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The case of Yates—who had exhibited severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia leading up to the murders—placed the M'Naghten rules, along with the irresistible impulse test for sanity, unde...
The case of Andrea Yates brought national attention to the intersection of mental health and the legal system. Her confession to killing her children led to a public examination of postpartum psychosis and the standar...
Former nurse Andrea Yates, whose postnatal mental illness led her to drown her five children, had her life sentence overturned at a retrial earlier this year, after successfully pleading insanity. Faith McLellan revie...
On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates of Houston drowned her five children in the bathtub but was acquitted of murder after being ruled insane.
This Article will relate the facts that led up to Andrea Yates’s homicides, summarize the testimony of prosecution and defense psychiatrists, contrast Mrs. Yates’s first and second trials, and comment on public percep...
In February 2002, Yates stood trial for the capital murders of Noah, John and Mary. According to ABC, prosecutors said it was unnecessary to indict Yates for Paul and Luke’s deaths. With a gag order implemented, specu...
Andrea Yates was tried and found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of three of her children. The jury rejected the insanity defense presented by Andrea Yates. Post-verdict, it was discovered that a key expert wit...
On June 20, 2001, police responded to a 911 call from the home of Andrea Yates in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake, Texas, and found the mother of five standing in front of the house in a...
fense and inadequate research on postpartum illnesses. Andrea Yates’ case surfaced the gripping questions: � �How did this happen?” and “Who is responsible?
Andrea Yates, from Houston, Texas, killed her five young children in 2001 while suffering from postpartum psychosis. She continues to reside in Kerrville State Hospital, declining a 2024 hearing that could have assess...
