Subsequent investigations revealed that she had a strong motive to kill her children. But suspicions of Downs herself quickly began to surface. By the time she arrived at the hospital, Cheryl, seven, was already dead and the other two children had suffered devastating injuries. The baby was taken by the state and delivered to adoptive parents. Crime author Ann Rule wrote on her website: "Christie and Danny who somehow survived their gunshot wounds have no contact with Diane. [5] When Downs went to trial in May 1984, she was again pregnant. 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. The circumstances of Becky Babcocks birth were troubled to say the least. The first letter I wrote Diane, I must have written 100 times, she says. 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. 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. Diane's 2 children who survived the shooting . The baby was taken by the state and delivered to adoptive parents. 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. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. 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. She will be eligible for parole in 2020 and continues to proclaim her innocence. Not one tear. See you at 9pm for our encore presentation of #MyMomsSins #ABC2020! Danny and Christie survived the attack while middle child, Cheryl, died from her injuries at the time. Downs was initially incarcerated at the Oregon Women's Correctional Center in Salem. The Queen has almost never put a foot wrong as she marks 70th year on the throne. Downs' sentence meant she could not be considered for parole until 2009. "And it grew dark and upon their return home she decided to -- to do some sightseeing. Her three small children, Christie, 8; Cheryl, 7; and Danny, 3, were inside her blood-soaked car, shot at close range. Her 7-year old daughter Cheryl died, but her 3-year old son Danny and her 8-year old daughter Christie survived. Two of the kids survived the shooting with life altering injuries, and one of the children died. What did she do?. Christie is now in her forties, according to Tuko, and the accident left her with a speech handicap. Rebecca wrote to Downs in her younger years, and has stated that she regrets the contact, regarding her mother as a monster.[20] [21]. But as . "They have both graduated from college. She was white She was not breathing. Babcocks exclusive interview airs on 20/20 on Friday, March 22 (9:00 11:00 p.m. 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. Downs then said she pretended to throw her car keys in a bush and the man went to go look for them. ET on ABC. Police arrested Downs Feb. 28, 1984, nine months after the shootings. But surgeon Steve Wilhite managed to revive Christie after her blood pressure dipped dangerously low and she suffered a stroke. Downs was employed by the United States Postal Service, assigned to the mail routes in the city of Cottage Grove, Oregon. Between the verdict and sentencing, the court recessed so that Downs could give birth to a girl she named Amy Elizabeth. The judge made it clear that he did not intend for Downs to ever be free again. 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. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 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. Boris Johnson is stuck in a chaotic spiral of scandal, walkouts, and leaving dos so where does he go from here? As for Danny, he has kept his life private. But Im on track and Im really happy with the way life is.. [2] Despite her parents' disapproval of their relationship, Downs continued the relationship. "Wouldn't I have made sure they were dead and then cried crocodile tears? From Arizona to Oregon, the family had moved just shortly before the incident for Dianes job in the U.S. postal service. Danielle Peterson/Statesman Journal via AP, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. she said in an interview. Becky is the fourth and youngest child of Diane who is currently serving a life sentence for shooting three of . California Department of Corrections Officers began an inquiry into her peculiar behavior, which included calling her lover from the hospital, her children claiming they were afraid of her, and Christie Ann responding in a fearful manner when her mother visited her in the hospital. "She was white, she was not breathing. Her mother was on trial for shooting her siblings, and some believed that Diane Downs got pregnant to gain sympathy. The couple divorced in 1980 because Steve thought Stephen Daniel, known as Danny, was the result of an extramarital affair by Diane. 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). Today, Downs is incarcerated at the Central California Womens Facility in Chowchilla, California. "She saw the kids as a burden, they were in the way and he wasn't going to join her as long as she had the kids," Welch said. Ten days before Downs' sentencing, Amy was seized by the State of Oregon, and adopted by Chris and Jackie Babcock, who subsequently renamed her Rebecca. But what happened to her kids, Christie Ann and Stephen "Danny" Daniel? In 1983, Diane Downs' three children were brought to an Oregon hospital with gunshot wounds. 