My Mother’s Sins l 20/20 Diane Downs l Part 4

Diane Downs' story changes after she faces tough questions from police

Downs claimed that there were two men instead of one and that she knew the man who shot her and her three children. Downs was arrested after her daughter implicated her.

Woman on finding peace after learning mother is child killer Diane Downs: 'Though that's biologically my makeup, it's not who I am inside'

[tulipchic]

Who ever said the eyes are the windows to the soul was so accurate. You can see that Diane is soulless

[traciebutton]

I love when a criminal thinks they are too clever too smart to get caught then they are busted by their own arrogance

[trixiec]

"And I wouldn't change it if I could". One kid died, the other two at that point where dying, and she wouldn't change it if she could.

[weallloveeli]

“I know damn well who did it.”

*so do we, girl. it was you.*

[jax]

"I wouldn't change it if I could, Me and my kids always took the back roads" ....wow

[patricias]

The poor baby girl...who had to write down, the name of her killer. And of course, it was her mother. The investigators were so kind to her.

[yosoyconsuela]

FYI since the remaining videos weren't uploaded, here is the rest of the story. Diane was convicted of one count of murder and 2 counts of attempted murder. She was sentenced to life in prison + 50 years. The two children who survived the shooting were adopted by the lead prosecutor on the case. The child she was pregnant with at the trial was adopted by another family. At one point, Diane escaped prison and shacked up with some man for a few days until she was found and taken back into custody. She received additional time on her sentence for this. She is now in her 60s and remains incarcerated.

[letsnotbefriendly]

The fact that she said she wouldn't change it if she could ... smh

[deepsudeep]

This is the kind of evil I am scared of, Chris Watts type

[midwestkatie]

The only good part of the story - a person who worked on the case adopted Kristy.

[samadams]

Wow you can hear you getting pissed off when she realizes she is not going to get away with this. Definitely a psychopath needs to stay in prison!!!!

[earlenewallace]

I didn't think it was possible to make Susan Smith look good by comparison. I was wrong. This woman is an absolute monster with one of the creepiest smiles I've ever seen.

[unicornzombielove]

When she says things like "I wouldn't change a thing we always traveled down secluded roads" or whatever that's what really chills me to the bone and tells me she's absolutely guilty. What mother or father or anyone for that matter wouldn't say something like "I'd give the world to change that night" or "if only I hadn't gone down that road." She was so ego driven she never admitted what she did that night put her and her children in harm's way. She said things like that and worse to reporters. Watching and listening to her dig her own grave is vey satisfying because it really helped convict her.

[randompersonn]

SHE ACTUALLY SAID “I wouldn’t change it if I could” What kind of Mom wouldn’t be replaying that incident in her head again and again, thinking of all the things she would have done differently. She is bonkers

[rachelhizar]

If I had children and knew who had shot my children I would tell the police. I wouldn't act the way she did in the interview. She has been guilty from the start.

[captnkirk]

"If it wasn't you, then uh, I'm gon quit this job."

I loved that lmfao

[AnnieBrackett]

I read that when the police searched her house, the whole place was still full of moving boxes even though she had moved to the area months before. There was no couch and no dining table. The fridge and pantry were nearly empty with the exception of a couple cans of moldy food. But there were two framed pictures of herself on the TV. That shows where her priorities were. She made an uninhabitable home for her children and couldn’t even feed them, but she was sure to honor herself in her home. And buy herself a new car.

[octavia]

”If it wasn’t you...then uh...I’m quitting this job.” 😆

[jessicakey-olmsted]

What a brave little girl. Her daughter who told the truth, I mean.

[lacymarie]

The part I found very chilling was during the interview where she said that she would remember Christie bleeding as she drove to the hospital for the rest of her life. Then…SHE SMILED! No sane mother would ever do that. It was almost a gleeful smile remembering Christie in that state. I think that sealed her fate as far as public opinion went.