The Bloody Sock

[JenniferTx]

The sock in this case has always bothered me because I never could piece together why someone who just butchered their children would feel the need to venture outside of the house to plant a sock. I just can't get that scenario to work in my mind. I mean why take the sock so far away from the house. Why not just drop it in the backyard or front yard? I guess I've just been trying to figure out a logical explanation to why someone would leave a crime scene and then return back. I just can't figure that out.

 

[JenniferTx]

Okay so Darlie is new news to me. Ive heard of her but never really read about her till a few weeks ago. Been reading and reading and the one thing I'm curious about and can't seem to find a clear answer about is this.
The police officer who was on scene said that at one point Darin ran out of the house to go get help from a nurse who lived near by. What ever came of that? Did he actually have contact with the nurse? Is that what he did? Or would he have had the time to run and put the sock where it was found?

Yes he did find the nurse. Her name was Karen and was their neighbor. I wonder if she still even lives in that neighborhood and what her thoughts are today on if she feels that Darlie is guilty or not.

 

[giagreen]

Yes he did find the nurse. Her name was Karen and was their neighbor. I wonder if she still even lives in that neighborhood and what her thoughts are today on if she feels that Darlie is guilty or not.

Thank you. I've been looking for that answer for a while. Couldn't find it so I posted asking here and no one really seemed to know.

 

[giagreen]

The sock in this case has always bothered me because I never could piece together why someone who just butchered their children would feel the need to venture outside of the house to plant a sock. I just can't get that scenario to work in my mind. I mean why take the sock so far away from the house. Why not just drop it in the backyard or front yard? I guess I've just been trying to figure out a logical explanation to why someone would leave a crime scene and then return back. I just can't figure that out.

I guess I get why she would do that. I think maybe she even put the sock there before hurting her self. But I guess what gets me is that she would be thinking that clearly. I mean even if she killed her sons and had it planned out she had to of been shocked by how much blood their was and everything.

My thinking is would or could Darin have ran and put it there before he got the nurse? But then again I don't really feel he was involved.

 

[Zzzz]

The part that is the most puzzling about a plant is why not pick something that an intruder would more obviously carry off, like a weapon? Why would Darlie think an intruder would take time to pick up a sock of Darin's and carry it off? Maybe this was part of her whole story that she saw the intruder go through the laundry room and into the garage. So, something from the laundry room would confirm that story (in her mind). Darin had no time to do this. He found out about the murders while Darlie was on the phone and help arrived quickly. His movements during that time are known. I keep going back to the idea of disposing of evidence versus planting.

The discussion is good, it is raising some good ideas.

 

[giagreen]

I keep going back to the idea of disposing of evidence versus planting.

The discussion is good, it is raising some good ideas.

you know as I was reading the rest of what you said I was thinking the same thing and was gonna say that till I read on more and seen you did.

I think its more likely she was trying to dispose of evidence then planting them. It makes sense. She wanted to make it look like some els killed her kids. So she didn't want her prints on the knife and used the sock to keep from her prints being on the knife. Killed her kids then went got rid of the sock and then hurt her self. Started screaming then and then everything unfolded. And when you think about it on the 911 call she was pretty concerned about her prints being on the knife. Maybe once she stabbed her self she realized the sock was now pointless. And her prints were now on the knife anyways.

You know I think what gets me is how she killed her kids. I mean I'm never shocked any more when I hear of a mother killing her children but it usually always comes with something like drowning them, leaving them home alone, letting a boyfriend abuse them...something. Darlie just went right to stabbing the heck out of them. So brutal and messy. That's what shocks me about this. I do believe she is right where she belongs.

 

[chlban]

I guess I get why she would do that. I think maybe she even put the sock there before hurting her self. But I guess what gets me is that she would be thinking that clearly. I mean even if she killed her sons and had it planned out she had to of been shocked by how much blood their was and everything.

My thinking is would or could Darin have ran and put it there before he got the nurse? But then again I don't really feel he was involved.

She would have done it before injuring herself. I am convinced injuring herself was the very last thing she did before calling 911. Didn't want to take any chances after all.

The thing is, while some find the placing of the sock by Darlie to be confusing (I don't, I think it was just part of the staging by a cold blooded killer) it would make even less sense for the "bushy haired stranger" to leave the house carrying a sock.

 

[LeanaSA]

The difficulty I have with the sock is this : if Darlie , or anyone else for that matter, went out the back gate to plant or drop the sock, why did the police determine that no-one went out the back gate recently (gate closed, no blood, motion-triggered light off)? That is a contradiction for me

 

[Zzzz]

I agree that is one of the many puzzling things about the sock. There doesn't seem to be evidence of ANYONE going out the back. However, Darlie probably washed her hands and she probably wasn't dripping blood at that point (before she slashed herself). She did do some cleanup. Maybe she went out the front - there were shoes on the porch. Wasn't the house on a corner? So it would be easy to go down the ally from the front. Not sure how long the motion detector stayed on but it could have taken her several minutes while she wiped up, stabbed Damon again and then slashed her throat and finally called 911.

