In 1983, a mother arrived at a Springfield, Oregon emergency room with her three children who had all been shot. It wasn't long before people began to notice how detached and strangely she was acting. Was this mother capable of murdering her children, and why would she do it? 

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Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080705202536/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/downs/3b.html

Rule, Ann Small Sacrifices NY: Signet, 1988.

The Springfield (Oregon) Register-Guard newspaper, various editions, 1983/1984.

The Springfield (Oregon) Public Library

The Washington Post, several editions, with the most detailed story on June 12, 1984, page C1, entitled "The Mother & the Mystery" by Elisabeth Bumiller and Jas Saund.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Oregon