num_pages: 611
description: Somebody just shot my kids!' Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the shocking tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the 'shaggy-haried stranger' Diane accused of shooting 8-year-old Christie, 7-year-old Cheryl, and 3-year-old Danny in cold blood, a suspicion grew that was even more horrifying than the crime itself: Did Diane shoot her own children? A dedicated district attorney, haunted by this question, searched for the destructive forces that seemed to possess this beautiful young mother and uncovered a chronology of incest, psychological wounding, desperate affairs and surrogate motherhood.
language: English
title: Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder
titlecomplete: Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Biography, Crime, True Story, Horror, Mystery, Nonfiction, True Crime, History
ratings_count: 29686
publisher: sphere