Anyways, I was 10 years old when this happened, I stayed with my aunt and uncle a lot in those years, in which they watched A LOT of nightly news programs.lol most of it was like white noise to me, as I would play with my barbies on their living room floorbut I do remember this story. (This is why Foote was assigned the case. He was very irresponsible and probably could not handle them financially and emotionally. The judge instructed them to continue on to force a verdict. Diane was in the hospital for a bone graft from June 2nd until June 6th, 1983. The strong, emotive language. After graduating high school, Steve went on to join the Navy, and Diane, having a strict religious background, was sent to the Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College. Gregory Foote who had denied access to the children by all blood relatives and given their care over to the State, was promoted from juvenile to senior judge to preside over the trial of Diane Downs.. Jen Taylor . If not from her high profile status, she would already be out. The incident left Cheryl dead, Danny paralyzed from the waist down, and Christie suffering from a stroke that affected her speech. Likewise, Charlene had no intention of letting Knick divorce her (Appendix 81, page 1518, line 15). What got her convicted was two things the towel and Christie. Downs: Oh yeah, I remember the pictures, too. They should have stayed out of it instead of contributing to her revictimization. This seems very punitive to have a law like this be retroactive. I do have to take issue with this article about Diane Downs. I will talk to Dianes brother. It was also said at trial that the shooter would have been left handed, which was not the case for Diane. She says she was outside the car n watched the man shoot her children n then the only adult n person who could tell police about him only gets a shot in the arm n takes time to bandage her arm. The fact that she drove there and it saved the life of two of her children should give anyone pause. The two kids who had survived the attack were placed for adoption and Steve was no able to care for them. You have a photo of Diane before the parole board. I am so tired of the victims being forgotten. As a result, joint legal custody which means parents share in the decision-making 1 is becoming the default decision in many family court systems. Nevertheless, when Diane came back to Arizona, the pair united, and soon, on November 13, 1973, to be exact, the couple tied the knot. He didn't indicate whether Downs would appeal. But what happened to Diane Downs' husband? I was also stunned that she took the reports of all of Dianes ( mostly married) ex lovers as absolute truth and never once questioned that they might have been lying and retrospectively minimising their feelings for Diane to protect themselves. Forensics or lack thereof and blood splatter? Oh my. If the goal was to get rid of them, why didnt she emulate her lesser half in this matter? And it is not like these two were white as snow. The GSR? Danny said several times that a bad man shot them and it was written in the nurses notes, but never that his mother shot him. They both fainted when they saw their dead child, but it did not count. There were days she was unhappy to see the staff and her family because she was very ill. That poor girl had a lot of bad moments where she would cry constantly or trigger the machines and to have defined this single incident as one of terror instead of excitement over seeing her mom was biased and self-serving. This blogger believes in the presumption of innocence and in the possibility of redemption. Foote then handled the juvenile docket and first encountered Downs when he ordered her two surviving children into state protective custody. Thats food for thought. He could then have initiated the licensing process to foster and then adopt the children. Lack of impulse control is also another symptom that might explain why a mother would stop at night to help a stranger flagging her on the road. So if we started judging people harshly for their flaws, it would never end. There have been behaviors that in the general course of events one may expect from a single parent that in a way have been falsely interpreted as being some form of evil.. Nearly every point you make here was addressed and disproved or not even allowed into evidence. I do not have to state anything at the beginning of the blog. The casing from the bullets exactly matched, just like a fingerprint, the bullets that Diane had in her home from her own gun which was never found. In 1979, headstrong Diane gave birth to Danny who was not Stevens biological son because he had no desire to be a father again. If they could not find the gun or any trace of a shooting on Diane, and you think shes guilty, it would mean she had an accomplice. Up. I like the way you keep an open mind about Diane herself and what she may or may not have been going through mentally. What was the justification? It was flawed. According to the state, the shooter was well inside the car and would have had gun powder on its clothing, body or hair if 3 people