Both Darin and Darlie Routier took Polygraph tests regarding the murders of Devon and Damon.
Routier supporters have always focused on the fact that Darin Routier failed his polygraph test. And one can only wonder why…
However, there is little mention of Darlie’s polygraph test – and the irony surrounding it!
Routier’s mother, Darlie Kee, brings a whole new meaning to ‘the lie’s of the polygraph’ during the Robert Riggs interview –
THE ROBERT RIGGS INTERVIEW CAN BE SEEN HERE
The following is the work of Pamela Lakes Collins, who has studied the Routier case for many years –
Darlie Routier secretly took a lie detector test before the murder trial that sentenced her to death.
It’s results were never made public.
Defence attorneys usually don’t hesitate to release a polygraph test when it’s inconclusive or confirms their clients are telling the truth.
Bill Parker, a private investigator/polygraph examiner who consulted for Rowlett police on the case, says the covert test probably indicates Routier flunked.
Bill Parker: I feel that, I believe that logic would dictate to us that had she done well on any of the issues in the polygraph examination we would have all heard about it long before now.
As Routier prepared for her appeal, her mother, Darlie Kee blatantly lied about the polygraph her daughter had taken.
Darlie Kee: She wanted to take a polygraph, she wanted to do hypnosis…
Robert Riggs: Did she ever take a polygraph?
Darlie Kee: No, she never took a polygraph.
The Robert Riggs interview, shows that Routier’s court appointed attorney obtained a sealed motion for a polygraph shortly before jury selection began. The judge ordered the Dallas County jail to allow the polygraph test without the knowledge of the district attorney’s office.
According to jail records, on Friday October 4th, during the afternoon, Routier was moved from her cell in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, through the basement sally port, into a room at the Crowley Courts Building. It was in there that she was given a polygraph exam which lasted six hours. Routier’s mother met with her daughter within minutes of finishing the polygraph.
Robert Riggs: Wouldn’t she have told you that she did something like this?
Darlie Kee: I believe she would’ve, yes.
Robert Riggs: Then… why don’t you think she did?
Darlie Kee: I don’t know…
Robert Riggs: Routier’s mother says Doug Parks, the court appointed lawyer at the time, did not tell the family about the polygraph. Parks declined to discuss the polygraph, citing attorney/client privilege. Parks filed this bill with Dallas county four days after the polygraph requesting a one thousand dollar payment for five hours of confidential consultation. In a follow-up letter on the bill to the county auditor, Parks wrote: “This is still a sensitive issue and identification of the consultant would violate an attorney/client privilege.”
Under a recent court ruling, polygraph evidence is not always inadmissible in court. Investigator Bill Parker says if Darlie Routier truthfully answered the questions about the murder of her sons then she should authorize the release of her polygraph test charts and results.
Many thanks to Pamela for the above information. It is important to highlight these type of issues in the Routier case, especially since they lead to the truth, something that appears to be pushed to one side by Routier supporters.
Based on Routier fans usual passionate support, should Routier have passed her polygraph, it is certain that the family and supporters would have rejoiced in the public eye, regardless of questions surrounding inadmissibility!
If Routier’s own mother lied about her taking the test, and, in Routiers own words ‘the results were inconclusive’, what does one take from that?
Another lie, another cover up by the Routier clan, another irony that does not go unnoticed…
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