I did qualify this in a later post - it was the prosecution in Jenkins, as in Darlie, who asserted a very difficult timeline/sequence and in both cases the defence argued them as impossible. The state proposed the timeline and, although not impossible, I am sure they would have prefered to be able to assert that she had a bit more time to stage the scene.
I like you would like to know more about the blood on the stairs and upstairs or its absence. Darin's own statement made it clear he would have had blood all over him (blood arcing out of the holes in Devons chest and he said he even blew in the holes themselves) yet later he went upstairs to get Drake and brought him downstairs and out the house. One of the officers gave testimony that the baby was indeed upstairs but if Darin collected him how the heck he did that without a speck if what Goody says is correct.
I also need to go read all the 911 threads. I just played it on slow play and I swear at 1:12:21 Darin shouts "oh my god Drake get in here!" rather than whats on the transcript. I just played it back a few times and it certainly sounds like it to me. He was only a baby so obviously not meant literally. However, what if he had come down the stairs and was truly shocked by what he saw? He is trying to save one child but his wife is moving about the house doing god knows what perhaps wielding a knife and he faces the dilemna of leaving one to die whilst he goes and tris to rescue another thinking she might go and do Drake over and finish them all off. He could have said "oh my god Drake get in here!" more like a prayer, wishing he was in the room so he would know he was safe. If he'd rushed down the stairs in a panic and in the dark, how would he know whether Drake was stabbed in his crib? Were the tapes transcribed by a sound/voice specialist?
I find the theory that Darin was no part of it but he covers up for her difficult to understand but I find believing that 2 people could conspire to murder their own children an almost impossible coincidence - what are the chances of them both being that type of personality? Covering up for a spouse/loved one is fairly common. Heck, Primrose Shipman denied her husband killed all those people and wrote to him in Gaol telling him to hang in there and how much she loved him. He killed himself after conviction but she was working on his appeal!
This is the summary from a professional analysis of Primrose Shipmans handwriting on her likely characteristics (this was the only way of finding out as she wouldnt talk to anyone):
"It is not possible to extrapolate with proof, but it would seem likely that she would admire someone who was clever and could handle life in a way she couldn't. She would be extremely flattered that someone clever would want her* and, with puppy like trust, put herself in his hands without question, defending him against all persuasion. She is absolutely single-minded about believing in those who provide her security and does this instinctively, to stop her world collapsing".
* I dont like to say this about another woman but she is ugly and not very bright.
The evidence of the Routiers lives prior to the events points to Darin appearing to be very insecure and quite in awe of the fact that he had such a pretty wife, probably spending all their money in an attempt to keep her. He clearly made the most of her as 'arm candy' and felt other men were jealous, which made him feel better. Conversely, she is clearly attention seeking and gregarious. If you substitute the 'clever' for beautiful in the above, the partner scenario could be similar, just different sexes. He knew about her suicide thoughts and maybe she threw him doing little about that or something into the argument that night to add guilt to his insecurity.
Sorry, rambling now.....just the tape got me thinking what if........?