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How criminalist analyzed Diane Downs' crime scene

Jim Pex, former criminalist with the Oregon State Police Crime Detection Lab, explains how he used dolls and strings to help the 1983 investigation into whether Downs herself shot her three children.

Mar 22

Wayne Seifer is seen here during an interview for ABC News

Man who hid child murderer after her escape from prison says he should've called cops

Wayne Seifer helped Diane Downs hide for over a week after she escaped prison.

Mar 21

PHOTO: Becky Babcock, biological daughter of Diane Downs, spoke about why she chose to reach out to her mother in prison.

Woman finds peace after learning mother is convicted child killer Diane Downs

Becky Babcock is a behaviorial health coordinator with a son named Chris.

Mar 21

PHOTO: Elizabeth Diane Downs talks about her conviction for killing her 7 year old daughter and wounding two of her other children in Springfield, Ore., during an interview at the Correctional Institute for Woman in Clinton, N.J., March 12, 1989.

Doc who saved murderer's kid after she shot her in '83 shares chilling interaction

Diane Downs was convicted of shooting her 3 children, killing 1, in 1983.

Mar 20

PHOTO: Elizabeth Diane Downs, the convicted childkiller who escaped July 11, 1987 from the women's prison in Salem, Ore., is escorted out of state police headquarters in Salem following her capture July 21, 1987.

Diane Downs said a stranger shot her 3 kids, but police decided she was lying

"The more she talked, the more things didn't make any sense."

Mar 19

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