Yet Casey Anthony partied for a month, while her child who was in a bag near the house all that time, wasn't reported missing..and she's free... 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

At the time of this being brought out, I thought that the party was her way of grieving. At my mother's funeral, I didn't cry. A woman came and put her arms around me and told me that it was okay to cry. I couldn't cry. My mind was still in shock and my mind was telling me that she will be at home when we got there. I was out of reality. My mind tricked me into thinking that she was just sleeping. There is no right way to grieve and you don't know what another is thinking. I actually waited for my momma after her funeral.

My middle school teacher told us about a woman whose child was killed in a car accident. They made the funeral like a party with balloons and everything. The mother went on and on about how she forgave the driver. She was "happy" her child was with God. Months later, she started what most people would refer to as grieving: blaming the driver, crying all the time, etc.

My friend lost a son to Suicide She never shed a tear as far as I knew. One day many years later we were driving through the mountains and she made a comment about how much her son loved to camp and then broke down crying like a wounded animal. I pulled over and tried to comfort her and she told me that it was the first time she cried for him because she felt like if she cried she was excepting his death and as long as she didn’t morn for him she somehow was able to keep him alive. I lost my husband last year to Covid-19 and I cry at the drop of a hat. It just happens without any prompting from anyone. I still feel his presence and at times I can smell his cologne. I have been awaken by his voice calling out to me. I can still feel him sitting on his side of the bed , I feel him when he sits and I feel him when he gets up to leave. My family and friends don’t believe me they think I am imagining all of this because I can’t let go and I need to “get over it”. Losing someone you love is beyond words and no two people feel and act the same way.. I haven’t watched the video yet but I have seen documentaries on this and I believe she is innocent.

I can attest that we react differently during grief. After my sister's death from cancer, I acted unusually giddy. I was laughing and socializing at her funeral reception. It took a year before I could accept that my sister was gone. That's when I started crying.

After my mom passed away my family had margaritas at the grave site because that was her favorite drink...some of us poured ours on her grave. From the outside this would have looked callus and disrespectful...but to us it was a way of celebrating her. Never assume you can really know what is in heart of another.

A couple of things Dr Grande may not have known. 1. There was only one set of prints on that knife, and they belonged to Darlie. 2. That car was stopped , the people were questioned and determined not to have been involved. I'm reading a book now that focuses on the crime scene. There is a lot more that the public never heard.

I don't remember there being a big man hunt for the killer. Also Darlie's hubby was joking or bragging about his wife's great breast to the cops while they were interviewing him about his child's murder. That's beyond the pale of normal thinking. Both of them l think are screw balls.

God forbid, but if I were ever accused of something, you are the sort of person I want on my jury.

A couple of years ago my neighbor lost her 4 year old son due to a sudden illness. The day after his death I went to her house to offer assistance and convey my condolences. Upon entering her house I found her to be welcoming, composed, and not much different than her usual demeanor. I was quite surprised with her behavior because in my mind I was expecting to meet a very distraught woman. Later I came to realize that it is absolutely ridiculous to try to define a right way of grieving. There is no way we can ever know how we would react or anyone would react to tragic events. This experience reminded me of the Amanda Knox case, who was scrutinized for her behavior after the death of her friend. It’s unfortunate.

I have been a victim of violent crime several times in my life. I have often reacted by joking and laughing. I think it was my way of pretending it never happened or that, if it did, it wasn't so bad that I couldn't handle it. Because of this reaction, I was not taken seriously by anyone including the police. Even though I stopped laughing after the first 20 minutes or so, and then became tearful and depressed, I was never taken seriously as a victim. Thank you, Dr.Grande, for stating that there is no official rulebook for the emotional reactions of people facing sudden tragedy or reacting to extreme trouble. It was harder for me to recover from the attacks because the police (and others) did not see my emotions as appropriate. Your videos, in which you have discussed this many times, have at least helped me to accept my own emotional reactions as OK.

This case has always scared the hell out of me just based on how others judged how she was acting. When people around me die I do not cry. Never have. This makes people think I don't care, but they're wrong. I care very much, but I'm not going to force myself to cry for their benefit. That would be fake, and I detest that. People need to worry about themselves, and stop judging others just because they don't react the way they think they should. Everybody's different.

I lost one of my daughter this past February. One day I seem perfectly ok or at least coping. The next day I could be in bed crying for hours. I talk to my daughter every day, because it helps me cope. That party could have been something I could have done one day and not have been capable of the next day. The party may have been an effort on her part to hold onto her son regardless how irrational it might seem to others.

