Diane Downs - Part 1
Added 2024-04-13 18:00:07 +0000 UTCOn the night of May 19, 1983, Diane Downs and her three children, Christie, 8, Cheryl, 7, and Danny, 3, were shot on a rural road outside of Springfield, Oregon. Cheryl died from her injuries. Christie and Danny were gravely injured. Diane suffered non-life threatening wounds to her left arm. She claimed a bushy-haired stranger had shot them. A man-hunt came up empty for the shooter. Suspicion quickly landed on Diane partly because of her lack of emotion. She had a history of messy affairs and entanglements -- most recently with a married man named Knick Knickerbocker. Diane and Knick met at the post office where they both worked. Knick had been in love with Diane but was adamant that he had no interest in being a father.
Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/Small-Sacrifices-Story-Passion-Murder/dp/0451166604
https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2019-03/22-my-mothers-sins
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/daughter-downs-carried-during-trial-goes-public/
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/obituary-pierce-brooks-3011469.php
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2010/05/new_twist_revealed_in_diane_do.html
https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2019-03/22-my-mothers-sins
https://www.glamour.com/story/i-found-out-my-mother-was-a-killer-the-rebecca-babcock-story
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ann-rule-sons-theft_n_7111854
https://www.newspapers.com/image/444587870/?match=1&terms=ann%20rule%20
Comments
Thank you Susan! I give Ann Rule the credit. I mostly retold her book. She did a great job. Have a wonderful week! ๐๐
Rich Bentley
2024-04-15 14:40:39 +0000 UTCI love your reporting of this story. So sad. I like the talking at the end instead of the beginning also! You guys have the best voices I could listen to you read the dictionary!
Susan Crowe
2024-04-15 14:33:51 +0000 UTCTina, I appreciate how well you always go thru the childhood etc. It's important to know. Makes it easier to understand the person who commits the murder/murders... maybe๐
Jarna Jouhki-Kuosmanen
2024-04-14 09:47:17 +0000 UTCThis is a crazy story. She's just nuts!! poor children were so scared of her.
Jarna Jouhki-Kuosmanen
2024-04-14 07:29:54 +0000 UTC
