving, distraught, anxious mother would, but when ive expressed this, someone fires back with "everyone grieves differently, and displays emotions differently", which i appreciate, but considering she says her boys were brutally murdered, and she was attacked, with the killer/s still out there, he behaviour IMO was extremely odd. Even during the grave side interview, she was so smiley and smirked and seemed 'far from reality', it made me feel sick to my stomach to see her and Darin so casual a mere 8 days later. Devon and Damon were insured each for $5k, their funeral cost around $14k, ive never believed money to be the motive if she did kill them

[@moonriver4275]

And what the hell was that stupid comment (during the interview) she made about "i can talk to you for days and day, you'd have to come and move in" WTF really, i can see why people think she's a sociopath. Bizarre behaviour at its finest. (An intruder just butchered her babies, and she's requesting for a stranger to move in).

[@gregthegreatofficial]

Thank you the almighty professor of doctorate of psychology. You know everything! EVERYTHING About how human mind works.

[@kevinmichael8619]

The forensic anthropologist did not say (and was not qualified to say) that the bloody finger did not match Darlie or anyone else. What he said was that the fingerprint was most likely an adult female. It's worth it to note that he actually confirmed Cron's conclusion that the fingerprint was too small for the 6' 200lb intruder to be the source. Y-STR DNA testing in 2015 confirmed that the fingerprint contained no Y chromosomes: i.e. it was female.

[@TheChristianNomad]

So it's an unknown woman's fingerprints with DNA that doesn't match Darlie....doesn't that still mean it's unknown? Plus her description said 6ft 200lbs, long hair, wearing baseball cap, mouth covered, maybe it was a large woman, she just couldn't tell in the dark. The point is you're acting like the fingerprint being an unknown female and not male is some massive gotcha, when it still brings a ton of questions. The first being, whose is it.

[@kevinmichael8619]

@@TheChristianNomad DNA that can't be matched to anybody. Don't pretend that rules out Darlie. Darlie's description only said hair long enough to be visible under the hat, not like flowing locks of hair. Darlie has repeatedly and consistently described her "assailant" as male.

[@carolyn7059]

@@TheChristianNomad Darlie has never stated that the intruder was a female. Nothing points to their being unknown intruder(s). Everything points directly at Darlie. 85-J being unidentified does not create any real doubt. It’s just one smudged fingerprint, and it has been tested. It can’t be identified. But Darlie’s right ring finger has not been ruled out. It was found in Darlie’s blood , and when you look at the size of 85-J and compare to the average sizes of fingerprints for males, females, and kids. It fits in the female range.

[@maryannebphillips9124]

The police confiscated every knife and a butter knife had shavings on it from the screen. She used the knife to stage the crime scene and murdered those little boys.

[@AsukaVII]

I came across your channel by luck last week, watched one video. Safe to say I’m currently binge watching them all at this point! So bloody good!! Instant sub.

[@tmenzerj]

2 minute response time? Those are some badass paramedics!

[@haroldrodriguez5678]

In a small town like that even riding in on a donkey would take at most 5 minutes. But in all seriousness, poor kids.

[@annacostello5181]

Rich neighborhood. They hauled ass

[@brittanyleighbarnett]

@@annacostello5181 it’s not that rich, I live pretty close by

[@MaNuLaToROfficial]

i think they messed up there time table (the paramedics) probably in an attempt to seem "efficient"

[@Grognarthebarb]

Sometimes they are already in the area

[@Nomvuyo111]

Mike: In Texas.... Canadians taking a deep breadth in synchronicity: **whew**

[@thaiboypsp3000]

*impossible*

[@patchthecat]

Yes, I was one of those Canadians🤣

[@sherimorgan7107]

Lmfao *florida enters chat*

[@Shannononly]

Haha yessss

[@ryanhiggins8869]

Don’t have to be sorry aboot that one, eh?

[@loveinspired7]

Setting up her alibi at the same time she's reporting her children being stabbed is NOT a good sign!

[@happyluv1651]

I've been a 911 operator for 14 years. There are some things that are just apparent,and she is being entirely too descriptive to be in actual distress in the beginning..but hey, I could be wrong. 💁🏾‍♀️

[@leighcarr6634]

Thank you for what you do. I am sure there are calls that are just too much. Y'all definitely don't get the praise you deserve!

[@Sandi-ke9mi]

Thank you for what you do. 🙏🏻

[@justacatwhocantype]

@RGB 18 *you're - And how would you even know this? Were you present when it happened? No? Well, there you go.

[@mikel8638]

@@justacatwhocantype she said she could be wrong. But that much experience teaches you a lot. I agree with her.

[@justacatwhocantype]

@@mikel8638 My comment was directed at RGB 18, who made a definite statement about the matter. How do you know how much experience RGB 18 has, and in what?

[@Pickledfeet165]

As soon as i heard the 911 call, I thought, “This case sounds familiar.” Upon hearing about the two boys downstairs with the mom sleeping and then the stabbing, I immediately recalled the forensic files episode I saw regarding this exact case.

[@acuteteacher]

I remember when this case was all over the 24-hour news outlets and they played that silly string video over and over again just like they did for the jury.

[@stacyrussell460]

Same here

[@purplekey9330]

Ironically the episode was just on, and ngl I think Mike did a better job on this one. I normally like Forensic FIles, but the episode on this case didn't dive into the complexities of it. Just very much told the guilty narrative, and left out the bits about how the birthday party may or may not have biased the jury.

[@mjmellan]

Same here.

[@dontstopmeow5757]

To all the people saying that a real mother would be crying non stop for days, have no clue what it’s like to loose a child. Two days after my sisters sudden death, my father, mother and I were out at a restaurant, laughing and telling jokes about her. Now if you just saw that moment, you would thing we were cold hearted, but that moment doesn’t show all the tears, scream, and yelling that happened on and off for months afterwards. Grief comes in waves, one moment you are on the ground, the next you are laughing, and other times you show no emotion because you are a shell of a person. I over Heard- a family member talking shit about my mother and how she didn’t cry at my sister funeral (she did, I gave the Eulogy, and saw it), but she wasn’t obvious about it, because she wanted to be strong. Losing a child distorted my mom, and she drank herself to death two years later, but that pain wasn’t constant, and it was all ways in the back ground. I do think it’s more than likely this woman killed her kids, but I hate people who have not experienced that kind of grief judge people for not acting like they believe one should act.

[@weedywendy4266]

i’m sorry for you losses.

