July 11, 1996 Change of venue sought in Routier case Defense attorney says media attention harmful : Joseph Barrios Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : A defense attorney filed a motion Wednesday for a change of venue in the case of Darlie Routier, the Rowlett woman charged with killing her two sons. Doug Parks, the court-appointed attorney for Ms. Routier, filed the motion Wednesday afternoon requesting that the trial be moved from Dallas County because he said media attention could jeopardize Ms. Routier's chance for a fair trial.Rowlett is in Dallas and Rockwall counties. Neither prosecutor Greg Davis nor Rowlett police . . . Find Article

July 16, 1996 Prosecutors to seek death for Routier She could be county's 1st women executed : Sherry Jacobson Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Dallas County prosecutors announced Monday that they will seek the death penalty against Darlie Routier, perhaps making her the first woman the county has ever sought to execute. "I honestly don't remember the last time we sought it against a woman," said First Assistant District Attorney Norm Kinne. "I'm not sure we ever have."But he said a death sentence is definitely justified. "I cannot imagine a case of murder of a child under 6 that . . . Find Article

July 26, 1996 Routier relatives violated gag order, prosecutors say : Steve Scott, Michael Saul Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : Dallas County prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to consider punishing the husband and mother of capital murder defendant Darlie Routier for speaking publicly about the case on a radio call-in program. Darin Routier and Darlie Kee, in a 90-minute interview on KRLD-AM (1080) Thursday morning, said that Ms. Routier is innocent of charges that she fatally stabbed her two young sons June 6 in the family's Rowlett home. They also disputed news reports about several aspects of the . . . Find Article

August 27, 1996 Routier denies he and wife argued before sons deaths State wants bail for her denied in Rowlett case : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : The husband of capital murder defendant Darlie Routier denied Monday that the couple argued about financial and marital troubles the night their young sons were stabbed to death in the family's Rowlett home. The questions about a possible motive in the June 6 killings came as prosecutors sought a ruling to deny Ms. Routier bail and keep her in jail until her death penalty trial begins. No trial date has been set."It's something we're allowed to ask for when . . . Find Article

August 28, 1996 Routier portrayed as remorseless killer Defense decries effort to keep her jailed until trial : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Dallas County prosecutors portrayed a Rowlett mother Tuesday as a remorseless killer who fatally stabbed her two young sons and then contrived evidence to fool investigators searching for the boys' attacker. Testimony about possibly faked evidence came as prosecutors sought a court ruling that would keep Darlie Routier in jail until her murder trial begins. Ms. Routier has said that an intruder killed her sons Damon, 5, and Devon, 6, inside the family's home on June . . . Find Article

August 29, 1996 Routier ordered held without bail Defense to appeal ruling in boys' killings : Steve Scott, Michael Saul Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : A Rowlett woman accused of fatally stabbing her two young sons should stay in jail while awaiting her capital murder trial, a state district judge ruled Wednesday. Darlie Routier, 26, was ordered held without bail at the request of prosecutors after a two-day hearing. Her attorneys said they would appeal the ruling by visiting state District Judge Paul Banner, but they declined to comment further.Several of Ms. Routier's friends and relatives greeted the decision in somber . . . Find Article

August 31, 1996 Routier's murder trial might move to Kerrville Officials report fielding inquiries from judge : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : The judge in the case of a Rowlett mother accused of fatally stabbing two of her young sons is considering moving the trial to Kerrville, officials and sources close to the case said Friday. Officials in Kerr County said that state District Judge Mark Tolle has asked them to reserve a courtroom in October for jury selection in the death-penalty trial of Darlie Routier.Ms. Routier's defense attorneys have asked that the trial be moved out of Dallas County to avoid a jury tainted . . . Find Article

September 5, 1996 Routier considers hiring lawyer Mulder, source says : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : A Rowlett woman accused of fatally stabbing her two young sons is considering hiring noted criminal defense attorney Doug Mulder to represent her in her death penalty trial, a source close to the case said Wednesday. Dallas County records show Mr. Mulder visited Darlie Routier in jail last week. The source, who refused to be identified, said Mr. Mulder has talked with the capital murder defendant's family about taking over her defense but has not been hired.Mr. Mulder did not . . . Find Article

