Yates was a stellar student and class valedictorian. "A couple of times I called her husband and I was crying and sobbing: 'She needs help now. She had been suffering for some time from very severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and schizophrenia. During her visits, Holmes said she tried to coax Yates to eat, but often would spend two hours trying to get her to drink through a straw. Andrea Yates and her husband were warned about having more children. The youngest of the Yates children, Mary, in a family photo. The prosecution's expert witness, psychiatrist Park Dietz, testified that Yates got the idea to drown her children from an episode of "Law & Order." "She had gotten worse and worse," Holmes testified. Holmes also said she would try to communicate with her friend, who often paced through the house with no goal in mind. Holmes told jurors. Yates' husband, Russell, who testified before Holmes on Thursday, said he knew his wife was sick but thought she would be fine with the children until his mother arrived a few hours after he went to work June 20, the day of the drownings. In 2007, she was transferred from North Texas State Hospital, Vernon Campus, to Kerrville State Hospital in Kerrville, Texas, where she currently resides.
Andrea Yates had a history of mental health issues, and had previously attempted suicide.
After her husband, a NASA employee, left for work on the morning of June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the bathtub of the family’s suburban Houston home.
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Andrea-Yates-best-friend-says-she-saw-what-7748111.php, City reports 88th coronavirus-related death, City reports increase of COVID cases week over week, City reports 87th coronavirus-related death. "It's the way it's been for years.". Russell Yates testified earlier Thursday that his wife didn't tell him about voices and visions she reported to doctors two years earlier in 1999.
She could face the death penalty if convicted. "That's her husband.". "At the time, I didn't think she was dangerous; none of us did," Russell Yates said. Holmes said she wasn't aware at the time that Andrea Yates had twice tried to commit suicide after Luke's birth. Prosecutor Kaylynn Williford addresses the jury during closing arguments in Yates' retrial on July 24, 2006, in Houston.
Her trial began on February 18, 2002. "Man is the breadwinner and woman is the homemaker," Yates told prosecutor Joe Owmby under cross-examination. Russell Yates places his hand on the casket of one of his deceased children during their funeral on June 27, 2001, at Forest Park East Cemetery in Houston. On July 30, 2004, he filed for divorce from Andrea. Andrea would have to stop her medications and the after-effects of pregnancy would cause her depression once again. Yates just kept insisting that Holmes not visit her, she said. After Mary was born in November 2000, Holmes said she began taking meals to the family's home and played with the children, who all craved attention.
Prosecutor Joe Owmby addresses the jury during closing arguments in Yates' retrial July 24, 2006.
NOW! erroneous testimony by psychiatrist Park Dietz. She wasn't eating or drinking anything.". I was afraid her kidneys were going to shut down. Afterward, she called 911 and then phoned her husband to tell him he needed to return home immediately.
Updated 1642 GMT (0042 HKT) July 2, 2020 Photos: The trial of Andrea Yates The trial of Andrea Yates – Andrea Yates was charged with capital murder in the 2001 deaths of her five children. "She was so physically ill. She then proceeded to drown her three youngest boys, and then put their bodies on the bed and covered them.
Holmes said Yates continued a decline which began after Mary's birth and grew worse when her friend's father died last March. Andrea Yates smiled at Holmes as she left the courtroom. Her case placed the M'Naghten ru…
Social worker Earline Wilcott, who counseled Andrea Yates for years, testified Thursday that she met Russell Yates once and learned that his beliefs included that a wife should submit to her husband.
Then she called 911.
"She didn't realize Andrea was so yuck," Holmes said. Despite the warnings from the doctors Andrea stopped taking her …
A July 27, 2001, video shows Yates talking with a psychiatrist in jail. She said that in the four months before the drownings, Yates only spoke three full sentences to her. Holmes said she tried to get Yates' mother-in-law, Dora Yates, to allow her to bathe her friend but the offer was declined.
