My Mother’s Sins l 20/20 Diane Downs l Part 1

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The night Diane Downs' 3 children were shot in cold blood
When Downs brought them to the hospital, her daughter Cheryl was dead and her other two children, Danny and Christie, were badly wounded. Authorities were suspicious of Downs' "flat" demeanor.
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In 1983, Diane Downs said a stranger shot her 3 kids, but police decided she was lying

[@ana_5536]

Her kids: one dead, two wounded Her: all of that blood really messed up my new car...*eyes of a demon*

[@xecris1]

Eyes of a demon, mind of a maniac... She was the shaggy haired man flagging down cars that night. And yes, that part just blows my mind. Right after her kids are shot all to hell, she literally had the new car's condition high on her mind. Higher than her own childrens' well-beings. I have always been a car guy, surrounded by car guys my whole life, and I wouldn't ever dare put a car of mine over the happiness / livelihood of my kid (if I had one, that is) or even any of my fiancés three daughters. May not have been there since births, but have been in the huge majority of their lives already, and I can't imagine how you get yourself to think about committing these horrible acts. Goddamn, lady. Whore yourself out for the attention you crave like normal, unbalanced women do. It's worked for everyone else, you aren't so special. (yes, I heard the part about her infidelities. She just needed to keep it up until the child-murdering urges pass, then deal with the consequences of her actions in stride. Be the bigger whore! Get yourself all over out there, hell, even pocket a bit of coin while you're at it. So much better for all than killing your own kids like a fucking psycho.)

[@babygirlbabygirl3368]

How evil

[@larissathacker7466]

Xecris R a

[@onewayturtles]

It's not nearly the same thing, but that part chillingly reminded me of my mother. When I was 9 I injured my leg seriously and was in horrible pain and bleeding profusely. While driving to the hospital, my mother berated me for ruining my new leggings.

[@anastasiaisabella7354]

Unbelievable ! All she care about was her dumb car not her three gravely injured children

[@olgapagan4773]

Her first words out her mouth was evidence enough for me. "I pulled over for a stranger with my 3 small children in the car in the middle of the night in a unfamiliar area that I thought was cool enough to go sight seeing." Yeah ok honey you make so much sense. Turn around and try these silver bracelets on.

[@MsJenn1985]

I think back then folk did stop to help others, because they didn’t have any access to horror stuff unless you watched the movies, kids used to take themselves home after sch back then, it’s scary to think how lacks people were with their own safety, with the internet we understand all the horrors, She bled more guilt than her bullet wound let out xx

[@xecris1]

@@MsJenn1985 I don't think it was the internet or anything like that, I just honestly think life was safer in general back then. When I grew up, my friends and I never felt in danger with all the recklessness we lived. Now, just so many more people, news makes sure people hear about anything happening at any place in the world, etc. And too much stimuli. The things you have to do to get a rush just gets twisted in more and more minds as the years go on. For some, negative attention is still attention, so lay it on and they soak it up just as well. And how much negative attention comes to you once the world finds out you raped / tortured / killed a person /people? It's sad, and it really should be a common agreement between all news outlets that the names of these sick people are never once uttered aloud. Take away their name, take away the sick details of their story. Pull all the wind out of their sails. Watch how small the circle of people affected by a criminals misdeeds shrinks to. If anything, it may take away enough motivation to make these crimes happen by one person, or a few, or even a small fraction of the whole population of twisted rapists / murderers. To know that they will never get exposure, and only those in the courtroom during your trial will even hear your name... I dunno, this was way way longer than I had intended, and I haven't slept in 4 nights so far, so it made so much more sense in my mind before I attempted to type it out. Does anyone else agree that a media blackout related to someone and their crimes has the chance of possibly having them restrain themselves ?

[@MULTIAPPLECATZRULEMLP]

"Turn around and try these silver bracelets on" LOL!!! I love that sentence

[@Dreamskater100]

Silver bracelets! Lmao! I love that! 😄😄

[@forgottenpalace4472]

I don't get the silver bracelet joke. Can someone tell me? 😑

[@deescott8312]

Sight seeing at night .. stop for a stranger with your three kids ...yeah okay we believe you

[@saffronblu71]

Yeah! Like "I'M such a GOOD person that I HAD to stop & help"! Well, as for ME- NOT with MY kids in the car at that time of night, which, b.t.w. I wouldnt have been out there with my kids that late at night on back roads!

[@vybenails6891]

i know she's a fucking idiot!! man i hate her . ..

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Dee Scott Exactly! She is dumber than dumb.

