The woman who was on trial for shooting her own children was pregnant again -- and it was no accident. "She talked all the time. They have both graduated from college. Learn about Christi (Hugi), Stephen (Danny), and Becky today. "They have grown up in a very happy home with the Hugis.. The girl was later renamed Rebecca Babcock. Powered by. She was required to serve twenty-five years before being considered for parole. "Wouldn't I have made sure they were dead and then cried crocodile tears? In May of that year, the trial against Downs began with yet another inconceivable twist. Christie was the star witness in her mothers prosecution; she testified that her mother was the shooter. She, too, is now a mother. On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs drove herself and her three children to an emergency room in Springfield, Oregon, saying she had been shot by a "bushy-haired ma. [12], Diane did not disclose to police that she owned a .22 caliber handgun, but both Steve and Knickerbocker informed authorities that she did. Danny is said to be going about his daily routine, but specifics regarding his personal life, such as his spouse and children, have remained a mystery, according to Tuko. On a fateful night in May 1983, she rushed to the emergency ward of a hospital . Downs' sentence meant she could not be considered for parole until 2009. However, according to her interviews and Facebook page, Becky today appears to have forged a successful life. Heavy is withholding that last name and the photos to protect her privacy. Hospital employees determined that then-7-year-old Cheryl was already dead and that then-8-year-old Christie and then-3-year-old Danny were clinging to life. And, by the time she took them to the hospital, Cheryl was dead. You know, she just asked, How is she doing? Not one emotional reaction, he said. The couple divorced in 1980 because Steve thought Stephen Daniel, known as Danny, was the result of an extramarital affair by Diane. According to Glamour, the motive given for why Diane shot her kids was thought to be because the married man she was seeing at the time did not want any children. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Within a month of the shootings, with her two surviving children still in the hospital, Downs began giving a series of bizarre interviews to the media. Diane Downs gave birth to four children. Her first three children with her husband Steve are Stephen "Danny" Daniel (born 1979), Cheryl Lynn (born 1976), and Christie Ann (born 1974). He worked quickly and eventually was able to revive Christie. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Doug Welch remembers getting the call for what would turn out to be his first homicide investigation. Downs, who still maintains her innocence, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, plus 50 years. On Facebook, Becky wrote that she works at Pain management and went to Redmond High School. Police arrested Downs Feb. 28, 1984, nine months after the shootings. Stephen danny downs was the son of Diane Downs is a murderer who was convicted in the United States and is currently serving a life term for the crime she committed in 1984. Downs insisted that, Over the years, I have told you and the rest of the world that a man shot me and my children. Her mother was on trial for shooting her siblings, and some believed that Diane Downs got pregnant to gain sympathy. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. 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And she took a deserted country road with three sleeping kids in her car. "And they give me love, they give me satisfaction, they give me stability, they give me a reason to live and a reason to be happy, and thats gone, they took it from me, but children are so easy to conceive.". [15], Psychiatrists diagnosed her with narcissistic, histrionic, and antisocial personality disorders, labeling her as a deviant sociopath.[16], Downs' two surviving children eventually went to live with the lead prosecutor on the case, Fred Hugi. They have maintained private lives since and have never spoken publically about their birth mother. It's very seldom that does my body tingle like that, he added. And the kids-- one is fatally shot and the other two are seriously injured., Welch said there were a lot of problems with her story and by the end of the interview, we knew that she had been lying'.. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. At the time Diane had told police that a stranger attempted to carjack her and shot the kids, and thats what her ex husband was told, too. [3] Much of the case against her rested on the testimony of her surviving daughter, Christie, who, once she recovered her ability to speak, described how her mother shot all three children while parked at the side of the road, and then shot herself in the arm. "The more she talked, the more things didn't make any sense.". The stroke Christie Downs suffered impaired her speech and initially prevented her from telling police what she had seen. That's insane to think that I would do such a thing and then bring the witnesses in against myself -- that's crazy.". "You cant replace children, but you can replace the effect they give you. It was an unthinkable, brutal killing in 1983 that terrified parents around the country. That girl was later renamed Rebecca "Becky" Babcock.