Thank you! Can’t be overstated: The mission is not to find guilt, it’s to find the TRUTH!

When I was less than a decade old, my grandmother died. She was very important in my life. I was brought to the funeral and was encouraged to view her. I was very afraid. It was a very scary idea. But I did it. When I saw her I felt a wave of relief and even happiness wash over me. She looked so peaceful, I realized she had passed on, and she is actually in a better place. Just as the feeling of peace and relief washed over and through me, I smiled and there was an immediate chorus of blood curdling screeches that cut through me and nearly dropped me to the floor. Some cousins were screaming and literally snarling that I didn't 'love grandma'. They were about the same age as myself and in the moment I realized they couldn't comprehend that I had had an epiphany. They couldn't understand what I had experienced. But on a spiritual Sensei level I could see their intense jealousy. It's one of those memories you don't forget. I didn't hate them for it, but it sure hurt. Later in life I would see people being judged in court or out of court by an expression, a lack of expression, and an endless list of other reasons why they were guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt based on a perceived state of mind. Usually they are snarling. It kind of negates the finding of facts.

NO INNOCENT, loving, concerned mother is going to stand there tending to her own superficial wounds and talking to dispatch about "my fingerprints might be on the knife" while their son is DYING in the other room... Darlie did it.

I appreciate Dr. Grande's reiteration of no "normal" way to react. I've lost two partners to sudden death...one from motorcycle accident, 20 years later my #2 died suddenly and unexpectedly from a health issue. My initial response both times was unemotional and practical. A few hours later as the reality sinks in and my brain processes the loss....utter devastation and grief which lasts for months.

The jury was also not shown the entire “Silly String Tape.” They didn’t see the part of the tape where Darlie was weeping and mourning “properly.” Members of the jury later said that their verdict would have been different had they been shown the rest of the tape.

I'm so glad you talked about the way people behave when they are grieving or after a trauma. I know that when I have been dealing with grief I have made some stupid decisions and obsessed over things that I normally wouldn't even think about. People are often at their very worst when they are grieving because we are trying to process so much and it never seems to come out well.

All the people that think she didn’t do it, should read about the cross examination. It was bad s she was caught lying several times.

Let’s not forget that her husband Darren tried to hire someone on several occasions to break into their house and steal valuables, so he could get insurance money.

Refreshing to hear from someone else, that just because you think someone is guilty, doesn't mean it's enough to find someone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

I've always felt Darlie was railroaded and held to an unfair standard about grief.

What Dr. Grande ignored is that FBI Special Agent Alan Brantley reviewed the case and did not have a hermetically sealed mind, or whatever, he used fully processed evidence and reached the same conclusion James Cron did. Really how long do you think an unsophisticated person ignorant of forensic science could fool somebody with almost 30 years of investigating crime scenes? Dr. Grande seems to have paid close attention to what Darlie Routier's defense attorneys had to say but ignored large sections of what the prosecution had to say. For example, he reduced the investigators" belief that the crime scene was staged to the observation that the dust on the windowsill was undisturbed. Wrong. They believed that the crime scene was staged because; a heavy glass table top was tipped off its base and lay on the floor suggesting a struggle but on further examination the glass table top was not chipped, cracked or broken in anyway. The exact same was true for a flower arrangement in a glass vase, tipped over but not damanged. Also, there was only one set of bloody footprints belonging to Darlie, no one elses, in the crime scene. Then there's one of Darlie's early versions of the story about being cut while she was on the couch, yet there was hardly any blood on the couch. The police were also suspicous because of the security light in the backyard that was activated by a motion sensor and would light the backyard for an 18 minute time period once activated. However, the light was not activated and an intruder entering and exited via the window with the cut screen would have to activate the security light. Reducing the belief the crime scene solely to the observation of dust on the windowsill just shows that Dr. Grande had hermetically sealed his own mind to all the facts of the case.

I also have DBGW ( Dr.Grande binge watching) disorder, diagnosis: severe🍧🍭🍡

I don't know if she did it or not, but--YES! Thank You! There is no right or wrong way to grieve! People do not understand that.

Grieving is such a personal process. When our father died I was very emotional, my brother was very stoic.

