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TWISTED TWO'S: DAMON & DEVON ROUTIER AND MICHAEL SILKA
-- Hoshimi
Tales of hauntings, murder and scary mysteries. Every week Twisted Two's dives into a pair of uniquely terrifying true stories that are worthy of a more in depth look.
#1 Damon & Devon Routier - Rowlett, Texas
On June 6, 1996, 911 received a frantic call from the Routier home in Rowlett, Texas. Darlie Routier told the operator she woke up with an intruder inside her home and that they had stabbed her two sons, Devon and Damon before attacking her.
Police were on the scene within 3 minutes of the call. After securing the home, they tended to the victims. 6 year old DEvon had suffered a major stab wound that went through to his torso and was pronounced dead on the scene. Meanwhile, Damon who was 5, was still gasping for breath and paramedics did their best to help the boy but he also soon died from a stab wound to the back. As for Darlie, she had superficial wounds on her arms and a slash across her throat that was just millimeters away from hitting her carotid artery.
Darlie recounted how she had fallen asleep in the living room with her two boys. Her husband, Darin, and their 7-month old son Drake were asleep in the upstairs bedroom and they were left unharmed. She said she woke up to a man standing over and attacking her. She screamed for Darin and the intruder was alarmed and fled the home, dropping the knife he used in the kitchen.
#2 Michael Silka – Manley Hot Springs, Alaska
Manley Hot Springs in Alaska was a quiet small town boasting 80 residents in 1984. But in May of that year, a drifter by the name of Michael Silka passed through and did something that nobday there will ever forget.
As a young boy, Michael loved the outdoors. He was fascinated with guns and has had a long history of run ins with the law. By high school, he and his brother ran away from home and lived in the woods, only returning after they had depleted their supplies. Michael later joined the US Military on the advice of a neighbor but by 1981, he was discharged due to an assault and discharging his weapon in the barracks. During his military training, he was rated as an expert marksman with a grenade launcher and M16 *****.
After leaving the army he worked odd jobs but also accrued more law enforcement problems. At one point, he spent 4 days in jail for resisting arrest. During his infractions, he had shown up in court multiple times but on December 20, he skipped bond and fled to Alaska.Silka was next seen on Monday, May 14, 1984, at the end of a 150-mile (240 km) dirt road (State Route 2) in Manley Hot Springs, a tiny mining town of 70 people located west of Fairbanks and deep in the interior of Alaska. He was driving a battered brown and white 1974 Dodge Monaco filled with camping equipment and an aluminum canoe mounted on the roof. Unseen by villagers among the equipment were guns and ammunition. According to one resident, Robert E. Lee, Silka told the villagers that he planned to settle in the area. Silka described himself to Lee as a "mountain man". The villagers were impressed by Silka's common sense of the wilderness and survival, as well as his marksmanship. He was often seen "hanging around" a boat landing on the Tanana River, only 3 miles (5 km) outside of town. Silka had set up a tent at the boat landing and was frequently seen paddling his canoe in the Tanana.
Lee said that on Thursday, May 17 between 2 and 4 p.m., six villagers went to the boat landing, all of whom disappeared. The disappearances were not noted by the locals until the following day, at which point they contacted Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks on Friday night. The wife of one of the missing men gave Troopers Silka's license plate number, and the police then checked and learned he was wanted for investigation of the murder of Culp. Two helicopters, three planes and the Alaska State Trooper's Special Emergency Reaction Team were sent to Manley Hot Springs at 2 a.m. Saturday, May 19.[4] At the boat landing, Troopers found blood, believed to be human, and used cartridge casings.
A wide helicopter search for Silka along the Tanana began at 2 a.m. At this time of year in Alaska, it was still daylight, so the search proceeded without hindrance. By the late hours of the same day, Silka was found upstream about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Manley in an unnamed tributary of the Zitziana River (which is itself a tributary of the Tanana), near his own canoe and a motorized boat belonging to one of his victims, Fred Burk. Troopers offered Silka a chance to surrender. Instead, he stepped from behind a tree and fired a high-powered Ruger .30-06-caliber ***** at one of the airborne helicopters, penetrating the windshield and striking 34-year-old Trooper Troy L. Duncan of Fairbanks in the head, killing him instantly, and injuring Trooper Donald Lawrence in the face. Trooper Jeff Hall returned M16 ***** fire, firing a full burst of automatic fire from a moving helicopter, striking Silka five times, killing him. Troopers at the shootout said it was reminiscent of combat in the Vietnam War.
A memorial service for the victims was held at the boat landing on Sunday, May 20. Silka was cremated and his ashes were buried in the Sitka National Cemetery in Alaska at his father's request. (The cemetery is across the street from the Alaska State Trooper training facility in Sitka, Alaska). By June 23, 1984, four of the bodies — those of Burk, Lyman Klein, Dale Madajski and Larry Joe McVey — had been recovered from the Tanana River. Burk's body was discovered by his wife, Liller, about 75 miles (120 km) downstream from the scene of the killings. For months, families and friends of the victims searched the brush choked banks of the Tanana.
Troopers believe that Silka had been in Alaska about a month. It is believed that he dumped the bodies of his victims into the icy Tanana in the hopes that they would not be found. The Tanana is as much as a mile wide, and 70 to 80 feet (21 to 24 m) deep, and because the water remains near freezing temperatures, and because the glacier-fed river is heavily silted, bodies are likely to remain below the surface. The motives for Silka's actions remain unclear.