[@WindDancer435]

I read the book "Small Sacrifices" many years ago and forgot many of the details. I am so thankful for KZbin and whoever posted this. I also love reading the comments. Ms Downs is just like Susan Smith, both thought they could fool everyone.

[@joanna7350]

not to mention getting out of the car on a dark backroad, with your kids in the car at night.

[@zipidle2428]

When she was smiling in that interview I got chills

[@jospeaches8533]

In every video!!cray cray! stink eyes!!😈👿

[@dilanarellanes7847]

what’s ur instagram? 💕

[@alejandraalonso1996]

That’s a special type of crazy

[@katperson1955]

It’s the smile of a psychotic.

[@shannasharp8917]

Me too it’s terrifying

[@Pinkranger87]

This woman is not just sick she's evil. She loved the press attention.

[@ACinemafanatic]

Narcissist are like devils just empty attention seekers who take other’s emotions like leeches it’s so toxic and draining

[@iloy1218]

Yeah she scary

[@user-qm8bc4bu1t]

Where is she from?

[@barbaratreadway4052]

My son was murdered in 2015, five years later I still cry and scream. I would have traded places in a second. How can a mother do this to there own children?. I truly think that there are demons disguised as humans, and Diane Downs is one.

[@indiranathoo7973]

I’m truly sorry for your loss.

[@lynneleyva3479]

@@indiranathoo7973 thank you for your empathy!

[@Pinkranger87]

She's not a mother. She just had children. Their's difference between having kids and being a parent

[@eminem2996]

Sure he was

[@Anthony.and.Bigsis]

Im so sorry for your loss

[@burntblonde2925]

That smirky smile....tells it all No one smiles when their children are dead or hurt.

[@Anthony.and.Bigsis]

For real wtf

[@elbacarrillo2720]

That smirk was truly frightening 💔

[@DonnaBrooks]

Wasn't that smile the creepiest thing?! It was horrifying!

[@burntblonde2925]

@@DonnaBrooks Yes it was, her mask slipped at that moment

[@emilierosas6376]

I mean she could’ve just put the kids up for adoption, that’s a real idiot there.

[@kiwidreams3]

Or maybe give them to their birth father

[@Holidaygirl7]

@@kiwidreams3 he didn’t want them after the killings they said idk if he would have wanted them before. Financial reasons he said

[@dawnsparks9207]

Diana was her middle name does no else notice she uses her eyes has the same haircuts as Princess Diana i think she thought this would hve gt her off looking like the lady who loved all children

[@AttilatheThrilla]

Putting a 7 year old up for adoption is pretty much a death sentence for the kid

[@verfernando8101]

😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@flawwwless]

She didnt even try to hide it. "All of that blood really messed up my new car" "I couldn't tie my shoes for two months." *not even crying*

[@adamjustadam]

Smiling and acting like it was all fun and games

[@redbeardfacebaldhead5099]

That happy smile after she talks about how the blood runs out of her daughters mouth, Yea thats a normal loving mother...

[@ginimaried266]

Duping delight

[@PartialCremation]

@@ginimaried266 I think it was more than just duper's delight. I think she actually took pleasure in that memory of her child fighting for her life. She's evil.

[@abelis644]

​@@PartialCremation Agreed. She relished in remembering. She's a monster.

[@Charley.Farley]

The amount of times she says “I” and “Me” in her interviews is incredibly telling in itself.

[@SiViC74]

Me me me. 😊

[@janice8514]

Sightseeing in the dark? When they are SLEEPING? No way.

[@blvctina4215]

Janice Evans what does sightseeing mean

[@adamjustadam]

@@blvctina4215How do you not know what sight seeing means?

[@blvctina4215]

@@adamjustadam bro it was literally 3 years ago i was 13..

[@maddie_009]

“When the man shot my kids, it made me snap back to my childhood” *What the...?*

[@anneroy4560]

she was sexually abused by her father ...

[@dawnzed2891]

I miss Ann Rule so much. What an intelligent, witty and caring person. I met her in the early 90s and she was just as genuine in person as she comes across in interviews and her books.

[@NotimeforThis-fd4ye]

Same! She’s a big loss of kindness and reason in the true crime space

[@Kensington2714]

I miss her. ❤ she was one of a kind. I bought a book of hers at at local bookstore & it had her signature. It was someone else’s name. But I don’t care. I have her signature. I don’t think I’ve found anyone like her. She was an amazing writer.

[@riverandizzy3653]

I hope this doesn’t come off mean, but I’m more curious in what the kids that got shot have to say versus the girl who wasn’t even there.