[@daddysangeljetta]

Thank you ever so much for this I’m so sorry for your lost when I lost my father who was my best friend my world my everything I couldn’t cope and almost blocked it started to drink experiment it literally took me six months to finally deal with my grief and let it all out. I’m sure many at first thought I was so monster of a teen but the pain was too incredibly much to bear and to begin to even process at first. I was well always get heated when those you are fortunate enough not to have experienced these things lash out and give their opinions. Thanks for this as silly as it is it’s brought me a smile to know I’m not the only one who found it hard to accept at first

[@daddysangeljetta]

Oh my the auto correct I promise I know correct grammar my apologies

[@sphynxster06]

i know what you mean. my sister was murdered years back and my familyt couldnt leave the house or interact properly for weeks/months - the shock of a loved one being taken by someone else in such a violent manner - thats what causes a different response and hers does not sit right. the murderer still out there, the distress they would have been in. would lead you not to think straight especially them having not been cought you would be in a living hell still - non functionable. im curious to know if your sister was murdered? this will help me understand grief in a different light more so. i am sorry for your loss. i do believe it is different to when persons die of a natural cause, by accident or known illness - its more acceptable in a sense - not less painfull im sure = murder is another shock ontop of the sad death that has tajen place.

[@dontstopmeow5757]

@@sphynxster06 I am sorry for your loss, but I find it very offensive for you to compare peoples losses and to say that one is worse to go through than another. You don’t know how I felt getting the call that my only sibling was gone, and you don’t know how close we where or how close of a family we where. I don’t know your experience, and I would never try to compare mine to yours, because I know it’s not possible. Comparing peoples pain and their reactions to that pain is not possible, the only way you can know someone’s pain is to be that person. Too many factors go into how someone will feel and react to loss of a loved one, for anyone to every know how another feels or should act. Again I am sorry for your loss, and I hope the killer gets what they deserve but please don’t compare your grief to another persons, it just comes across as rude.

[@MintyZedGrimes]

I absolutely adore the way you framed this. You put me in the mindset of someone trying to follow this perfectly. Right up until the other evidence came in, I was 100% she killed her kids, but then I wasn't so sure. And while I assume a failed murder suicide, I'm really not sure, and the way you explained everything was just that interesting that it got me thinking so hard.

[@unite4peace88]

Yes, Mike is awesome, but what genuinely kind people do often, is look at things through a prism that finds reasonable reasons for innocence, I get that, but Everything can be explained, even the cuts, to her attempts at manipulation. With sociopaths, sometimes the manipulation is the best part of the process. She already manipulated here husband, many moons ago, she knew the cops were gonna be a different story, so she put serious effort into it. You almost have to imagine that it in itself was her main intent. To bask in the joy of a manipulation done well. It's all a ruse, speaking in that sweet little innocent, dumb blonde voice, and including yourself in the mix as a victim of the attack, cutting yourself 1 inch from your coratid artery, an accident. you think she knew where the hell her coratid artery was. Hell no.

[@squirrelmanning7889]

​@@unite4peace88Probably a failed suicide/murder, as someone else said, as it was 2mm from the artery, not an inch.

[@unite4peace88]

@@squirrelmanning7889 Why in the would she attempt suicide?

[@JeffreyBenzodiazepines]

@@unite4peace88 You didn't watch the video apparently because the necklace stopped the knife, she didn't surgically cut herself 2mms above the **carotid**

[@unite4peace88]

@@squirrelmanning7889 once again, you think this woman knew where her coratid artery is? No, she just pick a convincing spot to stab.

[@qybl]

6 minutes after the scene - cops arrive: "she did not comply with the instructions. she just stood there. as if she wants her kids to die" > 48 hours after: "look at her, smiling. would her story be true, she would still be paralyzed"

[@TAli-xf8kn]

The moment she said " I picked it up.... we could have gotten the prints" says alot.

[@saschavest]

Yeah, that immediately caused doubt in me

[@lawson1989]

Yeah I wouldn't be considered about my prints, on the phone with 911, WHILE MY BOYS ARE ON THE FLOOR!!

[@matthewsaari6577]

I agree I found it odd. But I don't know, people in shock act weird as hell considering she just woke up to kids stabbed and had to fight a man in her house. So while it raised my eyebrow I don't know how I feel about on it's own. Could just be a person who watches a lot of TV and focused on what they knew from it.

[@TAli-xf8kn]

@@matthewsaari6577 could be exactly what you said.. Or.. You can put your self in her position ( God forbid) would that be your reaction?

[@karawigley6231]

@@matthewsaari6577 It indicates deception, giving irrelevant or additional information that is not necessary at the time. She was already trying to explain away why her fingerprints would be on the knife when it was not necessary. Then when you tie in the fact she would’ve been in a heightened state of shock when she made the call it really doesn’t make sense for her to include that information in her response.

[@tapoemt3995]

Forget the video of that disgusting party, just listen to the audio of how she is speaking, days after it happened. Why isn't she terrified the person will come back and finish the job? Why isn't she hounding the media to please get it out there this person needs to be caught? I'm not even going into how giddy and happy she sounds and looked. Everyone mourns differently, yeah, yeah, yeah...

[@brendan5260]

“uhm, excuse me! everyone mourns differently. and i mourn by having birthday parties and pretending like everything’s cool!”

[@tapoemt3995]

@@brendan5260 But do you use silly string? That could be a problem.

[@soxpeewee]

There were children at the site, she may have wanted to not traumatize them and the rest of her family

[@tapoemt3995]

@POOLS CLOSED Most in the bathrooms? all the suicides I went to were in the bedroom, except one. Also, why no call for the man to be caught? or panic they'd return at the time? The least she could do is vow to never stop looking for the person, you know, like oj.

[@jamiemiller723]

She was heavily medicated

[@funkytexan247]

This one really hits close to home for me, because of just how close we live to the Routiers. My heart stopped when an aerial view of my neighborhood popped up. We bought our home back in ‘93, across Dalrock because this side of Rowlett is in Rockwall County. Our decision was based on the fact I worked at the Albertsons around the corner at the time, and cheeper property tax. We’ve raised our kids here, and they were around the same age as the boys. Needless to say, we weren’t taking any chances, and acted as if there was a maniac on the loose in our little town. Damn near 30 years later, and I still can’t drive down Eagle without feeling that crippling fear.

[@salvitoripopadillo4539]

That's incredible. I'm sorry for your experience. These crimes and absence of humanity is horrifying. I believe it's because humanity has been lied to on an "astronomical" scale!

[@chrisbeach423]

This case was one of the most memorable episode of forensic files, i cant believe some people think she’s innocent 🤷‍♂️

[@FlameFlickers]

There's a difference between thinking she's innocent and thinking she may not be guilty.

