She was required to serve twenty-five years before being considered for parole. 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. Two of the kids survived the shooting with life altering injuries, and one of the children died. She lives and is from Bend, Oregon, and is single. Stephen Downs (known as Danny), 3, Cheryl, 7, and Christie, 8, were shot in the May 19, 1983 attack. And she took a deserted country road with three sleeping kids in her car. "They have both graduated from college. 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. 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. When I looked in the mailbox and saw her letter, it was like Pandoras box. 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 prevented her from telling police what she had seen. [5] When Downs went to trial in May 1984, she was again pregnant. That's insane to think that I would do such a thing and then bring the witnesses in against myself -- that's crazy.". Investigators later discovered that she had bought the handgun in Arizona. Diane Downs continues to this day to proclaim her innocence, even though she has changed her story dozens of times as to what exactly happened the night her 3 little children were shot, and even though one of her other daughter's admitted in open court that it was her mother that shot all 3 children. On a May night in 1983, the young, divorced letter carrier drove up to the emergency room of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital. Her older two children have remained out of the public eye. If my story touches even one person, it was all worth it, she wrote, sharing a positive message she received from a woman whose daughter is adopted and who says Becky was brought into this life to make a difference.. Within a few weeks, the kids who had survived were placed in protective custody and were no longer in Steve's care. She was the star witness in her mom's prosecution and her testimony helped convict her. Downs was a notorious killer in Oregon, convicted in the 1983 shooting of her three children that left one of them dead. She was later adopted by another family. A surgeon told ABC News of treating Christie: When I looked at Christie I thought she was dead, he said. Is She Still In Jail? Our MPs are worse than the Italians - it's so bad I want John Major back, Inside life of Bitcoin trader suspected of faking own death as widow says she tried to kill herself after dream imploded, The Queen knows us. The horrific crime, which Downs has always denied committing, is the subject of a 20/20 documentary that is airing on June 21, 2019 in an encore presentation. 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. But Im on track and Im really happy with the way life is.. This is the person who's supposed to be on my side. She was denied parole in 2008 and again in 2010. When she was asked who shot them, she replied with, my mom. After everything was said and done, and Diane was convicted, both Christie and Danny went to live with Fred Hugi, the lead prosecutor in the case. Diane Downs also gave birth to a fourth child with yet another man; she became pregnant with that daughter, now known as Becky Babcock during the investigation. I mean, she is so close to death, its unbelievable.. My childhood was of dreams and we had every opportunity that we wanted. District Attorney Fred Hugi asked Christie if she remembered who shot her. Police arrested Downs Feb. 28, 1984, nine months after the shootings. On May 19, 1983, Elizabeth Diane Downs and her three small children were shot on a country road near Springfield, Oregon. She found out who her biological mother was when she was 11 years old, ABC reported. Despite being convicted, Downs has always maintained her innocence. Diane graduated from Moon Valley High School in Phoenix, where she met Steve Downs. "They have grown up in a very happy home with the Hugis.. I mean, she is so close to death, it's unbelievable.. She named one of her children after her dead sister Cheryl. Prosecutors think that Diane had sparked up a relationship with a married man who didnt want kids and that this became the motive for murder. She shot her three children but claimed that she was carjacked and that her children were shot by a stranger. Her blood pressure was non-existent or very low. [29] Lane County District Attorney Douglas Harcleroad wrote to the parole board: Downs continues to fail to demonstrate any honest insight into her criminal behavior even after her convictions, she continues to fabricate new versions of events under which the crimes occurred.[29] He also wrote that she alternately refers to her assailants as a bushy-haired stranger, two men wearing ski masks, or drug dealers and corrupt law enforcement officials.[29] Downs participated in the hearing from the Valley State Prison for Women. "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. 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. [15] Christie Downs, Diane Downs' first child who testified at her trial, suffers from a speech disability. And she has been our national consciousness for 70 years, says Tony Parsons, Takeaway-lover celebrates birthday with cake in the shape of his favourite fast food, Brooklyn Beckham is cute - but he doesn't deserve his own cooking show just because his parents are famous - no-one does, Bob Proctor death: Self-help author behind You Were Born Rich passes away at 87. Diane Downs remains in prison in California. And as she drove down the road, a man stepped out from the brush, the side of the road, and she stopped the car. Danny was permanently paralyzed from the waist down as a result of his injuries. Subsequent investigations revealed that she had a strong motive to kill her children. [4] On May 8, 1982, Diane gave birth to a baby girl, whom she named Jennifer, while acting as a surrogate. A break in the case finally came when investigators discovered Downs' secret diaries. 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 for Woman in Clinton, N.J., March 12, 1989. [29] She was not permitted a statement, but answered questions from the parole board. The first two children were Dianes kids with her ex husband Steve Downs. 