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They came in here. >> listen, maam, you need to let the officers in the front door, okay? >> the first two officers who arrived, i think, essentially were just shocked. one of the boys was dead. but the other was alive. >> damon was found near a wall and he had been stabbed multiple times in the back. he was barely alive. and he put down a bloody palm print to help himself up. >> when paramedics arrived, 6-year-old devin was already dead. as they tried to revive 5-year-old damon, he gasped his f...

Death row for 15 months when brian pardo began raising questions about her husband darin. darin adamantly denied any involvement in the murders of his sons and to prove it, he submitted to a polygraph test. >> did you, yourself stab devin in 1996? >> no. >> the polygraph examiner was with the police department. he came around the other side of the table and sat down. and he said, darin, you have utterly failed this examination. it looks to me like you perpetrated this crime. >> because you were ...

>> finally, prosecutors showed the jury a news report shot eight days after the slayings. ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ >> for some, this may seem a strange thing to do in an odd place and time. ♪ happy birthday dear devin >> singing happy birthday in a cemetery to a son that was brutally stabbed to death just over a week ago. >> love you, devin and damon. >> it was one of the strangest things i had ever seen. not how you would expect a mother whose boys had been brutally...

>> the second video was secretly filmed by police, attempting to capture any guilty comments made at the boys memorial. >> the preacher was there. the family was there. prayers. crying. emotion you would expect, all appropriate behavior. >> i got you silly string. >> her sister brought the silly string. wasnt darlies idea. >> this was my sons birthday. devins birthday. and my sister and her boyfriend went and got silly string. he loved silly string. we did for them what devin didnt get to have a...

And thats when he came downstairs to find a bloodbath. >> coming downstairs, running straight over to devin and there was blood all over. >> 6-year-old devin routier had two devastating wounds to his chest. they went completely through his body. he was impaled by a large knife. >> darren tried to perform cpr. >> i blew into his mouth the first thing that happened was air came out of his chest and blood just sprayed all over me. >> oh, my god. hold on. hold on. >> maam, is there anybody in the ho...

Call from the night of the murders. >> the 911 tape, when i heard it, i was very convinced that she was a hysterical mother. all of a sudden, darlie was worried about touching a knife. >> what grieving mother would think of that. she went from being a victim in their eyes to a murderer of two little children. >> finally, prosecutors showed the jury a news report shot eight days after the slayings. ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ >> for some, this may seem a strange thing to d...

Innocence. >> in this case there are a number of things that stink. >> this man is remorseless. >> needs to pay for it with his life. >> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs that the truth fall where it may. >> going to florida in two days. cant wait. >> taking the camera with you? >> yeah, ill take the camera with me. >> darlie lynn and darren were high school sweethearts from lubbock, texas. they married when he was 20 and she was 18. they were the p...

Arrived, i think, essentially were just shocked. one of the boys was dead. the other was alive. >> damon was found near a wall and he had been stabbed multiple times in the back. he was barely alive. and he put down a bloody palm print to help himself up. >> when paramedics arrived, 6-year-old devin was already dead. as they tried to revive 5-year-old damon, he gasped his final breath. >> i got a phone call that 3:00 in the morning. devin and damon are dead and darlie lynn might be dying. and i ...

Brutally stabbed to death just over a week ago. >> love you, devin and damon. >> it was one of the strangest things i had ever seen. not how you would expect a mother whose boys had been brutally murdered to act, shoot silly string. >> my gut reaction is what a majority of the public was, how can a mother who just lost her two sons do something like that. the cameras were there to capture it and i think that sealed her doom. >> during deliberations, the jury asked to see the silly string videota...

So if there was any dispute, certainly you would have heard from that evidence. >> if the defense had had any experts, where were they? where are they? why arent they speaking out? >> the d.a. at final argument says the only evidence before you is what our experts said. >> coopers team also learned about three fingerprints at the crime scene that police had marked as unidentified. but to match these to a potential intruder, they first had to rule out the family. and police had failed to get prin...