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title: "The Case of Diane Downs: Hungry Like the Wolf"
description: "The shocking true story of Diane Downs, the Oregon mother who shot her three children on a dark road in 1983, and the investigation that uncovered her deadly obsession with a man who didn't want kids."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/diane-downs-hungry-like-the-wolf.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-25
dateModified: 2026-06-25
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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The shocking true story of Diane Downs, the Oregon mother who shot her three children on a dark road in 1983, and the investigation that uncovered her deadly obsession with a man who didn't want kids.
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