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. Cheryl Lynn followed in 1976, with Stephen Daniel being born in 1979. She provides an update on Christie and Danny today, writing on her website: Adopted by Lane County Prosecutor Fred Hugi and his wife, Joanne, in 1984, Christie and Dannywho somehow survived their gunshot woundshave no contact with Diane. But as . She's been called "evil" and "the . Jaeger said. Christie and Danny were adopted by Lane County Prosecutor Fred Hugi and his wife, Joanne, in 1984. In 1983, horror stuck in Oregon as a mother took it upon herself to end the life of her own children. Downs' sentence meant she could not be considered for parole until 2009. See you at 9pm for our encore presentation of #MyMomsSins #ABC2020! In the frantic scene, hospital employees quickly determined that Cheryl was already dead and that Christie and Danny were clinging to life. "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. It hasnt been easy, but it has been worth it. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. 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'.. pic.twitter.com/HWkkwT86pF. 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. Wilhite said he was immediately directed to start working to save Christie while another surgeon took Danny. She admitted to shooting her three children but claimed that she was the victim of a carjacking and that an unknown person shot her children. Her 7-year old daughter Cheryl died, but her 3-year old son Danny and her 8-year old daughter Christie survived. When I looked at Christie I thought she was dead, he said. Her first three children with her husband Steve are Stephen "Danny" Daniel (born 1979), Cheryl Lynn (born 1976), and Christie Ann (born 1974). 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. He responded to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital and immediately interviewed Downs, a postal worker. Unlike her siblings, Becky Babcock has been very public about her mother, granting interviews over the years. In a sense, Diane was her own worst enemy.". 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, Oregon. She will be eligible for parole in 2020 and continues to proclaim her innocence. 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. But suspicions of Downs herself quickly began to surface. Despite her difficult start, Becky was adopted and says she had a good childhood. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. In 1984, Diane was convicted of the death and injuries of her children, and she was sentenced to life in prison. I got blood all over the back of it, I knew within 30 minutes of talking with that woman that she was guilty., And then, Wilhite said, even more shocking to him was when Downs told him that she knew Christie was brain dead and told him, I want you to pull the plug., In other words, let her die, Wilhite said. The revelation would shake Becky Babcock's young world and take her on a journey of self-discovery, filled with ups and downs, she said. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. Her brother Danny was permanently paralyzed from the waist down but both survived. While police increasingly suspected Downs, she adamantly denied any involvement when speaking to the media. Why does a mom with three sleeping children in the car stop for a stranger or anyone for that matter? "The more she talked, the more things didn't make any sense.". 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The two older kids were Diane's with ex-husband Steve, however, Danny wasn't Steve's. Her pupils were dilated. Look at her," Jaeger said. [2], On November 13, 1973, Diane married Steve Downs after running away from home. They had another sibling, born in the middle, in 1976, Cheryl Lynn, but she didnt survive the shooting. Cops decided she was lying. And I thought to myself, What am I going to do with three shot children?. She has been housed in California for the Oregon Department of Corrections since Aug. 30, 1993.. Reporter Ann Jaeger remembers worrying that Downs' pregnancy could affect the way jurors viewed her. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. A judge had already placed Downs' two surviving children in protective custody. DIANE Downs is serving a life sentence for horrific crimes she committed against her own children. In 1984, Diane Downs was convicted of shooting her three children, 3-year-old Danny, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 8-year-old Christie. They have both graduated from college. "They have grown up in a very happy home with the Hugis.. She was afraid of her mother. I think that's one of the things that-- ended up hurting her case. They have grown up in a very happy home with the Hugis., Both individuals chose to live a life away from the spotlight- they didnt want prying eyes to remind them of the horrors of their past and to haunt them more than it already did. It was May 19, 1983, a warm spring night. And as long as he said that he wasn't going to be a father to anyone's children, they had to go.. After months of physical and mental therapy, Christie Downs was finally able to take the stand and tell what happened to her that horrible night. Heavy is withholding that last name and the photos to protect her privacy. 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. District Attorney Fred Hugi asked Christie if she remembered who shot her. They told of her obsession with a married man who didn't want her kids around. According to witnesses, she then drove at a pace of between 5-7 mph to the local hospital, where she then claimed to hospital staff she had been car-jacked by a stranger who shot herself and her children. Christie was the star witness in her mothers prosecution; she testified that her mother was the shooter. Wilhite said he then found a judge who issued an order making him and another doctor Christies guardians. And he replied, I want your car. She said, You've got to be kidding, at which time he pushed her aside and reached in with a gun and began shooting the kids-- the three kids.. After high school, she enrolled at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in Orange, California, but was expelled after one year for promiscuous behavior and returned to her parents' home in Arizona. She named the fourth baby Amy Elizabeth before the state handed her over to her adoptive parents. Did I make a mistake? 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. Critics said she deliberately became pregnant in order to garner sympathy from the jury. 