Mother
to
most
of
us
is
the
one
who
provides
us
with
a
shelter
of
love
and
affection.
We
know
that
she
will
be
there
to
protect
us
whenever
needed.
But
what
happens
when
you
find
out
that
your
mother
is
the
killer
of
her
own
child.
Becky
talks
to
Oprah
on
Big
CBS
Love
about
her
mother
Diane
Downs
who
shot
her
own
children.
On
Wednesday"s
episode
of
Oprah
Winfrey
Show
on
Big
CBS
Love,
27
years
old
Becky
talks
to
Oprah
about
her
mother
Diane
Downs
who
brutally
shot
her
children.
The
incident
killed
her
7-year-old
daughter
Cheryl,
paralysed
3-year-old
Danny
and
8-year-old
Christie
had
lost
so
much
blood
she
suffered
a
stroke.
In
1983,
Diane
told
the
police
that
she
driving
one
down
a
rural
road
in
Oregon
when
her
three
children,
who
were
asleep
in
the
car,
were
shot
at
point-blank
range
by
a
stranger
in
the
dark.
But
when
the
truth
prevailed,
it
shook
the
world.
At
the
trial,
Diane's
surviving
daughter,
Christie,
took
the
witness
stand
and
testified
that
her
mother
was
the
shooter.
Diane
was
convicted
of
shooting
her
children
and
was
sentenced
to
life
in
prison
plus
50
years.
During
the
trial,
it
was
revealed
that
Diane
was
pregnant.
Ten
days
after
she
was
found
guilty,
Diane
gave
birth
to
a
baby
girl
who
was
adopted
soon
after.
Today,
that
baby
is
called
Becky.
After
years
of
hiding
the
truth,
Becky
decided
to
speak
up
about
what
it
was
like
to
discover
that
her
birth
mother
is
a
cold-blooded
killer.
Becky
says
she
always
knew
she
was
adopted,
but
when
she
turned
8,
she
started
asking
questions
about
her
biological
mother.
When
she
was
11,
Becky
tricked
her
babysitter
to
tell
her
the
name
of
her
biological
mother.
When
she
found
out
about
Diane
Downs,
she
went
to
a
book
store
nearby
and
went
through
Small
Sacrifices,
a
book
on
her
mother.
When
the
truth
about
Diane
started
sinking
in,
Becky
began
to
believe
that
Diane
was
not
a
mother,
she's
a
monster.
From
there,
Becky
says
she
went
into
a
downward
spiral.
"I
started
drinking,
doing
drugs,
sleeping
around," she
says.
"I
really
was
just
trying
to
find
love
from
anywhere
I
could.
I
ended
up
getting
pregnant
when
I
was
17
years
old."
At
20,
Becky
found
herself
broke,
homeless
and
pregnant
for
a
second
time.
"I
made
the
hardest
decision
I've
ever
had
to
make,"
she
says.
"I
decided
to
put
[my
son]
up
for
adoption.
I
was
in
so
much
pain
from
losing
my
son
that
I
wanted
to
relate
to
somebody,
I
wanted
to
know
that
the
pain
I
felt
was
okay,
and
I
reached
out
to
Diane,"
Becky
tells
Oprah.
Becky
wrote
a
letter
to
Diane
in
prison
telling
her
who
she
was.
Diane
reacted
normally
on
Becky"s
first
letter.
But
as
time
went
by,
Becky
says
her
letters
got
frightening.
Becky
says
she
now
regrets
ever
writing
to
Diane.
"I
have
an
amazing
family,
and
there's
not
room
in
my
life
for
someone
like
Diane
Downs,"
Becky
says.
Diane
may
be
the
woman
who
gave
birth
to
her,
but
Becky
says
they
don't
have
to
have
a
connection.
"I
was
raised
in
a
godly
home,
and
I'm
well
adjusted,"
she
says.
"My
son
is
amazing
and
well
adjusted.
And
if
I
don't
want
to,
I
don't
have
to
think
about
Diane
again."
Watch
Becky
as
she
talks
to
Oprah
about
her
killer
mother
and
how
she
dealt
with
her
life
after
she
found
out
the
truth
on
Big
CBS
Love
on
Wednesday,
8
pm.