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  • @Holly707
    @Holly707 Рік тому +70

    I am a mother and a grandmother, and for me, a mother killing her own children is the worst crime there is.

    • @SassyLaughlin13
      @SassyLaughlin13 4 місяці тому +2

      can not even imagine it. SMH. I would lay my life down for my sons or my grandbabies.

    • @Klapauzius-369
      @Klapauzius-369 4 місяці тому +2

      The woman is crazy.

  • @lynlyn5468
    @lynlyn5468 Рік тому +49

    Her lawyer sounds like he drank the diane downs kool-aid

    • @Hotwingzlover84
      @Hotwingzlover84 Рік тому +10

      He wanted the Publicity. I'm sure that he didn't think that she was really innocent.

    • @JasonKTerry
      @JasonKTerry Місяць тому +1

      Lots of guys did.

  • @susiefoxy8130
    @susiefoxy8130 Рік тому +42

    Just watched Small Sacrifices, would have loved for that court case to have been televised!

    • @vickythefist7062
      @vickythefist7062 Рік тому +7

      That's why I'm here amazing film . didn't even know she had escaped until it told us so at the end of the film

  • @beautifulx7405
    @beautifulx7405 Рік тому +54

    She's the definition of being a Sociopath

    • @MarsianForestcat
      @MarsianForestcat 10 місяців тому +8

      Yep, she is so psychopathic that she even can't hide the monster inside her. She is pretty much on top of the soziopath scala

    • @christianmacdougall9113
      @christianmacdougall9113 5 місяців тому

      Lol trying to shake her boobies getting into the cop car!

  • @shawnatiu9676
    @shawnatiu9676 Рік тому +54

    Diane escaped so she could get pregnant again by another inmates husband. She was found 1 mile from the prison. If her goal was to escape she could have been 1,000 miles away

    • @letsnotbefriendly
      @letsnotbefriendly Рік тому

      She needs to be sterilized by the state ! I swear ! It’s unnatural how she views pregnancy and children

    • @eva5601
      @eva5601 Рік тому +18

      She wanted one for the road.

    • @RYMAN1321
      @RYMAN1321 Рік тому +9

      How dumb can one be to escape from prison? Especially when you claim to be innocent?
      An innocent person would not jeopardize adding more years on to their sentence by escaping or trying to escape.
      PS The guy who hid her, Wayne Seifer received five years probation and a six month restitution punishment afterwards for aiding and abetting a fugitive.

    • @haintedhouse2990
      @haintedhouse2990 Рік тому +16

      @@RYMAN1321 her reason for escaping prison was equally as moronic - "i wanted revenge on the man who shot my kids" oh lord throw away the key on this cesspool

    • @jesusnameaboveallnames7369
      @jesusnameaboveallnames7369 Рік тому +7

      08.07.2023
      @@RYMAN1321
      Man, he musta really been hard up. She wasn't worth it. She's not pretty, looks more like a guy. Surely he coulda done better. He's rather nice looking, although doesn't mean much if he's a druggie or too lazy to work, etc.🤔

  • @stevemason5173
    @stevemason5173 Рік тому +55

    It is so hard to believe that someone, (especially a mother) could do such a horrific thing to her children. God bless those surviving beautiful babies always. Diane Downs, Casey Antnony, and Susan Smith are the most horrible monster creatures we can imagine. I am sure there are many more we don't know of.

    • @eva5601
      @eva5601 Рік тому +8

      Susan Smith Andrea Yates, etc. But this monster, Diane Downs is the worst. At least Andrea Yates didn't make up a story.

    • @MomMom4Cubs
      @MomMom4Cubs Рік тому +4

      Susan Smith and Andrea Yates have acknowledged their roles in the untimely deaths of their kids. Diane won't give up her chicanery.

    • @christar9527
      @christar9527 Рік тому

      Yes and the fathers too. I can’t get over Chris Watts killing his daughters (and of course his pregnant wife ) . He even stuffed the girls into small holes in the oil tanks.