[@angelcake2582]

Forensic files!! I've pretty much seen every episode without a doubt plus would still watch repeats!! Peter Thomas was the best narrator...RIP PT City Confidential Paul Winfield excellent show & narration also

[@angelcake2582]

@Torchy Brown 👍👍 agree

[@chrisbeach423]

Torchy Brown haha it was forensic files for me forsure!! Have watched every episode more than once. Now that chapter and Criminally Listed are my favorite true crime youtubers! Their content is better than tv shows honestly 🤷‍♂️

[@sunshine3914]

“Dead Again” is significantly more detailed in cases such as this.

[@eliseintheattic9697]

I never met Darlie but I lived only a few blocks away at the time this happened, so I've followed this case with interest over the years. Everything about her comes off as faked and rehearsed. I think she's right where she needs to be.

[@indi3066]

Facts

[@KennyChesty]

I wonder what you think about the husband. Everyone points to her but I can see the husband doing everything but being so abusive and manipulative that she had to do what was told and can't rat him out.

[@eliseintheattic9697]

@@KennyChesty I don't know much about him but I don't think there was ever any evidence of abuse toward her or anyone else. I think that would have been brought up in court. I do think it's possible he was involved because it never made sense to me that he slept through everything. If there was an attack, I cant imagine sleeping through it. So either Darlie killed them as quietly as possible so he wouldn't wake up, or he was involved. IMO

[@carolinerowles5951]

I totally agree with you. How interesting to live so close by. Do the community still talk about it? X

[@eliseintheattic9697]

@@carolinerowles5951 I'm not really sure. I'm still in the Dallas area but haven't lived in that neighborhood in over 20 years. Most people I talk to don't even remember it, but maybe people in the neighborhood would.

[@a.b.5321]

I always hesitate to judge based on people’s reactions to these things. My brother died suddenly in 2015. For about 20-30 minutes after I found out, I was hysterical. And then it stopped and I was oddly unemotional. Maybe because I had kids who were devastated and my brain was keeping me strong for them, I don’t know. I cried briefly at the wake and did not cry at all at the funeral and was the ONLY person not crying. I loved my brother to death. It was so strange. I still expect some day it’s all going to hit me. That being said, this is really, really strange. If there were no evidence to support her doing it, then maybe her behavior could be thrown aside. But when all these little things add up together... doesn’t look so good.

[@Blue.Diesel]

It is not uncommon to become numb, feeling as if it is impossible. Like you spend days where you cannot believe it.

[@ThisTall]

Exactly! There’s 1000s of examples you can even find online of people completely destroyed by a sudden death, pulling themselves together and even laughing about something within a day or 2.

[@suzbone]

People react to shock and distress differently. I'm very sorry for your loss.

[@a.b.5321]

suzbone Thank you! Still hard to register that it happened sometimes. He was the middle child of the five of us and I always felt he was sort of a mediator between typical family dysfunction, like we needed him for that balance. Things feel very off kilter without him here.

[@marcieoasibarbie9659]

I’m just wondering. Sorry if this is an intrusive question, but we’re you on any medication or antidepressants at the time? I ask because I recently lost 2 good people in my life, but I haven’t yet grieved. I think about them often, but there’s no tears, which is really unheard of for me. I’ve been on medication for almost 3 yrs. I thought maybe that was a factor.

[@TheNotBees]

Werner Herzog's documentary on her is much more thorough, and she definitely did it.

[@raouldukestudios]

Oh shit didn't know he made one on her! Thank you for mentioning this!

[@shadeybitz9499]

This one has always got me all messed up. I go back and forth. Regardless, I think she was tried in the media more than in the court. Which is wrong guilty or not.

[@deadarmd]

True. Still, this would be a case in which it was fair to happen. It's just not believable. Most of the time it isn't right, but the public and media got this right

[@viggle9482]

There is a new (Netflix) series. One of the producers is George Clooney, it's called "Trial by Media"

[@jackiescorpio6359]

I agree. I think the jury felt this way too which is reasonable doubt. since the victims were children they convicted.

[@candaceecret2227]

I watched her on I believe, forensic files, you should watch that episode if you can find it. I think she definitely did it.

[@viggle9482]

It doesn't count what we think or not. I don't like her either..but there IS reasonable doubt and the media played it's role again in this one.

[@Kwastaken]

I love how Mike is able to somehow manage to make me laugh even while in the midst of describing horrifically unbelievable crimes. It takes a special kind of human to be able to pull that off.

[@teresathayn5170]

I agree!

[@kingcosworth2643]

Yeah, it's a delicate balance to be respectful for the victims, but still make the delivery entertaining and humorous.

[@Trenchcoat3]

@@kingcosworth2643 Which is why I almost unsubbed from this channel after only a few videos because two of the first ones I watched didnt seem that respectful at all and were really off putting. Thankfully I decided to watch a few more and turned out they weren't all as bad as those two and I quite like him actually. Definitely a balance for sure.

[@Pumpkinking64]

mike is wearing both of his iconic shirts. when worlds collide

[@vmm5163]

Yeah, the fact Mike may record another video straight after this one jumped into my mind. If in his next video he's wearing that maroon shirt it means he whipped the blue one off and carried on recording 😄

[@d_inkz]

@@vmm5163 I've seen it happen when watching playlists 😸

[@MyVitros]

He used footage from another video it seems. Like when he said prosecutors only need to prove “he” did it instead of she

[@MyVitros]

Godot didn’t you hear him say that? No big deal if he has footage he hasn’t used yet

[@mrgreen3233]

I noticed that!! I was going to mention it but you beat me to it!

[@anewerrafight2113]

You are my favorite crime KZbin. The way you explain every episode is so unique to YOU and that's just amazing. Thank you for being a light amongst this cesspool of darkness.

[@ambersnider1301]

I have been obsessed over this case since I first saw it on “Forensic Files” years ago. Even then there was doubt about if she did it. A very strange case.

[@CuriousConnoisseurs]

This is your only Purpose in your Life. You have to solve this case. Amber you have the power!

[@HandleTakenlol]

I'm convinced the dad did it

[@williammunny2799]

Check Werner Herzogs documentary about this case, its a good one.

[@lizhall4473]

@Amber Snider Me too! Which books do you prefer?

[@P9rkour90]

Which season and episode? I don’t believe I remember this case on Forensic Files...and yes this case is very strange. Motive??!"

[@alexpopowski1318]

Red flag already, when she's screaming about the location of the knife and lifting the prints from it.

[@witchflowers6942]

everyone hyperfocuses on that. its not actually indicative of guilt.

[@kad0877]

@@witchflowers6942 True, however it is a very weird thing to be worried about given the circumstance.

[@SpecialBlanket]

they told HER not to touch it.

[@reality382]

@@SpecialBlanket ...after she touched it?

[@witchflowers6942]

@@SpecialBlanket it was too late dude

[@imnotapickle7369]

That jolly ol' "Hey you!" always turns a bad day into a good day.

