Princess Diana Look-alike Mom Shoots Her Three Little Children Point Blank

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs drives her three children to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in a blood-spattered car. She tells police that a man trying to carjack the vehicle opened fire, striking everyone inside. Cheryl,7, was killed. Danny, 3, ended up paralyzed from the waist down, and Christie, 8, suffered a disabling stroke after being shot. She survives. Downs herself, was shot in the left forearm. Investigators and hospital workers were suspicious. They say her manner is just too calm for a person who experienced such a traumatic event. Ultimately, it is daughter Cheryl who tells everyone who did the shooting. Joining Nancy Grace today:Wendy Patrick - California prosecutor, author “Red Flags” www.wendypatrickphd.com 'Today with Dr. Wendy' on KCBQ in San DiegoDr. Jorey Krawczyn Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide” (October 2021) bw-institute.comDan Corsentino - Former Police Chief, Former Sheriff, Served on US Homeland Security Senior Advisory Board, Private Investigator www.dancorsentino.comDr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida www.pathcaremed.comLevi Page - Crime Online Investigative Reporter, Host, "Crime and Scandal" True Crime Podcast, YouTube.com/LeviPageTV

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0:00.0	I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new Cold Case Podcast, Zone 7.
0:04.1	We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized
0:09.1	experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on
0:13.6	to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.
0:18.0	We are going to solve these cases own air together. Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app,
0:25.2	the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.
0:29.8	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan. I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.
0:34.8	The world that I inhabited gave me insight into things that most of the general public
0:39.6	can't even begin to imagine, always having to view the app normal in the context of the normal,
0:45.7	to make them make sense if you will. When all is said and done, I was the voice of the dead.
0:51.5	Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan on the I Heart Radio app,
0:55.9	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.8	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:07.6	3 Children Shot
1:17.4	Mommy Shot as well. What evil door would flag Mommy down then unload a hell of bullets into the car.
1:28.0	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:42.7	On a late night in May 1983, Diane Downs arrives at McKenzie William at hospital in a blood-slattered
1:48.4	vehicle. In the backseat, her three children have been shot. Seven-year-old Cheryl is dead.
1:53.5	Three-year-old Danny and eight-year-old Christy are barely alive, but doctors are able to save them.
1:58.6	Danny is paralyzed from the waist down. Christy has a stroke resulting from her injuries,
2:03.2	and she's unable for some time to speak. Downs herself has been shot in the left forearm.
2:08.8	Your three children shot one left paralyzed. One gets his stroke and can't speak. A third child
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