    • @jesusnameaboveallnames7369
      @jesusnameaboveallnames7369 Рік тому

      08.07.2023
      @@MomMom4Cubs
      Nor will the evil Casey Anthony ....👺

    • @caterinascarcella
      @caterinascarcella Рік тому

      @@eva5601Andrea Yates deemed mentally insane

  • @lovelyandfloppy
    @lovelyandfloppy Рік тому +41

    The first time Diane tried to kill her kids was when she took them to a river in the middle of the night and would hide behind the trees and jump out suddenly like trying to scare the children so they trip and fall in the river.

    • @laylaknooihuizen8710
      @laylaknooihuizen8710 Рік тому +12

      Wow I didn't know that and I've studied this case like crazy. I'm just glad I'm not the only one who remembers and is still outraged.

    • @Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene
      @Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene Рік тому +7

      Source?

    • @carolsummers8734
      @carolsummers8734 Рік тому +10

      ​@@Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrenecheck Ann Rule book Small Sacrifices.

    • @Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene
      @Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene Рік тому +5

      @@carolsummers8734i'm not gonna read the whole book. What chapter/page? If you really read that, you should have no trouble citing your source.

    • @dorothyshrewsberry7615
      @dorothyshrewsberry7615 Рік тому +21

      @@Bonzeaux_BleuxgreneJust Wow! Do you have any the person who told you about the book to breath for you as well?

  • @eva5601
    @eva5601 Рік тому +48

    She smiles at everyone, when she walks down by them, because she thinks others find her attractive. She thought she looked like Princess Diana, because of her hair being blonde, and feathered. In addition, to her blue eyes. BUT not even in the way she took in oxygen was she like princess Diana. Diana was beautiful, inside and out, and Princess Diana loved her sons.

    • @Mary-jb8op
      @Mary-jb8op Рік тому +8

      I smile at people when I see them because I am happy to see them not because I am so attractive although I am.

    • @Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene
      @Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene Рік тому

      You don't know what you're talking about. I can't stand self-proclaimed body language experts. Human behavior is far too complicated and nuanced than you think. Furthermore, I never thought Princess Di was that pretty anyways.

    • @yvetteschneider5172
      @yvetteschneider5172 Рік тому +5

      I got that vibe from her, too, especially since her name was Diane. While Princess Diana was shy and soft spoken, Diane Downs came across confident and matter of fact while talking constantly so people would pay attention to her.

    • @vamosama
      @vamosama 3 місяці тому +1

      She Is a monster

  • @judyroe663
    @judyroe663 Рік тому +25

    Ever notice the shaggy haired stranger sketch looks just like her in male form?

    • @jessickalush3305
      @jessickalush3305 10 місяців тому +6

      Holy crap, it totally does 😂

    • @nicolelillis2077
      @nicolelillis2077 7 місяців тому +4

      Yess, v.good observation.! I also noticed the resemblance.. Except the shaggy haired, crazy man sketch is better looking than dangerous Diane..

    • @roseerdlen7955
      @roseerdlen7955 7 місяців тому +1

      😂

    • @JasonKTerry
      @JasonKTerry Місяць тому +1

      I thought that when I read the book!!!

  • @bossladyghana6303
    @bossladyghana6303 2 роки тому +36

    "Christie and Danny need to know I'm okay for their own peace of mind"??!?!?!?
    Like seriously? For the pure fact that she SHOT her kids, she ain't got ish to say about peace of mind.
    Plus, she never mentions Cheryl. Funny how it's always the second-born that's overlooked

    • @laylaknooihuizen8710
      @laylaknooihuizen8710 Рік тому +3

      Wow you're right

    • @irishflute720
      @irishflute720 Рік тому +2

      I thought Cheryl was the oldest, too, but Christie was 8 and Cheryl was 7.

