After months of physical and mental therapy, Christie Downs was able to take the stand and tell what happened to her that horrible night. There isnt a whole lot known about where Steve Downs is these days. Doug Welch remembers getting the call for what would turn out to be his first homicide investigation. Diane Downs now: Her most recent prison photo from 2018. Downs was initially incarcerated at the Oregon Women's Correctional Center in Salem. She also made a number of statements that both police and hospital workers considered highly inappropriate.[3]. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diane_Downs&oldid=1139832541, Incarcerated; earliest possible release 2025, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 03:51. Downs told investigators that she and her. But there were a number of things which didn't make any sense., Why would a mother sightsee when it's dark out? "There were a number of things which didn't make sense, even that first night," Welch said. She's doing well. Heavy is withholding that last name and the photos to protect her privacy. Christies Facebook page shows she has children, has a different married last name, and is living in Oregon. She knew that, if she got pregnant, that people would look at her and say, How could a woman who loves children this much and got pregnant have killed her 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. It was mainly about my biological mom. It was scary. Her three children -- 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl and 3 . While police increasingly suspected Downs, she adamantly denied any involvement when speaking to the media. Downs insisted that, Over the years, I have told you and the rest of the world that a man shot me and my children. One died; two survived but had serious injuries. 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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. Christie, now in her mid-40s, still lives in Oregon, in Springfield, and has a big, loving family. She stopped the car and asked him what he wanted. 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. 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. They have maintained private lives since and have never spoken publically about their birth mother. Why is she wounded in the arm? She was denied parole in 2008 and again in 2010. In a sense, Diane was her own worst enemy.". When she [Downs] showed up, her [Christies] pulse rate went up high and you could see terror on her face, Wilihite said. she said in an interview. the incident happened on a dark road that led to Diane being accused of murder and attempted murder. In 1983, Diane Downs' three children were brought to an Oregon hospital with gunshot wounds. [22] She received an additional five-year sentence for the escape. Since his ex wife was sentenced to life in prison, he has not reappeared in public life nor has he given any television interviews about his family. [2][3] Their first child, Christie Ann, was born in 1974. 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. She went to the University of Oregon and now lives with her husband and children in the town. The . Wilhite said Christie's blood pressure had been so low that she suffered a stroke. In 1984, Diane Downs was convicted of shooting her three children, 3-year-old Danny, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 8-year-old Christie. Would love your thoughts, please comment. On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs and her three children were shot on a rural road in Oregon. 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. After her recapture, Downs was transferred to the New Jersey Department of Corrections Clinton Correctional Facility for Women after heavy lobbying from Hugi. They told of her obsession with a married man who didn't want her kids around. Diane Downs' ex husband, Steve Downs, lost a lot in May 1983 when his ex wife shot their three children, following their divorce in 1980. Following the crimes, she made claims to police that a man had attempted to carjack her and had shot the children. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. In court, according to Glamour, prosecutors argued that Downs motive to get rid of her children stemmed from the fact that her boyfriend at the time did not want kids. "And so the quickest, simplest way was to eliminate the children.". A few years later, Babcock watched a miniseries based on her mother, and it broke her heard and her life went on a downward spiral, ABC reported. DIANE Downs is serving a life sentence for horrific crimes she committed against her own children. After being recaptured, she was transferred to a more secure facility. Author Ann Rule wrote the book Small Sacrifices (1987), which detailed Downs' life and murder trial. Becky Babcock was born while Diane was incarcerated. While they were unable to find the weapon, they found unfired casings in her home with extractor markings from the murder weapon. "Danny, a computer whiz, is still partially paralyzed from the bullet in his back, but he is living a happy and normal life. May 14, 2010 -- On June 17, 1984, Diane Downs was found guilty of shooting her three children, killing one. We believe the motive for the shooting was to get Nick up here to Oregon to be with her. 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. "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. