The Disturbing Lies of Murderous Mother Diane Downs

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[@cotylong4667]

“When the man shot my daughter, my first reaction was to snap back to my childhood and the pain that had happened to me” Biggest red flag.

[@xPerfectGIRL92x]

I was thinking the exact thing. Like her daughter got shot and she only thought about herself... horrible.

[@zomama6180]

Like what😂😂

[@dorishousand3122]

Me me me , I I I Its all about her

[@brooklyndame9248]

My exact thoughts like IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU

[@KarinaPerez-yl5sp]

No surprise she was diagnosed as narcissistic

[@meggsmarieee]

It’s insane that her reasoning was “if I shot my kids why would I let myself get caught?” And not “I love my kids I would never do anything to hurt them”

[@piyarandhawa1750]

That's what I was thinking! Like she went on rants about how stupid she would have to be to kill them and act the way she did but why wouldn't she say that it was insane to think that because I love them?

[@deirdrerosesharples7453]

Yes that's interesting....she gave the clue right there....why would I let myself get caught....premeditated

[@Laurencita]

Facts!!! What a good observation!

[@lulub1433]

Her story is so insane, she is basically admitting it because she did let herself get caught and she knows her story is stupid.

[@namrata5763]

What a brilliant observation. I didn't catch this. Says a lot about her.

[@Nina-kt9fc]

"When this man shot my daughter, my FIRST reaction was to snap back to my childhood...to think of all of the pain that had happened to ME back then..." This woman is so deeply narcissistic and psychotic it's actually shocking.

[@suzannestone798]

agreed, that part got me too

[@Anthony.and.Bigsis]

Yep thinking only about herself and her pain. Not how her daughter was feeling

[@flowersforthedead5182]

Ya know. My mother would say something like that. She's the kind that makes every situation about her. She even tells me I remind her of her own mother who abused her. I never met her lol. I remind her of herself.

[@pamjohnson3591]

what a sick #####

[@DustSoilStudio]

She kept talking about society. Like the man was a metaphor for her conservative misogynistic upbringing. She wanted this to be a feminist woman’s empowerment story where she’d look like a hero. Diane, even if this happened exactly as you said, you sound horrible.

[@jessandrews7006]

Why the heck was she even doing media interviews? If my baby, god forbid, was lying in a hospital bed fighting for life I'd not leave the room for anything. It's terrifying to know people like her exist.

[@AlfredTortelloni]

She was savoring the experience. After all, when else will everyone be SO interested in her?

[@gaillynn1280]

Only if my child was in surgery...where I couldn't go. I would then make a statement. Asking for witnesses, tips, etc...

[@jerimiller5651]

I'm glad she did. The children couldn't convey yet-she was (is ) the Monster. Can you imagine stuck in your hospital bed-the perp is your mom- there she is pretending she cares.....

[@pinkyflee6382]

Narcissists. They don't care what or who the audience is, they will talk until they are in the grave.

[@MatildeVallespinCasas]

She was a narcissist who throve on attention. That's usually the Achilles's heel

[@mandymckk]

“When the man shot my daughter, my first reaction was to snap back to my childhood and the pain that had happened to me” I’m sorry, what?! Your daughter is dying and your first reaction is self pity? Her priorities are clear.

[@BlondeVolDoll]

I thought the exact same thing

[@DragonFox84]

i think she was trying to say she was triggered from this event casue it reminded her of a similar situation she was in as a kid and how to deal with it. i think she was trying for something like that but was too dumb to word it right. (if she was a good liar she would have made it more believable.)

[@hannahmcfadden681]

Not to mention in the same breath she tried to make herself a martyr by blaming it on a societal issue

[@BlondeVolDoll]

@@hannahmcfadden681 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@denishacrowe9348]

LMao I laughed so hard like what did I just hear omg

[@lillyanderson753]

Mad respect for the cops that let Christie reveal the name of her attacker through a therapist on her own terms instead of interrogating her as soon as she could talk again

[@helenvarel4426]

Glad they did something right most of the time they dont

[@meghannstansberry8652]

Yes. I had the same thought!

[@cl9949]

@@helenvarel4426 this was a white family and a child. I think back in this time many small town cops only dealt with white people and they treated them like they would their own. I’m not that old but I do think cops are worse now and definitely worse in big cities

[@helenvarel4426]

@@cl9949 yeah :/ it really sucks

[@Glammazonsyn]

@@cl9949 what about AJ Hutto? His family was white and he went back and fourth as a 7 year old about whether or not his mom drowned his sister or not. She’s in jail serving a life sentence.

[@amandawilmot6780]

Hungry Like a Wolf was actially on a cassette tape that she had in the car. It was a big part of the trial bc Christie testified that she heard the song throughout the entire shooting, which means that they keys would've had to be in the ignition when the kids were shot

[@MelonTartVA]

True, I didn't think about that. But that little girl was integral to this case. I'm glad she and her brother are safe and grew up with happy lives. And that Becky was able to accept who she is, not where she came from

[@FussyFox]

I live in Oregon, and I used to own a flower/wine shop where her son (who is in a wheelchair still today due to being paralyzed from the shot his mother inflicted on him) would come into my shop and buy flowers for his girlfriend. Sweet boy 🥹

[@sarahstradtner7062]

Omg so sad his mother did that to him. So heartbreaking

[@ydoicare2000]

He can walk. That’s not true

[@michele1083]

She literally smiled when she described the blood pouring from her daughters mouth. I couldn't believe it.

[@laurahoward5426]

Or disgusted by her own child HOW DARE YOU BLEED SO MUCH?

[@kaywee4200]

Scary

[@meep_maap0007]

Im not saying what she did was ok at all, but some peoples coping mechanisms are smiling. I personally don’t understand and this woman is a psychopath

[@dominiquepelletier720]

@@meep_maap0007 she can't hide her duping delight

[@erossore8500]

@@dominiquepelletier720 exactly!!!!

[@jessicaklopfenstein151]

"I'm never gonna see Cheryl on this earth again" And you sure won't see her in heaven either, ma'am.