    • @christar9527
      @christar9527 Рік тому +1

      It’s always about her and her well being. 🙄 I heard that she killed Christy because she was “ugly “. That’s what Diane said or inferred. The middle kid usually is the one who has it the worst it seems. I was the 2nd born middle kid and both of my parents wanted me dead! They did just about everything they could to ensure that I committed suicide. They were decent to my other two siblings though.

    • @jesusnameaboveallnames7369
      @jesusnameaboveallnames7369 Рік тому +1

      08.07.2023
      @@christar9527
      Ohh myyy ... that's horrible!!! I'm so sorry that your parents treated you in that manor. They certainly didn't deserve having you💜 as their child. Hope that you have recovered some & have made a much better, loving & joyful life for yourself.❤️

    • @Lamarrprodzzz
      @Lamarrprodzzz Рік тому +5

      Sadly Cheryl, the one who died, was often overlooked throughout her short life as well. Heart breaking

  • @kimberlyjfurey4699
    @kimberlyjfurey4699 2 роки тому +29

    0:58 said Christie, but the circle is on Cheryl.

  • @LadyAngelaYaYa1966
    @LadyAngelaYaYa1966 Рік тому +11

    4:31 I think knowledge that this monster is “okay” might not comfort the children. Christie testified that her mother pulled the trigger! Cringe.

  • @carolsummers8734
    @carolsummers8734 Рік тому +20

    She shacks up with another inmate's husband.

  • @jeffbryan4019
    @jeffbryan4019 Рік тому +11

    Yes Christy did know what happened . She told how her mother shot them all and then herself .

  • @lyndareed563
    @lyndareed563 Рік тому +18

    I’m was always shocked that no one in women’s prison didn’t punish her for her crimes! Even inmates have rules and they don’t like anyone who hurts children much less your own !😡

    • @zubileegluckgluck
      @zubileegluckgluck Рік тому +1

      Men and women are very different. Women are more understanding and willing to forgive, it's in their nature. It's male prisoners who kill other prisoners for crimes against children, not female.

    • @The_Real_Mier
      @The_Real_Mier 11 місяців тому +6

      Being as high profile and recognizable as she is, I’m sure she is kept separate and/or on a special floor..

  • @cindy7400
    @cindy7400 Рік тому +10

    What an incredibly homely looking women this monster is.

  • @Abelli100
    @Abelli100 4 місяці тому +2

    “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.“

  • @kenzieh8925
    @kenzieh8925 Рік тому +10

    Her and Jenelle Evans could be twins

  • @Nicolethomas51312
    @Nicolethomas51312 Рік тому +11

    She looks like "Rocky" from the movie with Cher called "Mask"

    • @nunya6346
      @nunya6346 Рік тому +6

      Yessss face as long as a big toe

    • @lp1043
      @lp1043 7 місяців тому +2

      Lol

    • @madamex812
      @madamex812 5 місяців тому +3

      😂 😂 she does ahhahahaah 😂

    • @tamzenkarma
      @tamzenkarma 2 місяці тому +1

      I couldn't put my finger on it
      You nailed it

  • @lindahaak
    @lindahaak 3 місяці тому +2

    She is not worth the name mother. A mother stands for love, a save home, caring, raising, values, learning, giving hope, faith etc. (Also a father btw😊❤)

  • @lettucetacoboutit7974
    @lettucetacoboutit7974 Рік тому +13

    Man Cheryl sure looks like her dad lil mini me……. Sad stuff

    • @shawnatiu9676
      @shawnatiu9676 Рік тому

      Her girls both looked like their father. They were unattractive girls, big noses and huge ears.

  • @Ezinma88
    @Ezinma88 10 місяців тому +5

    "She was pulling the wool over my eyes".
    Hmmm. She was pulling something alright. Don't think it had anything to do with wool.

  • @user-si7uu3jz1c
    @user-si7uu3jz1c Рік тому +8

    This lawyer is a snake

    • @laylaknooihuizen8710
      @laylaknooihuizen8710 Рік тому +2

      He sucked at his job anyway as long as you mean Diane's lawyer. He was like a baby. A big one.