September 6, 1996 `It breaks my heart' Letters from jailed Routier insist that she didn't kill sons : Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Darlie Routier, silent since she was charged in June with fatally stabbing two of her sons, says in letters from jail that Rowlett police botched the investigation and that she is distraught that anyone would think she killed her children. "I cry for my babies all the time and it breaks my heart to know people are thinking I did this terrible thing - now that's crazy," Ms. Routier wrote in a letter dated Aug. 14. "When we find the real killer, I bet I won't even . . . Find Article

September 11, 1996 Jailers say Routier not sad Family members deny notion suspect is happy : Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Darlie Routier, the Rowlett homemaker accused of fatally stabbing two of her young sons, has shown little grief or distress since her incarceration more than two months ago, jail officials said Tuesday. "What strikes me as odd is how well she seems to have adapted and how quickly she has adapted to jail life," said Assistant Chief Deputy Bob Knowles of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department. "She seems to be getting along fine."Ms. Routier declined to comment . . . Find Article

September 13, 1996 Judge moving Routier case Publicity concerns cited ruling pleases members of defendant's family : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : The judge presiding over the trial of a Rowlett woman accused of fatally stabbing her two young sons announced Thursday that he will move the case out of Dallas County because of ongoing pretrial publicity. In a brief hearing Thursday morning, state District Judge Mark Tolle granted a change-of-venue request by attorneys for Darlie Routier, 26. Prosecutors did not argue against the request, and neither they nor defense attorneys would comment on the judge's ruling. Judge Tolle has . . . Find Article

September 16, 1996 Contempt sought for Routier jailer Remarks on how Rowlett mom lives in cell violated gag order, lawyer says : Stephen Power, Kendall Anderson Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : An attorney for the Rowlett woman accused of fatally stabbing her two young sons said Sunday that he has asked that one of the woman's jailers be held in contempt of court for violating a gag order in the case. Doug Parks, an attorney for Darlie Routier, said he filed the complaint after reading comments in The Dallas Morning News last week by Assistant Chief Deputy Bob Knowles of the Dallas County Sheriff's Department.Chief Knowles said in a Sept. 11 article that he was . . . Find Article

September 21, 1996 Routier case judge limits lawyer's role : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Darlie Routier can keep noted defense attorney Doug Mulder as a consultant to the team of court-appointed lawyers in her murder case, but only in a strictly limited role, the judge in the case ruled Friday. Prosecutors had asked state District Judge Mark Tolle on Thursday to dismiss Ms. Routier's three county-paid lawyers, arguing that she isn't entitled to free legal help because her family can afford Mr. Mulder.Judge Tolle denied that request but told Mr. Mulder that his . . . Find Article

September 28, 1996 Judge moves Darlie Routier's slaying trial to Kerrville : Ed Housewright Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : A judge issued an order Friday moving the trial of a Rowlett woman accused of fatally stabbing her two young sons to the Kerr County seat of Kerrville, about 250 miles southwest of Dallas. Two weeks ago, state District Judge Mark Tolle granted a change-of-venue request by attorneys for Darlie Routier, 26, because of pre-trial publicity. But the judge did not say at the time where the trial would be.Judge Tolle did not announce Friday when jury selection would begin, though it is . . . Find Article

October 11, 1996 Bloody sock may bolster Routier's case, source says Discovery could help create reasonable doubt : Michael Saul, Steve Scott Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : A blood-stained sock found near the home of Darlie Routier could bolster her contention that an intruder killed her two young sons, sources close to the case said Thursday. Prosecutors recently obtained DNA tests showing that the sock is stained with the blood of the boys, 5-year-old Damon and 6-year-old Devon. Police found the adult sock hours after the boys were stabbed to death in their Rowlett home June 6 but had suggested it had no connection to the case. The sock, found in an . . . Find Article