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. Ten days after her sentencing, Downs gave birth to a daughter named Amy Elizabeth. She says it was during the struggle with the stranger that she was shot in the arm. She went to the University of Oregon and now lives with her husband and children in the town. I knew my entire life that I was adopted, Babcock tells the show in an exclusive clip obtained by PEOPLE. There are some stories that stick with you for a long time. 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. Babcock learned who her mother was at age 11, after tricking her babysitter to divulge the name. There was just a little part of me that felt like I was searching for something else. They had another sibling, born in the middle, in 1976, Cheryl Lynn, but she didnt survive the shooting. 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.". She told ABC, The impact of Diane Downs being my mom has altered the course of my life so many times. DIANE Downs is serving a life sentence for horrific crimes she committed against her own children. It's very seldom that does my body tingle like that, he added. Star Witness at Downs' Trial: Her Daughter. [29] After three hours of interviews and thirty minutes of deliberation, she was denied parole. "They have grown up in a very happy home with the Hugis.. Cheryl Lynn followed in 1976, with Stephen Daniel being born in 1979. I was searching for that blood tie., I never had questions about my biological dad, Babcock continues. She has a son (born 2005) and a daughter, whom she named Cheryl in memory of her late sister. Her older two children have remained out of the public eye. Christie Downs, now 44, and her brother, 39, were adopted by the prosecutor in the case. Christie is married and had a baby boy in 2005. 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. 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. 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. 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. Fearing there could be a gun-wielding killer on the loose, police released information to the public to be on the lookout. It was suspected I hit over 100 miles an hour coming down the freeway, he said. We just ignored it, Wilhite said. 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. 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. Becky Babcock was born while Diane was incarcerated. Why does a mom with three sleeping children in the car stop for a stranger or anyone for that matter? But there were a number of things which didn't make any sense., Why would a mother sightsee when it's dark out? "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. [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. Diane didn't show much grievance for her murdered daughter and her two children that were in critical conditions. The couple divorced in 1980 over Steven's insistence their son, Danny, was the result of an affair and not his biological child. And-- so with that, then we were free to treat her as need be. Copyright 2023 Distractify. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Downs was a notorious killer in Oregon, convicted in the 1983 shooting of her three children that left one of them dead. The tragedy that hit the Downs' kids changed their whole life. In another one of her strange media appearances Downs spoke about the pregnancy. Watch the full story on "20/20" Friday, March 22, at 9 p.m. However, when all the details came to be understood by the police, Steve found out what really happened to his kids. In another one of her strange media appearances Downs spoke about the pregnancy. 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. 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. They have both graduated from college. Beeper goes off, said, Get in here. They have grown up in a very happy home with the Hugis.. And I said to her, We don't know that. Becky Babcock is speaking out about her infamous mother, Diane Downs, who was convicted of killing her own 7-year-old child and attempting to murder her other two children, ages 8 and 3, in . Between the verdict and sentencing, the court recessed so that Downs could give birth to a girl she named Amy Elizabeth. After months of physical and mental therapy, Christie Downs was able to take the stand and tell what happened to her that horrible night. Christie is now in her forties, according to Tuko, and the accident left her with a speech handicap. Atty. I have never changed my story.[29] Her first parole hearing was on December 9, 2008. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. When she [Downs] showed up, her [Christies] pulse rate went up high and you could see terror on her face, Wilihite said. She graduated from the University of Oregon. Meanwhile, Christie Downs was slowly beginning to tell what she remembered of the shootings. "They have both graduated from college. 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. Therefore, they grew up privately and continue to live their adult lives privately. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. It was exciting. Conflicting reports say Downs also acted as a surrogate during her fourth pregnancy, giving birth to a daughter after her trial in 1984. On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs and her three children were shot on a rural road in Oregon. He was instead a result of an affair Diane had with a married man. The outlet also reported Downs as saying that prisoners at the facility started suffering from COVID-19 symptoms in February. Dr. Steven Wilhite had just walked into his house after a long day working at a Springfield, Oregon, hospital when his beeper went off. [12], Diane did not disclose to police that she owned a .22 caliber handgun, but both Steve and Knickerbocker informed authorities that she did. Within a few weeks, the kids who had survived were placed in protective custody and were no longer in Steve's care. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. The Daughter of Diane Downs. . Her three small children, Christie, 8; Cheryl, 7; and Danny, 3 . Heres what you need to know about where Diane Downs children are now: Shes been called evil and the devil. A mother of three, in love with a married man, who did the unthinkable. And she took a deserted country road with three sleeping kids in her car. Her brother Danny was permanently paralyzed from the waist down but both survived. She was afraid of her mother. Her pupils were dilated. She remembers Downs' demeanor in her interviews as peculiar. "She was white, she was not breathing. She lives and is from Bend, Oregon, and is single. [She said] she had been out visiting a friend who had a horse up in the Marcola area -- she and the kids -- and when it grew dark they headed home. What is the latest information pertaining to the convicted child killer? Watch the full story on "20/20" THIS FRIDAY, March 22 at 9 p.m. 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 Ann, born in 1974, is the eldest of the Downs children, and Stephen Daniel, known as Danny, born in 1979, is the youngest. 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. In 1994, after serving ten years, Downs was transferred to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The stroke Christie Downs suffered impaired her speech and initially prevented her from telling police what she had seen. 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. Her adoptive parents called her Rebecca Becky Babcock. One died; two survived but had serious injuries. Offers may be subject to change without notice. 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. Reporter Ann Jaeger remembers worrying that Downs' pregnancy could affect the way jurors viewed her. [2], On November 13, 1973, Diane married Steve Downs after running away from home. [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. Although police had found spent .22 caliber bullet casings at the crime scene, an exhaustive search of the area did not turn up the murder weapon. 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. But surgeon Steve Wilhite managed to revive Christie after her blood pressure dipped dangerously low and she suffered a stroke. But suspicions of Downs herself quickly began to surface. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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. When I looked in the mailbox and saw her letter, it was like Pandoras box. It's not even known if he still resides in Arizona, where he used to live with Diane and their three kids. Photo: September 26, 1988. Email us atexclusive@the-sun.comor call212 416 4552. Her blood pressure was non-existent or very low. Glamour reported that Danny was paralyzed from the chest down as a result of the shooting and Cheryl suffered a major stroke as a result of the attack that left her with a lifelong speech impediment. Diane Downs children: Where are Christie and Stephen now? As for Danny, he has kept his life private. Diane Downs remains in prison in California. 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.. 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. 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? Late one May night in 1983, Diane Downs sped into an emergency room dropoff in Springfield, Ore., with a horrifying story to tell. And, considering how the emotionally flat blonde responded to the whole experience of the shooting, the trial, and the conviction, it was no surprise that ABCs 20/20 decided to cover the case. 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. The baby was taken by the state and delivered to adoptive parents. Most of Downs' sentence is to be served consecutively. They have maintained private lives since and have never spoken publically about their birth mother. From their wounds, Christie suffered a stroke that left with a speech impairment, and Danny got paralyzed from the waist down. Downs was found guilty in June, and sentenced to life in prison plus 50 years. Diane Downs remains in prison in California. She named the fourth baby Amy Elizabeth before the state handed her over to her adoptive parents. In 1987, just three years into her sentence, Downs escaped from the correctional facility in Oregon where she was being held. She shot her three children but claimed that she was carjacked and that her children were shot by a stranger. But what happened to her kids, Christie Ann and Stephen "Danny" Daniel? 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. [3][14], Downs was convicted on all charges on June 17, 1984, and sentenced to life in prison plus fifty years. Is She Still In Jail? [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]. She was white She was not breathing. Prior to her sentencing, Downs gave birth to a baby girl whom she named Amy Elizabeth. Though she shot all three children, only Cheryl died Christie and Danny survived . 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. 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