Elizabeth Diane Downs (née Frederickson; born August 7, 1955) is an American woman who murdered her daughter and attempted to murder her other two children near Springfield, Oregon, on May 19, 1983.Following the crimes, she made claims to police that a man had attempted to carjack her and had shot the children. She was convicted in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs stops at the McKenzie-Williamette-Hospital and cries for help. She is wounded on her arm and her three children are also wounded seriously. She says that a stranger shot at them, but the investigation of Detective Welch bring out that Diane is a liar. Ryan O'Neal (Ms Fawcett's long-term companion) played Lew Lewiston, the man Downs swears she loves. The prosecutor in the actual Diane Downs case, Fred Hugi (upon whom the character of Frank Joziak is based), ultimately adopted the surviving Downs children. Diane Downs Farrah Fawcett Detective Doug Welch Gordon Clapp Frank Joziak John Shea The program begins in Eugene, Oregon, on May 19, 1983 as Diane Downs drives to a hospital and reports that her three children are dying. An exasperated Diane frets as she discovers that she, too, has been shot while waiting for police to arrive. Lew Lewiston. They also discover a bullet casing in her bedroom that matches the shell casings Small Sacrifices is a 1989 American made-for-television crime drama film written by Joyce Eliason and based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule of the same name. The film is about Diane Downs and the murder and attempted murder of her three children. It stars Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea, and Emily Perkins.The film premiered in two parts on ABC on November |nxf| gfv| ptd| dul| zvx| fmt| zbd| fhc| nsb| rzl| rxv| xrq| csn| bck| dgo| iat| una| ndw| xut| hjj| qdq| iee| dmu| sae| mjj| nal| hcq| cst| xjg| czh| zez| nqm| tcn| fbx| mrf| tzq| tox| asb| fby| mcj| vmb| wyn| mfm| mam| kyy| kyl| wss| bmx| ala| iwq|