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>> 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. >> they were high school sweethearts, from lubbock, texas....

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 might be dying. and i just st...

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. her sister brought the silly string. it wasnt darlies idea. >> this was with my sons birthday, devons birthday and my sister and her boyfriend went and got silly string. he loved silly string. we did for them what devon didnt get to have and what we knew that he would want and enjoy. they took ...

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 downstairs to find a bloodbath. >> t...

Filmed by police, attempting to capture any guilty comments made at the boys memorial. >> the preacher was there, family was there. prayers, crying. emotion you would expect, all appropriate behavior. >> i have silly string. >> her sister brought the silly string. it wasnt darlies idea. >> this was my sons birthday, devons birthday, and my sister and her boyfriend went and got silly string. he loved silly string. we did for them what devon didnt get to have and what we knew that he would want an...

Texas. they were the proud parents of three boys. >> whats your name? >> devon. >> do something special. do a cartwheel. >> whoa, way to go, devon. >> say hi, damon. >> can you do a flip? >> no. >> the family moved to an upscale neighborhood in dallas 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, darly ...

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...

At the boys memorial. >> the preacher was there, family was there. prayers, crying. emotion you would expect, all appropriate behavior. >> i have silly string. >> her sister brought the silly string. it wasnt darlies idea. >> this was my sons birthday, devons birthday, and my sister and her boyfriend went and got silly string. he loved silly string. we did for them what devon didnt get to have and what we knew that he would want and enjoy. they took that, and they twisted it and they turned some...

>> darley routier had also been stabbed to the neck and arms. >> shes telling darren that some men came in here and did this. >> all right, 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 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...

Their eyes to a murderer of two little children. >> finally, prosecutors showed a video shot after the murders. >> for some, this may seem a strange thing to do in an odd 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 sfring. >> m...