  • @leapinglaura7343
    @leapinglaura7343 Рік тому +3

    "They need to know I'm okay for her own peace of mind." This is her reasoning for Christie's adoptive father to, what, lose custody or for her to be allowed to pester the poor child?
    It's unimaginable what Fred Hugi has been through to protect his children from this implacable monster. Diane's been trying nonstop for 40 years to get her hands on her ex daughter.

  • @neelysipes7793
    @neelysipes7793 Рік тому +24

    Wow! Never seen some of this footage..she is so bizarre the whole escape going to some dudes house ect..can't believe she didn't end up pregnant also her hair is always different such a trip !!!!

    • @nathalielindberg3267
      @nathalielindberg3267 Рік тому

      Ugly hair style.

    • @thorstrebla980
      @thorstrebla980 Рік тому +1

      If she did this 40 years later her hair would be a different color every time you saw her.

    • @sunshinebaby92
      @sunshinebaby92 Рік тому +3

      Well she attempted to get pregnant by this man the 10 days that she was there with him. I actually believe that they were in the middle of sexual intercourse when the cops came to the house and found them in the bedroom together.

    • @dawnwalker2084
      @dawnwalker2084 Рік тому

      She did have a baby in jail.

    • @laylaknooihuizen8710
      @laylaknooihuizen8710 Рік тому +2

      She is the most evil person I've ever studied. I like psychology and this woman has me baffled. I can't believe she still tries to maintain her innocence. The parole board has always wanted a confession. Might have had a better chance however she never deserves to see the light of day again.

  • @debwilson5236
    @debwilson5236 4 місяці тому +3

    They say she was beautiful well I’m sorry but they are wrong

  • @coffeechi1869
    @coffeechi1869 11 місяців тому +4

    How in the world did she get over the razor wire?

  • @carolmartha8449
    @carolmartha8449 10 місяців тому +3

    She's braless when they rearrested her

  • @vergilito1
    @vergilito1 Місяць тому +1

    But who'll play her in the movie? Amber heard?

  • @67whitestang33
    @67whitestang33 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow good going Oregon. Ur an embarrassment.

  • @eva5601
    @eva5601 Рік тому +9

    Springfield? Why didn't she state, that the man who shot her, and her children was Bart Simpson. She should have, because the story of the bushy haired stranger is just as comical.

  • @shelleyj1780
    @shelleyj1780 2 місяці тому +1

    Just me or is she trying to look like Princess Diana, hairstyle, clothing, gazing eyes?

  • @jonwayne70
    @jonwayne70 6 місяців тому +2

    I was the shaggy haired guy who did it. And I would've gotten away with it all, if it wasn't for those meddling kids. Oh wait I did!

  • @Onlyasking-b3s
    @Onlyasking-b3s 9 місяців тому +2

    Maybe she just broke out so she could get pregnant again

  • @echokelly2374
    @echokelly2374 3 місяці тому +1

    Why do they keep calling him Steve not Danny

    • @suefields4254
      @suefields4254 3 місяці тому

      Also highlighted Cheryl's face when talking about Christy being harassed being questioned by police..

    • @alanaxstitcher8403
      @alanaxstitcher8403 Місяць тому

      His name is Steven Daniel Downs

  • @Pack.Leader
    @Pack.Leader Рік тому +3

    Second degree escape? Do you have to be more successful at not getting apprehended to get 1st degree?

    • @wettaloca2923
      @wettaloca2923 10 місяців тому

      Second degree because she snuck out.
      First degree would be like with violence. Like she had weapons and tied up guards and stuff like that

  • @theillustriousone8324
    @theillustriousone8324 Рік тому +2

    She wasn't even smart enough to rent a car and drive as far as possible lol. The devil belongs behind bars

    • @nunya6346
      @nunya6346 9 місяців тому +1

      How was she going to rent a car with no money or drivers license 😂 and her goal was to get pregnant that’s it.. that’s all

    • @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr
      @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr 2 місяці тому

      @@nunya6346lmao she couldn’t seduce the guards cuz she isn’t much of a looker 😂

  • @ydoicare2000
    @ydoicare2000 3 місяці тому +1

    The dummy couldn’t even do this right

  • @Lets_RC
    @Lets_RC 12 годин тому

    “They need to know mommy is okay” I hope the only thought they have of their mother is as clear as Ray Charles reading a book.