Blood castoff on the back of her shirt, no cuts on her feet ( broken glass was in between family room and sink), where Darlee was wetting towels to help her kids ( severe proof of clean up was found), vacuum cleaner with her blood on it as droplets and HER prints on the handle- also Darlee stating she had “leaned” on it for support, right after advice of counsel. Darlee also swears she woke up by a man walking away, so where did the struggle come from that caused her bruises? And how did a struggle that resulted in these bruising not end up in violent injuries to her, like to her sons? Why didn’t her doctors ( HER doctors) who testified for the prosecution, state that she did NOT have any bruising at the time of admittance , surgery, and daily follow up thereafter. The sick only had blood of the boys, but NONE by her, when she supposedly had her throat cut by an attacker? How on earth os that possible? NO DNA from an outsider in the whole crime scene?? And spraying silly string was not an issue in the video, but her genuine smile on it. She IS guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

I love how you talked about how she was still likely guilty but we really won’t know since the other leads were never investigated. Horrible situation overall.

I don't "act normal" in the face of danger and trauma. I am calm, I could even joke around. But when the dust settles and I'm alone I process and grieve. I tend to have a spotty memory also... this is all coping I have learned.

Your point at the end about the imbalance of focus in our justice system- that far more money, more time, and more brainpower is dedicated to trying and defending suspects than is expended ensuring that these suspects are, in fact, the actual perpetrators of a crime- is brilliant. ♡

Thank you for looking at this from both sides and sharing facts and insight. Murders of children are horrific to any responder and perhaps that's another reason why the investigators felt the need to find a suspect fast and celebrated upon her arrest. I hope that her appeals are allowed in order that current technology can be used to further prove her guilt or innocence.

My Aunt lost her baby at 7 weeks...she has a graveside birthday party every year to this day he would be 25. When he passed she held, handled and changed him several times...wanted other to as well. She never shed a tear until she saw them putting dirt into his grave...she stayed for hours. It was super sad bit everyone around her kept things as light as possible because while she was not emoting sadness...we all knew it was there big time.

I like your straight delivery style. Thank you for addressing such interesting topics so well!

I've had doctors, psychologists etc say to me things like, "Why are you smiling//laughing? This is terrible//a really tragic//horrible thing". Apparently they've never heard of coping mechanisms. I was at the death bed of someone I loved very much. I didn't cry, or even really feel grief. Not that day, not at the funeral...not until about a year later when a silly little trauma, not even really worthy of the name, opened the floodgates. I cried for days, but even then I couldn't cry in public, and made light of my feelings. I cracked jokes even. I was consulting with a psychologist on other matters and only mentioned it to him in our closing convo that week ( sort of "any other business?") I did it jokingly, and he got visibly irate with me, accusing me of sabotaging my recovery. I never went back to him. If he was such a bad psychologist that he had no insight into grief coping mechanisms, I figured he wouldn't be able to "cope" with me and my many problems, and also he caused me to feel anxious about telling him things. I now wish, though, that I'd told him why I didn't want to continue therapy with him instead of just ghosting him!

Thank you, Dr. Grande, for taking a very thorough look at this tragic case. Personally, I think that Post-partum depression played a big role in this. I think she is probably guilty, but as you pointed out, not beyond a reasonable doubt. The sock is a complete mystery and points away from Darlee’s possible guilt. You made many excellent observations. Thank you again.

Her son was alive and she did nothing to help her “babies”! As a mother myself, I’d try ANYTHING to save them. The officer who arrived said that Darlie did nothing to help the son who was still crawling along the floor.

It's disturbing how often we hear from experts about the police doing a really shoddy job in such high profile cases.

What present at the crime scene would make the police believe there really was an intruder? Nothing. Also, Dr. Grande reducing all this to the police observing the the dust on windowsill caused them to hermetically seal their minds is an epic fail. They happened to notice several things that made them believe there never was an intruder like: the heavy glass table top was set off its support, yet it was not damaged in any way, same thing for the flower arrangement, there was also only one set of bloody footprints belonging to Darlie in the area, the couch where she said she was sleeping when she was attacked did not have blood all over it. The kitchen sink, however, did have a lot of blood and there was a definite attempt to clean up the blood evidence in both the kitchen and the sleeping area. Evidence from the later investigation confirmed James Cron's initial suspicion. Even FBI Special Agent Alan Brantley believed the crime scene was staged.

I remember when this case happened. I remember when the prosecution shared clips of the grave celebration with a TV show. I was a teenager and remembered in my Latino customs, the celebration if the dead and how I remember some relatives or occasions when having lunch or showing cheer at a grave site wasn't unusual. It was a cultural way of dealing with grief. It just hurts that the video may have contributed to her conviction.

