EUGENE, Ore. - On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs pulled her car to the side of a rural road in Springfield, shot her three young children and then shot herself in the arm.

Her 7-year-old daughter, Cheryl, died and her 8-year-old daughter, Christie, survived. Her youngest child, Danny, was left paralyzed.

Downs claimed she was carjacked by a man who shot her and her three kids, but police were suspicious from the start. She was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison, plus 50 years.

On Dec. 9, Downs will go before a parole board. She has always maintained that she is innocent but the Lane County District Attorney's Office will be fighting her release.

Even if the parole board approves her release, she still has a five-year sentence for her escape (four years after she went to prison, she escaped and was on the run for 10 days before getting captured) that must be considered.  However, that could be written off for good behavior.

While we wait to see what will happen, video showing Downs re-enacting her version of what happened the day her children were shot has surfaced. In the video, recorded four days after the shooting, Downs is seen acting out what she said happened that day with a detective. At one point, she even giggles.

Lane County authorities use the video for training purposes. They say it is helpful in demonstrating the telltale signs of someone telling a lie.