[@NatlovesJesus1]

Oh I didn't know you were God. You don't know that

[@starluverr]

@@NatlovesJesus1 sure because someone murdering their kids means they can still go to heaven cool okay.

[@kublakhan1334]

@@NatlovesJesus1 ,That’s right Nat , all she has to do is ask God for forgiveness for murdering her children and she can go to heaven and meet her kids again. I wonder what they will say to her Nat ? . Any ideas ?

[@avery05589]

@ Nat Loves God, u really think a crazy b*tch that murdered her kids with no remorse is going to heaven…. im concerned for your sanity🤨

[@starluverr]

@@avery05589 EXACTLY

[@ameliafailla635]

"i didn't take the time to ask him how or why" when the audience laughs SHE LAUGHED TOO. ABOUT THE DEATH OF HER OWN CHILDREN. she also smiled when she described blood pouring from her child's mouth. oh. my. god.

[@kiwibaby335]

I thought it was sick for the audience to laugh like the fuck are you doing this isn't a comedy show. This world is sick and the people in it.

[@kehkashanarshad4102]

This moment made my organs throw up. Cannot believe the audience laughed at that too! Also “wouldnt I let them cry crocodile tears” WTF

[@Anthony.and.Bigsis]

I noticed that too. Who tf laughs at that

[@asmrtpop2676]

Y’all that was the least offensive thing about her. I can absolutely imagine if someone asked me that Id say “I don’t know I didn’t exactly take time to ask” because I’d be pissed to even be asked that. To an audience that could seem like dark humor, and then them laughing could cause me/her to laugh. I have autism so my reactions when I am nervous or upset are not always precisely how people think they “should” be. Too often true crime comments focus too much on things that don’t really mean much. That comment of hers was meh. The other shit she said was way worse.

[@HeatherL7290]

Yup she's insane totally insane.

[@Jw_617]

Parents hurting their own children is so disturbing. Since I had my own child these stories really hit me harder than ever. My daughter is 4, and when she gets a cold or a small cut I feel horrible and just want to help her and take her pain away. She's really tough too so most of the time she she falls and scrape a knee, I'm more concerned than her! The evil in this world hurts my heart

[@foxymama2003]

As a woman who struggled with infertility, hearing her say that she was lonely and “children are easy to conceive after all” made me want to throw up.

[@raktimaacharjee6938]

Hope you are ok.

[@foxymama2003]

@@raktimaacharjee6938 Thank you, I am good now, I have an amazing son and daughter!

[@raktimaacharjee6938]

❤️❤️

[@assiachaari9314]

Me too 😞

[@steverobertson1729]

Yeah, it was such a cold and emotionless comment, the way she said it, it sounded like she was talking about baking cookies, not CREATING LIFE😐

[@chloel.8007]

She smiles when she's being interviewed and describing her daughter having blood coming from her mouth. On Oprah she sounds cheerful. Wtf.

[@shelbyregisterrn108]

Duper’s delight. She’s a psychopath.

Yes! Psychopaths try and fake appropriate behaviors but it doesn’t come naturally. The mask constantly slips...

[@melissaburton3400]

I don't understand her at all! I'm a mother and my biggest fear is I will out live my sons. It's a nightmare to parents when they have to bury their children. Another thing I don't understand is how she can be mad at the children.that she put here. Those kids didn't choose to be here and when I hear that she didn't want her children because of a man I cringe. Those babies where supposed to be the love of her life it's sad she was to self loving to understand that.

[@Thejonolajoie]

she's certified BAT SHIT CRAZY!

[@nzarzecki]

Scary AF!!!

[@BronwynAlexandriaa]

“Children are so easy to conceive.” Unbelievable. Everything is just “Easy” to her because she has zero regard for other people.

[@Nizhonibearcreek]

She holds nothing sacred

[@HeatherL7290]

Shes evil

[@ashleymendieta83]

Im trying to have a baby and it’s not easy so this pissed me off so much I wanted to cry

[@fairydogmother2752]

I think she had an obsession with princess Diana the way she dressed, her hair, the clutch bags, the way she speaks and facial expressions. Creepy.

[@ZizYoubizHERE]

no it was the style of the time to have hair like that

[@Anonymous-fb1qu]

I was honestly thinking the same, it’s weird!

[@kimstout6419]

She bragged that people told her that she looked like princess Diana.

[@FinalGirl228]

She just CANNOT stop talking, can she? And yet she couldn’t even pretend to be upset, it’s so bizarre

[@purplepeggy9027]

I know right. She talks & talks & talks & talks

[@PixiePrinses]

Exactly! She talks about this as if it's a fun experience she had, meanwhile it's about the death of her children!? Crazy...

[@katharsis7957]

She was featured extensively in a book on female psychopaths I read and she apparently meets many of the criteria.

[@caitstrotman7867]

It's honestly so telling from a phycology standpoint

[@ofcmurphy0723]

Reminds me of Jodie Arias and her bizarre behavior

[@katscratchfever3506]

“She didn’t have kids to have someone to love, she had kids to have someone to love her.” -Ann Rule, author of Small Sacrifices. Diane is a narcissist.

[@mistiehernandez3601]

Interesting

[@carissatiah]

My own mother in fact repeatedly told me this exact statement herself since a young age.. she had me when she was 16, and got pregnant "because she wanted someone who would love her." She then married a man who would repeatedly sexually abuse me from the age of 7/8 until I was 16. She resented me, hated me and did not show love or care. I found out later that she knew about the abuse and after years of counselling/therapy after leaving the family to a safe place many hours away in my mid 20's, I took him to court. Unfortunately he was well connected and walked away after being charged with 39 counts of abuse..and my mother defended him from the start and is still to this day with him. It took me years to heal from all of this, but I can now share my story knowing I am safe and none of that was ever my fault. I have never once looked backed or regretted my choice to walk away from the one person who was supposed to protect me. My heart goes out to those children in this story, and I hope one day the survivors are able to find peace in their hearts and heal. 💗

[@csgirl775]

@@carissatiah I am so proud of you!

