Darlie Routier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Darlie Routier

American prisoner

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1970

Place of Birth: Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Darlie Lynn Peck Routier (born January 4, 1970) is an American woman from Rowlett, Texas, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her five-year-old son Damon in 1996.
She was never charged with the murder of her other son, six-year-old Devon. Damon and Devon were stabbed to death with a large kitchen knife in Routier's home, while Routier sustained knife wounds to her throat and arm.
Routier told authorities that the crime was perpetrated by an unidentified intruder.
During the trial, the prosecution argued that Routier's injuries were self-inflicted, that the crime scene had been staged, and that she murdered her sons because of the family's financial difficulties; the defense argued that there was no reason why Routier would have killed her children, and that the case did not have a motive, a confession or any witnesses.
The jury found Routier guilty of the murder of Damon, and sentenced her to death by lethal injection. Two appeals filed by Routier, who maintains her innocence, based on allegations of irregularities during the trial were denied, but new DNA tests were ordered multiple times after technology had advanced.
As of 2019, testing is still ongoing.Routier's case has been the subject of multiple books and television shows.