[@realmofthemisunderstood166]

covvos eyes I don’t understand why they interviewed her instead of the kids who got shot

[@speakupify]

@@realmofthemisunderstood166 they have kept a private life. Who can blame them

[@realmofthemisunderstood166]

Marie Smith I cant blame them, I definitely hadn’t considered that. One thing is certain though, this woman doesn’t deserve the massive spotlight she has but the media is like “the kid who got shot won’t talk? Well this is the best we’ve got.”.

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

You do know that the eldest, Christie, testified against her in court in 1984, right? This is after she suffered two gun shot wounds that resulted in her having a stroke due to blood loss. It took her months of recovery to articulate who shot her and she was VERY clear. 'My mom'

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

@@uziclippe go back to the basement.

[@deletedwaffles]

That picture of one of the surviving kids in a hospital bed clinging for her life with a stuff animal next to her is hard to look at. If that were my child I would be in absolute tears.

[@normathomas8609]

Oh my God “if they gotta die let them die”? Even a four yr old could see thru this wacko

[@Adam-bq2vw]

I’d like to see interviews of people who grew up with her. She didn’t just become a psychopath overnight.

[@yojomma685]

They say she was narcissistic and everything was always about her. And that psychopathy describes her

[@raea3588]

I've heard she was shy, self possessed, that the signs of narcissism were there even then.

[@lorkhan8565]

No... You become a psychopath by birth. No one can become a psychopath 🤦

[@raea3588]

Yes you can become a psychopath but it generally happens in early childhood. It can happen if the child did not bond during important attachment periods, it can be the result of brain trauma or a neurological condition, it can stem from severe psychological trauma. Sometimes it just is and if not found early...no one knows why because it doesn't happen to everyone who has endured these circumstances either. It's scary and sad.

[@CherryFrog321]

@@raea3588 I kind of thought that this was the main difference between a psychopath and a sociopath. That psychopaths are usually born that way, while sociopaths usually become the way they are due to their environment (usually severe abuse or neglect during early childhood).

[@raea3588]

I'm proud of Becky Babcock for telling her story and speaking out because she knows she's not the only one out there who has been born to someone such as this and has had the fears that they will become like their parents but Becky is a beautiful and strong woman inside and out. There is nothing of her biological mother in her!

[@angelahill2624]

I know it's probably wrong but I wonder if the adoptive mother wouldn't of told her she was adopted if she would of chosen different paths/ choices!? Very interesting!

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

How can anyone be so evil? That is beyond me...

[@leilanisunsets1362]

Trust me there are

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Cherie Smith Sadly you are right like in this case.

[@milaboeva3714]

Combination from 3 (I think according to the psychologist who examined her) personality disorders in the case and unfortunately people like her aren’t so rare. Basically the monsters are not in the movies, but the movies are based on the reality :(

[@kirstenkim5011]

My mother and Diane worked at the same work and told me that Diane is a really fucked up individual and it's so unreal , you wouldn't want to be in a relationship with her 😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

Kirsten Kim Wow! Really? Glad your mom is ok. It would be dangerous being around a messed up sicko like her. Just her looks alone are beyond creepy.🥵

[@marcosjuarez7809]

And Farrah Fawcett played an accurate role as Diane Downs in Small Sacrifices. It gave me the chills when Diane Downs shot her own children. Her own flesh and blood. And the daughter remembers the playing of Duran Duran's "Hungry Like a Wolf" when Diane was driving the car in the middle of nowhere in the pitch darkness of the night. Still, it gave me the chills.

[@michellebissett9900]

Farrah did the best!

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

Yeah, except Farrah played too much on the Texan accent. In the movie Diane was from Idaho. No southern accent there. Not really one in Arizona either. Don't get me wrong, I loved her in the part...she just could have downplayed her own roots a bit.

[@rallytonight8491]

Flesh and blood

[@diamondk4648]

Omg that’s crazy. I’m going to look up the movie

[@toniasmith5614]

And people don't believe in the devil. This is as evil as it gets. You can see it in her eyes!

[@Luka-zi9kv]

The actual devil is fiction, but if you want to describe her as a real life devil then it’s fitting

[@monicapyle]

Definitely

[@ceceprincess4758]

Makes me wonder about her parents

[@PhoenixRising87]

Watching this because I'm doing a project about Chris Watts, and this story reminds me a LOT of that (sociopathic monster kills their children (and spouse, in Watts' case) to pursue a mistress/married man.

