I lived in Dallas at the time of these murders, and followed it very closely. Since my daughter is a court reporter, when I saw that the court reporter transcribing the trial really screwed up, I was flabberghasted! The court reporter did some very strange things--like just not ever turning in pages and pages of transcripts. She was given many chances to rectify this, but just didn't ever do it. I began to wonder if she were perhaps working for the Routiers.
IMHO, the Routiers were in this together--they were experiencing money problems, and insured these kids lives shortly before they were murdered. I don't know many people who take out large insurance policies on children so young.