[@carissatiah]

@@csgirl775 Thank you for your kindness 💗

[@allthingsrealwithh-beezy5931]

@@carissatiah god`bless

[@Squishy876]

The fact that she can get pregnant so easily is a cosmic joke

[@FNFNFN99KKK]

The only thing she was good at. Nothing else.

[@itscherylplayz8925]

That smile after describing how her OWN daughter was bleeding out was all I needed to know 16:55

[@hiimorrgann]

It sincerely pisses me off that women like this can conceive children so quickly and easily when there are amazing women who are dying for children and are struggling. I will just never understand

[@shilohkeller]

Adopt

[@LauraVittadini]

I'm very grateful for my adoptive parents.

[@kay8332]

@@shilohkeller adopting is not as easy as it sounds.

[@amandas7839]

And that disgusting quote by Diane that “children are so easily conceived” while good, loving women struggle everyday with fertility. So messed up that she was awarded that privilege so many times and didn’t care about her children.

[@jackieb.2642]

Exactly! It pisses me off too seeing these monsters being able to have children while their are so many good kind heart people that can’t and would do anything to have a child.

[@dollface2917]

‘Moms’ who hurt their own babies are just an entire different level of evil to me. I’m a mother of 3, my 10 y/o son had his first tummy bug yesterday and seeing him in so much pain with the cramps was horrendous, as a mom you’d do anything to take their pain. What goes on in someone’s brain not to feel that?

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

Psychopaths like Diane have no emotions apart from for themselves.

[@zirqskitchen9964]

Pure evil..

[@bjjjb3056]

I agree, I have 3 as well and my 10 year old has had 5 surgeries between 18 months and 5 years old and my husband literally had to hold me down around the arms in a super human hug to keep me from jumping screaming just to keep me calm because your child in any type situation with pain mentally or physically is a real mother's worst nightmare

[@hopedurham260]

I agree ! I’m only a cat mum but I feel the same haha

[@WizKhalia13]

@@hopedurham260 same with my dogs 😂❤️

[@maryriley6163]

Diane is so cheerful and happy to be the center of attention that the whole scene is creepy.

[@jeffbryan4019]

Histrionic personality . She loves being on stage .

[@preciousokpara3871]

She’s so cheerful and excited in all her interviews. I can’t believe this is real like she wasn’t even trying to pretend to be distraught. Mind blowing case, can’t believe I haven’t heard of it before now.

[@Pokeballemmily]

“You cant replace children, but you can replace the effect they give you” … she really said that, on national TV after murdering her children .

[@TheKickshaws]

Like WTF does that even mean? She’s such an evil psychopath.

[@kiana_bon_vivant]

after watching the entire video I’m still thinking about that quote. I really don’t know how to feel about that i… no, you can’t replace children and I guess you can technically replace the effect they give you by having another child, BUT if you’re a good parent and person you won’t murder your children and have to replace your child with another smh. she’s so sick for even having the audacity to say that… PUBLICLY. I swear the worst people are given the privileged blessing of having children. one of my biggest peeves honestly

[@REALdavidmiscarriage]

that is pretty hardcore but when she said "children are really so easy to conceive!" like they were exchangable like the batteries in a remote, that was the really messed up thing to say...

[@solarqueen2555]

Children make you feel needed and loved. Maybe her first batch wasn't validating and loving enough 🤢

[@jayem7773]

in that same sentence, she said that children are easily conceived.

[@adriennewood-wheeler1408]

As a person who has struggled with fertility issues for years, I cannot explain to you how incredibly painful it is to watch people like THIS conceive so easily. It's infuriating.

[@LaurenDeLaguna]

I’m so so sorry that you are struggling. This story is also about how amazing adoptive parents are though. If you adopt you will save a child. I know you want your own kids, but adoption is a great option

[@adriennewood-wheeler1408]

@@LaurenDeLaguna Thanks! I appreciate the support. We are currently getting prepared to start the adoption process as there are several things we have to get in order before we can apply, but I am hopeful that I will have my own baby very soon. 💕

[@dummy6124]

aw im so sorry

[@helenparas3953]

Exactly I was thinking about it. When she said getting pregnant is easy I thought of all the women's who have been struggling for years. All the luck girl you gonna be great mom ..

[@NadineMiller1974]

I completely agree! The big nasty "C" word robbed me of that gift too. The hardest is seeing my parents in their 70's w/o grandchildren. This woman was disgusting! I couldn't imagine being shot and seeing your siblings being shot by your own... I won't even type the word mother in reference to this monster!

[@allysoncashdollar1119]

It just doesn’t make any sense to me that people who don’t deserve children can have them so easily and then those who genuinely want them struggle for them. It will never make sense. And especially how she said children are so easy to conceive. Oh that really pushed me too the edge.

[@cheerboicreations1439]

“Every child deserves a parent but not every parent deserves a child.” -Someone

[@Annalorraine67]

Amen

[@Rihardololz]

Destroy the child, corrupt them all. -Pro Choice.

[@jasminemania2984]

- you

[@Katie-mw7pd]

@@Rihardololz fuck off back to the fifties with that shit.

[@scarasara]

Absolutely true

[@isgoodisgood6807]

It’s crazy that her literal child died and she’s joking and laughing during the reenactment .. like wtf

[@Anna-Rose-]

Literal child?

[@shaynanichelle8621]

@@Anna-Rose- It’s a figure of speech to make a point more effective, they’re just saying her own child died and she’s laughing while reenacting the shooting/murder which is insane.

[@Anna-Rose-]

@@shaynanichelle8621, yes, I get that, but it doesn't make a point more effective. I'm not trying to be contrary, but a "literal child" is a child who takes everything literally. I think if the OP wants to emphasize her point, and people to take her seriously, she should learn to use correct verbiage.

