Houston Chronicle Articles
1996
June –
- 7th – 2 brothers fatally stabbed, mother wounded in attack
- 9th – Family was targeted
- 19th – Mom held in slayings of two boys
- 20th – 26-year-old held in sons’ slayings
- 21st – Suspect’s note gave an apology
- 26th – Death penalty possible
- 29th – Boys’ mother indicted
July –
- 4th – In-laws get custody of grandchild
- 6th – Mom denied reduced bail in 2 slayings
- 17th – Death penalty sought
August –
- 29th – Mother to remain in jail
September –
- 29th – Trial moved to Kerrville
October –
- 21st – Trial to begin today for mother accused of killing 2 young sons
- 22nd – Woman accused of killing sons hires new high-profile attorney
- 22nd – Woman accused of killing sons loses bid to move trial to Dallas
November –
- 16th – Jury pleases both sides
- 19th – Report may back intruder theory
December –
1997
January –
- 5th – Trial to open in deaths of two children
- 7th – Prosecutor says frustration led Routier to kill
- 8th – Contradictions cited in mother’s stories
- 9th – Routier jury told of drugs
- 10th – Routier’s behavior not typical for grieving mom, nurses say
- 11th – Images contrast as Routier trial ends first week
- 15th – Kerrville jurors get cold feet in a heatless courthouse
- 15th – Lawyers dispute relevance of Routier will
- 16th – Bank official details Routier family’s money problems
- 17th – Routier said she needed $10,000 before sons died, maid testifies
- 18th – Routier’s suicide thoughts, depression over money woes described
- 21st – Knife located neatly put away, expert testifies in Routier trial
- 22nd – Routier’s claim disputed by expert on bloodstains
- 23rd – Routier trial prosecutor dramatizes knifing
- 24th – Surprise witness says scene staged
- 25th – Diary reveals suicidal Routier weeks before killings
- 26th – Kinne insults Darlie Kee
- 28th – Husband says Routier asleep during attack
- 29th – Routier jury won’t hear of tape
- 30th – Routier takes stand, denies killing her sons
- 31st – Routier murder case could go to jury today
February –
- 1st – Final arguments are presented in Routier case
- 2nd – Jury convicts Routier of murder
- 3rd – Jury weighs life or death for Routier
- 4th – Routier gave baby sitter drugs, humiliated kids, witnesses say
- 5th – Routier will join six women on death row in Texas
- 5th – Jury orders death penalty for Routier
- 6th – Routier found no sympathy in conservative Kerrville