It makes me CRAZY that people say she's innocent and i watched a doc in her defence that left out so much evidence. It makes me sick. The first police officer who arrived at the scene remember with much sadness what he saw: Darlie on the phone talking with 911 and one of her sons still alive covered in blood CRAWLING on the floor making like bubbles of blood in his mouth. Can you imagine? And she was still on the phone, when she hang up she then go to the officer and tell him about her JEWELRY!!! If the jewelry was taken. Is that what a mother do while her son is dying on the floor? She was trying to explain to the 911 dispatcher why her fingerprints were on the knife, and talking to the officer trying to making seem like a possible robbery. She's the most evil women. I do think that her husband is also guilty. They have financial problems at the time and Darlie refuses to sell the house or change her lifestyle.

Too bad for her that she didn't have Casey Anthony's million-dollar lawyers, & hard to convince jury.

This has always been a tough one. Its hard to deny the potential that she did, there were inconsistencies in her story - such as apparently being attacked on the couch, but her blood never being found on it (and blood got everywhere). I don't know for sure since I'm not an expert, but I think we can all agree it was a tragedy no matter what the ultimate outcome was.

One of the facts that you mentioned in the video that is incorrect has to do with the statement that the necklace Darlie was wearing on the night of the murders was embedded in her neck wound. According to the court transcripts, which I have read, a nurse (Jody Fitts- page 31 of the trial transcripts) testified that he removed the necklace, which was hanging loose when he removed the bandages put on by the paramedics, before she went into surgery. It was not in fact embedded in her neck wound as you stated. A number of medical professionals, including the surgeon who performed her surgery, testified that her wounds were superficial, as opposed to the boys wounds which were very deep & catastrophic. The surgery performed on Darlie was purely exploratory, as they are required to explore a wound to the neck to determine if any severe damage has been done. He stated that all they did was wash out the wound and sewed it up. In addition to this, all of the medical professionals that treated Darlie during her hospitalization, testified that she did not have the bruises shown on her arms/hands in the photos taken by the police, during her hospitalization. The photos were taken several days after the murder and her hospitalization.They also testified that based on the appearance of the bruises, they would have been caused by blunt force trauma that occurred within 24-48 hours of the photos being taken. This would lead them to conclude that whatever had caused Darlie's bruises actually occurred between the time she was released from the hospital and the time the police took the photos.

I’m so eager to hear your analysis of this lady. I have been following the case since it’s inception and still do not know what to think about it all. Thank you.

This is one of the many reasons I'm against the death penalty. Are prosecutors, judge and jury 50% sure that her life needs to be extinguished by the State? What if they're 50% wrong?

It's also extremely rare someone would just break in without some motive. Someone set this up. If you want to believe it's not her, it's up to you, but SOMEONE set this up

I was living in Garland TX, which borders Rowlett, when this happened. I was in middle school but remember this case well, it was all over the news. We definitely believed she did it at the time, especially with the media pushing that narrative and access to information was much more limited in the 90s. I believe at least one of the jurors came out years later and said in an interview that they believed information was withheld from them at the trial and knowing what he knows now, would not have convicted her. It's such an awful case and we will probably never know what the truth is.

This man needs his own talk show! He is a real doctor (cough, cough) unlike others on TV!!

There is an episode of Forensic Files (season 3, episode 9) that covers this case, which I just watched, and the blood evidence is compelling. It showed that she had removed blood from the kitchen sink and cupboards, numerous bloody footprints made by Darlie as she rearranged the crime scene, her blood dripping down on the murder weapon due to her holding it in her right hand as she bled from the wound on her right forearm, etc. Not that I am an expert on 911 calls, but most do not resemble her chatty, infomative call. Usually it is a panicked request for assistance. Also, because the intruder woke her up, wouldn't she have assumed that he had killed her husband and baby first, but she doesn't seem at all concerned. I do think she is guilty.

This case has always bothered me. Like how did a bloody sock end up down the road if she did it? And as far as her not appearing sad i lost my child and have been in denial and numbness for fear of feeling something i cant handle. I let a little in only occasionally. I cannot deal with it at all. I was drugged at her funeral and was out of it this was in 2014. Why would she kill 2 of her own children and leave the baby upstairs? There was a man there had to be.

My question is why were her wounds slicing and not stabbing motions? This makes a case fore self infliction. Her breast implants were carefully avoided. I do believe she is guilty. Nothing was taken except the precious lives of the boys, and with the first blow they would have either screamed or tried to run toward their mother. Of coarse she did it.

Thank you for your analysis!!! I think I was one of the people who requested this. The fact they failed to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is a pivotal point. There is evidence both for and against her, but so many holes in the prosecution's case. They didn't even seem to try to find other suspects or consider anyone but Darlie could have been responsible. In Susan Smith's case, she was having an affair and had a clear motive, she wanted to be with a man who didn't want children. Darlie wasn't known to be having an affair or unhappily married, so killing two of her three children made little sense. She had nothing to gain. The insurance money was low, so money wouldn't have been a factor. It seems they don't want a retrial because it might make the prosecutor's look inefficient.