October 12, 1996 Police chief says evidence is solid against Routier Family says sock proves innocence : Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Rowlett Police Chief Randall Posey said Friday that he stands firmly behind his department's case against Darlie Routier, despite recent DNA evidence that family members and a well-known defense lawyer say could be the key to an acquittal. "We still feel good about our case," said Chief Posey, who spoke in general terms to avoid violating a gag order imposed by the judge in the case. "We feel real strong in our evidence - there is more evidence coming in all the time, . . . Find Article

October 18, 1996 Tests reportedly show Routier's skin in sock Sources had linked slain sons' blood to item : Michael Saul, Steve Scott Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : Preliminary forensics testing on a blood-stained sock found several doors from Darlie Routier's home shows that skin deposits containing the capital murder defendant's DNA were inside the sock, sources close to the investigation said Thursday. A source close to the prosecution said that initial test results appear to link the sock to Ms. Routier but that further tests are needed to determine whether the tissue found in the sock is Ms. Routier's skin.Last week, sources . . . Find Article

October 19, 1996 Routier attorney wants trial held back in Dallas New lawyer's request expected to draw fire : Michael Saul, Steve Scott Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : Defense attorney Doug Mulder said Friday that he has been hired by capital murder suspect Darlie Routier and will seek to move her trial back to Dallas. "It can be tried here, and it should be tried here," Mr. Mulder said. "I see no reason to waste the taxpayers' money when we can get a fair trial here."He estimated Dallas County taxpayers would save $500,000 if the case is returned to Dallas. Jury selection is to begin Monday in the Central Texas town of . . . Find Article

October 21, 1996 Routier defense may face tough jury in Kerrville : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - In this quiet Hill Country town, where folks wave at strangers and feel safe about leaving their cars unlocked, it seems odd that the business of putting people on trial for their lives is nothing new. But three times in the last two years, residents have been asked to render verdicts in capital murder trials moved here from other counties. Three times, they have handed down death sentences."They generally give murderers short shrift," said local jewelry . . . Find Article

October 21, 1996 Jury selection to begin in Routier stabbing trial Family defends woman accused of slaying her sons : Stefani G. Kopenec The Associated Press : DALLAS - More than 100 people were summoned to a Kerrville courtroom as jury selection was set to start Monday in the trial of a Dallas-area woman accused of fatally stabbing two of her sons. Darlie Routier, who is charged with capital murder, has steadfastly maintained that an intruder broke into the family's stately Rowlett home June 6 and killed her 5- and 6-year-old sons while they slept in the living room.She contends the attacker slashed her neck and shoulder before fleeing . . . Find Article

October 22, 1996 Judge refuses to return Routier case to Dallas Jury selection in slayings begins : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - A judge on Monday capped the first day of jury selection in Darlie Routier's death penalty trial by rejecting a request from her newly hired attorney to return the case to Dallas. State District Judge Mark Tolle took less than a minute to dispense with the request by defense attorney Doug Mulder, ending the hearing with no testimony and a curt "Motion denied."Mr. Mulder, who had expressed doubts that the judge would grant his request, showed no . . . Find Article

October 23, 1996 Both sides in Routier case satisfied with jury selection Their interviewing of prospective members to begin Monday : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - After a brief second look at prospective jurors in Darlie Routier's death-penalty trial, prosecutors and defense lawyers both sounded optimistic Tuesday about choosing a panel that will side with them. Lawyers on Tuesday completed the first step in jury selection by scheduling appointments to meet individually with 165 Kerr County residents who were sworn in as prospective jurors on Monday. An additional 15 were sworn in but later disqualified or exempted from . . . Find Article

October 29, 1996 First juror seated in Routier trial Selection will take 3 to 5 weeks, officials say : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - A 33-year-old construction worker became the first juror seated in the death-penalty trial of Rowlett homemaker Darlie Routier on Monday, as attorneys began the painstaking process of questioning 165 prospective jurors individually. The rural Kerr County man, whose name wasn't released, was among five people interviewed Monday by prosecutors and defense attorneys. Officials have estimated that it will take three to five weeks to select a jury."We're . . . Find Article

