It all went downhill for Diane Downs when her young daughter Christie told the jury that it was her mom who shot her. The now 54 year old mother of three shot her kids killing 7-year-old Cheryl and wounding Danny, 3 and Christie, 8 in the 1980s. Downs drove to the emergency room and told ER personnel that a man had shot her and her 3 kids. Shortly after that, the murder investigation of the Downs’ case began. Although Downs had a gunshot wound in the arm, investigators found out that Diane Downs shot herself to make it look like somebody was out to murder her and her children.
Her motive came to light when detectives found out that Downs has a secret relationship with a married man who apparently did not want the three kids. Killing her own children seemed to be a good choice for the mother that is why she shot Danny, Cheryl, and Christie in cold blood.
Obviously mentally ill, Diane Downs was convicted of murder when her young daughter Christie testified against her.
Author Ann Rule wrote a book about the Downs entitled “Small Sacrifices” based on Diane Downs and on the murder investigation. The book was later made into a TV movie.
What is more tragic is that while the murderess was in prison, Downs gave birth to a baby girl. Today that baby girl named Rebecca Babcock is now 23 years old and found out that her mother was a killer when she was in her teens. Her mother is still in prison and was denied parole 2 years ago. Diane Downs still swears she is innocent.
http://www.boncherry.com/blog/2010/05/14/diane-downs%E2%80%99-daughter-speaks-up/
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Her motive came to light when detectives found out that Downs has a secret relationship with a married man who apparently did not want the three kids. Killing her own children seemed to be a good choice for the mother that is why she shot Danny, Cheryl, and Christie in cold blood.
Obviously mentally ill, Diane Downs was convicted of murder when her young daughter Christie testified against her.
Author Ann Rule wrote a book about the Downs entitled “Small Sacrifices” based on Diane Downs and on the murder investigation. The book was later made into a TV movie.
What is more tragic is that while the murderess was in prison, Downs gave birth to a baby girl. Today that baby girl named Rebecca Babcock is now 23 years old and found out that her mother was a killer when she was in her teens. Her mother is still in prison and was denied parole 2 years ago. Diane Downs still swears she is innocent.
http://www.boncherry.com/blog/2010/05/14/diane-downs%E2%80%99-daughter-speaks-up/
Tags: diane downs, diane downs case murder, diane downs shot children, diane downs convicted murder the truth revealed 2010, mother killed child, children now, diane downs today, small sacrifices, diane downs' daughter christie, children murdered unsolved
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