Sorry but I think she was guilty. The cops know a staged scene when they see one. That comes with experience. Why would a stranger break in and brutally murder two children but leave her alive? The blood on her shirt, her blood, trailed down the front of her shirt. Had she been laying down it would have trailed down her neck. The attempted clean up. The blood under the glass on the floor. No sign of anybody else in the house that night. I don't think you can stab three people so horribly and not leave something of yourself behind. I think she planted the sock before stabbing herself. The murder weapon came from her house. Had it been some kind of serial killer there would have been more murders. I think the police did a good job. They saw the bodies of those beautiful boys that night and if they high fived when she was arrested...I get that. I respect your knowledge and enjoy your videos but this time I had to speak up. No offense intended.

I think she should get a new trial. I can’t see that she had a motive for killing her sons. That silly string gravesite celebration didn’t mean that she was guilty. There wasn’t a film showing when she was despondent. She should be given a chance.

Very good analysis of this case! I've been following Darlie's case since the beginning, you have pointed out many details that everyone seems to have missed. I have always leaned more toward Darlie being innocent, due mostly to the lack of motive! There seems to be no logical reason that she would have committed this crime. If you think about life in general, there is a purpose in everything that people do. What on earth would be her reason for killing only two of three children 🤔....the insurance policies were minimal to say the least. Probably barely enough to cover funeral expenses. I believe you are completely correct, the investigatiors- police ....who ever within a very short time frame ...jumped automatically to the conclusion that she had something to do with it...therefore blocking out any other possible theories....an intruder whatever their motive... even Darren. This is a sad and tragic case...that shows anyone could end up in our justice system. Unfortunately, she trusted the fact that she would be treated fair, spoke to police without an attorney (at least in the beginning) .... guilty or innocent- never speak to the police without having someone there to represent you!!!!! I'm all for backing the Blue,....but unfortunately not all police use fair tactics in investigations. Poor Darlie, what a tragic end to her story. 😔

No fingerprints, no DNA anywhere in the house and nothing on her clothes, nor knife nor vacuum except her and her boys blood. Hmmm. She did it alright. The silly string is the weakest part of her prosecution. She fell apart on the stand once they busted her in a lie. I wonder sometimes though, if her husband helped give her those bruises to help cover it up. He failed his polygraph big time. Not just a little, but on a grand scale. Thanks!

When my Dad died 4 years ago, I started laughing. Not because it was funny, but because my brain and my mind were both completely overloaded from emotions. My sister was the complete opposite and she almost collapsed immediately. My Mum was quiet, my brother in law did not bait an eye. 4 different personas, 4 different lives, 4 different experiences, 4 different reactions. And guess what. All of them were RIGHT. Building a case on how one reacts in those types of circumstances is shocking. Is she really guilty or not? I don't know, can not say. But what I can say is how poor those investigators were and how the jury was too emotionally involved, instead of keeping a distance. Great analysis, Doc!

I’m so glad you covered this case. I watched it on some crime show several years ago, and I thought she wasn’t guilty. I certainly agree that they didn’t prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I believe her memory could most definitely waiver with such incredible stress. I believe she’s innocent.

Brother… she is definitely guilty BEYOND a reasonable doubt

She wakes up when her baby turns over in a crib but sleeps through her two sons getting stabbed. Also, there was a crazy crated cat that was underneath the window. If anyone came in that window the cat would have gone nuts.

Thank you for giving Darlie a fair consideration she was tried and convicted before the trial started.

I’m late as usual viewing this video, however I’ve followed this case from the first day because I happened to be living in Texas when it happened. I’ve always felt the evidence wasn’t exactly compelling to her guilt and one crucial and very fundamental question eats away in at least my mind, and that is if she wanted to kill her children why would she choose such a noisy, chaotic & violent manner when her husband is right up the staircase? Makes zero sense to me.

I’ve never believed there was enough evidence to convict her. This case is terrifying in that anyone can be convicted by public opinion. RIP Little Ones 🥰

Dr. Grande, you are the 1st person I hear who is also bothered by the silly string video argument. I'm glad to find out I was not livid for no reason. I first new about this case through an old Forensic Files episode. Also, I was actually trained in acoustics and audio back in college! The argument of the 911 call, that she was moving from room to room as she spoke (and staged the scene), does not hold water (but it's long and technical to explain here). Thanks for this insightful video, as always. Stay safe everyone!