[@hamartime17]

That always bothered me. She’s absolutely disgusting

[@isgoodisgood6807]

wow you’re so smart it’s literally crazy I don’t know how you do it literally I’m going into literal shock about how smart you are

[@debbysouthworth5606]

This happened in my state and she was an object lesson for all of us. Diane Downs is a poster child for malignant narcissistic behavior. I was and remain unsurprised that she viewed children as beings to be used for HER comfort and HER needs; disposable in her eyes. Watching her in the 80s... it was a sobering experience to come to the conclusion that any mother could do this to her children and then get pregnant "because I was lonely". I've never forgotten how I thought, if she didn't want them, she could have given them to so many people who would love and care for them rather than this act of betrayal and selfishness.

[@Hedwig1210]

The fact that her kids were adopted by one of the prosecutors was just amazing. It is just disgusting how someone could so such a thing to her own children, her own flesh and blood. Just listening to this made my blood boil.

[@marrrst]

So... her kids are shot and bleeding inches away from her... and she says her first reaction was to reflect on the sexist entrapments of a patriarchal society? Oof

[@mickeymouse12678]

Definitely what a not sociopath would say!

[@maisha4287]

the whole time i watched that, i was thinking, "there is a time and a place for women empowerment but it is CERTAINLY not now"

[@nanyasanders1022]

I knew something was off when she did that. No mother is gonna be thinking about the patriarchy when their children are in danger. She’s a narcissist and most likely enjoyed the attention she received after shooting her children.

[@ninavale.]

Yes! Also she was shot too, people usually go into a shock and are certainly in pain after being shot. Now if you shoot yourself it might be a different story because your body expects it so you won't go into a shock. You probably can deal with pain better too, for the same reason.

[@_labacanitaz]

THE FUCKING LAUGH SHE *STRUGGLED* TO STIFLE!

[@parttimenancydrew1698]

Diane loved all the attention. The mention of being "trapped by society" speaks volumes to how she truly felt about her role as a mother. Diane was only concerned with her own happiness she's a vile narcissist

[@queenc3934]

Someone mentioned her birth chart and I had to take a look at it, it's a whole ass mess. Almost all of her planets are in leo, they have positive aspects to the moon (all her) and challenging aspects to Saturn in the 9th house, she was totally disconnected from her higher self, Saturn in Scorpio is when strong will meets fierce focus. The results are persistence, endurance and sometimes RUTHLESSNESS. Those children were income for her, everything she did in that 6th house leo was for security. The man she thought was the man of her dream was probably well to do. That 6th house has almost all her planets, she was definitely ill in some way. FASCINATING

[@parttimenancydrew1698]

@@queenc3934 Wow. That's really interesting! It all lines up with her life. I agree her children were financial gains 🥺

[@LilKingler]

@@queenc3934 I wish I could understand astrology like this 😭

[@kateb6893]

@@queenc3934 will you read my birthchart

[@thomastani749]

When her eyes seemed to “bug out” round the 22 minute mark at Oprah’s quotes of her B/F on why she did it, I got real chills. Her “monster” side appeared for a few seconds and it was 😟

[@vivianaestremera5381]

Literally reading this is when it came out 😂

[@stephjovi]

It`s quite disturbing how many times she was interviewed! And not once did she say I would never do this to my children. Only stuff like oh I could`ve done that better if it had been me.

[@katiemarie3348]

“My kid got shot and the first thing I did was think about my own pain.” Wtfffff

[@leandracrutchfield8531]

My jaw dropped when I heard that part! "I went back to my childhood" Jesus. It makes me sick to my stomach

[@TrueBuddhaCat]

Exactly! Like what the hell does that have to do with a “stranger” having shot your kids!!? You should be more worried about them!! Hell, in one interview she flat out said “my kids were lucky” which just…..god that just makes my blood boil; your kids are lucky!? One of them is dead, the other two are just barely hanging on but they’re lucky!!? You got some nerve, lady!

[@candy2325]

@@TrueBuddhaCat that woman is absolute poison ☠️ and that’s an understatement

[@Shmitty_A]

The way she smirks when she says “The blood that kept gushing out of her mouth” 😰🤢 You can see the enjoyment in her eyes as she was reliving that gruesome flashback. She’s truly the devil himself

[@nerdieone1]

The devil punishes people like her

[@jennyloluwish8739]

@@nerdieone1 what do you mean by that?

[@Vinds2311]

I have an obsession with serial killers and I have seen a lot of interviews …. But when she said that, I felt CHILLS like never before, they way she can’t control the facial expression and the satisfaction she gets of that memory, is sick….

[@laurenserpineto1325]

She's truly disgusting

[@user-mg1cc3wr5o]

@@nerdieone1 The devil supposedly was kicked out of heaven because he wanted to be more powerful than god himself. He wanted to kill and steal. Surely he wouldn't punish someone who did what he deems as freewill?

[@MrsEricClaus]

Diane is BEYOND delusional and her mind is purely sick 😔 "You don't have to have a good memory if you tell the truth" ~Judge Judy

[@TorenTerlouw]

My mom worked at Chowchilla women’s prison and said Diane would always pull weeds along the fence line. She would tell her back off the electric wire Diane LOL

[@elliegilmartin4222]

all children deserve parents but parents do not deserve their kids.

[@lunav.1428]

That is sadly so true

[@aljonborabo0801]

Correction, SOME parents dont deserve their children

[@yomama12546]

Wow such wise words. Definitely never heard them before.

[@iamshirleyjackson]

@@aljonborabo0801 💯

[@Aj-sn1dp]

@@aljonborabo0801 There's no need to clarify. Only people concerned about their parenting feel the need to correct that statement. If you know it doesn't apply to you then there's no point

[@savhannah9889]

You know shes lying straight from the beginning. No woman, no matter how kind or how much faith they have in humanity, would stop for a man on an isolated road. Especially with her children.

[@williamrosenbloom215]

And immediately greet him by turning off the car and getting out! Honestly, if I as a man was walking down an isolated road and a woman pulled up and abruptly got out of her car and walked towards me I would assume she was trying to kill me.

[@kingdomwarrior1305]

At night.... Smh

[@imscared7631]

forreal

[@katharinamaerbacher2554]

I mean I would do it. But I live in Austria where the crime rate is one of the lowest worldwide, so yeah, if I were in America, yeah then maybe not.

