Who is Diane Downs and where is she now? Diane Downs, born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1955, is a convicted murderer who is serving life in prison. Downs briefly attended Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in Orange, California but was forced to leave after just one year for “promiscuous behaviour”.
CONVICTED murderer Diane Downs was sentenced to life in prison in 1984 after shooting her three children, killing one. The case against the “mommy murderess” went to trial following clues and evidence which contrasted her story that claimed she was innocent.
Elizabeth Diane Frederickson Downs was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 7, 1955. After she graduated from Moon Valley High School, where she met her husband, Steve Downs, she enrolled at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in Orange, California.
Diane graduated from Moon Valley High School in Phoenix, where she met her husband, Steve Downs. After high school, she enrolled at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in Orange, California, but was expelled after one year for promiscuous behavior and soon returned to her parents’ home in Arizona.
Where was Diane Downs born?
Early life. Diane Downs was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 7, 1955, to parents Wesley Linden (1930–2017) and Willadene (Engle) Frederickson. She has testified that her father sexually abused her when she was 12 years old.
The couple divorced in 1980 because Steve thought Stephen Daniel, known as Danny, was the result of an affair Diane had. On May 8, 1982, Downs gave birth to a daughter through surrogacy. She named the child Jennifer before turning her over to her intended parents.
Prosecutors argued that Downs shot her children to be free of them so she could continue her affair with Knickerbocker, as she claimed that he let it be known that he did not want children in his life. Much of the case against her rested on the testimony of her surviving daughter, Christie, who, once she recovered her ability to speak, described how her mother shot all three children while parked at the side of the road and then shot herself in the arm.
Diane graduated from Moon Valley High School in Phoenix where she met her husband, Steve Downs. After high school, she enrolled at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in Orange, California, but was expelled after one year for promiscuous behavior, and soon returned to her parents’ home in Arizona.
Downs briefly escaped in 1987 and was recaptured. She is the subject of a book by Ann Rule and a made-for-TV movie based upon it, both called Small Sacrifices. She was denied parole in December 2008 and again in December 2010; her next hearing is set for 2021.
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