It was May 19, 1983 in Springfield, Oregon.

In the middle of an otherwise peaceful Cool Spring night,

a car arrived at Mackenzie-Williamet Hospital.

Diane Downs and her three children had been shot.

Cheryl Seven was dead, and Danny Three and Christy Eight had life threatening injuries.

A year later, Diane herself was found guilty for the shootings.

In the 80s, this was a shocking headline story of fatal attraction.

Authorities believed Diane's infatuation with a married man,

who said he had no interest in being a father to anyone's children,

was the possible motive behind her shooting her three kids.

One year later, at her trial, she was pregnant.

That child was Becky Babcock.

So I was 11 and still needed a babysitter.

It was the same babysitter that I'd had since I was very, very young.

I can remember the moment, like it was yesterday, which is so weird.

I can't remember exactly what was said, but I remember standing at the top of the stairs.

I was in the doorway of my bedroom. She was in the hallway.

And I just thought, I am going to ask, I'm going to find the answers that I want.

I'm just not going to stop until I know who my biological mother was.

I talked to the babysitter and made it sound like I already knew.

She had said, oh, so you know Diane Downs.

And that was at that point how I had a name.

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