European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dark Azine Elizabeth Diane Downs sentenced to me in prison plus so years Lor Miu doring her daughter and wounding her two Ottier children awaits the Newport of corrections department decision on her marriage request. Prison wedding for a child killer by Henry Stern associated press convicted child killer Elizabeth Diane Downs who disc nos herself As the most hated woman in America giggles nervously As she talks of her plans to marry a former police office from Oregon the 33 Yea old Conner mail earner one of Oregon s most notorious criminals 6 modern times also smiles a lot when she talks Aboul a new Book about her trial which is due out la s sprig Downs was sentenced to we in prison plus 50 years Lor killing her 7 year old daughter and wounding her iwo other children on a Rural Road outside spin Ghiold Oreon May 19,19b3 an Appeal of the conviction was set aside without comment on Jan. 4, she was transferred to the correctional institution for women in now Jersey after she escaped m july 1967 by scaling a Fence at the Oregon women s correctional Center in Salem she remained at targe for 10 Days unlit she Mas found Wilh a group of men less than a mile irom the prison prison authorities Bosi ave. She has less Chance of. Escaping in now Jersey because she does t know anybody there and she would have no place to run prison guards at Clinton say Downs keeps to herself but associates say she thrives on publicity As one wednesday april 5, 1989 guard put it the last thing her ego needs 13 another inlerviow.". She sees a camera and her whole world  said Ann Rule a scale based author whose Book Small sacrifices Aboul the Downs Case rotto i he Best seller list of the new York times for 25 weeks i Don t believe she has any Ernol on for her children beyond the last that they re her Possession and somebody look the away  prosecutors charged thai inc children were shot because Downs believed they interfered m her relationship with a Boyfriend who did not want to to a  Downs contends that a stranger Magged Down Sci car shot her and the children. She was wounded by a single Busel in the Tell Arm. What happened the night of the shooting was so horrendous so unexpected so unbelievable Downs said in a recent Jailhouse interview. I m very self disciplined and i need to have control of my own existence i jus reached a Point of not knowing what was real and what want.  Cheryl Lynn Downs 1, was killed. Fourteen  Christie Ann was loll handicapped in her speech 9-, year old Danny. Is paralysed from the Wass Down. The Load prosecutor in to Case. Lane county assistant. District attorney prod huge adopted Iarj children. Downs says she spends her Lime exchanging letters Wilh her new Lance whom she described As a former police Allicer who saw her on Nie Oprah Winfrey stoic and wrote her because he Felt sorry Lor her anybody who would want to be involved with the most haled woman in America Musl be 1 nut Downs says. But he s not a wacko. He s genuine " she do dines to identify the Man except to say Ilia i he s a former Oregon police Olicer who has since moved to now Jersey. ,. I m Lucid. I be been married Belo Roand i. Said i Nevi would do it again. But i m in love said Downs who. Was married for eight years to Sieve Downs a electrician and farm labourer Kirn White a state corrections department. Spokeswoman confirmed that Downs has asked Iii department Lor permission to marry the Man. White also would not identify him.  / she said the couple Are in the preliminary stages of applying Lor permission to marry. They. Still Musl Meel with the prison chaplain and obtain the approval of Iho superintendent who submits the request to a Commilles for a recommendation. New Jersey does not permit conjugal visits she added Downs who earned on associate s degree in general studies while imprisoned in Oregon has also completed a Book Best kept secrets scheduled lot release in april by Denmark publishing based in Spring lied Ore. Aboul 75 percent of the 350-Pagu. Book Wibo i real que los from the trial transcript. Downs said.  A spokesman or Denmark says that any profits irom the Book will go to the state of Oregon under a Law passed in Iho Wake  Downs Case its release surely will Spart More discussion of the Case but Downs says she does t behave her children will suffer if people talk Aboul her Case How could the truth Hurt the kids Downs says i got so frustrated when i hear things like that.,. How can the truth hurl anybody unless they re a liar but  the truth thai she observed in the nine month trial was a. Guilty Downs who was pregnant at the time with another child who was later put up Foi adoption i be hover Seeh anyone As  As Diane Rule says describing her As sociopathic histrionic and narcissistic i think she knows whal she did Rule says the Ruth is buried so deep thai Shu does t have to hmm about it. She s hot crazy  but Downs denies her guilt and says the Bonds Between her and her children remain. They re part of my body that broke away she says. They love to but at the same time they re uncomfortable with Ever being with me again " the stars and stripes Page 13