[@belowthesilvermoonBe]

It makes me smile everytime. I was literally thinking that today

[@belowthesilvermoonBe]

@James D Robertson calling us ghouls because you don't believe a person should find the "hey you" greeting for his viewers enduring? Omg. one can separate the crime story from the person who made the video ABOUT it. You could understand a smirk? Oh you...you!! Need to know the meaning of words before you label people troll along now James 😏

[@BebbaDubbs]

In 911 calls when a person responds to the "what's the emergency" with a long story about WHO hurt someone vs someone being hurt I just don't trust it.

[@melindalee6636]

I’ve done a lot of research on this case myself. I must say I am very proud of you mike. You told the entire story and without obvious bias. You always do your proper research and your delivery of these cases is always excellent. I’ve been a fan for awhile and always look forward to the next. Thank you.

[@Imaragamuffinchild]

What do you think happened?

[@amy109]

@@Imaragamuffinchild curious to know their opinion too 🧐

[@pommiebears]

@@Imaragamuffinchild she did it. A murderer doesn’t kill the children before the mother, who could pull a gun on him, and is the greatest threat in the room. Murderers don’t change their killing style either. The boys get stabbed multiple times….she gets slashed, barely. She did it.

[@robbybee70]

@@pommiebears cool, but fantasy from an armchair detective who knows less then they think they do, you do know Ted Bundy killed people multiple ways right, and HH Holmes....and dozens of other killers, you coming in with shit you heard in murder mystery movies acting like it's fact, tell me about the bloody finger print that was shown to belong to someone unaccounted for in the house that night.....

[@adammeade2300]

@@pommiebears Some believe the perp may not have seen the kids until he stepped on the one sleeping next to the couch. I’m not convinced either way, but I’d recommend listening to True Crime Garage’s 2-part series on this case. It’s definitely not black and white.

[@redneckreviews3016]

Mike keeps me going every week.

[@mellynnn]

honestly, same. my exact thought when the notification came up was “thank god😅”

[@francescawilliams8177]

He takes me to bed twice a week.

[@redneckreviews3016]

@jack thursby Naw. It's just morbid fascination

[@knightscroftsquire-muldoon]

@jack thursby Nah, it helps keep our kni... I mean minds keen and sharp!

[@redneckreviews3016]

@jack thursby I think we all are. Ahha

[@melammutumultus4654]

If someone had murdered my kids, they would have to sedate me for life.

[@Zach-Fetters]

I would need to find the person who did it

[@chantell209]

Same.I wouldn't be able to survive without my child.

[@brianshissler3263]

Hell yeah, me too

[@brianshissler3263]

@@Zach-Fetters yep. This first. And then I would join my daughter in Heaven.

[@Zach-Fetters]

@Richard Ballantyne yeah im not even trying to sound like im in some tough guy shit but I would not be able to live my life knowing someone who did that to my child was out there, probably preying on more children

[@amaz0nsmash]

Okay but what about the fact that not only did her wounds appear self inflicted but the blood from her wounds was found in a puddle in front of the sink and it showed that they stood there for a bit while they bled them the blood trail doesn't match her account of running and struggling but showed some one calmly walked around to each knocked over item. ALSO the murder weapon was not only a knife from the kitchen but it was put back in the knife holder. She did this

[@tsully4368]

Yup, although it was the bread knife that cut the screen that was placed back in the wood block. The butcher knife (murder weapon) was on the kitchen counter. Also, the boys' blood was found in the sink and in the drain. She rinsed the butcher knife in the sink.

[@nooneknows9545]

She “woke up” to her boys cries THEN realised she had been stabbed. She supposedly had defensive wounds on her arms, did she sleep through that bit?

[@ManiKais]

Yeah, that was weird. How can you not wake up immediately from being cut or stabbed? So much that doesn't make sense. Unless she was drugged. But she didn't sound groggy on the phone, but then adrenalin can snap that out of you pretty quick. If she is involved, or even if she isn't, someone else has to also be involved because of the timing issues. Husband, intruder? People they owed money to? Interdimensional time travellers? Weird.

[@blairansellfraser]

@@ManiKais She was stabbed at least 3 times... she must be a heavy sleeper?

[@MusicLeeSarah]

Under extreme duress and stress and durring traumatic eventsthe brain processes what's going on differently and stores it the same way. Differently. Plus waking up on top of all of that probably not on a level of full consciousness only to find yourself slipping into consciousness and into the hell that was surrounding her I can't imagine how our brain process everything and how it burned it into memory for life but I think that definitely accounts for all of the inconsistencies

[@stonytina01will-not-be-ban78]

And there's the part where she picks up the knife and then immediately starts blabbering about lifting prints off the knife.

[@mrsdigz3718]

As soon as i saw her picture those Look like self inflicted wounds imo

[@nicholasgeorge4197]

I'd never heard that detail about Darren blowing into his sons chest. Jesus Christ.

[@jackhoff3910]

That was pretty creative thinking. Never heard of that being done before.

[@andreaturnquist4855]

Never heard that either.

[@KeithRobinsonCSI]

@benny pitt Her lawyers are hoping for a retrial to say exactly this! - She is guilty though; all evidence point to her & only her.

[@redmudpei]

Keep a chest seal in your med kit

[@pattysdaughter5639]

I haven’t either, so sad!

[@danielbrown1724]

Every time I watch this case be retold, I always walk away feeling more confused than before 🤔 Cheers Mike, thanks a lot mate 😐 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MichaelAS-el1xo]

Not feeding and caring for two kids is an immediate financial relief.

[@cinderellacomplex7]

Say what you will, but I also believe she's guilty. Everything, as was laid out, was too staged and so much just didn't add up. If your children were just stabbed, with 1 dead and 1 dying, all those details about the knife wouldn't even enter your head in the call. She explained too much to cover her tracks already. She was basically saying "By the way, just so you know, my prints are on the knife because I picked it up. Remember that so that you know I'm innocent, okay?"

[@vex_13]

Yes she's pointing the police what she want them to see.

[@marclytle644]

Everything about that case was just off. I remember when this happened, everyone was surprised that it could happen the next town over. Coworker at the time said he thought she was innocent, I said that I thought she was guilty.

[@JonesySurvived]

@@vex_13 It was her kitchen knife to begin with as well, which means her fingerprints being on it would have been to be expected. She really didn't have to bring it up at all. She totally shot herself in the foot.

[@princessromanov]

My self I think I would holding my kids and screaming for anyone to come help me. But that’s me. But yes I have wat he’d this case since it happened and it has many of the same finger prints the Susan Smith story had

[@QueenBee-kx3sg]

The 911 operator saying “Don’t touch anything” is what made Darlie say I already touched it, which started her mind reeling about prints and shit. In stressful horrifying situations your brain is working overdrive. I’m not saying she is innocent, or guilty but her saying she touched the knife doesn’t sway me one way or another.

