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Aug 2023
37m 39s

Precious Angels

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This classic episode of 48 Hours, which last aired on 8/20/2003, features a report on the 2002 brutal murders of Devon Routier, 6, and Damon Routier, 5. Their mother, Darlie, claims her sons were killed by an intruder. On death row for more than 20 years, was Darlie Routier of Dallas wrongly accused of killing her two young children? 48 Hours correspondent B ... Show More
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