"New" Forensics Files Tonight-Routier Case

[Lacy Wood]

It's quiet here on the JBR forum (maybe, too quiet?)... But there is a "new" Court TV episode tonight (Thursday) at 9:00 Eastern Time reportedly dealing with the actual forensics of the Darli Routier case. You may recall that this case was mentioned by a JBR parent as an intruder case in which the Mom was "also" blamed.

Those who have seen some of the recent programs on this case may have noted a glossing over of the forensics to suggest that Routier was convicted on the basis of the silly string video. If tonight's program is in fact, as I hear, a critical assessment of the forensics as was shown in the previous "Medical Detectives" program from several years ago, you will see an entirely different perspective. It (also reportedly) has a review of the 911 call Darli made with conclusions about what was going on at the time. Strong Routier supporters will not be happy with the coverup implications, I am sure.

[texaslb218]

I'll be in place watching this one! I am tired of blame the silly string excuses. Thanks for the heads up.

[Lacy Wood]

The new Forensics Files episode on the Routier case did include the earlier forensics assessments that seem to have disappeared from the recent programs promoting innocence for Darlie. For those who missed it, there is a forensics expert on blood spatter who gives a demonstration to show how the victims blood became cast off droplets on the BACK right side of her nightgown. The chilling demo shows how the blood droplets can be explained by a bloody knife in the right hand plunged repeatedly into victims and jerked back toward the shoulder as the killer stood or crouched over the victims. The data on staging was also presented.

The reason I find this of interest here is that virtually any objective person who sees the blood on the back of the nightgown, and realizes the only reasonable way it could get there, almost has to see guilt. Yet we have programs that must consciously exclude that evidence in order to proclaim innocence for Routier! In any case, it appears, you have to be very careful of assessments of the evidence as presented by those with an agenda.

[tipper]

... In any case, it appears, you have to be very careful of assessments of the evidence as presented by those with an agenda.
Good advice no matter which side of the fence one is on.