[@heathernikki5734]

The strange way she stops being hysterical and says "someone came in here and did it darrin" in the full 911 call in a really hateful voice is so creepy

[@raj-cr4nl]

That's a concept called "intended recipient." The 911 operator is the intended recipient, not Darrin. She wanted to be on tape as saying "someone ELSE did this. Definitely not me."

[@LegendofLaw]

@@raj-cr4nl good catch

[@humankaleidoscope4989]

@Tiffany F. i don't think it's here, just in the full 911 call. you can find it on youtube

[@redwheelbarrow9729]

Hope you never get selected for a jury.

[@Hugh-Glass]

@Tiffany F. If you find it will you provide a link please?

[@Lorisa25]

It was odd she waited until the 911 operator finished talking before she went into hysterics.

[@joncassidy2280]

Clever observation

[@cai0409]

Yes! I’ve heard so many real calls where the operator can barely get a word in but Darlie was waiting and answering every question.

[@jaybeam1466]

Not really?

[@kimmyfreak200]

watch the behavior panel for michael peterson they mention that guilty 911 callers who are the killers repeat things and are too polite...theres been research on hundreds of true 911 calls and then they studied it also on guilty callers...guilty usually have alot of answers, create alibis, talk about evidence etc whereas a hysterical concerned person doesn't even acknowledge any of that crap... pretty soon an a.i. will be able to pick this up one day its a really interesting topic

[@KillerQueensRyche]

@@kimmyfreak200 they just posted a video about Darlie today!

[@sandysizemore501]

Glad to see Darlie back in the light. She killed her kids. Period!!

[@valsptsd814]

“Distant Year” Mike, you are grounded, go to your room. I had graduated high school by then, by a many years. ✌️😂

[@judeiz2203]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nickgraham96969]

My birth year

[@DuckSmokezQuack]

You old

[@kellmiller4933]

My eldest daughters birth year, she's 24 next month 😅😅 to some its distant, to others it feel like yesterday

[@jjjonse]

@@DuckSmokezQuack Soon you´ll be too, if you are lucky enough.

[@handofgod9386]

I had forgotten about this case until you played the cemetery bday party. I remembered that!

[@LegendofLaw]

I'm at 4:26 and the first thing I notice is she's talking about prints when someone stabbed her kids? Wtf? Time to watch the rest...

[@deborahday1786]

That’s when I said she was guilty. Who focuses on something like that when your two small children are dying??

[@MrAlice]

I kind of agree, but hearing someone say "Don't touch anything", not gonna lie I'd be like "oh I fucked up the scene" in most cases probably. Its the fact that the window screen was slashed as an "entry point", but the killer used a knife from the kitchen. Why not just use the knife you slashed the screen with?

[@damanipage5990]

I caught that too!

[@el_equidistante]

@@deborahday1786 how many times have you been through that?

[@deborahday1786]

jassLmhn I don’t need to have gone through that to know if my loved ones were on the floor stabbed, bloody, and dying that I wouldn’t be worried about prints on a knife at that exact moment!!!!

[@Ryderbrunott]

I grew up next door to the policeman who found the sock. He said when he went on calls he put on his “raincoat” and everything he saw would roll off. I saw that big burly man cry over this call. He retired shortly after.

[@stormyalice]

"The distant year of 1996" Me, who was born in the 80's: **nervous* "Haha.. yeah.. distant.."

[@kmerian]

Imagine how those of us born in the 70's feel?

[@mrmrsmarshall9110]

Or us born in the 60s, positively ancient!

[@imapisces0308]

When he said that I was like I was grade school she in 1996😂🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@ericg4915]

96 is not that long ago. I'm in my 20s and I remember 96

[@lrowlands992]

Ok boomers...

[@teresawm6127]

I have always believed she was guilty. She intended to commit suicide after murdering her own Children but didn't have the guts and then panicked and staged the scene.

[@launchbase4944]

doing all that in 4 minutes though is weird

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@launchbase4944 If she did, she's fast.

[@raquellambropoulos279]

Lol no she never ever tried to kill herself .lmao self inflicted wounds she did on the phone when call7ng 911 knew she'd be saved .she did it for the life insurance money. She had to inflict some wounds when those babies were chopped up like a salad. She could not be without a wound. Not for a damn minute did she try to kill herself

[@brendan5260]

Juno Anderson unless of course she just did those things, cut herself and then called the cops.

[@PoliticalWonderland]

Ya but y hasn’t she done it in prison?

[@corbinsky]

I found a bird laying in the street once. It was unresponsive and I had no idea how to perform CPor, but I decided to have a goo. Turdy-tree minutes later, it got up and flew away. It was trilling experience.

[@marys3127]

Ghostface Chris - I hope this is true. 👍🏻

[@Jolenesmart1980]

loooool

[@MegaTinni]

CPor is the bestest

[@BlaiseyBear]

Lmao

[@rebeccajelenawang4306]

Joking I assume🙄

[@NevadaLamb]

I love the way you presented this. The first I heard of Darlie was from 48 Hours and they included a lot of clips of her, proclaiming her innocence. I felt empathy. I don’t want to say she did it, but the evidence is pretty strong that she did.

[@randishaw1641]

Idk if she is guilty or not. Im sad for the boys even in 2020. So sad.

[@Z1nny]

I feel she was very depressed considering the financial troubles they were having. Someone in the comments mentioned she killed her sons intending to kill herself after but couldn't go through with it. Whether she did it or not, my heart grieves for the 2 boys killed. They would have been young men now. And the youngest who never really got to know them or his mother for that matter. A tragedy all around.

[@margaretheathcote9842]

That what I say poor baby's

[@peggypeggy4137]

Despite what That Chapter says in this video, there was a lot more than circumstantial evidence in this case. I don't doubt for a minute that she was suffering from depression, as do many mothers that have given birth recently. That being said, I think that she had a very dark side that came out under these circumstances. As well, I have always been mystified by her husband, to tell you the truth.

[@genesiselaine]

@@peggypeggy4137 it was weird how he was barely ever mentioned in the case,,he seemed suspicious to me. or at least his behavior after his own children’s death seemed unusual

[@peggypeggy4137]

@@genesiselaine I never understood how an intruder could come in, stab the kids that are right beside Darlie. THEN she wakes up (only when he was straddling her), He attacks her but doesn't really stab her too deeply. Then DAD hears a wine glass break? I would think there should have been a lot more noise going on there that should have woken him up. I don't think he actually stabbed the kids. I do think he knows a lot more than he is saying. I do not think that this was their "own way" of grieving. Both his and her behavior after the fact was nothing short of bizarre. Nobody behaves that way after their children have been slaughtered. The vast majority of parents would NEVER get over something like that.