[@michellebissett9900]

Stfu about Watts already.. some of us came to watch this to get away from the obsessive watts fans.. go check out christian longo

[@VintageRose75]

PhoenixRising87 Chilling and ironic and so true!

[@synaesthesia4183]

@@michellebissett9900 Overreact much? Studying psychopaths and Narcs is a subject in iteself, these creatures are rare specimens.

[@michellebissett9900]

@@synaesthesia4183 no, i dont. But it seemed to trigger you .. have a good night

[@JojoplusBo]

@phoenixRising87.... there are plenty of these narcissistic psychopaths out there...a lot never been caught to date.

[@socalindi8241]

I sure miss Ms Rule. Her books kept me interested in life during my own divorce.

[@3crx3]

Everything this woman says just makes my jaw drop...

[@spitfire3984]

0:57 that smile after saying her daughter reaching out for her haunts her the most and then that evil reared its ugly head.

[@mekkaabdul3176]

The fact that anyone believed her story in the first place is mind blowing.

[@spikesgirl9371]

I think we just didn't understand that a mother could do this. We didn't have internet or 24 hours around the clock news. This was unbelievable to us, honestly.

[@abelis644]

​@@spikesgirl9371 I agree. We didn't yet know about the many serial killers, family annhilators, mass murderers, mass shooters etc. that sprung up in the following years.

[@AA-ed6ek]

@@abelis644 What?

[@leapinglaura7343]

I don't think a single person did.

[@adamjustadam]

@@leapinglaura7343In the beginning there was public sympathy for Diane but people quickly questioned her version of events

[@kate2003]

Diane - “ That hurt almost as much as...” Hurt as much as what Diane, what??!?!?!!

[@jessicaseigel6113]

I heard on morbid podcast the detectives said she was fixing to say almost as much as shooting myself in the arm

[@MN-ty2rc]

@@jessicaseigel6113 yup...that was what they thought she was going to say but she caught herself. Psychopath

[@k3i496]

people who were at the reanactment said that she said, "that hurt almost as much as when i-" and than she stopped. I belive and many others belive she was a about to say "That hurt almost as much as when i shot myself"

[@GraceDollesin]

lol! Hurt as much as when she shot her arm. Damn, I’m good! Hahaha!

[@maggiee639]

Wait Diane was 27?! That’s an old 27!!

[@chrismurphy5280]

I know looks like 47 to me

[@maggiee639]

Chris Murphy I’m 27!!! Wtf?! 😂

[@chrismurphy5280]

@@maggiee639 I'm 46 and still don't look like that!

[@Kv-qq4rw]

@@chrismurphy5280 well no ure a man lol

[@chrismurphy5280]

@@Kv-qq4rw lol! No I'm a woman.. people get confused by my name. No prob.

[@kimmoore0427]

Omg google her current picture. She has NOT aged well and I'm GLAD! She looks like shes found alot of drugs in jail!

[@antonelabakavic4045]

OMG! I saw your comment and I googled her. She really does look like a junky. Honestly, I am glad. She is a horrible, sick, selfish, evil disgusting sociopath. She deserves to roth in prison for a long time

[@kimmoore0427]

@@antonelabakavic4045 Amen to THAT

[@AshleySpeaks09]

Forgive me if I sound ignorant but would she be able to access hard drugs in jail?

[@antonelabakavic4045]

@@AshleySpeaks09 I am sure she would. I believe all kinds of drugs are available in prison.

[@kimmoore0427]

@@AshleySpeaks09 I've never been in jail but EVERY ex con you'll hear say you can get ANYTHING in jail, meaning drugs. Easier than on the streets.

[@animesubya]

The fact the "stranger" shot the kids first instead of the mom is huge red flags. Why would someone shot defenseless children instead of a "mother" who would normally fight back. I can't even call her a human. Devil

[@adamjustadam]

She really thought she was so slick 🤦‍♂️

[@teresastravers9800]

Narcissist over react to the smallest things, but when it’s time to panic, they are so calm because they usually know why something horrific is about to happen because they always are plotting to do evil.

[@cindygarcia5002]

Is creepy how I just discovered her today May 19,2019 when this incident happen May 19,1984

[@heatherfeather5583]

Same. But today for me

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

Not really. Compared to some serial killers her case got buried. Keep in mind, at the time of her trial Ted Bundy was fighting the death penalty.

[@lilianao2051]

Stephanie McCracken they just said it was creepy bc it happened on the same day

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

@@lilianao2051 no, it didn't. Bundy's conviction in Florida didn't happen until after Diane's. If you read 'The Stranger Beside Me ' you get a better timeline.