I live in the DFW area and totally remember this event. All I can say is SADNESS. 2 precious little boys lost their life senselessly. Tears.

Thank you for making videos like this one, and looking at the case honestly.

I think the most important thing about this case is that the Silly String video shown to the jury was only a few minutes of a 2+ hour video and celebrating her son's birthday does not really mean anything.

The element of this case that scares me most is how unreasonable investigators can be. And of course juries are a joke. Literally selected based on their personal biases to be most favorably susceptible to manipulation. Leaves me with little trust in the system if I ever have the misfortune of becoming a suspect to a crime.

Out of the hundreds, if not thousands of cases I've delved into... this one has always been one of the most intriguing. And, as usual, your assessment is top tier, Dr. Grande. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us, kind sir. Very much appreciated, as always!

Just stumbled across your channel! This video is amazing! I love how you broke it all down and explained all your points! Thank you from the UK 🇬🇧

One juror later said if he had seen the whole birthday tape he wouldn't have voted too convict. Neighbors said they seen a dark strange car and a man wearing what Darlie said. The cops were lazy they didn't care they just wanted to convict someone.

yeah, I mean, the main reason I've never considered the death penalty as a viable option is police work (and the judgement of jurors) like this.

I'm from this area. This house is literally minutes from me. Everyone in that neighborhood believe she's innocent. There's a LOT the public doesn't know about this night.

Darlie deserves another trial, but I believe that won’t ever happen. The short police investigation was done by pointing fingers at Darlie as “guilty” and the case followed right down the road to her death row prison cell. I would love to see Dr Grande interview Darlie and look at her personality characteristics. If we put all these circumstantial pieces of evidence aside, here’s an emotionally immature young woman who never gave a second thought as to why playing with silly string and chewing her bubble gum at the gravesite might result in a guilty verdict. I hope she will be allowed another trial someday.

I've recently gotten hooked on Dr Grande, i listen to everything he is producing as it comes out and I think he has locked onto a formula that works, and I appreciate the consistency and quality and regular content. But this one from 3 years ago is by far my favourite episode, and I think has a lot more depth, and shows more empathy, than alot of his current work.

Love your channel. All I want to add is this: I worked as a journalist for 30 years and edited many, many homicide and murder trial stories. I have never, ever edited a story -- local, regional, state, national or outside the U.S. -- about a criminal who breaks into homes to murder children and flees. Horrible people kidnap children to do horrible things to those children. (I was an assistant news editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram during this trial. We covered it extensively.)

When my friend’s dad died from cancer my friend and his brother were joking and laughing at the funeral, and that’s when I knew they did it

I’m glad you said there’s no right way to grieve. I have ADHD. Grief hits me hard, but I’m distracted from it very easily and will switch on a dime to laughing. It’s very hard for me to hold any kind of emotion. I can never hold a grudge or grieve like others. I get super sad…then have long periods of being totally fine until something reminds me of like…my mothers death…then I get very upset for a few minutes and then am totally fine again. I get looked at funny all the time and judge by others for it but it’s just the way my brain works.

You should remake this video and analyze the case without only regurgitating the propaganda of the defense. The forensic evidence alone goes waaaay beyond 90% that she is guilty, she was not convicted cos of the silly string or her weird statements or the theory that she was depressed.

She was also given the death penalty which under such questionable evidence, IMHO, was too severe. I didn't think it was proved beyond a reasonable doubt that she killed her children.

Serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells committed an almost identical crime. He s not believed to be involved in the Routier case but it shows the crime could ve happened the way she said it did.

There is blood spatter evidence that she was the “ intruder”. There’s also no foot prints, finger prints, or dna from anyone outside of family with in the house. How could you jump to innocence with so much physical evidence against it?

Two things make me think she did it. One it was a knife from her own house. Someone who breaks in to with the attention to stab people to death is going to bring their own knife. Luminthal showed a sink that was full of blood and then was cleaned up.

This is one case that has always left me puzzled. I don't feel like she did it. I think that it was a terribly mishandled investigation. It bothers me the husband wasn't more thoroughly investigated. Like he didn't hear anything? The while thing is just odd.

I think her husband was behind this and I’ll never understand why he wasn’t investigated.