[@Arckivio]

The fact that her neck wound was only 2mm from an artery just shows her lack of knowledge of anatomy & as far as she was concerned, she was cutting only the surface of her skin.

[@pommiebears]

We’re all only a few millimetres from cutting our artery….it’s not that far under the skin.

[@yellowmonkee0]

Parents that kill their children. This makes me very, very angry and sad for those boys.

[@rudra62]

If you're going to murder them, why have them, and if you can't find a way to prevent having the kids, put them up for adoption. There's no excuse for it, except POWER.

@@rudra62 Abortion is an unforgivable sin. But murder is not. Sometimes women are changed by post-partum depression, and after a year or two, it takes it's toll. Or even a severe head injury can cause changes in the way the brain functions. There could be several reasons why someone would have children, attempt to raise them, and go entirely nuts in the process. Especially someone who doesn't think much before acting. She may have thought that having children would change everything in life for the better, only to find out that the day to day tasks and responsibilities were too much for her to bear. That combined with depression could easily drive someone to a manic fit. We can only guess at the cause, but we definitely see the effect.

[@rudra62]

@ Abortion is an unforgivable sin, but murder is not?!?!?! WTH? So, if you wait until there is a baby, child, or adult, it's okay to kill it, but if you remove a colony of cells from a woman it's unforgivable? You've got a STRANGE set of morality! Note that most pregnancies end spontaneously before the woman ever knows that she is pregnant. Being situationally overwhelmed with children, combined with depression, combined with ?!?mania?!? causes "the effect"??? You do know that mania and depression are opposite ends of the same spectrum. I don't understand how a severe head injury fits into that. Part of the definition of "severe" head injury is that the person is likely to be in total care or at least need 24x7 supervision - and unable to consent to sex, so if such a woman became pregnant, it would be by rape.

[@redwheelbarrow9729]

Stinks of self righteousness this comments thread.

[@KC.665]

@ Abortion is unforgivable.. but stabbing two children?eh not so much

[@mqtaidmqtaid]

I'm still at minute 7, but that thing about an intruder coming in without weapons or anything, going to your kitchen, picking up a knife, stabbing your son, then the other without you almost noticing, and then you. And when he runs away, instead of staying where you are, you grab the knife that the intruder has thrown on the floor to put it on your kitchen counter... Why? Why to everything?

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

Exactly !

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

And why would she tell the 911 operator her prints will be on the knife ??

[@Jacob-df5hr]

That the jury would change their verdict on something as shallow as the interpretation of a birthday party gives me zero confidence in a capital sentence.

[@MrApennysaved]

I think there's a chance she may be innocent. In the past officers were given the path that once a badge is pinned on their shirt it made it impossible for them to tell a lie. But in today's time of thousands of youtube videos showing tremendous proof of lieing and corrupt officers I would believe the ordinary citizen/victim over a cop any day.

[@fiegenfiegen]

This can only be explained by stating that the society in which this happened was profoundly childish indeed. Jurors were not mature enough if they did not pose the question (as they can do during trial) to the defendant of why the ridiculous spectacle at the cemetery.

[@Jacob-df5hr]

@@fiegenfiegen society is nothing less than a population-level emergence of our common traits.

[@verabolton]

Jury system is a joke. You might think you avoid corruption by having juries ... but, in the same time, you might bring stupidity and unprofessionalism into the courtroom.

[@Snarl616]

I say that Darlie Routier, guilty or not, should be released from death row. Why? Because there are no evidences or explanations that she did it, and after 27 years it's possible that the truth will never be discovered. I'll also add the fact that while I feel that in the Casey Anthony case the accuse was led by apes, in this case everybody was less intelligent than an ape, including Darlie. This case is a disaster for USA.

[@PhuongHuynh-qm5th]

It seems like a murder suicide but then she changed her mind

[@Keikai_Akagi]

Exactly. I think that was the motive.

[@BarunicaTrenk]

Yes, i think the same, especially after I heard about the suicide letter. This resolves the motive in question also. Sad, sad story in any case.

[@leemagrish3432]

I never thought of that.

[@truartist5379]

And no jail time

[@xloveviex]

@just my opinion I’m thinking maybe there was 2 attackers as the lady down the road said there was 2 attempting to break into her house that night. One of them killed the boys and the other was hesitant whilst attempting to kill the mum that’s why they was done with such different force etc. If it was a murder suicide gone wrong like they said she wouldn’t of had time to take the sock down the road and do all them other things and decide to stage it all in the time to make the call before the boy died. The drops of blood in the utility room could be from the first attacker stood waiting for the other to finish the job on the mum which is why she only saw the one man as well. This also explains why her blood wasn’t on the sock but the boys was, the man that killed the boys used that and the other man stabbed the mum so had no contact with the sock. Either way what happened is just so sad and heartbreaking! R.I.P little angels

[@romulusremus7537]

WTF?? Dragging the neighborhood kids to the graveyard for a birthday party so they'd feel better?? Ok then.

[@DCamp1271]

Ha. Truly psychopathic - just mimicking what she believed people with actual emotions would do. Like, no Darlie, this isn't what normal people would do. This is what a wicked person like yourself would do to celebrate supposedly getting away with murder. Like she couldn't even contain her glee, she had to throw herself a whole party over it!

[@poutinedream5066]

And who are these parents who let their kids go? I would never have sent my girls to that nonsense.

[@marcuseviltree6304]

Lol. Thats what i was saying. WTF!!!!

[@rachels2cents325]

Romulus Remus Yeah that really makes no fucking sence....🙄🙄🙄

[@charla594]

Yeah, that just feels so backwards

[@bg9509]

Mike, I am so impressed with the way you pronounced “y’all”! You’re a natural! Thx for your videos…they’re the best!

[@RipDippler]

Honestly Mike, thank you so much for your content. Im going through a really shit time rn with the pandemic and losing my job, but your uploads every week are something I get to look forward to and use to take my attention off life and stress. So yeah. Thank you :)

[@PvdBMr]

Hang in there!

[@tronkletogg540]

Hang in there!

[@frehand3067]

the 911 call is especially strange to me. it seems as if she was almost trying to prove herself innocent right away by explaining where the knife was and making reference to fingerprints, even giving an explanation as to why her prints might be on there

[@frehand3067]

@RGB 18 well of course, i know that. it’s just funny that she wants to give “evidence” of her supposed “innocence” right off the bat.

[@witchflowers6942]

i dont think so. i feel like this is overstated as a result of confirmation bias when its not out of line with an innocent person who is processing a lot of information at once.