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. [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. Conflicting reports say Downs also acted as a surrogate during her fourth pregnancy, giving birth to a daughter after her trial in 1984. Diane Downs Today: Where Is the Convicted Child Killer Now? Cops decided she was lying. [29] She was not permitted a statement, but answered questions from the parole board. 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. It was suspected I hit over 100 miles an hour coming down the freeway, he said. And, Cheryl Lynn, had reportedly told a neighbor of her grandparents that she was afraid of her mother. Beeper goes off, said, Get in here. It's very seldom that does my body tingle like that, he added. It was an interesting interview. Between the verdict and sentencing, the court recessed so that Downs could give birth to a girl she named Amy Elizabeth. Whether it tugs at your heartstrings or angers you to the core, these stories could have happened years ago, and they still take up space in your memories. [32], Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 03:51, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, "Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love", "The True Story of Diane Downs: How a Mother Shot Her 3 Kids for Her Lover", "Woman on finding peace after learning mother is child killer Diane Downs: 'Though that's biologically my makeup, it's not who I am inside', "Woman finds peace after learning mother is convicted child killer Diane Downs", Christie Downs: Three Years Old Murder Survival of the 80s, "Becky Babcock: My Mother Was a Murderer", "Becky Babcock: A Girl's Fight to Escape her Mother's Crimes", "Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love', "Diane Downs maintains innocence as parole hearing looms", "Diane Downs Denied by Oregon Parole Board", "Diane Downs Latest Parole Hearing is Next Month", "Where Is Diane Downs Today? While Danny and Christie survived, Cheryl, the. Prior to being sentenced, Downs gave birth to a girl she named Amy Elizabeth. He then opened the driver's side door and shot all 3 of her children. In May of that year, the trial against Downs began with yet another inconceivable twist. Danny and Christie survived the attack while middle child, Cheryl, died from her injuries at the time. Steve Downs, their father, actually left Diane in 1980 because he thought that Danny was the result of an extramarital affair that she had. 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. And she took a deserted country road with three sleeping kids in her car. Where is Diane Downs today? Full names: Elizabeth Diane Downs Birth name: Elizabeth Diane Frederickson Date of birth: August 7, 1955 Age: 67 years old as of 2022 Place of birth: Phoenix, Arizona Gender: Female Nationality: American Ethnicity: White Zodiac sign: Leo Children: Christie Ann, Cheryl Lynn, Stephen Daniel, and Becky Babcock And as long as he said that he wasn't going to be a father to anyone's children, they had to go.. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 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'.. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. Within a few weeks, the kids who had survived were placed in protective custody and were no longer in Steve's care. 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. Downs was a notorious killer in Oregon, convicted in the 1983 shooting of her three children that left one of them dead. 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. If youre here because youre curious to know where the surviving children are now, youve come to the right place. On May 19, 1983, Diane shot the children Cheryl, 7, Christie, 8, and Danny, 3 multiple times at a close range. 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. [27] A made-for-TV movie, also titled Small Sacrifices, starred Farrah Fawcett as Downs, and was aired on ABC in 1989. Like us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/TheSunUSand follow us from our main Twitter account at@TheSunUS, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, 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. It was as if she thought that if she kept talking enough, that you would believe her, Jaeger said. 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 Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The first two children were Dianes kids with her ex husband Steve Downs. She, too, is now a mother. Therefore, they grew up privately and continue to live their adult lives privately. She has a son (born 2005) and a daughter, whom she named Cheryl in memory of her late sister. 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. I chose to, in a sense, allow her into my life.. "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.". 