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American convicted death row killer Darley RoutierBornDarlie Lynn Peck (1970-01-04) January 4, 1970 (age 50)Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S. Criminal StatusOn Death PenaltySpouse (s)Darin Routier (divorced)ChildrenDevon, Damon, and DrakeConviction (s)Capital Murder, one countCriminal penaltyDeathImprisoned at TheMountain View Unit, Texas Department of Criminal Justice , Darley Lynn Peck Routier (born January 4, 1970) is an American from Rowlett, Texas, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her five-year-old son Damon in 1996. She was also charged with capital murder in the death of her six-year-old son, Devon, who was killed at the same time as Damon. Until now, Ruthier has not been specifically tried for Devon's murder. Damon and Devon were stabbed with a large kitchen knife at Ruthier's home, while Ruthier was stabbed in the throat and arm. Ruthier told authorities that the crime was committed by an unidentified attacker. During the trial, the prosecution alleged that Ruthier's wounds were self-inflicted, that the crime scene had been staged and that she had killed her sons because of the family's financial difficulties; The defence argued that there was no reason for Ruthie to kill her children and that there was no motive, confession or witnesses in the case. A jury found Ruthier guilty of Damon's murder and sentenced her to death by lethal injection. Two appeals filed by Ruthier, who maintains her innocence, on the basis of allegations of wrongdoing during the trial were rejected, but new DNA tests were ordered several times after the technology advanced. Testing is still ongoing from 2020. Ruthier's case has been the subject of numerous books and television shows. Murder Outside video of Routier's 911 call on June 6, 1996, at 2:31 a.m., 9-1-1 dispatchers in Rowlett, Texas, received a call from routier's residence at 5801 Eagle Drive. Ruthier told the operator that her house had been broken into and that the attacker had stabbed her children, 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon, and her throat. Police arrived in the 9-1-1 minutes. They found that a window screen had been cut out in the garage, indicating a possible entry point for the attacker. No intruder was found during the search of the house and the territory. Thus, after the police closed the scene, they allowed paramedics to visit the victims. Ruthier told police she fell asleep on the couch with her two boys while watching TV, only to wake up later and discover an unknown man at her home. She stated that when she approached him, the man fled, dropping the knife in the utility room as he fled. Picking up the knife and chasing him, Ruthier said she realized she and her children were injured and that she called 9-1-1. Police found it highly suspicious that Ruthier and her sons were seriously injured by an armed intruder without waking her until the attack occurred. Ruthier told police that the assailant escaped through the garage. Investigators said there were no drops of blood in the garage, adding that there were signs that no one had fled at all. The windowsills in the garage had pristine layers of dust, including a window that was cut out, implying that no one actually climbed through it, and the mulch in the flowerbeds between the garage and the backyard gate was calm. However, an unknown fingerprint was found on the window sill, which did not belong to anyone in the family. A blood-stained sock was found 75 metres from the house. Laboratory tests showed that she was wearing the blood of Damon and Devon. Ruthier's sons suffered fatal injuries. Her wounds, described as superficial, were within two millimeters of the carotid artery. Rutier was treated in hospital and released two days later. Her youngest son, 7-month-old Drake, was sleeping upstairs with her husband, Darin, at the time of the murder; both escaped harm. News reports showed Ruthier and other family members spending a birthday at the boys' grave to posthumously celebrate Devon's seventh birthday eight days after the murder. She was shown smiling and laughing as she sprayed Silly String on her graves in celebration, singing Happy Birthday. Family members note that no video of the children's ceremony was previously shown in the newscasts. Four days later, Ruthier was arrested and charged with murder. Rutier later commented on the video, saying: He wanted to be seven. I did the only thing I knew to do to honor him and give him all his wishes because he wasn't here anymore. But how do you know what you're going to do when you lose two kids? How do you know how you are going to act? The prosecution's trial suggested that Ruthie killed her sons because of the family's financial difficulties. Prosecutors described her as a pampered, materialistic woman with considerable debt, credit ratings, and little money in the bank, which feared that her lavish lifestyle was about to end. Jurors also saw the Silly String video. Crime scene consultant James Cron testified that the evidence showed that the scene at Ruthier's residence had been staged. The prosecution also suggested that the killings had a financial motive because both boys had a life insurance policy. The defense argued that it was only $10,000, which is not enough to cover funeral expenses. They also asked why, if she was willing to kill for money, that she didn't kill her husband instead, which is an $800,000 life insurance policy. The defense also questioned why, if she killed her sons to keep her lavish lifestyle, she left her youngest son, 7-month-old Drake, alive and unscathed. Ruthie was represented at trial by attorney Douglas Mulder. The lawyers stated that there was no reason why she would have killed her children and that there was no motive, confession or witnesses in the case. They argued that it would be unrealistic to accuse Ruthier of orchestrating the crime. Her lawyers advised her not to appear at the witness statements, but she still testified and withered under cross-examination by prosecutor Toby Shuk. San Antonio Chief Medical Examiner Vincent DiMaio testified that the wound on Ruthier's neck was within two millimeters of her carotid artery and that it did not correspond to self-inflicted wounds he had seen in the past. This was different from the allegations made by her doctors, who told the police that the wounds could have been self-inflicted. Tom Bevel testified that the discarded blood found on the back of Routier's nightshirt showed that she raised a knife over her head as she withdrew it from each boy to strike again. One of the most important aspects of the protective case was a bloody sock found outside the house. Although the police claimed that it was just a ploy to falsely engage the attacker, the defence argued that he had proved that Ruthier could not have committed the crime. Damon was alive when paramedics arrived at the scene, and a forensic expert testified that the boy could only survive about eight minutes after his injuries. Ruthier was on the phone with 9-1-1 for nearly six minutes. The defence argued that this did not leave Ruthie enough time to cut himself, put the crime scene, plant a sock near the house, and then return before the ambulance arrived. They also stated that, despite her injuries, Ruthier's blood was not found either in the garage or anywhere outside the house. The prosecution countered that Ruthie could have planted a sock before self-harm, and Damon's alleged survival time after he was stabbed was only an assessment. Ruthier Damon's murder. On 4 February 1997, she was sentenced to death by lethal injection. After the trial and appeals, the lawyers argue that many mistakes were made during the trial of Rutier and in his official transcript, as well as in the investigation of the murders, especially at the crime scene. The Court of Appeal rejected these claims, as did the court's decision on her habeas corpus application. In June 2008, Ruthier was granted the right to new DNA tests. Her appeals were returned to the state level to improve DNA testing. On January 29, 2014, The Chief Justice of the Western District, Fred Beary, granted the prosecution and defense's request for further DNA tests vital to the defense, which must be carried out by a bloody fingerprint found in the house, a bloodied sock and her nightgown. In 2018, the Criminal District Court No. 3 ordered a third round of DNA analysis, supported by both the prosecution and the defence.