[@oliviabrown3511]

In a crisis I can have lazer focus and calmly do the necessary things. I break down after. I mean do you really think everyone feels and thinks and is wired just like you?

[@squirrel7t7]

Who else saw the silly string clip then said to themselves "Ahhh i remember this case now!!"

[@bettywith2girls]

Yea, I did!

[@nerfbutt]

Exactly! I have to admit, the silly string thing plays a big role in my perception of her guilt. A few years ago my aunt came over to our house a couple days after losing her husband. She was smiling and laughing, but it came across as her just trying to get away from the pain for a while. Silly string at the grave of her murdered children is bizarre no matter which way you slice it. And for the husband to just kind of go along with it, well…two peas in a pod, I guess.

[@Strype13]

I saw the name of the video and said to myself, "Ahh, I've seen this case covered about 70 times now... but I suppose I'll watch Mike's breakdown of it, as well."

[@Dunika]

Thad Donovan It is bizarre, but sometimes people react very weirdly to deaths. When my neighbors husband died of cancer, she spent the next month acting like she normally did, laughing, joking and even saying things about her husband as if he was still alive (like, “I am going to make him his favorite dinner today”, “I got to get home at seven before he comes back from work”, she still went to buy his favorite newspaper every day, etc) Then one month later, total breakdown, didn’t go out for days at a time, stopped cleaning, cooking, showering... crying all the time... It was so hard to watch. That’s why making a party for your dead kids as if they were still there doesn’t seem that out of place for me I guess...

[@squirrel7t7]

@@Strype13 To be fair Mike usually covers the obscure but fascinating cases i never heard of before. Most of the ones i have heard before are well known famous cases i think a channel like this has to cover.

[@wardkdouglas]

4 minutes in and i already know how this ends.. "We could've gotten the prints maybe" says it all. As important as getting prints is, it's most likely not your first thought when your children were just stabbed by an intruder.

[@pratiknaker6278]

Is it normal to eagerly wait for fresh episodes of that chapter ? Lol..

[@brianolson6366]

Yes

[@pratiknaker6278]

@@brianolson6366 I'd hope so. I commonly find myself munching on chips and cracking open cold ones whilst watching these gruesome details.

[@annickrannou4320]

It’s normal. At least I hope it is, cause me too I love seeing there’s a new one

[@pratiknaker6278]

@@annickrannou4320 I guess we all are sickos..haha..but yes, Mike does a bang job with his content. It's hilarious at times.

[@greasemonkey1199]

Im just waiting for a cute new forehead montage

[@justnoted2995]

My view: Darlie wanted to kill herself and the two kids; remember she was suicidal not long before the incident. She was not successful in killing herself (maybe had second thoughts as she was slicing at herself). Then she concocted a story that had no evidence value. The unrealistic (bizarre) behaviour afterwards is indicative of her denial

[@yournameshere]

Excellent theory

[@Wyatt_Riley]

Most likely theory IMO considering how close one of the wounds came to actually killing her. I'd hardly call it "superficial"

[@shazcon71]

I agree, I’ve often thought murder suicide gone wrong, but I’d hope she would have admitted that. She always seems to change it a little bit each time. She’s a tough nut to crack

[@BiancaVie]

I agree it’s very bizarre ( and I also was team -she did it) but I’m glad I wasn’t on the jury. Cause just because she was suicidal doesn’t mean much(especially with the note she left) I don’t believe she would kill her children. The way the alleged intruder got in is suspect for sure. But then her only having 2 mins to stage it all(running halfway up the street) and then the weird dude hanging around at 2am.. and the woman who said two men tried to break into her house. It could’ve been amateur robbers.idk on this one honestly

[@hmmmyuup3669]

While that is a good theory, I still believe the husband was behind this as well. Considering an insurance scam for money.

[@carolann811]

I transcribe 911 calls from people on a daily basis. Listening to that 911 call there's something off about it. Hysterical people don't wait for 911 to ask questions. They just babble on and on and usually describe how much blood they see or how are standing over their children either asking for help or to send someone right now. 911 usually has to intervene and tell them to listen and calm down. Callers rarely worry about getting fingerprints off a possible weapon that someone thew down on their way out. They almost never care about the weapon or know what weapons were used or know specifically where it was thrown. They are hysterical or extremely calm. She was neither. It sounds planned and rehearsed. Edited to add: I don't mean any disrespect to those callers who I've listened to who are distraught. In hindsight, the above reads a little bit cold. I do care about their cases and can empathize. But sometimes they do ramble on whether in shock or fear.

[@ashleyrenee7171]

She wasn't worried about getting her fingerprints off. She was concerned her picking up the gun would mess with the evidence and possibly eradicate the fingerprints of the supposed perp. Idk if she's innocent of guilty. Just clarifying that

[@carolann811]

@@ashleyrenee7171 That's what I said. Her picking up the knife - not a gun - would destroy the fingerprints of whoever committed the crime. And possibly in her case give a plausible explanation of why only her prints would be found on the weapon. My point is 911 callers who have just been stabbed and allegedly watched their children get stabbed rarely think about things like that. Or would have even picked up the knife in the first place. We've all grown up watching enough police procedurals to know not to touch the weapons.

[@LegendofLaw]

@@ashleyrenee7171 but a mother that just had 2 of her boys brutally murdered won't even be thinking about that.

[@carolann811]

@@LegendofLaw Exactly. If someone had just tried to kill my child, the last thing I would think to do is pick up a possible murder weapon and then have the presence of mind to tell 911 I did that AND to comment that it might have destroyed evidence. It seems too obvious, too rehearsed. Possibly I'd remember seeing a knife but I'd be more concerned with trying help my kid.

[@lovelivi1591]

We all k ow she did it!

[@alexo.4324]

The only reasonable explanation, was that she did it. The evidence overwhelmingly points to her as the perpetrator as opposed to anyone else.

[@wardcraft9106]

Imagine being that one surving child who has to live with this tragedy 😭

[@suzyq4real721]

Ward Craft that’s HORRIBLE 😩😩😩😩😩😞😞😞😞😭😭😭😭😭🙏

[@lindak6542]

heartbreaking

[@haileybaby9418]

Appreciate that you don't shove it down anyone's throats that they should subscribe or like your videos. 🙌

[@sersolo3112]

Me twoo

[@tracey5601]

He's not! Chill 😌

[@kellyfalletta1949]

I know. Right. So far I’ve liked them all, and wouldn’t subscribe if I didn’t.

[@benburns1180]

What a weird comment.

[@sersolo3112]

@@benburns1180 how is it weird? She is correct i dont like being told to like this like that a thousand times at the start of a video i didnt even watch yet. That's what a lot of other youtubers do and i Appreciate that mike does not do this.