[6]. Famed true-crime author, Ann Rule, provided an update on them by writing on her now defunct website: Christie and Dannywho somehow survived their gunshot woundshave no contact with Diane. 1983: Diane Downs Attempts to Murder Her Three Children. [28], In her first application for parole in 2008, Downs reaffirmed her innocence. Offers may be subject to change without notice. She named one of her children after her dead sister Cheryl. She lives and is from Bend, Oregon, and is single. They also found a diary in which she expressed a desire to be with a married man, and the focus of the investigation shifted to Downs herself. When she [Downs] showed up, her [Christies] pulse rate went up high and you could see terror on her face, Wilihite said. We just ignored it, Wilhite said. I've never been so hyped in my life.. Diane Downs children: Where are Christie and Stephen now? Now Dianes youngest child is speaking out 36 years later. And Christie Downs, the only witness to the crime (her younger brother Danny was believed to have been asleep at the time), had suffered a stroke that impaired her speech and initially prevented her from telling police what she had seen. Wilhite said he also noticed that when Downs went to visit Christie in the recovery room, her stats would spike. Diane Downs was one of the most infamous murderers of the 1980s; the emotionally flat blonde was convicted of shooting her three children, killing one of them, along a roadway in Springfield,. In 1983, Diane Downs three children were brought to an Oregon hospital with gunshot wounds. "She was white, she was not breathing. She has been housed in California for the Oregon Department of Corrections since Aug. 30, 1993.. Downs had also been shot, in the left forearm, though her wound was not life threatening. Her older two children have remained out of the public eye. In the frantic scene, hospital employees quickly determined that Cheryl was already dead and that Christie and Danny were clinging to life. Jaeger remembers worrying that Downs' pregnancy could affect the way jurors viewed her. [13], Prosecutors argued that Downs shot her children to be free of them, so that she could continue her affair with Knickerbocker, as she claimed that he let it be known that he did not want children in his life. After Diane was convicted, the two living children were adopted by the prosecutor in the case and his wife, and it was Christie who ultimately pointed to her mother being responsible for the shooting. [11] The forensic evidence did not match her story; there was no blood spatter on the driver's side of the car, nor was there any gunpowder residue on the driver's door or on the interior door panel. Sample Page; ; After leaving the public eye in 2010, she spoke to ABC News' "20/20" to share her life now. Based on this and additional evidence, Downs was arrested on February 28, 1984, nine months after the shooting, and charged with one count of murder, and two counts each of attempted murder and criminal assault. In a statement to Heavy, Terry Thornton, Deputy Press Secretary of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, stated, Elizabeth Diane Downs, 64, is currently housed at Central California Womens Facility. As for Danny, he has kept his life private. According to Oprah.com, Christie and Dannyhave chosen to live private lives. In 1989, the Associated Press reported that then 14-year-old Christie Ann was left with speech impairment, and 9-year-old Danny is paralyzed from the waist down. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. And I said to her, We don't know that. [30][31][1] Downs maintained her innocence in all parole hearings. And, Cheryl Lynn, had reportedly told a neighbor of her grandparents that she was afraid of her mother. Within two weeks police had tracked her down to the home of another inmate's husband just blocks from the prison. Therefore, they grew up privately and continue to live their adult lives privately. Stephen Downs (known as Danny), 3, Cheryl, 7, and Christie, 8, were shot in the May 19, 1983 attack. I wanted to relate to her not as a mother, because I had a mother just as somebody who felt the pain and the emptiness that I felt in that time., She wrote back super quickly, Babcock says. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. Jaeger says Downs told her she had picked someone on her postal route to seduce prior to her arrest. ET) on ABC. Downs said she then faked throwing her keys to divert the gunman's attention, pushed him out of the way, jumped back in her car and raced to the hospital with her badly wounded children. [24] In 2010, she was relocated to the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, California,[23] but was transferred out when the facility was converted to an all-male institution in 2013.[25]. On July 11, 1987, she escaped from her cell by scaling an eighteen-foot razor wire fence. And Christie's mother, Diane, could-- say whatever she wanted. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. Convicted child killer Diane Downs is seen on a video as the Oregon parole board unanimously rules that she remains dangerous and must stay in prison during a hearing at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore., Dec. 10, 2010. At around 10 p.m. that May night, police said Diane Downs pulled over to the side of a country road near Springfield and shot her three small children multiple times at close range. Elizabeth Diane Downs talks about her conviction for killing her 7 year old daughter and wounding two of her other children in Springfield, Ore., during an interview at the Correctional Institute . It was exciting. In 1987, just three years into her sentence, Downs escaped from the correctional facility in Oregon where she was being held. My parents wanted us to prosper, to learn and to grow, she told ABC. Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. In 1987, just three years into her sentence, Downs escaped from the correctional facility in Oregon where she was being held. On a May night in 1983, the young, divorced letter carrier drove up to the emergency room of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital. California author Diane Burroughs studied writing and television production at Columbia College and is a writer and producer for sitcoms for television - Married.with Children, Murphy Brown, Martin, The Drew Carey Show, Yes, Dear, and Still Standing - a blogger at Left at 50, and a standup comedienne. She told ABC, The impact of Diane Downs being my mom has altered the course of my life so many times. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. I cant remember a specific time when my mom or dad said youre adopted. But when I was about eight years old, I started asking questions about the adoption. In May of that year, Downs shot her three children in her car at a remote roadside in Springfield, Oregon, before shooting herself in the forearm, cops said. They also found a diary in which she expressed a desire to be with a married man, and the focus of the investigation shifted to Downs herself. Downs told investigators that she and her children had been shot in a carjacking, but police found a secret diary detailing her obsession with a married man who did not want kids. I mean, she is so close to death, its unbelievable. Dianes emotionless, cold demeanor about the children convinced people immediately that she was the shooter. Diane Downs laughs while reenacting shooting of 3 children: Part 2 Police found Downs' behavior suspicious. After that, she was charged with killing her 7-year-old daughter. While he was looking for the keys, she jumped back in the car and sped off to the nearest hospital. Late one May night in 1983, Diane Downs sped into an emergency room dropoff in Springfield, Ore., with a horrifying story to tell. The Diane Downs case is well-known and infamous; she's accused of shooting her three children along a roadway in Springfield, Oregon on May 19, 1983. [26] The book documented accounts by friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and her surviving daughter, Christie, who questioned the quality of her parenting. It was honestly picture perfect., Diane Downs Children Now: Christie, Danny & Becky Today, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. As an adult, Rebecca (Becky) appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show[18] and ABC's 20/20,[19] where she discussed how she felt about her biological mother. She was denied parole in 2008 and again in 2010. Diane Downs Today: Where Is the Convicted Child Killer Now? Thirty-five years ago, Diane Downs, now 64, was convicted of shooting her three children- Danny, Cheryl, and Christie- in Springfield, Oregon. We found that Diane Downs was emotionally flat. Her first three children with her husband Steve are Stephen "Danny" Daniel (born 1979), Cheryl Lynn (born 1976), and Christie Ann (born 1974).. "She calculated that this would win her sympathy in her trial. As for Danny, he has kept his life private. In 1983, Diane Downs' three children were brought to an Oregon hospital with gunshot wounds. The outlet also reported Downs as saying that prisoners at the facility started suffering from COVID-19 symptoms in February. Look at her," Jaeger said. Her pupils were dilated. Elizabeth Diane Downs ( ne Frederickson; born August 7, 1955) is an American criminal who murdered her daughter and attempted to murder her other two children near Springfield, Oregon, in May 1983. A 27-year-old divorced postal service worker, Downs claimed a bushy-haired stranger had shot them and maintains her innocence to this day. Diane Downs is currently serving her sentence of life plus 50 years at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, Calif., where she's been since August 1993. Danny and Christie survived the attack while middle child, Cheryl, died from her injuries at the time. Diane Downs became one of the most infamous murderers in the city after she was convicted of shooting her three children, killing one of them, along a roadway in Springfield, Oregon. In another one of her strange media appearances Downs spoke about the pregnancy. Downs, herself, started feeling sick and was told by a supervisor to rest after seemingly showcasing symptoms at work, where she refurbishes bicycles for underprivileged children. [2][3] Their first child, Christie Ann, was born in 1974. DIANE Downs is serving a life sentence for horrific crimes she committed against her own children. She stopped the car and asked him what he wanted. And his response was, 'I want your car.' In 2005, she gave birth to her first child, a boy, and later gave birth to a daughter who she named Cheryl after her sister. Danny was permanently paralyzed from the waist down as a result of his injuries. "Why would I have taken my kids to the hospital?" They had another sibling, born in the middle, in 1976, Cheryl