Psychological traits aside, the evidence proves that she’s the only one who could have done it. Read the trial transcripts and look at the evidence for yourself. She did this. Coming from someone who’s worked in law enforcement for a decade, there is zero doubt in my mind that she’s guilty. I dug into this case hoping to exclude her, or at least find evidence of reasonable doubt….I found none. And btw, her wound was absolutely superficial. Some consider it serious merely because she just missed her carotid artery, but the wound itself was superficial and shallow, only penetrating the fatty skin layer right below the skin. The doctors did exploratory surgery as a precaution. It’s all in the transcripts. Also, the doctor’s time frame is just a guess, it’s not irrefutable evidence and there’s no way to know exactly how long those boys were alive or bleeding. But assuming the doctor’s timeframe is accurate, you’re still missing a crucial aspect of the crime, that evidence indicates Darlie attacked Damon a second time, which is corroborated by the fact that the knife only contained the blood of Darlie and Damon, not Devon. It’s completely possible that some of the mortal wounds she inflicted on Damon occurred during the second attack. A large amount of her blood was also found in and around the sink and there’s irrefutable proof that blood at the sink had been cleaned up. Exactly when would the “intruder” have time to do that when he’s being chased out of the house while dropping the knife? In my opinion, based on my experience and the evidence, this is what I think happened; Darlie waited until the early morning hours when everyone would be asleep. She grabbed the butcher knife from the block and stabbed both children. She then rinsed herself and the knife off in the sink. Then she took the bread knife from the block, sliced the screen and returned it. She grabbed the sock and ran through the back yards to plant it. She returned and saw that Damon was still alive and crawling towards the door. She grabbed the recently cleaned knife and stabbed him again. She then went to the sink and cut her throat and arms, cleaned some of her blood blood off the front of the sink with a washcloth and then quickly walked around the house staging the scene. She grabbed the vacuum cleaner by the handle and placed it down over the existing blood spots and threw a wine glass on the floor before screaming for her husband and calling 911. She rinsed the washcloth out and used it to staunch her neck, as officers testified the washcloth was completely soaked with water. The evidence that corroborates this theory; -Only Darlie and Damon’s blood was on the knife, indicating that the knife was rinsed and Damon was attacked a second time (also corroborated by how far Damon was able to crawl away and that more blood pools and splatter were present in the area he crawled to). -Large amounts of Darlie’s blood were found on and in front of the sink and floor, which was proven with luminal as it showed large amounts of blood that weren’t visible when officers arrived. Some of that blood had been cleaned up which is proven by both the luminal and the smear marks on the existing blood. -The bread knife in the knife block had fiberglass rods that perfectly matched the ones found on the cut screen. The rods from the finger print brush that her defense tried to blame were much larger in size and easily excluded. -There was no evidence of an intruder anywhere in the house, garage, or leading from the home to where the sock was found. The sock had small amounts of both kids blood on it and Darlie’s skin DNA on the inside. If an intruder stabbed all 3 of them, her blood would have also been on that sock as it would have been transferred to the intruder regardless of whether he wore gloves or not. Darlie’s own story disproves that the alleged man ever went to the sink to rinse himself off. Although she’s changed her story many times over the years to try and match the evidence, she’s always maintained that she awoke w him standing over her and then chased him as he ran out of the house. I considered if it was possible that an intruder could have knocked her out first, then stabbed the boys, rinsed the knife and then returned for her. However she suffered no head trauma therefore it’s highly unlikely she wouldn’t have woken while her sons were being brutally stabbed only a few feet away from her, not accounting for the fact that it would be incredibly illogical and counterproductive for an intruder to do this. It also doesn’t explain when he would have stabbed Damon a second time, as previously explained. -The scene looked stage. The vacuum was laying over the existing blood with Darlie’s blood on the handle and wheel marks made in the blood. There is no reasonable explanation for this based on where the vacuum was located. Only after she learned of this evidence did she change her story and claim she threw the vacuum cleaner out of the way. There’s also the broken wine glass that was allegedly knocked out of the wine rack and fiberglass rods on the bread knife as evidence that the scene was staged. -Despite both boys being deeply stabbed repeatedly, Darlie’s wounds were superficial in comparison and coincide more with being cut than being forcefully stabbed. This isn’t evidence but I think it’s also worth asking why an individual who’s capable of brutally stabbing innocent sleeping children would suddenly show such restraint and become fearful and flee merely because the woman who’s neck he just sliced woke up? This is my theory on her wounds, not based on evidence but on logic and experience. It’s extremely common for a person who’s stabbing another person to get unintentional slash wounds on their hands and/or fingers. When trying to understand why Darlie would have rinsed that knife off, I can come up with two logical reasons. Perhaps Darlie intended to return the knife to the block and claim the intruder took the murder weapon with him. However once she returned and saw Damon was still alive she had to make sure he didn’t survive so she grabbed the recently washed knife and stabbed him again. Or, perhaps she accidentally cut her finger and realized she needed to cut herself as well or police might immediately hone in on her as a suspect. Maybe both. But either way I think she intended to clean and return the knife and say the killer took it with him but had to change her plans when unintended complications arose. With the advancements in DNA, I’m willing to bet anything that if the state (not the defense) retested all the items they have in evidence, they would find more dna evidence that incriminates Darlie. Of course there’s no need for them to do so since she’s convicted, unless she was somehow granted a new trial. But I’d really like to know what modern testing would uncover. She’s already gotten more DNA retesting than any other death row inmate in Texas history. Yet none of this testing has exonerated her, it’s actually strengthened her conviction and her defense team has kept the results under lock and key to prevent them from being leaked to the public. And why do you think that is? She’s guilty. Any theory you can make towards her being innocent can be easily debunked by the actual evidence. False convictions happen and it’s important to ensure innocent people aren’t put to death, but that isn’t what happened in this case. The state got this one right the first time and she’s exactly where she deserves to be. If anyone wants to discuss evidence they believe proved she’s innocent, I’m all ears.