Source: Creepy Crimes
Credits to: Harold Peterson
Credits sa gumawa netong article
And also sa page sa fb
-- Hoshimi
Tales of hauntings, murder and scary mysteries. Every week Twisted Two's dives into a pair of uniquely terrifying true stories that are worthy of a more in depth look.
#1 Damon & Devon Routier - Rowlett, Texas
On June 6, 1996, 911 received a frantic call from the Routier home in Rowlett, Texas. Darlie Routier told the operator she woke up with an intruder inside her home and that they had stabbed her two sons, Devon and Damon before attacking her.
Police were on the scene within 3 minutes of the call. After securing the home, they tended to the victims. 6 year old DEvon had suffered a major stab wound that went through to his torso and was pronounced dead on the scene. Meanwhile, Damon who was 5, was still gasping for breath and paramedics did their best to help the boy but he also soon died from a stab wound to the back. As for Darlie, she had superficial wounds on her arms and a slash across her throat that was just millimeters away from hitting her carotid artery.
Darlie recounted how she had fallen asleep in the living room with her two boys. Her husband, Darin, and their 7-month old son Drake were asleep in the upstairs bedroom and they were left unharmed. She said she woke up to a man standing over and attacking her. She screamed for Darin and the intruder was alarmed and fled the home, dropping the knife he used in the kitchen.
#2 Michael Silka – Manley Hot Springs, Alaska
Manley Hot Springs in Alaska was a quiet small town boasting 80 residents in 1984. But in May of that year, a drifter by the name of Michael Silka passed through and did something that nobday there will ever forget.
As a young boy, Michael loved the outdoors. He was fascinated with guns and has had a long history of run ins with the law. By high school, he and his brother ran away from home and lived in the woods, only returning after they had depleted their supplies. Michael later joined the US Military on the advice of a neighbor but by 1981, he was discharged due to an assault and discharging his weapon in the barracks. During his military training, he was rated as an expert marksman with a grenade launcher and M16 *****.
After leaving the army he worked odd jobs but also accrued more law enforcement problems. At one point, he spent 4 days in jail for resisting arrest. During his infractions, he had shown up in court multiple times but on December 20, he skipped bond and fled to Alaska.Silka was next seen on Monday, May 14, 1984, at the end of a 150-mile (240 km) dirt road (State Route 2) in Manley Hot Springs, a tiny mining town of 70 people located west of Fairbanks and deep in the interior of Alaska. He was driving a battered brown and white 1974 Dodge Monaco filled with camping equipment and an aluminum canoe mounted on the roof. Unseen by villagers among the equipment were guns and ammunition. According to one resident, Robert E. Lee, Silka told the villagers that he planned to settle in the area. Silka described himself to Lee as a "mountain man". The villagers were impressed by Silka's common sense of the wilderness and survival, as well as his marksmanship. He was often seen "hanging around" a boat landing on the Tanana River, only 3 miles (5 km) outside of town. Silka had set up a tent at the boat landing and was frequently seen paddling his canoe in the Tanana.
Lee said that on Thursday, May 17 between 2 and 4 p.m., six villagers went to the boat landing, all of whom disappeared. The disappearances were not noted by the locals until the following day, at which point they contacted Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks on Friday night. The wife of one of the missing men gave Troopers Silka's license plate number, and the police then checked and learned he was wanted for investigation of the murder of Culp. Two helicopters, three planes and the Alaska State Trooper's Special Emergency Reaction Team were sent to Manley Hot Springs at 2 a.m. Saturday, May 19.[4] At the boat landing, Troopers found blood, believed to be human, and used cartridge casings.
A wide helicopter search for Silka along the Tanana began at 2 a.m. At this time of year in Alaska, it was still daylight, so the search proceeded without hindrance. By the late hours of the same day, Silka was found upstream about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Manley in an unnamed tributary of the Zitziana River (which is itself a tributary of the Tanana), near his own canoe and a motorized boat belonging to one of his victims, Fred Burk. Troopers offered Silka a chance to surrender. Instead, he stepped from behind a tree and fired a high-powered Ruger .30-06-caliber ***** at one of the airborne helicopters, penetrating the windshield and striking 34-year-old Trooper Troy L. Duncan of Fairbanks in the head, killing him instantly, and injuring Trooper Donald Lawrence in the face. Trooper Jeff Hall returned M16 ***** fire, firing a full burst of automatic fire from a moving helicopter, striking Silka five times, killing him. Troopers at the shootout said it was reminiscent of combat in the Vietnam War.
A memorial service for the victims was held at the boat landing on Sunday, May 20. Silka was cremated and his ashes were buried in the Sitka National Cemetery in Alaska at his father's request. (The cemetery is across the street from the Alaska State Trooper training facility in Sitka, Alaska). By June 23, 1984, four of the bodies — those of Burk, Lyman Klein, Dale Madajski and Larry Joe McVey — had been recovered from the Tanana River. Burk's body was discovered by his wife, Liller, about 75 miles (120 km) downstream from the scene of the killings. For months, families and friends of the victims searched the brush choked banks of the Tanana.
Troopers believe that Silka had been in Alaska about a month. It is believed that he dumped the bodies of his victims into the icy Tanana in the hopes that they would not be found. The Tanana is as much as a mile wide, and 70 to 80 feet (21 to 24 m) deep, and because the water remains near freezing temperatures, and because the glacier-fed river is heavily silted, bodies are likely to remain below the surface. The motives for Silka's actions remain unclear.
Source: Creepy Crimes
Credits to: Harold Peterson
Credits sa gumawa netong article
And also sa page sa fb