[@tammyshuttleworth4465]

MAY 19TH, 1983 NOT 1984

[@magictea1812]

I remember seeing Small Sacrifices with Farrah Fawcett as a kid. As I got older I became a Ann Rule Fan and her book Small Sacrifices got me even more interested in this case. Now I'm a mother of 2 & I will tell you there are things that you as a mother do as instinct. First there's no way in hell I would site see that late at night with my kids in the car especially on a rural road. And if someone is flagging me down that I don't know I'm not stopping. She did so many things that were not what a victim or Mother would do. And she has never shown remorse. She even got pregnant again while in jail awaiting trial. That tells you a lot about her personality & character. She should never be released. Her kids will forever be imprisoned by her actions mentally. She should stay in prison.

[@toniriner5430]

Nancy Grace looks like the bride of Chuckie's doll 👰 😂😂😂

[@scillavanilla5356]

Toni Riner don’t you dare insult Tiffany like that!

[@garyamador690]

Lol she looks nuts to me and scary

[@lorkhan8565]

Can't stand that woman.... She knows alot about nothing and adds nothing but to state what experts have already said and her own ego.

[@alistersvenschoff1885]

Everything about her is hateful

[@cherie6730]

Hate her man

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

ann rule s book was really good, really detailed. i recommend it to those who are interested in this case.

[@roxannemoser]

Ann Rule was a great crime writer. May she RIP.

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

@@roxannemoser amen.

[@whiteobama3032]

In contrary to the book about chriss watts. Don't buy that sh|t

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

@@whiteobama3032 ann rule didn't write a book Chris watts

[@thepowerof6six809]

Not if you want the truth

[@carlenger9707]

6:54 "I mean, how many people really do that in real life? They don't." You're right, Dianne, that's a great question. They don't do that in real life. And they didn't on that night either.

[@alexlevine8086]

Literally ANYONE could’ve covered up this murder better than Diane Downs.

[@urgurljulesl9986]

Never doubt your mom when she says "I brought you into this world and Ill take you out of it!"

[@cringycontent]

shut up... just shut up... no one (other than Diane Downs) is insane enough to do this. Don't joke about children dying, especially by their own mom.

[@crazychicSHENA]

Real American horror story

[@leahmoore6820]

1:04 Oh that smile is bone-chilling.

[@Lousasshol]

ive watched a lot of interviews of serial killers and murderers, and that smile she gave after saying her daughter (who she shot) was reachin for her on the way to the hospital ... thats just the coldest , vicious , thing ive seen. This woman going to have a first class ticket to the pits of hell

[@irawilliams343]

At least Kristie and Danny are living a good life now and she'll rot in jail and pretty soon in hell

[@upstatenewyork]

Ira Williams they are adults now.

[@irawilliams343]

@@upstatenewyork I knot Kristie has a son and Danny's doing good even though he can't walk.

[@irawilliams343]

@@uziclippe were you dropped as an infant or just born stupid?

[@uziclippe]

@@irawilliams343 huh wtf no why would u ask me that?!

[@irawilliams343]

@@uziclippe because I followed the case and saw that she was really guilty.G-U-I-L-T-Y as sin.

[@stacieshaw2032]

Insanity at its finest ... hard to believe ppl are this insane

[@clarkshann]

Right

[@leilanisunsets1362]

She wasn't insane she was a narcissist at best.

[@stacieshaw2032]

Cherie Smith you’re exactly right .... she’s a psychopath ... which not all narcissist are psychopaths but all psychopaths are narcissist ... being a psychopath is actually the end of the narcissist spectrum ..

[@heathernikki5734]

Oh she's sane. She just has a personality disorder or 5. But she absolutely knew that what she did was wrong.

[@Horseymama1]

Totally the wrong time but that made me miss the 80's. What a great era

[@christinaluna2055]

I love how Ann Rule described Springfield/Eugene Oregon RIP Ann Rule

[@meera6428]

I can never take nancy grace seriously

[@sandraweber4336]

She smiles. She thought she would get away with it.

[@chrisw1373]

That smirk, that smile. It says it all.

[@KTcov]

Dupers delight

[@lostallhope675]

Diane to doctor " I really ruined my car, I got blood all over it". Red flag right there in that statement alone and her being totally emotionless or emphatic to her kids! I would have seen right through her.

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

I agree. Farrah captures that moment perfectly in Small Sacrifices. She was disappointed she hadn’t murdered all of her children.

[@LauRa-re9un]

"I really ruined my new car". And her face, the one that took that picture, took the picture of a person with an evil look.