Andrea Yates, 37, has confessed to drowning the couple's five children but has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. Soon after, Andrea Yates filled a bath with water and methodically drowned, one by one, her five children: Noah, 7 years old, John, 5 years, Paul, 3 years, Luke, 2 years, and Mary, who was aged just 6 months. A Harris County jury convicted Yates of two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Noah, John and Mary. When her husband went to work on June 20, 2001, Yates methodically drowned all five children in the bathtub of their Houston-area home. The last in a family of five, she was of mixed European parentage. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, burst into tears as she recalled learning of the drownings while watching television news. Yates was not home at the time of the murders, and returned from work to find the grisly scene. Andrea Yates' ex-husband Rusty (left), who has since remarried and has a five-year-old son, slammed her murder trial (pictured right in 2002) as the 'cruelest thing I have ever witnessed' Congressional candidates offer opposing ideas on COVID, oil... City: Midlander dies after being ejected from vehicle, Bentley: PSP remains committed to the count, Board selects new name for Robert E. Lee High School, ConocoPhillips in talks to buy Concho Resources, Family gives update on medical condition of Sema’J Davis, DOREEN: Board turnover shouldn’t be result of renaming decision, Fu’s neighbors want city to do more to end protests, Consolidation could be boost for shale sector, Meyers: Region showing ‘signs of significant outbreak’. One of the children's caskets is put into a hearse after the funeral.
HOUSTON, TX — After her husband, Rusty Yates, left for work, Andrea Yates, who was reportedly suffering from extreme postpartum depression, filled the bathtub with water. Yates enrolled to study nursing … Yates is escorted into court on June 22, 2001, in Houston. When Rusty Yates returned from work fifteen years ago, he found his children drowned in the bathtub by his wife, Andrea. Yates' closest friend, Debbie Holmes, said at Yates' capital murder trial. (CNN)Here's a look at the life of Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her five children. Holmes also said Yates told her that the couple had discussed a doctor's warning that she take medication during and after a fifth pregnancy, and that the Yateses decided to ignore that advice. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for 35 minutes before recommending a life sentence in jail. Holmes said when she went to the home last spring, Andrea Yates was dirty and smelled. Her father Andrew Kennedy was Irish American, while her mother Jutta Koehler was German. "She looked like a cancer patient," Holmes said. Chuck Rosenthal, the district attorney in Harris County, asked for the death penalty in her 2002 trial. Andrea Pia Yates was born in Hallsville, Texas on July 2, 1964.The last in a family of five, she was of mixed European parentage. Yates was born Andrea Pia Kennedy on July 2, 1964, in Houston, Texas. Yates' 2002 capital murder conviction was overturned by an appeals court because of false testimony by the state's expert psychiatric witness. Andrea Yates' best friend testified Thursday that she saw Yates pace like a "scared animal" in the months leading up to her children's deaths and begged Yates' husband to seek help for her. Far away from the limelight, on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, is a place Andrea Yates has called home for more than a decade. Holmes didn't offer an opinion of Russell Yates when defense attorneys asked if she was fond if him.
Andrea Yates was treated there in April and May of last year. The five Yates children were drowned one by one in a bathtub of their Clear Lake, Texas, home on June 20, 2001.
"I was very nervous about Andrea having Mary after what happened with Luke," Holmes said. It can't be my Andrea.'". Andrea Yates' best friend testified Thursday that she saw Yates pace like a "scared animal" in the months leading up to her children's deaths and begged Yates' husband to seek help for her.
She was the top ranking student in her graduating class. ... 2020 hurricane season breaks 1916 record.
