Loren “Larry” Glover, a former Oregon State Police detective who eventually found Diane, told ABC News that despite getting a ton of tips, nothing was hitting. He was worried that Diane was potentially going after her children to kidnap them, or worse, hurt them. At the time, Wayne was not living his best life, addicted to heroin and basically living on the edge. When Diane showed up and asked if she could stay, he had no problem with that. They entered into a brief sexual relationship.

It was time for Larry to go back to the drawing board by taking a peek at Downs' property, at the prison. While there, he found clothes, a map of Mexico, and some stationery. Folks, we're about to get to some real detective work. The paper was blank, but when Larry turned it a particular way, he could see the indentation of a map, so he sent it to the FBI who created a photostatic copy. The map had a line drawn from the prison to a house with an address written by it. That was Wayne's house.

The police raided Wayne's house while he was out of town with family. Diane grabbed a BB gun and attempted to induce a suicide by cop scenario but ultimately gave up and went willingly. Diane received an additional five years tacked on to her sentence and Wayne got five years probation and six months in a restitution center in Salem, Ore.