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They came in here. >> listen, ma'am, 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 final breath. >> i got a phone call that 3:00 in the morning. devin and damon are dead and darlie ly...

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 involved in the murder. >> no. >> yes, you were. >> i was not. >> in what way? >> in what way? you w...

>> 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 murdered to act, to grin and smack gum and shoot silly string. >> my gut reaction is what a majorit...

>> 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. wasn't darlie's idea. >> this was my son's birthday. devin's birthday. and my sister and her boyfriend went and got silly string. he loved silly string. we did for them what devin didn't get to have and what we knew that he would want and enjoy. they took that and they twisted it and they turn...

And that's 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. >> ma'am, is there anybody in the house? besides you and your children? >> my husband just came downstairs and he's helping me. oh, my...