Holmes said she would sneak in to visit her friend at Devereux Texas Treatment Network. She told jurors she grew increasingly concerned about her friend since the birth of the couple's fourth child, Luke, in 1999. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, Andrea Yates' treatment is to work through severe psychosis and possibly enter back into the community. Andrea Yates was a practicing nurse and mother from Texas, who captured the American attention by her killing of her children by drowning.. Not next week!'" Early Life. Andrea Yates Biography, Life, Interesting Facts. A bright student in the class, Yates got her high school education from Milby High School. A family photo shows four of the Yates children: from left, Luke, Paul, John and Noah. Yates said he and his wife wanted their family to live a simple, traditional life but Andrea Yates got sick as they worked toward the goal. A family photo shows Andrea Yates; her husband, Russell; and their four boys, Luke, Paul, John and Noah.
Andrea Pia Yates was born in Hallsville, Texas onJuly 2, 1964. Holmes, who befriended Yates 16 years ago while both worked as nurses at the M.D. "I would say, 'Andrea, what are you thinking about?'" She was not tried in the deaths of Paul and Luke. "That's irrelevant," she said.
After her initial conviction was overturned, Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was ordered to a mental hospital on July 26, 2006. In 1993, she married Rusty Yates, who was a … During her trial, she was represented by Houston criminal defense attorney George Parnham. "She kind of described it as a dark period, that she was in a dark place," Russell Yates said. Andrea Yates' health appeared to improve later that year, Holmes said, and the friends discussed the Yateses' plans to have a fifth child.
Yates was a stellar student and class valedictorian. "A couple of times I called her husband and I was crying and sobbing: 'She needs help now. She had been suffering for some time from very severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and schizophrenia. During her visits, Holmes said she tried to coax Yates to eat, but often would spend two hours trying to get her to drink through a straw. Andrea Yates and her husband were warned about having more children. The youngest of the Yates children, Mary, in a family photo. The prosecution's expert witness, psychiatrist Park Dietz, testified that Yates got the idea to drown her children from an episode of "Law & Order." "She had gotten worse and worse," Holmes testified. Holmes also said she would try to communicate with her friend, who often paced through the house with no goal in mind. Holmes told jurors. Yates' husband, Russell, who testified before Holmes on Thursday, said he knew his wife was sick but thought she would be fine with the children until his mother arrived a few hours after he went to work June 20, the day of the drownings. In 2007, she was transferred from North Texas State Hospital, Vernon Campus, to Kerrville State Hospital in Kerrville, Texas, where she currently resides.
Andrea Yates had a history of mental health issues, and had previously attempted suicide.
After her husband, a NASA employee, left for work on the morning of June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the bathtub of the family’s suburban Houston home.
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Andrea-Yates-best-friend-says-she-saw-what-7748111.php, City reports 88th coronavirus-related death, City reports increase of COVID cases week over week, City reports 87th coronavirus-related death. "It's the way it's been for years.". Russell Yates testified earlier Thursday that his wife didn't tell him about voices and visions she reported to doctors two years earlier in 1999.
She could face the death penalty if convicted. "That's her husband.". "At the time, I didn't think she was dangerous; none of us did," Russell Yates said. Holmes said she wasn't aware at the time that Andrea Yates had twice tried to commit suicide after Luke's birth. Prosecutor Kaylynn Williford addresses the jury during closing arguments in Yates' retrial on July 24, 2006, in Houston.
Her trial began on February 18, 2002. "Man is the breadwinner and woman is the homemaker," Yates told prosecutor Joe Owmby under cross-examination. Russell Yates places his hand on the casket of one of his deceased children during their funeral on June 27, 2001, at Forest Park East Cemetery in Houston. On July 30, 2004, he filed for divorce from Andrea. Andrea would have to stop her medications and the after-effects of pregnancy would cause her depression once again. Yates just kept insisting that Holmes not visit her, she said. After Mary was born in November 2000, Holmes said she began taking meals to the family's home and played with the children, who all craved attention.
Prosecutor Joe Owmby addresses the jury during closing arguments in Yates' retrial July 24, 2006.
NOW! erroneous testimony by psychiatrist Park Dietz. She wasn't eating or drinking anything.". I was afraid her kidneys were going to shut down. Afterward, she called 911 and then phoned her husband to tell him he needed to return home immediately.
