Mum drove her children to country lane then shot them dead at close range 'to be with married man'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Diane Downs claimed that a 'bushy-haired stranger' had ambushed her car one quiet night and killed all her children - the chilling truth soon came out that she was the murderer


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