November 5, 1996 Defense lawyer grills his client in Peavy case Situation called `adversarial' : Alexei Barrionuevo Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Defense lawyer Doug Mulder, seeking to quit the Dan Peavy corruption trial to focus on Darlie Routier's capital murder case, grilled his own client on the stand Monday about a past accessory-to-murder conviction. The client, Peavy co-defendant Eugene Oliver, had already sought to drop Mr. Mulder as his lead attorney. Still, he said he was shocked by the questioning, which was outside the jury pool's presence."A lawyer going after his client like that," Mr. Oliver ... Find Article

November 15, 1996 Jury picked in Routier capital murder trial Rowlett mom says intruder killed 2 boys : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : A jury of seven women and five men has been selected to hear testimony in the capital murder trial of Rowlett homemaker Darlie Routier, prosecutors and defense lawyers said Thursday. Attorneys in Kerrville also selected the first of four alternate jurors Thursday afternoon, after seating the 12th panel member late Wednesday."I think we've got a good, solid jury," defense attorney Richard Mosty said. "I'm pleased with the way it's turned out. The people we . . . Find Article

November 16, 1996 Prosecutors: Evidence may implicate Routier husband He denies it, defends his wife : Steve Scott, Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Newly released evidence in the capital murder case against Darlie Routier suggests that her husband might have helped her stab the couple's two young sons or helped stage the crime scene to mislead investigators, prosecutors say. The evidence, detailed in court papers to be filed Monday, includes fibers from Darin Routier's tennis shoes that match fibers from a sock stained with the boys' blood. DNA tests previously found traces of Darlie Routier's skin in the sock, . . . Find Article

November 17, 1996 Routier's husband denies possible implication Prosecutors say evidence may show role : Steve Scott, Michael Saul Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : Newly released evidence in the capital murder case against Darlie Routier suggests that her husband might have helped her stab the couple's two young sons or helped stage the crime scene to mislead investigators, prosecutors say. The evidence, detailed in court papers to be filed Monday, includes fibers from Darin Routier's tennis shoes that match fibers from a sock stained with the boys' blood. DNA tests previously found traces of Darlie Routier's skin in the sock, . . . Find Article

November 19, 1996 DNA report may support Routier's story of slayings Forensic agency details evidence : Michael Saul, Steve Scott Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : Several findings in a newly released evidence report in the capital murder case against Darlie Routier may be consistent with one or more of her accounts to police, according to court records. The DNA analysis shows that her blood, but not that of her two sons, was found on the nightshirt she was wearing the night the boys were stabbed to death, according to an eight-page report from the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences at Dallas.The findings mark the first time that . . . Find Article

November 20, 1996 Routier data called incomplete Source says state able to refute some evidence : Steve Scott, Michael Saul Staff Writers of The Dallas Morning News : A source close to the prosecution in the Darlie Routier capital murder case said Tuesday that the state can refute or explain much of the evidence made public Monday that seems to support Ms. Routier's defense. Most notably, the source said, prosecutors have DNA test results that show the blood of Ms. Routier's two young sons was on the nightshirt she was wearing the night the boys were fatally stabbed.The source said those test results were not made public Monday because . . . Find Article

November 22, 1996 METRO REPORT : From Staff and Wire Reports : Prosecutors, investigators work at Routier home ROWLETT - Dallas County prosecutors and Rowlett police investigators were at capital murder defendant Darlie Routier's Eagle Drive home Thursday continuing to prepare for trial. Ms. Routier is accused of killing her sons Damon, 5, and Devon, 6, in their home on June 6. Sgt. Dean Poos, spokesman for the Rowlett Police Department, declined to say specifically what authorities were doing at the home. Family members, who maintain Ms. . . . Find Article

November 23, 1996 Routier was entitled to court-appointed lawyers, observers say : Steve Scott : When Darlie Routier's capital murder case goes to trial early next year, she will be represented by five high-priced lawyers. The team will be headed by one of the state's premiere defense attorneys. But now that jury selection has ended and trial preparations intensify, a question lingers: If the Rowlett homemaker can afford a squadron of legal eagles, was she really entitled to the trio of court-appointed lawyers originally assigned at taxpayer expense?Even prosecutors say . . . Find Article

