Diane Downs: A Cold-Blooded Shooting

Could a Young Mother Be Responsible for the Shootings of Her Three Children?

Diane with Danny, Christie and Cheryl shortly before the shooting (photo source)

The evening of Thursday, May 19, 1983 was a normal, if quiet, one at the McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield, Oregon. The ER’s 4 p.m. until midnight shift consisted of only four people: Dr. John Mackey, Rosie Martin, RN, Shelby Day, LPN, and Judy Patterson, the…