[@ellenjx1959]

@@katharinamaerbacher2554 Switzerland here and same. I wouldn't get out but I would stop.🤷‍♀️

[@babygalshaylynn]

I think what’s more concerning than being a surrogate after a Dr declares you “psychotic”, is the fact she was allowed to keep all of her children

[@Sinc3r3ly]

YIKES the ableism

[@haileygilmore1832]

@@Sinc3r3lyhow is that ableism?

[@ld8682]

@@Sinc3r3ly Truth is ableism.

[@ZizYoubizHERE]

how insanely horrific for Christie and Danny when they heard Diane escaped, that part scared me the most because I knew this whole story except for that part

[@jokernverdies]

According to Ann rule, they never found out during the escape. Probably after she was recaptured

[@justasimplenobody2666]

"... children are so easy to conceive".. the way she said that and the expression on her face literally made my jaw drop...

[@LauraVittadini]

It's as if she forgot there's the whole part where you eventually bring another human into this world. I'm so baffled by how illogical she is.

[@coffee8599]

Everything about her makes me want to puke.

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

not "literally"

[@ifiys7436]

@@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701 🙄

[@soukainachaina4460]

It’s frustrating considering some spend years trying to convince from unexplained infertility. Kids are not easy to conceive for everyone.

[@mellowyellow2797]

"Children are so easy to concieve" One of the most selfish, insensitive, and UNTRUE statements ever recorded.

[@table.for_6]

Back then it was because there wasn’t so much poison shoved into you everyday.

[@knicholsch]

Agreed! It is actually not easy at all for most people. Most women struggle to conceive. She was one of the lucky ones and this is how she chose to use that “ability”. Idk why people like this or people that have 5 kids they have no custody of but people that want kids struggle.

[@jandirachacha809]

@Chasing Wildflowers it's not that easy! I've been trying to conceive for over 2 years now..it's so hard and reading things like this,it hurts..have more sympathy,please.

[@ariellesmommy]

that made my blood boil. some women go to their graves without having children who wanted them so badly & would give them the world. yet this selfish, psychotic women can reproduce without a problem...

[@CoffeeNRoblox]

For her it was easy. I doubt she cares about anyone other woman’s issues

[@adamjustadam]

It breaks my heart knowing that Cheryl was Diane’s least favourite child. She was adorable and I wish she lived so she could’ve been adopted with Christie and Danny.

[@95RangerGirl]

Her laughing while reenacting is so eerie I swear

[@SquirmieWormington]

I’m so glad Becky got better. The fact that she was afraid to end up like Diane shows that she’s nothing like her at all.

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

Correct. My mother is terrible, and I’m worried I’ll end up like her, but my husband says that being aware of that in the first place means I won’t me. That’s the same for Becky. Awareness is key.

[@blakeschuele3683]

Yeah, no doubt, there's another true-crime case out there i just listened to where the son of a murderous father actually took his own life due to fear of carrying on the same genes as him.

[@cmiller3379]

@@blakeschuele3683 that is so so so sad.

[@AngelJuliet]

@@blakeschuele3683 wow that’s tragic

[@petrosinella]

@@blakeschuele3683 Who was this?

[@islawebbx7294]

16:54 this woman is seriously smiling while talking about her daughter dying with blood “gushing out of her mouth” what an absolutely sick monster of a woman.

[@bulma463]

That truly disturbed me 💔💔💔

[@Americanwoman74]

Totally demonic.

[@personanongrata9289]

I thought so, also. I had to look twice, but it definitely looks like she was squelching a grin or even a laugh. She’s horrifying.

[@islawebbx7294]

@@personanongrata9289 yep she looked as if she was about to burst out laughing as if she was telling a funny story with a friend but she was talking about the “man that murdered her daughter.”

[@whodatninja439]

i mean she is psychotic.

[@Trisha-yv2jn]

I was a teenager when this happened. I can’t listen to the song Hungry Like the Wolf because it makes me think of how she acted in court when it was played. Hope all the kids are doing well.

[@alexisb829]

My mom and I just talked about this case and one thing I will always remember was when I was younger hungry like the wolf would play on the radio and she’d have to change it and told me it makes her sick to her stomach!

[@lilithbedivine4818]

Those dead eyes says it all, man... There's no soul behind those eyes! Stay away demon!

[@piperentp7]

Fred never spoke ill of Diane because he’s a good person, not because she is. She’s so delusional.

[@gunslingerdaz3375]

I don't get why she felt that that was even relevant to be honest.

[@katherinerojas5504]

@@gunslingerdaz3375 cause she said that it was a testament to her claimed innocence bc “he knew a man out there had done it”

[@margiewinslow872]

The Hugis were sparing the children by not bad mouthing their bio parents. That's compassion.

[@leilanyx]

right? it's not like fred would go up to the kids and tell them what a horrible monster their mother is anyway?? they already know it and clearly don't want to think about it.

[@SharynFacts]

"Driving wildly..like a lunatic, to the hospital." Technically accurate. Only a lunatic would drive so slowly after being shot and having a backseat full of shot children...

[@blumeiworld]

I mean if I was in that situation I would probably speed a little bit cuz if you get pulled over the cops aren't going to be like you're getting a ticket lady right now for trying to take your kids to the hospital

[@animeluver4ever911]

@@blumeiworld a thousand percent i am not stopping that car XD I will call if I can if not I will deal with it at the hospital. God this lady makes me ill.

[@yeehawbeehaw]

@@blumeiworld pretty sure she was driving slowly to give herself more time for the kids to die...

[@stephanienoblet8503]

@@yeehawbeehaw yeah she did at least that’s what I have heard on a tv show

[@mstate_]

Rebecca is a prime example of being careful what you wish for. I understand the desire to know your family history, but I also understand why she should have just left it alone. She had great parents and a good life. Sometimes it’s just best not to know.