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. I knew my entire life that I was adopted, Babcock tells the show in an exclusive clip obtained by PEOPLE. Cheryl Lynn followed in 1976, with Stephen Daniel being born in 1979. Her brother Danny was permanently paralyzed from the waist down but both survived. "Wouldn't I have made sure they were dead and then cried crocodile tears? Downs' launched a violent attack on three of her children, Danny, Cheryl Lynn, and Christie Anne in 1983. According toHeavy, crime author Ann Rule said: "Crime author Ann Rule wrote on her website: "Christie and Danny who somehow survived their gunshot wounds have no contact with Diane. But suspicions of Downs herself quickly began to surface. It was exciting. DIANE Downs made international headlines for callously shooting three of her children - her fourth wasn't yet born. "You cant replace children, but you can replace the effect they give you. Downs had also been shot, in the left forearm, though her wound was not life threatening. Christie is now in her forties, according to Tuko, and the accident left her with a speech handicap. Where are Diane Downs' children now? Golden State Killer: Where Is the Prolific Rapist and Murderer Today? Downs claimed that during this drive home, around 10 pm she saw a strange man standing in the road flagging her down. Downs was found guilty in June, and sentenced to life in prison plus 50 years. In a two-hour 20/20 documentary, Babcock opens up about learning the truth regarding her infamous mom. I was nervous. The circumstances of Becky Babcocks birth were troubled to say the least. 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. Her pupils were dilated. See you at 9pm for our encore presentation of #MyMomsSins #ABC2020! Not just a son, but a couple of other children as well, including a daughter, who she named after her dead sister, Cheryl. He responded to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital and immediately interviewed Downs, a postal worker. Crime author Ann Rule wrote on her website: "Christie and Danny who somehow survived their gunshot wounds have no contact with Diane. The baby was taken by the state and delivered to adoptive parents. Jaeger said. It was an unthinkable, brutal killing in 1983 that terrified parents around the country. On Facebook, Becky wrote that she works at Pain management and went to Redmond High School. Then, 10 days after Diane was sentenced to life in prison plus 50 years, she gave birth to a daughter she named Amy Elizabeth. A break in the case finally came when investigators discovered Downs' secret diaries. Like us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/TheSunUSand follow us from our main Twitter account at@TheSunUS, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 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. Downs said: "I got pregnant because I miss Christie and I miss Danny and I miss Cheryl so much. 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. Distractify is a registered trademark. What happened to Diane Downs' children? Photo: September 26, 1988. She remembers Downs' demeanor in her interviews as peculiar. She was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison plus fifty years. Her first three children with her husband Steve are Stephen "Danny" Daniel (born 1979), Cheryl Lynn (born 1976), and Christie Ann (born 1974). Christie became the star witness in the case, bravely testifying against her monster mom. In 1983, horror stuck in Oregon as a mother took it upon herself to end the life of her own children. She was required to serve twenty-five years before being considered for parole. Christie Downs, now 44, and her brother, 39, were adopted by the prosecutor in the case. 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. Downs' launched a violent attack on three of her children, Danny, Cheryl Lynn, and Christie Anne in 1983. Police arrested Downs Feb. 28, 1984, nine months after the shootings. I mean, obviously, if she's pregnant, she loves children, right?" You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. The first letter I wrote Diane, I must have written 100 times, she says. Wilhite said he also noticed that when Downs went to visit Christie in the recovery room, her stats would spike. Atty. Her three small children, Christie, 8; Cheryl, 7; and Danny, 3, were inside her blood-soaked car, shot at close range. She named the fourth baby Amy Elizabeth before the state handed her over to her adoptive parents. When she got out to talk to this man, he immediately demanded that she give him her car keys, Downs claimed she refused and they got into a physical altercation that resulted in him shooting her in the left arm. 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. District Attorney Fred Hugi asked Christie if she remembered who shot her. 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. 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. We found that Diane Downs was emotionally flat. "She calculated that this would win her sympathy in her trial. Her pupils were dilated. 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. They have both graduated from college. Diane Downs and her three children They raise many concerns over her three-decade old conviction for the shooting of her three children, one of whom died, and say even the most basic tests for courts were not met or passed. 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 . Police scoured the crime scene for months searching for the weapon, a .22-caliber gun that wounded Diane and her 8-year-old daughter Christie, paralyzed her 3-year-old son Danny and killed her 7-year-old daughter Cheryl. [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. I've never been so hyped in my life.. Diane Downs was convicted of shooting her 3 children, killing 1, in 1983. During the time they were together, Diane gave birth to three children, Stephen "Danny" Daniel (born 1979), Cheryl Lynn (born 1976), and Christie Ann (born 1974). The girl was later renamed Becky Babcock. Missing baby is feared dead as police arrest aristocrat Constance Marten and boyfriend on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter: 200 officers search allotments and compost bins near where . Conflicting reports say Downs also acted as a surrogate during her fourth pregnancy, giving birth to a daughter after her trial in 1984. 