December 7, 1996 Routiers' Rowlett home repossessed : Associated Press : A mortgage company has repossessed the Rowlett home where police say Darlie Routier stabbed two of her sons to death last summer. Darin Routier, whose wife is jailed on capital murder charges in the slayings and awaiting a Jan. 6 trial, said he stopped the monthly $1,300 payments in June, when his sons were killed. Mr. Routier said investigators destroyed the couple's home, removing sinks and walls and changing the locks.Mrs. Routier, 26, has steadfastly maintained that an . . . Find Article

December 10, 1996 COURT Appearance A defendant's grooming, clothes and behavior can help win or lose a case : Karen M. Thomas Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Before facing potential jurors recently, Darlie Routier, the Rowlett mother accused of fatally stabbing her two young sons, had a hair appointment. Held in jail since her arrest in June, her bleached blond hair had grown out, leaving unattractive dark roots. "The request was a little bit unusual, but it is just something you would do to make your client as presentable as possible," says Doug Parks, a defense attorney who once represented Ms. Routier. "She was beginning to . . . Find Article

December 14, 1996 Courting Victory Routier defense, prosecution have opposite objectives, contrasting styles : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : Doug Mulder sounds self-assured even while calling himself an underdog. The famed defense attorney says he can keep capital murder defendant Darlie Routier out of prison and the death chamber despite the daunting resources his opponent, Assistant District Attorney Greg Davis, has at his disposal.Mr. Mulder, who won the 1993 acquittal of former minister Walker Railey on highly publicized charges that he tried to strangle his wife, shows no cracks in his trademark confidence. He stands . . . Find Article

January 16, 1997 Expert says slaying scene didn't fit Routier's account House didn't show typical signs of intruder, he says : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - A crime scene expert who helped Rowlett police investigate the slayings of two boys in their home last June testified Wednesday that he knew quickly that evidence at the scene didn't fit with the mother's account that an intruder carried out the attack. James Cron told jurors in Darlie Routier's capital murder trial that his initial half-hour survey of the crime scene led him to question Ms. Routier's description of a man who stabbed her sons, . . . Find Article

January 17, 1997 Routier's behavior toward infant son questioned at trial Helper testifies she saw child gasping on day before killings : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - A woman who did laundry for capital murder defendant Darlie Routier testified Thursday that she found the Rowlett homemaker's youngest child completely wrapped in blankets and gasping for air the day before his older brothers were fatally stabbed in their home. Prosecutors stopped short of saying they believe that Ms. Routier tried to smother her son, saying instead that the testimony from Halina Czaban documents "some very unusual behavior" toward her . . . Find Article

January 30, 1997 Routier defends self on stand She insists that she didn't kill her sons : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - Darlie Routier, emotional and at times weeping, took the witness stand in her capital murder trial Wednesday to deny killing her two young sons. Ms. Routier, the Rowlett homemaker accused of fatally stabbing 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon in their home last summer, told jurors that she could not remember anything about the June 6 attack in which she also was wounded.She insisted under questioning by both her attorney and prosecutors that she did not kill the . . . Find Article

January 30, 1997 Bugging at graves questioned FBI to probe whether police violated the law : Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : The Dallas division of the FBI plans to launch an investigation into whether the Rowlett Police Department violated federal law by planting hidden microphones beside Devon and Damon Routier's grave site, authorities said Wednesday. "We fully intend to look into that matter," said James Adams, acting special agent in charge of the FBI's Dallas office.Mr. Adams would not comment further on the investigation, pending the outcome of Darlie Routier's capital murder. . . Find Article

January 31, 1997 Detective says Routier never denied slayings Amnesia may explain her comments, psychiatrist says : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - A private investigator who tried repeatedly to elicit a confession from Darlie Routier the night she was arrested said Thursday that although the Rowlett homemaker never admitted killing two of her young sons last summer, she never denied it, either. Retired Dallas homicide Detective William Parker told jurors he confronted Ms. Routier at least six times in a three-hour interview June 18 at the Rowlett police station with the accusation that she had fatally stabbed her . . . Find Article