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. The . Now, her children are all grown up and many want to know what they are up to now 2 Becky Babcock is the fourth and youngest child of Diane Downs Credit: ABC NEws Who is Diane Downs' daughter Becky Babcock? But what happened to her kids, Christie Ann and Stephen "Danny" Daniel? [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. [22] She received an additional five-year sentence for the escape. The Queen has almost never put a foot wrong as she marks 70th year on the throne. 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 I see what others have suffered, I think my boss probably saved my life.. She remembers Downs' demeanor in her interviews as peculiar. Thirty-five years ago, Diane Downs, now 64, was convicted of shooting her three children Danny, Cheryl, and Christie in Springfield, Oregon. As for Danny, he has kept his life private. There were all kinds of red flags that went up as we took her statement, but we wanted her to give us a complete statement, Welch said. Following the crimes, she made claims to police that a man had attempted to carjack her and had shot the children. The woman who was on trial for shooting her own children was pregnant again -- and it was no accident. Downs was initially incarcerated at the Oregon Women's Correctional Center in Salem. Critics said she deliberately became pregnant in order to garner sympathy from the jury. 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. Not just a son, but a couple of other children as well, including a daughter, who she named after her dead sister, Cheryl. Born June 27, 1984, Becky, 37, is famously known as the daughter of Diane Down, 66. 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. I've never been so hyped in my life.. Wilhite immediately jumped back into his car and raced to McKenzie-Williamette Medical Center as fast as he could. 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. Diane Downs attempts to murder her three young children, eight-year-old Christie, seven-year-old Cheryl, and three-year-old Danny, by faking a carjacking. [29] After three hours of interviews and thirty minutes of deliberation, she was denied parole. Her 7-year old daughter Cheryl died but her 3-year old son Danny and her 8-year old daughter Christie survived. During the search for the strange gunman Diane kept giving bizarre interviews , one of the detectives on the case stated "she couldn't keep her mouth shut" ("The Diane Downs Story", 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. While police increasingly suspected Downs, she adamantly denied any involvement when speaking to the media. Knickerbocker also reported to police that Downs had stalked him, and seemed willing to kill his wife if it meant that she could have him to herself; he stated that he was relieved that she had left for Oregon, and that he was able to reconcile with his wife. Learn about Christi (Hugi), Stephen (Danny), and Becky today. "Why would I have taken my kids to the hospital?" When then-prosecutor Fred Hugi asked Christie if she remembered who shot her, Christie Downs replied, "My mom.". I had a great family, a great life. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. 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 . Watch the full story on "20/20" Friday, March 22, at 9 p.m. Prosecutors laid out the evidence against Downs, all leading up to their star witness. Downs had also been shot, in the left forearm, though her wound was not life threatening. Today, Downs is incarcerated at the Central California Womens Facility in Chowchilla, California. 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. "She calculated that this would win her sympathy in her trial. Powered by. When I hear about three children being shot, I thought, How am I going take care of three people? Because I wasn't afraid of what I needed to do. 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. The baby was taken by the state and delivered to adoptive parents. Like us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/TheSunUSand follow us from our main Twitter account at@TheSunUS, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Amy, who was adopted and given the name BeckyBabcock, went public about her mother in 2010 and has also met her in a bid to find out about her roots. It's very seldom that does my body tingle like that, he added. Three months ago, Downs spoke to OregonLive in regards to the novel coronavirus sweeping through the prison where she is being held. COVID-19 Stimulus Check: Did the HEROES Act Pass. Her three small children, Christie, 8; Cheryl, 7; and Danny, 3, were inside her blood-soaked car, shot at close range. The surgeon who helped to save Christie's life told ABC News: When I looked at Christie I thought she was dead. The outlet also reported Downs as saying that prisoners at the facility started suffering from COVID-19 symptoms in February. Christie, now in her mid-40s, still lives in Oregon, in Springfield, and has a big, loving family. Video related to diane downs children now: christie, danny & becky today, My Mothers Sins l 20/20 Diane Downs l Part 2, WATCH THE FULL EPISODE OF 20/20: bit.ly/2uqkFD4 Diane Downs laughs while reenacting shooting of 3 children Police found Downs' behavior suspicious. In May of that year, the trial against Downs began with yet another inconceivable twist. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. There was just a little part of me that felt like I was searching for something else. And, by the time she took them to the hospital, Cheryl was dead. May 14, 2010 -- On June 17, 1984, Diane Downs was found guilty of shooting her three children, killing one. That girl was later renamed Rebecca "Becky" Babcock.[6]. [24] While in prison, she earned an associate degree in General Studies. Growing up, Diane followed those values, however, after the age of 14, she became more rebellious and eventually dropped "Elizabeth" from her name and went by Diane. On Facebook, Becky wrote that she works at Pain management and went to Redmond High School. My parents wanted us to prosper, to learn and to grow, she told ABC. She claimed that she was carjacked on a rural road near Springfield by a strange man who shot her and the children. Author Ann Rule wrote the book Small Sacrifices (1987), which detailed Downs' life and murder trial. she said in an interview. She says things to me like, Boy, this has really spoiled my vacation, and she also says, That really ruined my new car. Star Witness at Downs' Trial: Her Daughter. 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