A True Story of Delusion, Control, and the Night Innocence Died On a quiet spring night in 1983, the unthinkable shattered the stillness of a rural Oregon road. A frantic mother arrived at the hospital with her three children-each of them shot at close range. She claimed they had been ambushed by a stranger. She wept. She begged for help. She played the role of the devastated parent. But something in Diane Downs' story didn't add up. Investigators found no shell casings, no footprints, no sign of the mysterious attacker she described. What they did find was far more disturbing: contradictions, inconsistencies, and a chilling calm that suggested a truth too horrific to imagine. Why would a mother harm the children she claimed to love?What twisted logic could turn devotion into destruction? As detectives dug deeper, a portrait emerged-not of a grieving parent-but of a woman obsessed with control, desperate for attention, and willing to sacrifice anything that stood in her way. Through interviews, court documents, and firsthand accounts, Twisted Love reconstructs the events leading up to the shooting, the frantic aftermath, and the psychological unraveling of one of the most infamous mothers in American true-crime history. This is an independent true-crime novel created for educational and literary purposes. Though drawn from real events, its storytelling depth may make you forget you're reading nonfiction. Order Your Copy Today!