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Elizabeth Diane Downs (née Frederickson; born August 7, 1955) is an American woman who murdered her daughter and attempted to murder her other two children near Springfield, Oregon, on May 19, 1983. Following the crimes, she made claims to police that a man had attempted to carjack her and had shot the children.
Jul 24, 2020 · Thirty-five years ago, Diane Downs, now 64, was convicted of shooting her three children– Danny, Cheryl, and Christie– in Springfield, Oregon. While Danny and Christie survived, Cheryl, the...
Jan 29, 2024 · Before Downs's sentencing in June 1984, she gave birth to a baby girl named Amy Elizabeth. The state took her from Downs and brought her to the Babcock family who adopted Amy and renamed her Rebecca Babcock.
May 12, 2010 · Rebecca Babcock always knew she was adopted, but at 16 she was rocked by the discovery that her birth mother, Diane Downs, was a murderer, convicted of shooting her own children.
Aug 19, 2023 · On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs shot her three young children in her car in Springfield, Oregon — then blamed the attack on a "carjacker." She tried to murder all of her kids because the man she was having an affair with told her that he didn't want children in his life.
Mar 21, 2019 · 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 ...
Mar 21, 2019 · 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 ...
May 11, 2010 · May 12, 2010 -- Late one May night in 1983, Diane Downs sped into an emergency room dropoff in Springfield, Ore., with a horrifying story to tell. Her three small children, Christie, 8; Cheryl, 7; and Danny, 3, were inside her blood-soaked car, shot at close range.
Oct 22, 2010 · Diane was nine months pregnant when she was convicted on one count of aggravated murder and two counts of attempted murder. While in prison, Diane scaled an 18-foot razor wire fence and escaped from her Oregon cell in July 1988. There was a 14-state manhunt for her, which she eluded for 10 days.
Sep 17, 2022 · Diane Downs was sentenced to life plus 50 years and is currently incarcerated at Central California Women’s Facility. Downs isn’t imprisoned in Oregon, the state that sentenced her, because shortly after her sentencing, she escaped from Oregon Women’s Correctional Center.
