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Sep 2024
40m 52s

The Case of Devon and Damon Routier

The Misery Machine
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This week, Drewby and Yergy head back down to Texas to discuss the Lonestar State's more notorious whodunnit, and that's the murder of Devon and Damon Routier. The boys lived in Rowlett, and affluent suburb of Dallas, with their parents, Darin and Darlie, and their younger brother, Drake. The family seemed to have everything, but underneath the façade, things had started to crumble financially, leading to tension in the home. On June 6, 1996, and intruder allegedly broke into the Routier home and stabbed Devon and Damon, killing them. Their mother, Darlie, was also injured during the attack. But soon, much like the family's financial situation, Darlie's story started to crumble...

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Source Material:

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/darlie-routier-35030.php#:~:text=Darlie%20Lynn%20Peck%20Routier%20was%20born%20on%20January,Pennsylvania%20to%20parents%20Larry%20Peck%20and%20Darlie%20Kee

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-darin-routier-now/

https://www.darlieroutierfactandfiction.com/

https://www.medicinesfaq.com/brand/pondimin#precaution

 https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-3725/fastin-phentermine-oral/details

 https://darliefacts.com/

https://darliefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/devonroutier_autopsy.pdf

https://darliefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/damonroutier_autopsy.pdf

https://darliefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/66_darlie-lynn-routier.pdf

https://darliefacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pr3.pdf

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/06/12/how-the-case-against-darlie-routier-unfolded/

https://murderpedia.org/female.R/r/routier-darlie.htm

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