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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 08 > Mom who shot kids comes up for parole

Mom who shot kids comes up for parole

Diane Downs, 53, faces board for first time in 25 years

By Anne M. Peterson / The Bulletin
December 8, 2008

After nearly 25 years in prison, Diane Downs has once again changed her story about the night she and her children were shot on a lonely rural road near Springfield.

Downs was convicted of killing her 7-year-old daughter, Cheryl Lynn, and wounding 3-year-old Danny and 8-year-old Christie Ann.

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