[@the_real_hebrews1658]

when kids are getting stabbed... they usually scream. how can the father be in the same house and not hear his kids screaming for their lives. how come no one is questioning his involvement in this

[@tsully4368]

The kids were stabbed in their sleep and their lungs filled with blood. They couldn't scream. Darlie clears Darin. Darin was the original suspect, until the evidence all pointed at and convicted Darlie.

[@billie6814]

What about a staged robbery for insurance gone wrong? Shady people agreeing to do it could have easily been out of control and killed or injured. If it was staged, the kids could have easily been stabbed in their sleep/ father wouldn't have heard.

[@billie6814]

@@tsully4368 can you really not scream if your lungs fill with blood? Or do you mean like your airways? I've had fluid in my lung before that needed aspiration and I could have still screamed... That's definitely nothing compared to stabbing and internal bleeding, though. I'm just curious. Hah.

[@tsully4368]

@@billie6814 - Darin's 'insurance scam' discussion that Robbie Kee (Darlie Kee's hubby) 'remembered' about 4 years after Darlie was sentenced to death row, just in time for her appeal, was never verified outside of Darin and Robbie. Even by Darlie's private investigator. Despite Darin saying 'many people knew' he could provide no names, numbers, addresses or descriptions. Along with zero evidence of any intruder in that home. The court ruled: "67. The Court finds that Applicant has adduced no evidence nor pointed to evidence in the record that demonstrates that the crime was an attempted burglary or robbery rather than a murder. 68. The Court finds that Applicant has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Darin Routier’s Affidavit, Richard Reyna’s Affidavit, or Bobbie Kee’s Affidavit prove that anyone other than Applicant was responsible for or involved in the murders. 69. The Court finds that the affidavits are not affirmative evidence of Applicant’s innocence. "

[@tsully4368]

@@billie6814 - I think with wounds through their lungs and blood filling up they could make faint noises, but not a scream. They're just trying to breathe. I'm convinced Darlie thought they were dead or she wouldn't have called 911.

[@Alexis.st95]

I lost my son almost three years ago and just the thought of him makes my cry. I was a total mess when he died, every time a saw a baby I started crying no matter where I was. Ma dad died 7 days before my son passed so that didn’t make it any better then two weeks after my son passed my dog that my dad got me died too. I didn’t even want too feel like I was apathetic or something with just panic attack’s and sadness was all I felt. I’m still very sad and depressed so I’ve been giving antidepressants they help with the nightmares I was having all the time. I dream that my son is laying in the ground with bugs all over and in him, like have decomposed and he’s crying for my to take him but every time I try to grab him and comfort him I always wake up in a panic. That’s the worst nightmares. I often dream about my dad too because my mother and I never got along, she always preferred my brother over me, he like he was the golden child and I always the scapegoat, then I moved in with my dad when I was 9 and they divorced, I didn’t speak too my mom till I was 18 years old. But it’s devastating to lose a child, I could never be so happy like this woman was with the balloons and stuff, it’s like she has no emotions! Plus I know how my baby passed and she doesn’t seem too care about catching the “intruder” that kills her two sons?? Is very strange and I don’t believe her at all.

[@thors1fan140]

“Cp orrr”. You’re just adorable!! Thank you!!

[@djomegaminus]

CP Eyore. Like Whinnie the Pooh

[@Dancingonthesun]

One of these old cases have a person who is unfortunately named OrGee (RG)

[@pagesinyellow]

I can understand the juror’s annoyance that she wasn’t shown the full party footage, but there’s a lot more going against Routier than just that. They shouldn’t have based their conviction on just that in the first place.

[@matthewharris9008]

Yep, I thought exactly the same

[@Hugh-Glass]

How does anyone miss your point and get hung up on that bullshit? Lol.. Alot of people chase any conspiracy. (:

[@johnv6806]

People get emotional and think "I wouldn't react like that" hell, half the people in the comments think she's guilty because of that tape.

[@johnv6806]

@GREG Hubbard there was a shady acting man who fit the description she gave in the area...

[@moonriver4275]

There was a lot more forensic evidence that the jury convicted her on. It was nothing to do with solely the way she behaved or grieved.

[@keithdevlin1]

"The Routier family really loved the 'D'..." *What happens when Mike is feelin' frisky on a Friday*

[@hancockgr]

The only thing that makes me think it was her, how badly her sons were stabbed and she got a few paper cuts? Really!

[@Lucifer103]

"Oh no I touched the knife, how sad we could have gotten fingerprints otherwise, oh no"

[@DannyBZ9]

She walks if left that comment out

[@nemofish3504]

This is the only case where I just... don’t know. Because a doctor pointed out that the mom had to be super skilled with a knife to have not cut her artery because that’s how close the cut on her neck was. He said it was possible, but highly unlikely that she could’ve done that unless she knew where to cut without hurting herself. That, and the sock. But at the same time, I just don’t... understand what motive there would be for a guy to come in and kill two innocent boys, while leaving the mom and the husband unharmed

[@berni9977]

She done it I'm 100% sure

[@headphonic8]

Most family annihilaters kill themselves too. I wouldn’t be surprised if she genuinely tried to, then tried to save face afterward.

[@erniesbiscuits8691]

Not necessarily. She could have just been extremely lucky not to nick the artery

[@Deeplycloseted435]

Yeah, ifs a bit iffy. Of course the cliche cut screen, and lack of bloody shoe prints in the house is suspicious. The doctor saying the bruises on her arms were made in the last two days, not the last four days, is also crap. I can tell a fresh bruise, from a week old bruise, from a month old bruise, but not 2 vs 4 days. That is garbage, as people bruise differently. A murderer who kills just to kill, doesn’t randomly murder an entire house and not steal anything. Those psychos go after people who live alone, or an old couple. I wonder if investigators got tunnel vision on the mom, and never investigated if anybody had it out for the husband or the mom. I dunno.....i’d have to be on the jury, but based on this I’m 50/50

[@mariagalluzzi69]

Super skills or super lucky

[@tammihunter5913]

Her being interviewed at the cemetery laughing...are you kidding me?? You'd have to scrape me off of the ground.

[@I_am_a_cat_]

For real. I wouldn't even want to be around anyone, let alone doing something like that

[@michillene]

Tammi Hunter..I'm with you on that.darlie was giddy...she got rid of two of her problems..

[@muggleintheupsidedown]

Yeah, I get that everyone grieves differently.. but my daughter is my world. I couldn’t be that smiley so soon

[@texasktea]

Everyone grieves different! That shows nothing.

[@ItsLunaRegina]

You don't know how you will act in a situation til you're in it.

[@LoderMike]

Teary - a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something. Tree - More than two, less than four. Boat - Used for emphasis to refer to two people or things.