[@peppiholliday4525]

I've never actually seen a documentary on this evil woman but I did watch the movie when Farrah fawcett was playing her and it really was a scary scary story. I think that she got exactly what she deserved

[@seasonsofus]

Kristen Stewart would eat as Diane in a biopic. Also, I think it’s fascinating that Diane was completely oblivious about how strange her behavior would come off to other people. She couldn’t even fake realistic act of a mother that went through what she said that she did. I think it says a lot about her psyche

[@salenamartinez8576]

I agree

[@dantreselechelle5113]

Farrah fawcet played her in a lifetime movie about her and she killed it. Down to the raspy voice and hair

[@dantreselechelle5113]

The name was small sacrifices

[@melly8623]

OMG YES they look so similar in the face! Diane also looks really similar to jenelle evans from teen mom (especially when jenelle has no makeup on)

[@katwebbxo]

@@melly8623 Agreed lol

[@gwen08gard]

I literally cannot stand this woman. However, I'm so happy those little ones were adopted by the prosecutor and his wife. So glad her daughter got her life back together too!

[@arielsea9087]

She’s a really scary, blatant, narcissist. I remember this crazy story when it happened. Couldn’t stand her guts.

[@misfitbrit1989]

The prosecutor and his wife were God sends for those kids! Imagine having to go to an orphanage after your mother tries to kill you.

[@sharonm.t.2492]

@@misfitbrit1989 I wonder why they didn't go to that last husband, Steve.

[@crystalmesser6902]

Wasn't that the icing on the case! Being adopted by the prosecutor.... warm feelings about the world 🌎 when I hear 👂 actions like this. I feel it has become so dark, light can be dim.

[@jeffbryan4019]

I despise her too.

[@TwinkleTwinkleTruly]

The way she almost laughed when she talked about how blood was “gushing from [her daughter’s] mouth.” is so sickening. And how, as her child is dying in her backseat, how she gets to thinking about her own traumas. It’s all about HER, and no one else. It’s not tragic for her children, it’s tragic for HER.

[@sandirobi88]

If she threw her keys in the bushes, how could she drive???

[@vanessag5449]

The prosecutor adopting the children really melted my heart, that was a lovely thing to hear at the end of this terrible terrible case. I am so glad her other child also turned her life around and didn't let the fact that her mum is who she is define her or end up ruining her life too.

[@jac5450]

You would have so much passion for the word you do with survivors in your family. So incredible

[@anniemichigan466]

It does make me curious as to why they didn't go to their father (s)?

[@KendallRae]

Lmao at all the comments about Janelle Evans😂 I completely agree, they look similar 💯

[@elenajohnson6336]

She reminds me of Kristen Stewart for some reason lol (no offence to Kristen meant obvs)

[@cypherx666x]

🤣

[@softsuggestions7504]

She has a lot of the same traits too 👀 boy crazy, child neglect, narcissistic...

[@scrossman27]

@@elenajohnson6336 it's the dead-fish eyes

[@nicolemartin5552]

They even sound similar ... watch a teen mom clip of janelle arguing or being defensive they have the similar mannerisms and expressions ... creepy

[@l0g4nn]

so proud of lil’ kristy for sticking up against her monster of a mother and testifying against the court 💔 i can’t imagine how harrowing and emotional that must’ve been for her young childhood and heart ❤️‍🩹

[@Hillcountry_Catholic]

That clip of her on Oprah and the audience laughs for a moment. Like WTF. Why is anyone laughing or smiling while talking about these kids being murdered?!?!?

[@jacksgl777]

They were laughing about her going out and easily just oh well I’ll get pregnant again and replace the child. They knew that was nutty

[@monicarai1497]

Omg. It's terrifying to know that such people exist.

[@larbot3433]

The only thing that made me feel less sad about this story was this in an article: "They have both graduated from college. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005." "Danny, a computer whiz, is still partially paralyzed from the bullet in his back, but he is living a happy and normal life." "They have grown up in a very happy home with the Hugis.”

[@amandachase7691]

I also read that later on Christie had a girl and named her Cheryl after her sister. This case is just heartbreaking .

[@NattieD911]

Where did u read this

[@amandachase7691]

@@NattieD911 the article is called Where are Diane Downs' Kids Today. It was published July 2020.

[@joemamanotfoundd6416]

ur everywhere

[@margaret4196]

Thanks for sharing this news! Really happy those children ended up with the family they deserved!

[@theonejokeking3191]

“You can’t replace children but you can replace the affect they give you.” O_O super creepy.

[@amberreid1059]

This exact comment of hers explains it all. SHE is all that matters to her, and other people are just things that exist for her own benefit. Until they benefit her no more.

[@katlhp957]

And "children are easily conceived" !?

[@Indigo_newness]

Such a narcsists comment all about them and what they can get

[@Odette321]

Yeah all about herself. Those kids were not just a nice toy she could throw away like a tissue and squeeze out another one later to make herself feel good, but that's how she talked about them.

[@ririretasu2779]

"...It's so easy to conceive"

[@ee5647]

Who tf was crazy enough to get her pregnant after all that?

[@brandygibson7580]

the Comment Children are so easy to conceive makes me want to puke 😮 as someone who struggled to get pregnant and lost one angel baby . I know how hard that process was for me 😭 I have an almost 4 year old and I would die if something happened to her . This woman is heartless

[@autumnmount495]

That Oprah interview. When she laughed with the audience about how ridiculous she sounded. A mom who was TRULY grieving would have been a lot more emotional (even though she showed next to none) and they surely wouldn’t have laughed about her kids dying. Also when she said “kids are so easy to make” just shows you she thinks they’re disposable

[@kimberlyl3617]

The audience laughed along with her. So weird!

[@sophiagoodman-merel7453]

@@kimberlyl3617 I think they were laughing at her because she seemed so stupid. It could also be nervous laughter since she was clearly off.

[@yagirl9364]

@@sophiagoodman-merel7453 Agreed. I too was laughing watching her because of how stupid she sounded and how clear it was to me she was lying but I am intensely emotional and wouldn’t have reacted that way if someone was telling me that directly to my face. I got into a dramatic car accident where our car fishtailed and spun around multiple times and we ended up into the oncoming lane and I was so stunned and scared but all I could do was burst out laughing.

