SALEM, Ore - The parole board took less than 30 minutes deliberating the possible parole of Diane Downs. When they came to their decision, nobody seemed surprised.

Not retired detective Doug Welsh, who first met Downs the night of the shooting, describing her intial demeaner as odd. "I think any sort of remorse she has is that she's been in prison for 25 years," says Welsh.

Not former juror Dave Brewer, who believes Downs will never admit her guilt. "I think she can't admit it," he says. "For her own survival."

Not even Downs seemed surprised. She sat silent and motionless as the decision was announced.

"We thought you showed a considerable degree of defensiveness," said presiding Oregon parole board member Candace Wheeler. "And that you were less than honest with us."

Downs attended Tuesday's hearing via satellite from the Valley State Prison for Women in chowchilla, California. She's serving a life sentence plus fifty years for shooting her three children, killing one.

That was 25 years ago. But some who've been following the case since day one say 25 years later, Downs, known for putting on a show, hasn't changed. "I think she has got considerably worse," says Welsh. "In terms of dis-jointed comments and being all over the place."

There tears, especially as Downs described her daughter Cheryl, who died. "My children needed medical assistance," she said with a kleenex in hand.

There were a few jokes, like when the satellite got a brief fuzzy reception. "Is it snowing up there or something?" said Downs, laughing.

There was also a book Downs had with her, titled "All Night, All Day, Angels Watching Over Me." Downs continuously reverted back to this book, claiming it held clues to the case because it allegedly contained information about her uncle's death. "All I know is i did not murder my children," said a teary Downs. "And one year after my uncle was murdered my children and I were attacked for no reason at all. And this man, who claims to have got my aunt pregnant also claims to be my father. He's not."

Through it all, Downs tried to explain what really happened that night. She claimed a stranger flagged them down, said he wanted her car, and then shot her children after she laughed at him. She say she was framed. "It was supposed to appear as if I had become some sort of lunatic," she said.

But she seemed confused whether this so-called stranger was actually a stranger or someone she knew. And she couldn't explain to the parole board her relationship status. She said she had a husband but then revealed that man had been dead for six years. "See this man murdered in 2002?" Downs said holding up the same book she claimed her uncle was in. "Tha'ts my husband."

She refused to answer several follow up questions because she said she didn't want to let the media know the details.

Downs said a polite "Thank you" after the board announced their decision. And while the denial of parole might have been a relief to many, it seems there may never be closure.

"Diane will never give it up, ever," says Welsh. "Diane will go to her grave denying she ever shot her kids."

"I will never say I shot my children," said Downs. "They deserve better than that."

Diane will now have a parole hearing every two years. The earliest she could be considered is March of 2011.