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Elizabeth Diane Downs (née Frederickson; born August 7, 1955) is an American woman who murdered her daughter and attempted to murder her other two children near Springfield, Oregon, on May 19, 1983. Following the crimes, she made claims to police that a man had attempted to carjack her and had shot the children.
Jul 24, 2020 · Thirty-five years ago, Diane Downs, now 64, was convicted of shooting her three children– Danny, Cheryl, and Christie– in Springfield, Oregon. While Danny and Christie survived,...
Aug 19, 2023 · On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs shot her three young children in her car in Springfield, Oregon — then blamed the attack on a "carjacker." She tried to murder all of her kids because the man she was having an affair with told her that he didn't want children in his life.
Jan 29, 2024 · In 1983, Diane Downs shot her three children, Christie, Cheryl, and Danny; Cheryl did not survive. Downs also gave birth to a daughter (later named Becky Babcock) after her trial. Christie and Danny were adopted by the prosecuting attorney, while another family adopted Becky.
Sep 17, 2022 · Diane Downs was sentenced to life plus 50 years and is currently incarcerated at Central California Women’s Facility. Downs isn’t imprisoned in Oregon, the state that sentenced her, because shortly after her sentencing, she escaped from Oregon Women’s Correctional Center.
May 12, 2010 · Rebecca Babcock always knew she was adopted, but at 16 she was rocked by the discovery that her birth mother, Diane Downs, was a murderer, convicted of shooting her own...
May 11, 2010 · May 12, 2010 -- Late one May night in 1983, Diane Downs sped into an emergency room dropoff in Springfield, Ore., with a horrifying story to tell. Her three small children, Christie, 8; Cheryl, 7; and Danny, 3, were inside her blood-soaked car, shot at close range.