[@autumnmount495]

@@kimberlyl3617 I thought it was weird too! I get nervous laughing but it seemed the audience all just burst out laughing together!

[@itsjojo_alexis]

Fr

[@daphnefallz2489]

"Children are so easy to conceive!" Apparently it is when you are one of the absolute worst people on the planet to ever have a child. What a slap in the face to those of us struggling to conceive.

[@sicilygianna]

Truly heart breaking how unfair life is.

[@alkminipap]

so true.. thought of the same thing :(

[@Livvvv120]

Yep.. I’ve been trying for years now and people like this can pop them out whenever they want! I will never understand that

[@shelbynalepa7399]

So true. That struck a cord with me as well 😔

[@nicastraea]

Went to the comments for this exact reason :,(

[@Lazy-Journalist]

I thought the dog was a blanket lol.

[@tatttoon]

Don’t know why this lady reminds me of Janelle from “Teen Mom”. Her small mouth, the way that she sounds, her sad eyes. She even looks like her in the thumbnail and when she’s being interviewed sometimes.

[@christiner5579]

My grandmother was at the hospital when Diane brought her kids in. She walked around whistling!

[@ImToxii]

That is so disturbing :( those poor babies

[@vchild]

WTF!!!?

[@MaryTheresa1986]

What In The Actual @#$%?!?!?!

[@SOLONANS72]

Oh wow😞

[@divestednoir86]

😲😲😲😲😲

[@iwantthe80sback59]

The re-enactment was done the day after Cheryl’s funeral and the remaining 2 kids were still on life support in the hospital.

[@mccartyzoe]

Oh my gosh. So heart breaking. Sickening

[@triciam4798]

😭😭😭… omg!

[@pazza4555]

Holy ****!

[@HeatherL7290]

And she was just having a grand old time 😡

[@rooroo1704]

Wow. What a complete and utter psycho she is. Scary.

[@NotSoTypikal]

Hats off to the detective, the therapist and the prosecutor!!! They really did their jobs! Very impressed with the therapist though!

[@user-hf4hc6uz6s]

Jenelle Evans from teen mom is her doppelganger!😮

[@jesshead4305]

My dad worked at the chowchilla women’s prison while she was there and caught her trying to escape, she filed a false report on my dad afterwards trying to say he assaulted her in front of one of the watch towers. Obviously the investigation showed it was not true but my dad was out of work for 8 weeks during the investigation because of it

[@tanja7891]

What the fuck. I am so sorry for your dad. This woman is insane.

[@analee3299]

yep, the narc is always the victim and blame everyone for their actions

[@jesshead4305]

@@tanja7891 she absolutely is, it definitely was a difficult time for us since my mother was a stay at home mom and we were already living paycheck to paycheck but we got through

[@stefansnellgrove]

I’m sorry that happened to him

[@tanja7891]

@@jesshead4305 Hopefully u are doing financally better now ! Did u get any reparation from the prison ?

[@jeannettesparr9179]

Odd how she’s never pleaded with public to find the “real killer”. Hmm.

[@tiffprendergast]

Oj

[@kristiejones7420]

She says she knows who they are but won't tell cuz they'll come back & kill her 🤣

[@catsecon1653]

@@kristiejones7420 how convenient!

[@shaynanichelle8621]

Good point!

[@seabass62yearsago]

Because she said she knows the killer. I’m not justifying what she did at all i’m just saying. That’s why she didn’t say that

[@marilynmanord1790]

Why is “Hungry like the wolf” a weird song to be playing? In 1983 Duran Duran were being played constantly on the radio and on MTV.

[@christi2993]

Oprah's audience laughing at her is the text book definition of cringe.

[@paranoiarpincess]

That made me feel so awkward.

[@YasmineGarcia]

Right I was so confused like what was the joke

[@HeySas]

@@YasmineGarcia same but I think they were laughing in disbelief about what she was saying

[@YasmineGarcia]

@kenzie. jade yeah I thought that too but that’s still so messed up I do see how it made Diane laugh too and it makes her look way less remorseful than she already is

[@HeySas]

@@YasmineGarcia the whole interview made me so uncomfortable

[@katelynnalecsis9972]

My grandma went to high school with her and still till this day says how evil she was even back then.

[@Fan-zx1lz]

Happy to get a testimony from a related person.

[@roximarie8275]

Wow.

[@ragdollyoxox7672]

Really...do tell 😯

[@lemonblossom0]

tell us in the replies!!

[@Fan-zx1lz]

@@lemonblossom0 what do you mean?

[@gwenbrown5371]

I remember watching this movie about this story and I didn’t know it was a true story until I got into true crime documentaries. Sad that she did this to her kids I’m so glad her daughter was the reason she was put away for the rest of her life

[@MarkOfKeys]

She also had a memorial at her house for her kids BEFORE the night of the shooting. That should say it all.

[@amandachase7691]

Diane Downs is just as cold and heartless as they come. She laughed during a reenactment of the incident when she hit her arm. This was just days after the shooting. No remorse whatsoever.

[@Franciellestephanie]

This is sooooo messed up. It feels like she doesn't know this situation is connected to the shooting of her children. I am really having a hard time digesting this story. How can she behave this way?

[@TrulyHighContrastArt]

@@Franciellestephanie she's a psychopath

[@shan6283]

The laughing during the reenactment and during interviews really got to me. She is evil and heartless. There are so many women who wish to have children. I personally can not wait to have kids one day. Then there are women like her who were blessed with beautiful children and chose to hurt them out of selfishness ... then LAUGH about it. It really doesn’t sit well with me at all. Those poor babies. Makes me emotional tbh

[@melodi996]

@@Franciellestephanie cause she feels no emotions at all, killing kids for her is like making breakfast.

[@Cat-xv5bn]

I just came across this. Having known Kristy as a coworker and next door neighbor, Kristy told me that once she testified, Diane could never hurt her and Danny again, Kristy said it was difficult and easy at the same time to testify. It was the beginning of feeling safe for the 1st time in her life. But then petrified again when Diane escaped. Kristy has no memories of her biological father but was adopted by the DA and his wife eventually. Adult life became difficult as Kristy looked exactly as Diane and there were people who wanted to capitalized on her looks. Kristy and Danny do not acknowledge Diane as their mother. Both of them, after years of therapy are living good lives.

