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flag In 1983, Diane Downs falsely claimed a stranger attacked her family, but was convicted of killing her daughter and injuring her sons.

flag In May 1983, Diane Downs, a 27-year-old Oregon postal worker, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound after claiming a stranger attacked her family on a rural road, killing her daughter and injuring her two sons. flag Investigators found her story inconsistent, with no blood spatter on the driver’s side, no gunshot residue on her hands, and evidence the car moved slowly. flag Surviving children and forensic findings supported the conclusion she shot them herself to fabricate an attack. flag She was convicted in 1984 of murder and attempted murder, sentenced to life plus 50 years, and later escaped prison in 1987, evading capture for 10 days.

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