[@honeycomb97]

The 2010 airing of this special is what got me into true crime, 13 years later it's really affected how I live and think about things and people.

[@nancybeveridgetaylor3256]

Diane Downs lived in my town, in Springfield Oregon, my hometown, I grew up in Springfield Oregon.

[@hvvv2489]

She said her kids were sleeping but remembers one of them reaching out to touch her????

[@ana_5536]

0:56 the smile at the end. I don't have any words other than wtf.

[@staceyackerson5197]

That was scary. So crazy.

[@CrimeAllTheTime]

Is this Janelle Evan's in her previous life? (Well...that makes no sense, but man the uncanny similar looks is insane).

[@uhohhotdog9150]

I was thinking that! And then i was like naw, i cannot compare anyone to this monster, even just in looks. But the resemblance truly is uncanny

[@jamiee1515]

What stood out that I didn’t believe in her story is -her expression she was cold as ice when talking about her kids -Driving on a road she never been in late at night -arrived at the hospital with 3 injured children with no bandages or anything to stop the bleeding whilst she had a bullet to the arm with a towel around her arm as Anna said as a mother you would make sure to do anything you can for your children to stay alive - the kids have major injuries while she only have a shot to the arm -she was cold when she was explaining what happened and told them “god do what’s best but don’t let them suffer” (who says that about their own kids) -she mentioned that she ruined her new car because of all the blood (who gives a crap about the car what about your injured children that are dying and one is already dead) There will be a spot for her in hell RIP Cheryl - you were robbed of your short life but heaven gained an angel😢❤

[@emilydimeler5426]

I never understood how you can sightsee in the dark. That made it sketchy from the jump

[@Katalyste]

The link in the description to watch the full episode was worth it! This was more well rounded and got into more detail than any other videos i have seen on Diane Downs. They could have cut Nancy Grace out and would have lost nothing though! I am glad they didn't focus on the daughter too much but it was interesting to hear how Diane's letters to her turned. I never liked "Hungry like a Wolf" and you sure can get sick of it watching this...too much focus on it! What i still haven't found out is why Diane Downs moved to Oregon when she had her lover in AZ. I am wondering if maybe he told her they would have a life there just to get her away from him. I haven't read the book so maybe it is answered in there...

[@shannongeorgiapeach76]

This story has haunted me since the age of 13 when the movie Small Sacrifices premiered in 89. Ann Rule( R.I.P.)did an excellent job writing the book. What I've paid attention to over the years especially during school & college courses is her behavior as what I see as narcissistic personality or dependent personality disorder along with psychosis. Most people with any disorder dont kill. I'm so glad the District Attorney adopted the 2 kids & kept private & That Becky got her life together. A MOTHER'S natural instinct is to protect their children!!

[@styx53ocean]

Ann Rule's book was incredible. If Christie, the oldest child, had died, it's likely Diane would have gotten away with it. Can you imagine going through what she did and then having to testify against your own mother for killing your sister and shooting you and your baby brother? I pray that Christie and Danny are happy and healthy. They deserve it.

[@shannongeorgiapeach76]

@@styx53ocean I've felt the same too. It's sad she got pregnant on purpose when LE closing in on her for this Crime trying to gain sympathy from public. That baby adopted out after birth, Then that baby, as a broken teen.... this poor girl finds out Diane Downs is her bio mom & messed with her head. She seemed to have got her life together after all that plus I think she was a teen mom who gave up 1 of her 2 kids too. 😥 a mothers 1st instincts is to protect your kids not harm them I'll never understand 😪

[@eminem2996]

A mothers natural instinct is actually to save herself. She can always have more kids later.

[@shannongeorgiapeach76]

@@eminem2996 why so she can fmhurt them too

[@1di0tperson39]

ok, but those kids were so adorable how could you even want to hurt them?

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

The Ann Jeager interview was chilling. Jeager was an ethical journalist. She didn't release it until after the trial. She didn't want to influence jurors. All Respect.

[@NoemieC413]

Heck, I lost a cat 3 years ago and I'm still crying... I can't imagine losing a child and being that calm.... It always amazes me that these people think they'll get away with it... Like they say "there's no red flags".... Hon, you ARE the red flag

[@mercuryfever392]

When she said "How many people do that? They don't" referring to her story about how the guy flagged her down and said I want your car, is totally bogus. People do crap like that all the time. She's more concerned about her car than her kids.

[@freyashipley6556]

The look in her eyes reminds me of Karla Homolka.