  • @RobGa66
    @RobGa66 4 місяці тому +1

    Bad reporting. The son’s name is Daniel, not Steven (0:13). At 0:59, they are talking about Christie, but have Cheryl’s face circled.

    • @LanaWarzynski
      @LanaWarzynski 3 місяці тому

      Steve is the father

    • @RobGa66
      @RobGa66 3 місяці тому

      @@LanaWarzynski correct. But in the video, it says Steven is the son’s name.

  • @vergilito1
    @vergilito1 Місяць тому

    Fun fact : inspired the blockbuster 'the conjuring' one of them

  • @The_Real_Mier
    @The_Real_Mier 11 місяців тому +1

    Paper with indentations from the sheet above…
    “‘Sophisticated equipment’ was used…..”
    ‘Sophisticated equipment’ you say?
    …. You mean taking a grey pencil and loosely go over these indentations, completely covering the paper with a very thin layer of grey………
    And then the actual writing will MAGICALLY appear and will be easy to read!!!
    LOLOLOL!!! 😂😂😂😂 We’ve ALLLLL done that!
    #KINDERGARTEN101

  • @izaah2848
    @izaah2848 7 місяців тому

    Is it just me or the reporters hand in his pocket threw me off

  • @rightondude
    @rightondude Рік тому +1

    @6:37 Michael Franke (later murdered by Frank Gable)

  • @Joe-g7i2i
    @Joe-g7i2i Рік тому +10

    6:25 She looks like Ellen DeGeneres.. They're both dangerous.🤪😮

    • @lilgorgor
      @lilgorgor 8 місяців тому

      Ellen is a wonderful person.

    • @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr
      @JessicaGarcia-xf9wr 2 місяці тому

      Ellen makes Diane a saint! Knowing all the shit Ellen did on that island and how she treated her employees

  • @jesusnameaboveallnames7369
    @jesusnameaboveallnames7369 Рік тому +1

    08.07.2023
    Cunning & dangerous .... an understatement. 🤨

  • @deneshbhaskar
    @deneshbhaskar 10 місяців тому

    Dianne Downs was serving life she had nothing to loose she ran for her life...imagine if she was still on the run

  • @ydoicare2000
    @ydoicare2000 3 місяці тому

    Sick

  • @gooddeal3186
    @gooddeal3186 3 місяці тому

    That house is now torn down I think

  • @jaredjackome7144
    @jaredjackome7144 11 місяців тому

    Horrific murder by children mother

  • @jenniferlynnscalzo7243
    @jenniferlynnscalzo7243 Рік тому +2

    They want to know that they're safe ‼️
    Like I said 5 minutes those children wouldn't even have to worry about being safe that smile get the I mean those screen you did it five minutes five little minutes tick tick tick all those so-called Sarah and times what was it like your husband you didn't ask permission you wanted children in. Who the f--- has to ask permission about having kids you trapped that man ‼️
    No one absolutely nobody man woman child would sit there and play like they threw the keys and acted out and be so proud of their sales what did hero Dian you're such a hero ‼️‼️‼️😂😂😂

  • @3y3z2see
    @3y3z2see 2 місяці тому

    You know what it looks like in those demonic movies when, the demon takes a hold of its host, the gaping darkness, black pits for eyes and the white around them, it’s unmistakable once you see it. You can see through her eyes that something darker has a hold of her.

  • @gwen7205
    @gwen7205 2 місяці тому

    Watch a Ted Bundy interview. They have the same affect.