 

[giagreen]

If Darlie was trying to hide the sock or plant it then she probably didn't want to be seen by anyone and took a different way.

 

[Madeleine74]

The fact that there's a storm drain nearby is what made me think of the reason for the location of the sock. Like maybe she intended to dispose of it and it didn't go into the storm drain. I really don't know...that's just one thought. It seems clear she intended to point any and all suspicion away from herself and get LE to "follow" the invisible intruder out the back.

 

[Zzzz]

Yes, I really think she was throwing stuff in the storm drain and just dropped the sock in a panic. If you are going to plant something, you'd plant something more obvious like her panties.

 

[chlban]

Yes, I really think she was throwing stuff in the storm drain and just dropped the sock in a panic. If you are going to plant something, you'd plant something more obvious like her panties.

That's logical. Was the storm drain ever checked? Since she didn't dispose of the weapon which, as we all know from the 911 call, had her fingerprints, what do you suppose she was tossing into the drain?

Just curious. I have absolutely no doubt of her guilt.

 

[Zzzz]

I think she tried to clean up some things that she thought might point suspicion at her; things that might have had her fingerprints on them like another knife, paper towels that wiped out the sink after she washed her sons' blood off her hands, towels or sponges that wiped the bloody handprint off the sofa, stuff like that. Then she came back and found she had to stab Damon again so now another knife was needed. She slit her throat and then it was just too much to get rid of and too much blood so she had to go to Plan B. She might have been afraid Darin would wake up and catch her at this point too, because she didn't finish killing Damon. She was obviously frenzied and not thinking straight. I mean, the biggest puzzle to me is why kill so violently and messily anyway? Why not smother instead? So much rage. Psychotics do strange things that aren't explainable. Like drop socks near storm drains.

 

[JenniferTx]

I don't think Darlie ever went out the back gate in the backyard. I believe she went out the front door and just ran around. The reason I have always thought this is because the light that was in the back was not on and it should have still been on when the police arrived and it was not. Either Darlie knew she wouldn't be able to open the messed up gate and get out the backyard or she just used the front door because that was the place the shoes were that she just slipped on her feet. I have always wondered if those shoes were ever tested for blood on the inside?

 

[cami]

Okay so Darlie is new news to me. Ive heard of her but never really read about her till a few weeks ago. Been reading and reading and the one thing I'm curious about and can't seem to find a clear answer about is this.
The police officer who was on scene said that at one point Darin ran out of the house to go get help from a nurse who lived near by. What ever came of that? Did he actually have contact with the nurse? Is that what he did? Or would he have had the time to run and put the sock where it was found?

The nurse, Karen Neal, lived across the street from them and was a good friend. Yes he went and got her and brought her back to the house. However, she was only allowed upstairs to get the dog, escorted by police officers. Darlie was being moved to the ambulance at that time.

 

[cami]

Yes, I really think she was throwing stuff in the storm drain and just dropped the sock in a panic. If you are going to plant something, you'd plant something more obvious like her panties.

Yes I agree, if she wanted to plant it why not just throw it over the fence or in the backyard. There's a reason that sock is where it was and it could very well be she was ditching evidence down that drain.

 

[cami]

I don't think Darlie ever went out the back gate in the backyard. I believe she went out the front door and just ran around. The reason I have always thought this is because the light that was in the back was not on and it should have still been on when the police arrived and it was not. Either Darlie knew she wouldn't be able to open the messed up gate and get out the backyard or she just used the front door because that was the place the shoes were that she just slipped on her feet. I have always wondered if those shoes were ever tested for blood on the inside?

I don't think she went out the back either Jennifer. I think she went via the front door as well. The gate was heavy and dragged on the ground, difficult to open and close and she would have set off the security lights on the spa going on the pavement to the gate. Plus there is the neighbour's testimony that some noise slightly woke him as he had just gone to bed.

 

[chlban]

The nurse, Karen Neal, lived across the street from them and was a good friend. Yes he went and got her and brought her back to the house. However, she was only allowed upstairs to get the dog, escorted by police officers. Darlie was being moved to the ambulance at that time.

You mean the dog that was known bark a lot that never barked once that night while the "intruder" was in the house? That dog?

 

[cami]

You mean the dog that was known bark a lot that never barked once that night while the "intruder" was in the house? That dog?

Yes first she had Drake whilst Darin went to the hospital, then the cops asked her to come get the dog because he was at the top of the stairs barking at the cops. The neighbour across the street Gorsuch and his wife then took Drake to their place until Darin could come back for him.