February 2, 1997 Rowlett police see verdict as vindication Integrity, professionalism attacked, spokesman says : Mike Jackson Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : ROWLETT - The guilty verdict in the Darlie Routier capital murder case vindicates the Rowlett Police Department, which faced criticism over its investigation of the killings of Ms. Routier's two young sons, police said Saturday "We have had our professionalism and integrity attacked throughout this ordeal by defense attorneys, [Ms. Routier's] family and some in the media," police spokesman Sgt. Dean A. Poos said. "We have refrained from publicly . . . Find Article

February 2, 1997 Family vows to continue fight to prove Routier's innocence : Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - As jurors announced one-by-one that they found Darlie Routier guilty of stabbing one of her young sons to death, the defiance on her mother's face made clear this battle is far from over for her family. "We will continue to fight," said Ms. Routier's mother, Darlie Kee, who sat stoically in the courtroom as the verdict was read. "Our judicial system is one step away from being criminal."Ms. Kee said during an interview Saturday night . . . Find Article

February 2, 1997 Thumbs down : Planting microphones at the grave sites of the two slain sons of Darin and Darlie Routier by Rowlett police does not pass the smell test. Yes, it was a heinous crime. Yes, Rowlett police might have suspected Mrs. Routier from the beginning. But bugging the graveside prayer service is an unsettling invasion of privacy. The legality is still being debated _ and investigated by the Dallas division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such tactics are employed for known and reputed organized cri . . . Find Article

February 2, 1997 Routier convicted of murdering son Family members respond to verdict with tears, rage : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - Kerr County jurors convicted Rowlett homemaker Darlie Routier of capital murder Saturday for fatally stabbing her 5-year-old son Damon in an attack that also killed the boy's older brother last June Ms. Routier, who was crying as jurors entered the courtroom, lifted her face to the ceiling and wiped her cheeks with trembling hands as visiting state District Judge Mark Tolle read the verdict.Her husband, Darin Routier, leaned forward in his gallery . . . Find Article

February 3, 1997 Routier trial sentencing phase to begin : The Associated Press : KERRVILLE, Texas - The Kerr County jury that convicted homemaker Darlie Routier of capital murder begins deciding Monday whether she'll be sentenced to death or life in prison. "We intend to forcefully argue for the death penalty," prosecutor Greg Davis said Saturday after Mrs. Routier was found guilty of a capital murder charge in the June 6, 1996, stabbing deaths of her two young sons. Mrs. Routier's husband, Darin, vowed on Sunday to continue fighting for his . . . Find Article

February 4, 1997 Prosecutors paint Routier as bad parent Family calls mother kind, asks jury to spare her life : Steve Scott Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - Prosecution witnesses portrayed Darlie Routier on Monday as an indifferent and sometimes quick-tempered mother who shouted obscenities at her young sons in public, gave beer and marijuana to a teenage baby sitter and partied at male strip clubs on Mother's Day weekend. The testimony came in a hearing to decide whether Ms. Routier, 27, should receive the death sentence or life in prison for fatally stabbing her 5-year-old son Damon in an attack that also killed his . . . Find Article

February 5, 1997 Trial takes toll on Darin Routier He says he'll fight as long as his wife wants, but he's thinking about future : Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - Darin Routier looked spent as he walked into the courtroom 40 minutes late Tuesday morning. The prosecutor paused briefly, glared at Mr. Routier, then resumed beseeching jurors to vote in favor of executing his wife "I'm worn out," Mr. Routier said in an interview Tuesday afternoon before the jury announced its decision. "I have lost everything - I don't know what to believe in. " Twelve Kerr County jurors sentenced Darlie . . . Find Article

February 6, 1997 Routier guilt clear, 2 jurors say Intruder issue, her testimony proved crucial : Michael Saul Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News : KERRVILLE, Texas - Two jurors in the Darlie Routier capital murder case said Wednesday that they looked for reasons to find the Rowlett homemaker not guilty, but the defense didn't provide them. "The bottom line was there was no way to put somebody [else] in the house," said juror Rina Way, adding that she would have fought for Ms. Routier if she had any lingering doubts. Ms. Way was one of four jurors who initially voted to acquit Ms. Routier when the panel . . . Find Article