were shot in the car at close distance. It is in the blog. During the process of the termination (which can take the whole 2 years in question, with appeals) the court is mandated to find family to take the children. Dianes brother, James, sat in court one day andnoticed Foote looking at Hugi before ruling on an objection. What man has ever publicly revered a former secret mistress? Steve and Diane had three children, Danny, Cheryl, and Christie Ann. There is only one major problem with your scenario. But I am so tired of the enough time has been served and other criminals have been paroled. I think that the US system is barbaric Imagine the ones there for years. A. The very suspicious aspect of this ballistic saga is that Hugi said they had the bill of sale and serial number for the first Ruger and it was definitely the murder weapon. But her behavior became the most important factor in the investigation that followed. Diane now had the title of dangerous offender. And Steven would hunt her down anyway and charm his way back into her life. He said all the police needed was for Diane to bear witness against her ex-husband. (Feature Image Credit: ABC News / 20/20). We cant. From what Ive read, she gets a parole hearing every decade and the next time in 2030 she will be 75. Rule sued the Seattle Weekly after they published the article titled , Ann Rule promotes her books as true crime stories so to this day, viewers believe that the book and the movie titled, This reminds me of what a jail counselor named Rachel Roth said at the trial of Debra Milke , They already had made up their mind that Diane was the perpetrator so they laughed off the idea of the , When I hear some people say that they would have liked to smack that smirk off Dianes face when she interacted with the cops or the media, I say. The two mental disorders that cause excessive talking are Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia. Because she seemed "aloof". This whole tale is just unbelievable. Brewer freely declared that Diane Downs would never have been convicted except that he believed the lie Jim Jagger permitted Fred Hugi to enter into the record. The proverbial expression It takes two to tango applies here. It appeared rigged: Rigged? Mr. Jagger read the report and said, you were right. This website supports restorative justice, so of course it leans towards sentences that are not life without parole if it is supported by a warden and mental health specialists. Devoting ur life to taking down a dead author is a waste of ur talents. Completely unethical, and not in the best interest of those children. This is especially if it comes with a history of erratic behavior following the use of these substances. I have researched the case and pointed out discrepancies and the fact that it was not the slam dunk that they were portraying. The states own witness, Dr. George Suckow and Dr. Polly Jamison denounced Prosecutor Hugis practice as improper and unethical (Appendix 101 and 104). At the point Diane jumped into the car, her broken arm (resting in a sling in front of her) slammed into the steering wheel. Diane Downs was convicted because she didn't appear "sorry enough" during her TV appearances. We already know that. And by the way, I wrote the blogs about Rule way before she passed. You simply are a rude individual looking for a reaction. Right after the shooting, little Danny would ask the nurses, , Even Ann Rule in her book, keeps mentioning that, Every time, she said she did not know, they told her to think again and made suggestions. On her way to the hospital,she was followed by someone who said she was going slow, but Diane said she was driving fairly fast. The forensic evidence alone is absolutely weak. The absence of the gun or gun powder residues on Diane is fact. But Im on track and Im really happy with the way life is.. Which is itself a redundant practise: the blogger repeatedly states that Downs should be released. And the fatal shooting of her children by her wife in 1983 didn't do much to put him in the limelight. I am sorry but I got to laugh a little. Foote denied the motion and declared you have an attorney, use him.. She could not have been shot twice in the back while sitting up and have the bullet pierce her body to end up under the floorboard of the passenger side. Her family supported her. And Robert Knickerbocker became one of her lovers. Regina, I love your comment! Search within r/halo . So how she behaved at the time, should not have been a factor influencing the authorities. And once again, considering that she was diagnosed as bipolar, did not help her cause. had to wait for Christie to be able to tell them who did it. this is your 2nd quote which contradicts the first one .. Lets not forget that she was presumed to have fired a gun 6 times at close range within the confines of a small car. Diane was right-handed. 