Diane Downs - The Mother Who Shot Her Own Children

Podcast: DEADLY INTENT · Carman Carrion

Opublikowano: 2026-06-17

She arrived at the emergency room too calmly. A little blood on her arm, a story about a bushy-haired stranger on a dark Oregon road, and three shot children in the back seat. One of them — 7-year-old Cheryl — was already gone. The other twowould survive scarred: 8-year-old Christie fighting back from a stroke, 3-year-old Danny paralyzed for life. There was no stranger. Diane Downs shot her own children in May 1983 to clear the path to a man who'd told her he didn't want kids. Her motive wasn't madness or mercy — it was arit...