  • @unhappiness8465
    @unhappiness8465 4 місяці тому

    I am alerted by wanton

  • @MyMelinaaa
    @MyMelinaaa Рік тому +1

    Bet the dad of the baby ( now obviously grown) was the lawyer....👍

  • @ydoicare2000
    @ydoicare2000 3 місяці тому

    😂😂😂😂😂 she broke out

  • @Desstrik
    @Desstrik Рік тому +1

    U just know Diane was a wildcat in the sack.
    😁

    • @lp1043
      @lp1043 7 місяців тому

      I hope her 🐱 was better looking than her face

  • @makeuparis
    @makeuparis 3 місяці тому

    Jenelle Evans look alike

  • @adwoamk8918
    @adwoamk8918 Рік тому +8

    I think it's awful that the police were pestering the children for information so soon after they were shot.

    • @dorishousand3122
      @dorishousand3122 Рік тому +14

      Wouldn't you want the police to do ANYTHING to find the murderer????

    • @Misscouchpotato-
      @Misscouchpotato- Рік тому +2

      I bet it was more awful in how they couldn't tell them who killed their sibling.

    • @laylaknooihuizen8710
      @laylaknooihuizen8710 Рік тому +5

      All responsibility was put onto Christie. Danny was too young. I think that girl stood up like a champion and did exactly the right thing! And the prosecutor adopts them? That is definitely not seen every day. Diane was evil and God made sure they ended up better off. Don't people know that spirituality is the missing sense everyone looks for. Nobody wants to except it. I'm no religious freak but it's common sense. Try using your brains people.

    • @laylaknooihuizen8710
      @laylaknooihuizen8710 Рік тому +2

      Facebook is trouble or everyone would see that

    • @sunshinebaby92
      @sunshinebaby92 Рік тому +4

      @clarry1324 If you want to spread "Information" pertaining to this case , then at least make sure it's ACCURATE! 🤦‍♀️😒🤡

  • @LeroyCharlesKenteau
    @LeroyCharlesKenteau 2 дні тому

    She said she was looking for shaggy hair man, why did she stay in town, she what to get pedant again, and say it was the shaggy hair man was the father.

  • @robyn6018
    @robyn6018 8 місяців тому

    Bs

  • @dilberta6046
    @dilberta6046 Рік тому +1

    If the DA was as big of an emotional jerk as he was in the movie, a conviction would never happen in this day and age.

    • @Lamarrprodzzz
      @Lamarrprodzzz Рік тому +3

      You know the DA and his wife adopted Christie and Danny, right? He was focused on protecting them. I taped that movie when it 1st aired so I've watched it more times than I can count. Small Sacrifices was the 2nd true crime book I ever read. He and Christie developed a strong bond from their 1st meeting.

    • @dilberta6046
      @dilberta6046 Рік тому

      @@Lamarrprodzzz I’m just saying, his behavior and clear dislike of Diane in the courtroom, (movie), could work against him. And have a modem day jury feeling sorry for her, now that the kind of child abuse she suffered is more understood and empathized with. And honestly, how many murderers get the full brunt of justice like she did? Very few. Light sentences and they’re often reduced.

    • @leapinglaura7343
      @leapinglaura7343 Рік тому

      ​@@dilberta6046
      Your problem is, the actor (don't know his name) who played Hugi is NOT Hugi, and did not act like the real man, any more than Fawcett acted like the real Diane, or O'Neal acted like the real Knick.
      You cannot enter a bad, hokey piece of Hollywood junk as evidence in a court of law!

  • @aaronjoseph9018
    @aaronjoseph9018 Рік тому

    2023

  • @ViSi-q9t
    @ViSi-q9t 5 місяців тому +1

    The ultimate punishment, she did not get pregnant lol

  • @jeanniesherman3591
    @jeanniesherman3591 Рік тому

    No kidding . . . . . . .

  • @vergilito1
    @vergilito1 Місяць тому

    Fun fact : inspired the blockbuster 'the conjuring' one of them