Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years
Escaped
July 11–21, 1987
Details
Date
May 19, 1983
Location(s)
Springfield, Oregon
Killed
1
Injured
2
Date apprehended
February 28, 1984
Elizabeth Diane Downs (néeFrederickson; 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 parole after 25 years. She briefly escaped in 1987, but was quickly recaptured. Downs has been repeatedly denied parole and psychiatrists have diagnosed her with narcissistic, histrionic, and antisocial personality disorders, with one labelling her as a "deviant sociopath".[1][2]
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