[@PhoenixRising87]

That soulless, demon stare?

[@Kado2369]

I gotta say, Danny's photo that they use in the video, is adorable 😊

[@dignifiedblackman4742]

Thanks I've been looking for the this

[@veileen4027]

Uh...maybe she needs execution and not a parole review

[@heathernikki5734]

exactly

[@susancunningham797]

I agree, or at least never let her out of prison - very dangerous

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

Not legal in Oregon at the time of her sentencing. The judge did his best to see she would never walk free again. So far, it's working.

[@fruityfruity6178]

Next year (Edit: 2020) is her earliest opportunity for parole. They will most likely not release her, however.

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

@@fruityfruity6178 actually her first parole hearing was in 2008. The next was in 2010 (the videos are on KZbin, she's even battier than she was in 1984). Oregon then passed a law regarding her having to wait 10 years for her next hearing. I don't think it was passed just for Diane, but it affected her. Thank goodness.

[@stewmeat92]

This women had a literal demon in her, her eyes show u that, there dead.

[@ross-carlson]

Well fortunately there's no such thing as demons - what she actually had/has are major mental issues. She's absolutely "wired wrong" and has some kind of chemical or structural imbalance in her frontal lobe (which effects personality, etc.)

[@stewmeat92]

@@ross-carlson u think there is no such thing as Demon, u can believe that all u want, but there is real demons on the earth and I hope GOD makes it known to you through His Word that, we are not fighting against flesh and blood.

[@pidgedidge]

I doubt it. Possessed people were much more... Erotic. Starving themselves, speaking with unbelievably raspy voices. She was merely a psychopath. An awful, awful psychopath.

[@VintageRose75]

Lynette Watch story after story after story of credible people who didn't believe in them, but had experiences that forever changed their minds.

[@synaesthesia4183]

@Lynette Sorry to burst your bubble, but things exist beyond scientific comprehension. They arent disordered in my opinion, they are something other than human altogether. They know what they are, what they are doing, and they enjoy it. Consistently. Machiavellianism is evil. Demon is a word everyone associates with religion, evil beings of darkness and religion can be mutually exclusive. I have seen the evil of these creatures. The eyes. The hair standing on your neck. Fake tears. Gut instinct that says something us just off. I wish I had trusted those feelings.

[@chriscole9621]

That red car they used is my car at 4:14 The dealership that I bought my car from rented out the car to these guys and used to make this. I still have those same wheels and everything

[@LisaHerman1963]

I always hated that song and now I really hate it. Not as much as I hate this evil monster. You can see it in her eyes. she has no soul.

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

@journigan c that she has now recanted. Btw...sociopaths are born that way. It's not nature versus nurture. Unlike a disassociatve disorder, which Diane WAS NOT diagnosed with. A disassociatve disorder is the result of a trauma. A sociopath is not, though technically she was diagnosed as histrionic, narcissistic, and antisocial. None of which would have been any different regardless her upbringing.

[@envymosthated3037]

Thank god for great doctors saving them 2 kids it's so crazy how much our bodies especially being so small can survive things like that

[@fatemaislam818]

Please no Nancy please

[@TerriLetitia85]

1:04 Psycho smile

[@JojoplusBo]

@Nelson Robert Willis.... no that is not correct. Diane Down’s has already served her “ life” sentence of 25 years. Her first parole hearing was in 2008 and denied as with her second parole hearing Dec 2010.. also denied. From her last parole hearing in 2010, she will have to wait another 10 years into her 50 year consecutive sentence - she is up for another parole hearing in 2020 which has come to light. She is now serving into her 50 year sentence the Judge added to her “ life” sentence and will most likely die in prison for her crimes. In total she got 75years..... thank you Judge!

[@francestallulahadjei-twum3549]

Please when will part 5 be uploaded?

[@jennypenticoff5674]

there's been a lot of child murders in that area over the years

[@marrinmcleod9870]

seriously?

[@Corey.Leonard]

I think I'm speaking for most people when I say please.....please get rid of Nancy Grace. Every time i hear her it's like nails on a chalkboard and I instantly want to turn off the video.

[@skoobylove1971]

Corey Craig AGREED

[@pamb9590]

Yes!! Exactly

[@clarkshann]

Thank you

[@kimmoore0427]

Ha! I like her for that reason! The shock affect!!! My husband HATES her and her voice!

[@ross-carlson]

Absolutely agree - one of the worst all around people on TV.

