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Forensic Files

Invisible Intruder

Forensic Files

HLN

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A Texas woman claims an intruder killed two of her sons but detectives question her story upon discovering inconsistencies.

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0:00.0

On June 6, 1996, in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, there was a crime of unprecedented horror.

0:10.0

An intruder entered this home and attacked two young children along with their mother.

0:16.0

The police hoped that science would lead them to the assayant.

0:20.0

That's going to be a star even today!

0:35.0

Darin and Darley Rootere were a young couple in their mid-twenties with three children,

0:40.0

six-year-old Devon, five-year-old Damon, and eight-month-old Drake.

0:46.0

Darin Rootere was a successful entrepreneur.

0:49.0

Darley stayed at home to care for the children.

0:52.0

This was a young couple who had made good.

0:55.0

Darin owned his own business in 1995.

0:59.0

He had made close to $300,000 in his business.

1:03.0

He repaired mainframe computers, had some extensive contracts with government agencies.

1:11.0

On the night of the attack, Darin Rootere was asleep upstairs with eight-month-old Drake.

1:18.0

Downstairs in the family room, the two older boys fell asleep watching television.

1:24.0

Their mother, Dali, was asleep on the sofa.

1:28.0

Around 2.30 in the morning, an intruder stabbed the children.

1:34.0

Then, woke Darley, who fell to a knife at her front.

1:37.0

After a brief struggle, the intruder fled, and Dali called police.

1:43.0

Now, one more, is your emergency.

1:45.0

Somebody's giving one, sleeping in her little boys' sleep.

1:48.0

Yes, David!

1:49.0

One more, I mean!

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