SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - Diane Downs, convicted of killing her 7-year-old daughter in Springfield in 1983, has been denied parole, according to the Oregon Board of Parole. A representative for the board ...
In December 2025, a parole board denied Diane Downs's release from prison for the fourth time. Downs, a single parent convicted in 1984 in Eugene, Oregon, killed her 7-year-old daughter and attempted ...
Diane Downs shot her three young children in a rural Springfield, Oregon road in May 1983, claiming a stranger had carjacked them. One child died and two were permanently injured. She was convicted of ...