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VIDEO: How criminalist analyzed Diane Downs' crime scene
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  • March 22, 2019

How criminalist analyzed Diane Downs' crime scene

Jim Pex, former criminalist with the Oregon State Police Crime Detection Lab, explains how he used dolls and strings to help the 1983 investigation into whether Downs herself shot her three children.

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