I don't trust much of what Basia says as she is a nut case herself. If what was printed about her in MTJD is untrue she would have sued. Not Darlie or Darin but the author and most likely Darlie Kee who provided the author with leads and stories they had uncovered. Since CPS and the local PD keep records she can't deny what was written about her.
What bothers me about her is I think the Routiers were aware of her legal troubles yet continued to employ her and her daughter. Would you want that nut case and her family around your kids?
Doctors who specialize in diseases and disorders of the mind examined Darlie and found no evidence of mental illness, unlike Andrea Yates. Now that woman was OBVIOUSLY ILL.
Darin and Darlie are guilty of bad behavior, they were not the social norm and representing Darlie that way was stupid JMO...
In a DDI scenario I have noticed that no one points out this fact as part of the staging. Could Darlie have heard about these crimes on the local news and decided to stage her crime to look like this perp did it?...
The rawness of her mouth is purported to be from the sock being shoved down her throat.
I hope I pointed out what I think is misinformation here. The knife wound depths, the fact that crimes are committed everyday with victims own possessions (it happens with guns too), no evidence by skilled and qualified doctors of mental illness, the heel bruising is lividity,
It may be our opinions but deciding what is "normal" behavior is based on what
WE THINK WE MIGHT DO is stretching the limits. Behavior analysis should be left up to the professionals those people who hold PHD's and that we call doctors.
I am still on the fence about her guilt because the evidence for and against her is very compelling.
DDI- the night shirt blood stains - IDI- her camp says it was contamination that caused the stains.
DDI- the screen fibers IDI- once again the camp points to contamination before Lynch ever looked at the fibers- he did admit later contrary to his original testimony, he looked at the knives in question after they had been dusted.
JMO I think Darin is involved, either alone or with Darlie's help. The evidence cannot be neatly tied up with a workable time line unless she had an accomplice or IDI.
I understood you to mean you respect factual information, which is why you come to Websleuths, yet I've detected many statements by you that are not factually based.
First, Basia was not a nutcase. She had a mental illness that doesn't even require medication much less any kind of hospitalization. It is just a mental illness much like OCD or alcoholism, neither of which disqualifies a person from being a cogent witness in a murder case.
Second, this makes no sense "What bothers me about her is I think the Routiers were aware of her legal troubles yet continued to employ her and her daughter. Would you want that nut case and her family around your kids?" Are you criticizing the Routiers for continuing to hire her?
Third, I don't understand your point about Darlie's mental status and the use of it at trial.
Fourth, no Darlie could not have heard about these supposed crimes on the news. According to a supporter, Darlie wasn't interested in the news and rarely watched it.
Fifth, the rawness in her mouth being from the sock shoved in her mouth is a theory that was floated after the murder. There is no evidence this theory is factual and no evidence has been offered to prove it, not even in the appeals.
Sixth, the defense had every opportunity to present their own evidence including a mental health expert. Although I suggest a thorough reading of Lisa Clayton's testimony before expanding on your theory.
Seventh and most important, you should be very, very wary of anything Darlie's "camp" says. They often offer theories without clarifying that they are only theories and not fact.
Saying blood stains are from contamination is quite different from offering evidence - evidence directly contradictory to an expert who did testify. It's not a fact until it has been proven. Ditto the knife.
