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The Mother Who Smiled: Confessions Behind the Hospital Door
The Mother Who Smiled: Confessions Behind the Hospital Door
A red car crawled into McKenzie-Willamette Hospital on May 19, 1983, carrying a mother who laughed and three children each shot - one dead, two gravely wounded. Forensic evidence in the vehicle and Christie's courtroom testimony would contradict Diane Downs's "stranger" story; how did her carefully wrapped wound and the blood patterns point to a different truth?
In this episode, we recount the timeline from Old Mohawk Road to the hospital and through the trial, laying out the physical evidence, witness reactions, and Diane Downs's…
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