on her examination of the case. Television An October 1999 episode of the TLC documentary series Medical Detectives titled "Invisible Intruder" , reports on how detectives discovered who the killer was by analyzing the crime scene's blood spatter, Darlie's 911 call and the offender profiling of her behavior. Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack covered the case in Season 12 Episode 6. The case was again revisited on Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina. Both episodes shared evidence from both sides of the case, including those who claim Darlie to be innocent and those pointing towards her guilt. An episode of the CBS News series 48 Hours titled Precious Angels is derived from the true-crime book of the same title, authored by Barbara Davis, which first aired August 10, 2001. CBS correspondent Bill Lagattuta interviewed Darin Routier, the incarcerated Darlie Routier and Davis about the slayings; associated public officials and defense attorneys were also interviewed. The Investigation Discovery network aired an episode of Werner Herzog's series On Death Row titled "Darlie Routier" that covered the case in Season 2, Episode 2, broadcast on September 10, 2013. An American Broadcasting Company (ABC) seven-episode documentary series, The Last Defense examines the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. The series premiered on June 12, 2018, profiling Routier's case in a four-part episode: "Series Premiere – Darlie Routier: The Crime", , air date: June 12, 2018. "Darlie Routier: The Trial", , air date: June 19, 2018. "Darlie Routier: The Woman", , air date: June 26, 2018. "Darlie Routier: The Fight", , air date: July 3, 2018. Jones' sentence has since been commuted to life without parole, while Routier remains on death row. In 2019, ABC also aired a two-part documentary about Routier's case as part of its 20/20 newsmagazine. In 2020, ITV broadcast the documentary Death Row's Women with Susanna Reid in which the British journalist travelled to Texas to interview Routier face to face over the course of an hour. See also List of women on death row in the United States List of women executed in the United States since 1976 Susan Smith References Further reading External links Darlie Facts defense attorney's website Routier's profile on Texas Death Row The Darlie Routier Case 1970 births 1996 in Texas 1996 murders in the United States 20th-century American criminals American female murderers American murderers of children American people convicted of murder American prisoners