The RPD did look for a black car. A black car was stopped the night of the murders and the inhabitants were checked out. They had nothing to do with the crime. Statistically many black cars were found in the state of Texas and many people in areas surrounding Rowlett own these vehicles. The Routier’s had a fountain in their yard at the time of the crime. I believe many people stopped to see this fountain, and perhaps some of them even drove a black car. A definitive description of the black car hasn’t been given.

A knife that was brutally used to attack one of the boys was determined to be the weapon used in the death of Damon Routier. This leads to the conclusion of missing evidence. A second knife had to be used in the attack, as the blood on the knife contained only Damon's blood.

A bloody sock was found seventy-five yards down an alley. This sock had the DNA of Darlie, Devon and Damon Routier on it. It is evident to me that the sock had to be dropped in an attempt to flee, that the person responsible for this crime did not mean to leave evidence behind. ·

Several violations of the trial occurred, the one, which is the most appalling to me, is from Judge Tolle. The Judge stated that "You can take this up on appeal", which was interpreted by the jury as a factor of guilt.

Rebuttal:

I do think that Judge Tolle should be admonished for stating that the defense could take the objection ‘up on appeal’. I do not think that this had affected the jury’s decision of guilt or innocence.

Darlie Routier was in an enormous amount of psychogenic shock. She had seen her sons die on the floor of her own home and was too stunned to remember. ·

Rebuttal:

I no longer believe that Darlie exhibited behavior that was indicative of psychogenic shock. After further study of the case, I have come to the conclusion that she didn’t render aid to her children because she couldn’t face what she did to her children and she didn’t want them to survive.

Nurses, who treated Darlie Routier while in Intensive Care, charted that she was tearful. They then testified that she showed little to no emotions. I do not believe that these nurses were coached or otherwise. I simply think that the time span of time between the nurses testifying and the actual hospital stay had confused the nurses. The nurses meant no malice; they simply had forgotten what they had previously remembered. They have had more than 500 patients since the time of Darlie Routier's admittance and things have been confusing for them. ·

Rebuttal:

The nurses who testified in the trial were not perjurious, as I previously believed. The nurses testified to what they remembered, which was different from the kind way that they had charted on her while in the ICU.

Please see the enclosed scanned photos of Darlie Routier's injuries. The defendant could not have inflicted these in any form. Someone else had to inflict these wounds.

Rebuttal:

I am unsure of how Darlie Routier had the injuries inflicted to her arms. I do know that an intruder did not do this. I feel that either she had fought with Darin Routier prior to the attacks and obtained these during an altercation; or she was able to inflict them during the hospital stay.

In addition, I do not think that Darlie, a self described light sleeper, would have been able to sleep through this crime. She was only two feet away while a son was being stabbed to death.

Please see the enclosed scanned photos of Darlie Routier's injuries. The defendant could not have inflicted these in any form. Someone else had to inflict these wounds.