6. The men in her life were in no shape or form called on their irresponsible or wild behavior. The person leaned into the car. He had an attorney, Fred G. Campbell Jr., send us a letter denying our request and telling us: You are legally, as well as factually, a stranger to them. Who does he think he is? Thank you for presenting a side of the story & case apart from the usual narrative. Yes, shes as guilty as Simpson. I dont know the woman. (her family confirmed that she had a mood disorder, possibly bipolar 2), So when Dr. George Suckow from the Oregon State Hospital in Salem was called as a States rebuttal witness and he made a professional diagnosis of Diane as histrionics, antisocial and narcissistic, he openly said in court that he interviewed Diane for 1 hour and read evidence presented by the state to make his diagnosis.. When your goal is to call me dude, insult my name and trash my blog, you can go on other sites who will love to spar with you while swallowing the old narrative of high profile cases. According to Detective Welch, Steve Downs followed Diane to Oregon, they fought and Steves rage took the last step on the path hed been treading for a long time. Her three small children, Christie, 8; Cheryl, 7; and Danny, 3 . No conflict of interest from a prosecutor adopting a defendants children 2 years after the fact? Cheryl Lynn followed in 1976, and Stephen Daniel was born in 1979. The Lifetime channel constantly makes movies based loosely on the truth; this approach is an effective weapon aimed at swaying public opinion about high-profile cases. Gosh Donna, you really dont have a clue. Same with her brother. If I included the ones I dont post, it would need more than a like or dislike button. One could argue that this blog does not stick to what came out at trial. The most recent tape of her daughter is not admissible because it is never allowed to bring out tapes that were obtained this way. They said she was going slow but the time at which she arrived seems to indicate otherwise. No, Im not that gullible, Okay, I just read that she faked throwing her keys. There was never a real motive for the crime even if the State insisted that Diane wanted to be free to pursue her love interest; using her journals to support theirclaim. I asked her brother James an answer to your question. After each of the kids was shot multiple times on that fateful day in 1983, Steve cooperated with the police completely. Being a patient of the doctor who saved the childrens lives has nothing to do with the facts of a case. What mother takes her kids out at night and then stops for a stranger with her kids in the car? I couldnt get my hands on the book nor find anything in librariesso basically it was many years later I dove into knowing more about this case, that kinda haunted me. Will Cheryl ever be let out of her grave? The bitches own daughter identified Downs as the shooter. She said a bunch of really stupid things in the media (my kids were lucky, not me gets the palm) and basically bury herself. Makes major decisions easier because only one parent is legally responsible. But the birth of little Danny did not make this bad boy change his stripes; he remained a cad and a destabilizing force in their lives. It was known as Manic Depression. In the blog, there is a link on the subject of bipolar people who tend to laugh at the wrong time. During Dianes examination at trial, Fred Hugi said in front of the jury, in the form of a question, that she had been diagnosed as a deviant sociopath.. It was omnipresent in the courtroom as well as the Duran Duran song Hungry like the Wolf that supposedly was playing when the children were shot in the car. I was raised by an evil narcissist and have not only seen this kind of behavior before, but I have seen the face of the devil and it is a look of pure evil that gives me the creeps. Except for Paul Cortez. Two of the kids survived the shooting with life altering injuries, and one of the children died. What a terrible injustice. Thanks again. I agree that the verdict may have been very different. The american system often reminds me of what Charles Dickens talked about in his novels. Instead, it is Diane who fought to keep her children. Why am I not arguing the facts of the trial? Common sense will tell this Court, when Diane accidently slammed her mangled arm into the steering wheel of Detective Tracys car, it was ANYTHING but a laughing matter. One should also wonder why their biological father who was so eager to bash his ex on the stand was not given custody, and did not stay in contact with his two remaining children: relevance? And if you claim your innocence, it obviously creates a vicious circle of not showing contrition. Jennifer Hudson didn't lose custody of her son David Jr. because she was an unfit parent, but rather because her work commitments meant she had to temporarily relocate to film The Voice UK. It was kind of interesting to hear Mossimo Giannullis lawyer pleading to have his client sent home or put in general population because his mental health suffered drastically in solitary confinement because of covid after 56 consecutive days in solitary. She was extremely intelligent but her emotional IQ was no match and her desire for freedom, love and affection were dangerously dragging her down a path of self-destruction.
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