[@someweirdo8380]

That is so good to hear they are doing well

[@_gremlinboy]

It's so good to know they're doing well these days. And I do think one of the worst things about parental abuse is the way children look, act and sound like their parents no matter how they feel about it.

[@Ms.Brightside77]

This is great news… I can’t even imagine having lived through that and it being your own mother..

[@adelina513]

It's good to hear that they are doing well, and I hope both Kristy and Danny thrive in their lives.

[@kimbervoss3753]

I’m very glad to hear this.. I’ve always wondered about their well being and am so happy to hear they were safe and loved.. it’s truly amazing what the prosecutor and his wife have done..

[@scottreaume2835]

On a side note I wonder after her interview with Oprah the camera man was fired 🤔 I TOLD YOU TO GET ALL MY HAIR IN THE SHOT 🤨 I'm sorry but that was the widest lense we have 🥺 YOUR FIRED 😠

[@notcomfortable_here]

I don't think I've been visually scared by any killer like Diane Downs. There is something so disturbing about her face and facial expressions.

[@katrinadelamarter]

Her face reminds me of Gertrude from the Sylvia Litkens case, same evil look in their eyes.

[@holliejacobs1833]

"i just went and got pregnant because i was so lonely" ??? this woman disturbs me on so so many levels

[@jasminejacobs6862]

Sounds like something an angry ole mom would say to her growing up

[@TatiSaysSo]

@@jasminejacobs6862 Yup. It’s textbook narcissistic mother

[@positivereview8671]

She is laughing and joking when acting it out about hitting her cast. The fact she could even do interviews after her kids dying is disgusting. As a mother you would be crippled. I couldn’t live I wouldn’t want to continue my life without them

[@hillarycalvera6214]

My pastors wife was in Bible college with her. This has been on of my favorite stories ever!!! I am so glad you shared this video! It’s so sad and to hear about her normalizing life throughout the whole thing is insane.

[@mary1412]

I will NEVER understand how monsters like this can have so many healthy kids and then wonderful people who truly want to love and cherish a child more than anything in the world have such problems even getting pregnant.

[@amberfaulkner8930]

It's disgusting isn't it?! Why are there people who would be amazing parents, but struggle to conceive then people who are evil people have them so easily 🙄 its really unfair

[@Noneofyourbusiness57817]

😔 so true

[@bluetrolling]

True ...

[@evirareid1500]

Been trying a year and yeah...

[@bbrendapinkforevadiaz6244]

I'm one of those people who could not conceived my husband and I have no children

[@kellylynn1902]

“I’m never going to see them again, on earth” Well she’s certainly not gonna see them again in the afterlife either 👀

[@irelandcarey1997]

Period

[@crazycatlady68]

Only if you believe in fairytales

[@undeniably_crissy2902]

Thissss

[@lachrymoseleslie6624]

Right? If the afterlife really exists, it's disturbing that she assumes she'd end up in the same place as her kids.

[@Yocyndie]

Bold of her to assume she’s going to heaven

[@alicialovesbeautyy]

She is absolutely ridiculous. She thinks for one second people believe her story? Ridiculous!!

[@OctoberGirl1971]

Wow she is very disturbing. Some of her pictures are explanations gave me the chills.

[@laurawillson1627]

The way she smiled and even started to laugh when describing how her daughter was bleeding from the mouth... unbelievable.

[@nochediluna3532]

I caught that too

[@maxmaxs9608]

Duping delight.

[@eagleeye2300]

Chilling beyond belief. Earth can be really, really tough. There's a reason for it all...but that doesn't mitigate the horrors that go on. Personally...I'm super happy to have spiritual beliefs about heaven being an absolute reality. How else could we survive these atrocities?

[@eagleeye2300]

@@maxmaxs9608 Absolutely.

[@oliviaholmes1559]

Wow

[@MsAmos97]

Does anybody else notice how Diane reframes the storyline to make herself both the victim and the hero?

[@stephanikinyon3693]

Yup. Classic narcissistic traits

[@stephaniec0625]

Yes and a champion of all downtrodden women 🙄

[@misseselise3864]

yep, she’s the personification of narcissism

[@LauraVittadini]

She saw her child hurt and thought back to her own childhood like wtfff

[@MothraBlues]

Absolutely. Classic narcissism.

[@jennyrose55]

In so many of these videos, I am always shocked at the absence of the dads. He was painted to be a good dad in the beginning, like he stuck with her even when she cheated and treated a child that he knew wasn’t his like he was his… then silence! He didn’t even want custody of them after their mother tried to kill them? So they had to feel all that abandonment from his side too! Wow.

[@melodyshaw9329]

I saw the Lifetime movie Small Sacrifices with Farrah Fawcett as a young teen. The scene in the courtroom with Hungry Like The Wolf creeped me out to the point all these years later cannot bear to hear that song at all!!

[@JoAndGetFat]

“You can’t replace children” said the woman who killed her own and then got pregnant again

[@KingOfGaymes]

And she literally said she got pregnant again because she missed her kids.. sounds like replacement imo

[@cranberry411]

She did it because she is psycho plain and simple...

[@penelopephelange]

I thought it was superhot 😍😍

[@julesislesbjan]

@@penelopephelange excuse me what

[@michelegyger2304]

@Lora Samario yes???????????? I can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@petrasolano9531]

The fact that she would have pulled over on a road to help a guy that she thought was drugged that would’ve been a red flag immediately.

[@petrasolano9531]

@Sweettt! Yeah

[@PromisedJubilee]

ABSOLUTELY. I would never. NEVER.

[@numbernine3436]

Maybe she thought he would impregnate her again. That is the story of her life.

[@Laurencita]

Right? I’m not pulling over for any strange man, let alone with my young child in the car! Eff that!

[@uscgirlmeg]

Prob looking for another baby daddy