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>> 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 hed 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 devon was already dead. as they tried to revive 5-year-old damon, he gasped his final breath. >> i got a phone call at 3:00 in the morning. devon and damon are dead, and darlie...

>> i went downstairs and run straight over to devon. there was blood all over him. >> the 6-year-old had two devastating wounds to his chest. they went completely through his body. he was impaled by a large knife. >> darin tried to perform cpr. >> when i blew into his mouth, the first thing that happened was air came out of his chest and blood spilled all over me. >> is anybody in the house besides you and the children? >> my husband. hes upstairs. oh, my god. >> darlie routier had also been sta...

After darrens computer business took off. by all accounts, they were he living the charmed life. but that would all change on june 6, 1996. >> it was an average day. it was an ordinary day. you know, i remember going to sleep. >> that night, darlie fell asleep in front of the tv with her two sons devon and damon. >> 911, what is your emergency? [ screaming ] >> maam? >> they stabbed me. >> who did? >> darin was upstairs asleep with their infant. he heard a glass break and thats when he came down...

I know im innocent. >> he was butchered and murdered. >> many people proclaim their innocence. >> this case, there are a number of things that stink. >> this man is remorseless. >> he needs to pay for it with his life. >> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs. let the truth fall where it may. >> going to florida in two days, cant wait! >> are you going to take the camera with you? >> yeah, ill take the camera with me. doorly and daryn were high school s...

Police had failed to get prints from devon and damons bodies. that left them with only one very emotional choice. >> we had to have them exhumed. and have a specialist come in to take their fingerprints, because they footprinted them, but they didnt fingerprint them. >> i just couldnt believe the nightmare had gotten to that point. >> darlie hoped the boys prints would soon provide evidence of what she claimed all along, concrete proof of an intruder. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle...

Place and time. ♪ happy birthday, dear devon >> singing happy birthday to a son who was just brutally stabbed over a week ago. >> love you, devon and damon. >> it was one of the strangest things id ever seen. not how youd expect a mother whose boys had been brutally murdered, to grin and smack gum and shoot silly string. >> my reaction was what the general publics was. how could a woman whose boys were just murdered do something like that? and i think it sealed her doom. >> the jurors asked to...

Water. >> many people proclaim their innocence. >> this case, there are a number of things that stink. >> this man is remorseless. >> he needs to pay for it with his life. >> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> let the truth fall where it may. >> going to florida in two days, cant wait! >> are you going to take the camera with you? yeah, ill take the camera with me. >> they were high school sweethearts, from lubbock, texas. they married when he was 20 and she was 18. they were the...

Potential intruder they first had to rule out the family, and police had failed to get prints from devon and damons bodies. that left them with only one very emotional choice. >> we had to have them exhumed. and have a specialist come in to take their fingerprints, because they footprinted them, but they didnt fingerprint them. >> i just couldnt believe the nightmare had gotten to that point. >> darlie hoped the boys prints would soon provide evidence of what she claimed all along, concrete proo...

Took off. by all accounts, they were he living the charmed life. but that would all change on june 6, 1996. >> it was an average day. it was an ordinary day. you know, i remember going to sleep. >> that night, darlie fell asleep in front of the tv with her two sons devon and damon. >> 911, what is your emergency? [ screaming ] >> maam? >> they stabbed me. >> who did? >> darin was upstairs asleep with their infant. he heard darlie yess and a glass break and thats when he came downstairs to find a...

Were just shocked. one of the boys was dead, but the other was alive. damon was found near a wall, and hed 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 devon was already dead. as they tried to revive 5-year-old damon, he gasped his final breath. >> i got a phone call at 3:00 in the morning. devon and damon are dead, and darlie might be dying. and i just started screaming. >> darlie was...