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Diane Downs shot and killed her 7-year-old daughter Cheryl in 1983 and claimed she was carjacked by a stranger. She was convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison, but escaped briefly in 1987.
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...
Jan 29, 2024 · Diane Downs shot and killed her daughter Cheryl in 1983, but two of her other children survived and were adopted by the prosecuting attorney. Learn about their lives, the motive behind the crime, and where Downs is now.
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Aug 19, 2023 · Diane Downs murdered her three children in 1983 and blamed it on a carjacking, but her daughter survived and exposed her. Learn about her motive, the crime, and her life sentence.
Feb 4, 2022 · Her first three children with her husband Steve are Stephen "Danny" Daniel (born 1979), Cheryl Lynn (born 1976), and Christie Ann (born 1974). Conflicting reports say Downs also acted as a surrogate during her fourth pregnancy, giving birth to a daughter after her trial in 1984.
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.
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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.
