Originally Posted by
mammyofthree
I don't know why she would kill her boys, but I have my own opinions about it. I have every book that has been written about the case. They describe her as being a loving mom who doted on her boys and took good care of them, while they were babies and toddlers. As they grew older, she acted different towards them and was short tempered and impatient. I think they brought her a lot of attention when they were little and cuddly, but she began viewing them as a pain in the ass when they got a little older. Darlie was all about her possessions and herself. She enjoyed her nice house with WHITE carpet (can you even imagine that with three boys?) She enjoyed girls nights out, expensive vacations, big fake boobs, gawdy jewelry, and most of all showing off her possessions to less fortunate family members and neighbors. She was all about having more than anyone else and flaunting it. She was spending money way faster than Darin could make it and it had started to catch up to them right around the time of the murders. I don't think she could bear the thought of having to cut back on her spending, live on a budget, not be able to show off. She grew up poor in a trailer and sure didn't want to go back to that. As the boys got older, they started irritating her and she began locking them outside to keep them from messing up her house. Plus older kids are more expensive and she resented having to spend money on them. They had to have name brand clothes and shoes, the latest video games and toys, and big lavish birthday parties, none of this for the boy's benefit, but because it made Darlie look good and she had to out do the other parents. She got tired of dealing with their messes, their expense, and their demands on her time. They only had $5,000 per child for life insurance, but I don't think that was any part of it. Darlie had a histrionic personality and loved creating drama with her as the center of attention. I think that she thought if the boys were brutally murdered and she was also attacked, that no one would believe that a mother would kill her children in such a violent way. Darlie would be the center of attention, the poor mommy who was attacked in her own home and had her sons murdered right in front of her. People would feel sorry for her, send her donations, invite her on tv to talk about her tragedy, write books about her, maybe even a movie. Look at all of the cash that would be rolling in just for her, the injured "victim." I think she saw getting rid of her older boys as ridding herself of the responsibility of taking care of them, getting a lot of attention, and a financial opportunity. The baby was too young to get on her nerves yet and she had really wanted girls anyway. After the house was cleared out and Darlie was getting ready to go on trial, investigators went back into the house to make sure they hadn't missed anything. The house was totally empty until they went into the attic. They found boxes that had been abandoned there that were full of Devon and Damon's pictures, baby books, ultrasound pictures, clothes, and toys. Everything else from the whole house was gone.