The family of a notorious, North Texas convicted killer is still fighting for her freedom more than 20 years later. Darlie Routier is one of only a handful of women on death row in Texas.

Editor's note: This story originally appeared in The Dallas Morning News on Feb. 2, 1997. KERRVILLE, Texas - Kerr County jurors convicted Rowlett homemaker Darlie Routier of capital murder ...

Darlie Routier poses with husband Darin and sons Damon (left) and Devon in a 1993 family photo at their Rowlett home.(File Photo / The Associated Press) For people who say Darlie Routier was ...

The mother of Darlie Routier, the Texas woman on death row for the murder of her two young sons, remains committed to proving her daughter’s innocence. “I still fight. I still go on. … ...

Family members of Darlie Routier say they have new hope, now that the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals has granted new DNA testing. A jury sentenced the Monterey High School graduate to die for the ...

At a grave-side birthday party for one of her two murdered sons, Darlie Routier sprayed Silly String and clutched her sons' photograph while family members sang Happy Birthday.

Four years ago, Darlie Routier had platinum hair, fake nails and artificially enlarged breasts. Those bad-girl looks helped convict the 27-year-old suburban housewife of murdering her two small ...

Supporters of Darlie Routier — the former Altoona woman on death row in Texas after being convicted of the 1996 murder of one of her young sons — for years encouraged the state of Texas to run ...

The husband of death-row inmate Darlie Routier said Friday he and his wife are divorcing to move on from the "limbo" they've been in since her arrest and conviction for killing one of their sons. D… ...

"Quite encouraged, this is a wonderful day," said Sarilda Routier when she found out DNA tests were granted to her daughter in law. Sarilda Routier is the mother-in-law of Darlie Routier who sits on ...

Darlie Routier, 40, was convicted in 1997 of killing the couple's middle child, 5-year-old Damon, the year before. She also was charged with killing Damon's 6-year-old brother, Devon, but was not ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - The husband of death row inmate Darlie Routier said Friday that he and his wife are divorcing to move on from the "limbo" they've been in since her arrest and conviction for ...