Lynn, but she didnt survive the shooting. The surgeon who helped to save Christie's life told ABC News: When I looked at Christie I thought she was dead. Downs then said she pretended to throw her car keys in a bush and the man went to go look for them. I mean, she is so close to death, it's unbelievable.. She then ran away from home and married husband, Steven Downs, in 1973, with whom she had three children - Christie Ann, Cheryl Lynn and Stephen "Danny" Daniel. When police arrived at the scene, Downs, 27 at the time, told them a bizarre story of being flagged down by a bushy-haired stranger on a dark and deserted country road. A surgeon told ABC News of treating Christie: When I looked at Christie I thought she was dead, he said. Downs Family Diane Downs and her three children. "People would see little sound bites of her talking on television, and I think they started getting the feeling that there's something really wrong with this person," Jaeger said. The baby was taken by the state and delivered to adoptive parents. "They have both graduated from college. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Diane Downs with her three children Stephen, Christie and Cheryl, Diane Downs is serving a life sentence for the attack on her children, Downs gave birth to a fourth child after her trial in 1984, Christie testified against her mother, pictured. https://t.co/cPfs75obUg pic.twitter.com/uSnlFF2IRw. And she's not. From their wounds, Christie suffered a stroke that left with a speech impairment, and Danny got paralyzed from the waist down. Her adoptive parents called her Rebecca Becky Babcock. When I see what others have suffered, I think my boss probably saved my life.. Danny was the product of an affair. The baby was taken by the state and delivered to adoptive parents. There's very few cases quite like this one, he said. "They have both graduated from college. All the kids were asleep as it was past 9 o'clock pm and her children were fairly young. The tragedy that hit the Downs' kids changed their whole life. She said she pulled over and got out to talk to the man. He responded to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital and immediately interviewed Downs, a postal worker. Do I open it? For ten days, Downs managed to evade law enforcementdespite a fourteen-state manhuntbefore she was recaptured. "I'm never going to see Cheryl on Earth again and I just, you can't replace children, but you can replace the effect they give you. Boris Johnson is stuck in a chaotic spiral of scandal, walkouts, and leaving dos so where does he go from here? 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And they give me love, they give me satisfaction, they give me stability, they give me a reason to live and a reason to be happy, and that's gone, they took it from me, but children are so easy to conceive.". Doug Welch, then a detective with the Lane County Sheriff's Office, remembers getting the call for what would turn out to be his first homicide investigation. There was just a little part of me that felt like I was searching for something else. In 1984, Diane was convicted of the death and injuries of her children, and she was sentenced to life in prison. I have used the term verbal vomit when talking' about Diane because she talked a lot. Her 7-year old daughter Cheryl died but her 3-year old son Danny and her 8-year old daughter Christie survived. She took a detour off of Marcola Road onto Old Mohawk Road to do some sightseeing., By this time it was dark, and the kids were sleeping. Christie Ann, born in 1974, is the eldest of the Downs children, and Stephen Daniel, known as Danny, born in 1979, is the youngest. Elizabeth Diane Downs, the convicted childkiller who escaped July 11, 1987 from the women's prison in Salem, Ore., is escorted out of state police headquarters in Salem following her capture July 21, 1987. Why is she wounded in the arm? Copyright 2023 Distractify. "She was white, she was not breathing. I have never changed my story.[29] Her first parole hearing was on December 9, 2008. Christie became the star witness in the case, bravely testifying against her monster mom. Convicted child killer Diane Downs is seen on a video as the Oregon parole board unanimously rules that she remains dangerous and must stay in prison during a hearing at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore., Dec. 10, 2010. A year later, when Diane was arrested and put on trial, Christie, at just 9 years old, having just recovered her ability to speak, testified against her in court. A judge had already placed Downs' two surviving children in protective custody. [4] On May 8, 1982, Diane gave birth to a baby girl, whom she named Jennifer, while acting as a surrogate. Whats fascinating, though, is to see how differently her children including the fourth one, who she conceived after her original surviving ones were taken away from her responded to her doings. Although Downs denied having ever owned a .22 caliber gun, ex-husband Steve Downs told police she took one with her when she moved to Oregon. In another one of her strange media appearances Downs spoke about the pregnancy. [7], On May 19, 1983, Downs shot her three children, and drove them in a blood-spattered car to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield, Oregon. The tragedy that hit the Downs' kids changed their whole life. 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