When we lost my nephew we celebrated his birthday with his mom at his grave site with cake for a couple of years. He was 14 and he drowned. We put little Christmas trees at Christmas on his grave, and so did many others. Some put full size Christmas trees up and decorated them. Everyone grieves differently, especially when you loose a child.

I've just watch the ITV interview, when she was talking about her murdered kids she was crying without tears, later she was talking about her murderer friend that was put to death, and tears streamed down her face. She's guilty has hell.

I am enjoying these analyses of criminal cases as a diversion from current stressors, Dr. Grande. This particular case reminds me of a television series I just finished watching last night, in the way that a police detective’s personal belief about a suspect, made on the spot and obviously charged with emotion, led to a person spending decades in prison for a crime that it seems highly likely he did not commit. Unfortunately, one tends to hear about these cases and develop a negative perception of police in general. I say that, even though I have friends and family who have been on the police force. I wonder if this problem regarding the police’s role in the criminal justice system can ever be significantly improved in my lifetime.

So glad I watched this... I've NEVER been convinced of Darlie's guilt. In my mind there are still unexplained questions... like the blood stained sock, cut fly screen, contradiction of disturbed dust. I've watched every video I can find on this case, numerous times over the years, and read transcripts... Each time... I doubt that I would have been able to return a guilty verdict, if I had been on the jury. This matter hasn't been PROVED BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT! In death penalty cases it's SO important to meet that standard. At the least, this woman deserves a new trial - in the absence of sensational and emotive reporting. This is quite similar to the Azaria Chamberlain case in Australia - where the mother (Lindy) was exonerated after years in prison. Justice MUST be FAIR and UNBIASED. Police officers celebrating with high fives is as 'inappropriate' as a graveside birthday party, for those who 'judged' Darlie based on that footage.

Dr.G.I just watched the Behavior'Panel's analysis of this case. They all seem pretty well convinced she is a psychopath. Interesting how differently people think.

I saw the silly string footage on the news when these events were unfolding. It was upsetting and extremely prejudicial to her case.

The baby was upstairs , that's probably why he's alive. I think she was overwhelmed and wanted to start over..I think she's guilty.

One could argue though, why would Darlie behave cheerfully at her boys' funeral if indeed she was the murderer. Wouldn't she make sure to cry and look very heartbroken? The silly string tape almost speaks more for her innocence than anything else....

Forensics and good old fashioned police work solved this crime. Her inconsistent statements and cleaning up blood were undeniable signs of involvement.

I believe I read or saw somewhere that there was a much more somber, private family moment at the child’s gravesite on his birthday, before the more “festive” celebration. Darlie, I believe, said she wanted it to be festive because that’s how her son (I’m sorry, I don’t remember which one) would have wanted it that way. “He loved silly string.”

Excellent recap of the case. One thing I noticed is that she has never said that she locked the door to the garage after the intruder left through the garage door, and police never said it was locked during the crime scene investigation. If someone had just attacked me and my children and left out the door to the garage, the first thing I would do is lock that door, even the doorknob lock, to stop the intruder from coming back in.

I've never believed that Darlie was guilty yet she remains on death row and will most likely die there. So incredibly sad!

Its scary that she was found guilty BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. Its scarier that THEY GAVE HER THE DEATH PENALTY without knowing 110% that she did it. There are sadistic child rapist/murderers who dont even get the death penalty.