[@k3i496]

this gives me the chills

[@sarahelizabethgracetaylor4070]

There is no way that I would be so calm if they were my children who on earth complains about blood all over my card

[@xXaviaqXx]

Would be cool if someone made a movie with kristen stewart as diane, her face reminds me of hers.

[@Speediesam]

“I really ruined my new car with blood” WOW

[@robangel4290]

It's blood curling. Your children are about to die and that's what she cares about ...

[@simongrayakarapgod3158]

I know this is sad and all, but I finally found this video with the song playing in the background. Edit. It's two months after this post but I found this video again.

[@cigarettediet1185]

wouldnt it be easier to give the kids to a foster home? honestly, you could save yourself 50+ years in prison

[@Thundralight]

How stupid to say I was sight seeing in the dark on a back road-and she pre planned what her story would be.

[@TomSanderson100]

How can I watch the full episode? I'm outside the USA

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

Look up the movie with Farrah Fawcet. It's based on the book by Ann Rule who sat in at the trial everyday.

[@Incognitofrito1]

tom sanderson the movie about this starring Farrah Fawcett is called "Small Sacrifices." Put it in the KZbin search engine..... I found the full movie available to watch on KZbin for free with no commercials. Ya so, the movie quality isn't high def but it's an older movie, & I've seen MUCH worse video quality on KZbin on older movies.

[@ellynbernardo5858]

This is one of the cases I’ll always come back too. Some of her reactions are shocking

[@rr8960]

My sister was a nurse at that hospital and was there that night. She refuses to talk about it to this day because it was so traumatic.

[@gwencoco7901]

I miss Peter Jennings...

[@LifeBeingAsh]

UPDATE : YES SHE KILLED THEM

[@jimmydunn5054]

QueenB this shit is weird I don't believe this that lady looks like me when I was a kid and no one in my family treats me like family my mom supposedly had me at 15 years old only thing is I was born in 82 and and she always changes subject when I would ask ?s so if any one knows I would like to meet some family

[@jimmydunn5054]

QueenB by the way my name is Gary downs

[@stephaniemccracken1324]

@@jimmydunn5054 Jimmy, Diane's pregnancies are pretty well documented. After Danny she had one surrogate child. Around the time you were born she was trying to have her second $10,000 baby. Unlikely she would have let an unplanned pregnancy get in her way. After all, she needed that big house she dreamed up.

[@blvctina4215]

babyimashley xo killed who

[@blvctina4215]

Jimmy Dunn oh heck no

[@ryanwolf2229]

i cant understand how someone can hurt their baby or children i just cant

[@Anna-xt2ov]

I live in Eugene oregon and Springfield is still view the same way as it is described in the book

[@TheMsericawright]

As someone who lives in Springfeild, OR and have driven many times on the road that the incident happen. I can tell you there is nothing to "site see"

[@pookied.7738]

She literally smiled as she's talking about her dying daughter. She's a disgusting individual. The definition of pure evil.

[@jasoncorbett8948]

David Turpin was the shaggy haired stranger lol

[@flowersarecalling]

I hope this brave young lady knows she is NOT condemned to be a bad person. Just the fact that she worries she may be like Diane demonstrates she actually has a conscience.

[@kublakhan1334]

Even the nurses were crying when they saw what this monster had done to her own children.

[@janellirving4625]

They had more emotion than Diane did.

[@rhianhegarty3383]

Oh God it's that bloody blonde woman again. She's frightening. She's on everything!!!Nancy... get a holiday!

[@uhohhotdog9150]

Lmao it says something about how obnoxious Nancy Grace is when people are complaining about her in the comments section of a video about a monster who shot her own children

[@kharakessler1390]

A kid ran out in front of my car one time. I had already seen her standing on the sidewalk, and remembered what my dad said. “When you see a kid standing on the sidewalk, slow down even if you’re going the speed limit, because these kid will run out in front of you.” And damn if she didn’t. So I accidentally clipped her, not even hard enough to knock her over. She just turned and ran back for the sidewalk. I SCREAMED. Threw the car in park and chased this kid down the sidewalk. That’s how much she wasn’t hurt, but I was a hot mess. I called the police, I just knew I was gonna go to jail, and I was so upset that I had already accepted it. I’m crying my eyes out and holding this kid when the cops get there. Long story short, the arenas and cops were just like… accidents happen, you didn’t hit her and LEAVE! Leaving is the problem. But anyway, THAT is what a normal, empathetic reaction would be like to a situation where a child is hurt or killed. This ho ……. Is smiling and laughing.

[@laughedthenfarted]

Dose anyone kno if You Tube took down the audiobook? I can't find it.