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). Jaeger remembers worrying that Downs' pregnancy could affect the way jurors viewed her. Prosecutors laid out the evidence against Downs, all leading up to their star witness. 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. She says things to me like, Boy, this has really spoiled my vacation, and she also says, That really ruined my new car. When Wilhite went to go update Downs on her daughters condition, he said he was surprised by her reaction. Babcock learned who her mother was at age 11, after tricking her babysitter to divulge the name. She was sentenced to life plus 50 years for the crimes. 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. She had been shot in the left forearm, though her wound was not life-threatening. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. I still worry about them and love them, though theyll never know it.. Her adoptive parents called her Rebecca Becky Babcock. On a May night in 1983, the young, divorced letter carrier drove up to the emergency room of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital. "And along this road, off to the side, out stepped a man who flagged her down. 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.". [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. Danny, a computer whiz, is still partially paralyzed from the bullet in his back, but he is living a happy and normal life. Most damaging, witnesses saw her car being driven very slowly toward the hospital, at an estimated speed of 57mph (811km/h)contradicting her claim that she drove to the hospital at a high speed after the shooting. 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 couple divorced in 1980 because Steve thought Stephen Daniel, known as Danny, was the result of an extramarital affair by Diane. She replied, 'You've got to be kidding,' at which time he pushed her aside and reached in and shot the sleeping kids.". 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. In the frantic scene, hospital employees quickly determined that Cheryl was already dead and that Christie and Danny were clinging to life. Cheryl died; the other two children survived, but they suffered terrible wounds according to Glamour, the bullets paralyzed Danny and gave Christie a stroke. That's insane to think that I would do such a thing and then bring the witnesses in against myself -- that's crazy.". In 1983, Diane Downs three children were brought to an Oregon hospital with gunshot wounds. 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. View our online Press Pack. I was very stern with her.". She's the biggest threat to him, not three sleeping children.". 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. she said in an interview. Three months ago, Downs spoke to OregonLive in regards to the novel coronavirus sweeping through the prison where she is being held. District Attorney Fred Hugi asked Christie if she remembered who shot her. Danny and Christie survived the attack while middle child, Cheryl, died from her injuries at the time. On Feb. 28, 1984, nine months after the shootings, Downs was arrested and charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder. Today, Downs is incarcerated at the Central California Womens Facility in Chowchilla, California. [3] Diane came from a family with strict conservative values. California Department of Corrections The surgeon who helped to save Christie's life told ABC News: When I looked at Christie I thought she was dead. You know, she just asked, How is she doing? Not one emotional reaction, he said. She claimed that she was carjacked on a rural road near Springfield by a strange man who shot her and the children. Sample Page; ; She named the fourth baby Amy Elizabeth before the state handed her over to her adoptive parents. Becky is active on Facebook, where she sometimes shares stories about her background and television appearances, such as one on Dr. Oz and with Oprah Winfrey. But surgeon Steve Wilhite managed to revive Christie after her blood pressure dipped dangerously low and she suffered a stroke. "I knew within 30 minutes of talking with that woman that she was guilty": Surgeon who helped save one of Diane Downs' kids in 1983 after she shot her recalls chilling interaction. In the frantic scene, hospital employees quickly determined that Cheryl was already dead and that Christie and Danny were clinging to life. The stroke Christie Downs suffered impaired her speech and initially prevented her from telling police what she had seen. 1983: Diane Downs Attempts to Murder Her Three Children. 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. Who is Becky Babcock and where is she now? "Why would I have taken my kids to the hospital?" Prior to her sentencing, Downs gave birth to a baby girl whom she named Amy Elizabeth. 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