Updated 1642 GMT (0042 HKT) July 2, 2020 Photos: The trial of Andrea Yates The trial of Andrea Yates – Andrea Yates was charged with capital murder in the 2001 deaths of her five children. "She was so physically ill. She then proceeded to drown her three youngest boys, and then put their bodies on the bed and covered them.
Holmes said Yates continued a decline which began after Mary's birth and grew worse when her friend's father died last March. Andrea Yates smiled at Holmes as she left the courtroom. Her case placed the M'Naghten ru…
Social worker Earline Wilcott, who counseled Andrea Yates for years, testified Thursday that she met Russell Yates once and learned that his beliefs included that a wife should submit to her husband.
Then she called 911.
"She didn't realize Andrea was so yuck," Holmes said. Despite the warnings from the doctors Andrea stopped taking her …
A July 27, 2001, video shows Yates talking with a psychiatrist in jail. She said that in the four months before the drownings, Yates only spoke three full sentences to her. Holmes said she tried to get Yates' mother-in-law, Dora Yates, to allow her to bathe her friend but the offer was declined.
Andrea Yates, 37, has confessed to drowning the couple's five children but has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. Soon after, Andrea Yates filled a bath with water and methodically drowned, one by one, her five children: Noah, 7 years old, John, 5 years, Paul, 3 years, Luke, 2 years, and Mary, who was aged just 6 months. A Harris County jury convicted Yates of two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Noah, John and Mary. When her husband went to work on June 20, 2001, Yates methodically drowned all five children in the bathtub of their Houston-area home. The last in a family of five, she was of mixed European parentage. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, burst into tears as she recalled learning of the drownings while watching television news. Yates was not home at the time of the murders, and returned from work to find the grisly scene. Andrea Yates' ex-husband Rusty (left), who has since remarried and has a five-year-old son, slammed her murder trial (pictured right in 2002) as the 'cruelest thing I have ever witnessed' Congressional candidates offer opposing ideas on COVID, oil... City: Midlander dies after being ejected from vehicle, Bentley: PSP remains committed to the count, Board selects new name for Robert E. Lee High School, ConocoPhillips in talks to buy Concho Resources, Family gives update on medical condition of Sema’J Davis, DOREEN: Board turnover shouldn’t be result of renaming decision, Fu’s neighbors want city to do more to end protests, Consolidation could be boost for shale sector, Meyers: Region showing ‘signs of significant outbreak’. One of the children's caskets is put into a hearse after the funeral.
HOUSTON, TX — After her husband, Rusty Yates, left for work, Andrea Yates, who was reportedly suffering from extreme postpartum depression, filled the bathtub with water. Yates enrolled to study nursing … Yates is escorted into court on June 22, 2001, in Houston. When Rusty Yates returned from work fifteen years ago, he found his children drowned in the bathtub by his wife, Andrea. Yates' closest friend, Debbie Holmes, said at Yates' capital murder trial. (CNN)Here's a look at the life of Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her five children. Holmes also said Yates told her that the couple had discussed a doctor's warning that she take medication during and after a fifth pregnancy, and that the Yateses decided to ignore that advice. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for 35 minutes before recommending a life sentence in jail. Holmes said when she went to the home last spring, Andrea Yates was dirty and smelled. Her father Andrew Kennedy was Irish American, while her mother Jutta Koehler was German. "She looked like a cancer patient," Holmes said. Chuck Rosenthal, the district attorney in Harris County, asked for the death penalty in her 2002 trial. Andrea Pia Yates was born in Hallsville, Texas on July 2, 1964.The last in a family of five, she was of mixed European parentage. Yates was born Andrea Pia Kennedy on July 2, 1964, in Houston, Texas. Yates' 2002 capital murder conviction was overturned by an appeals court because of false testimony by the state's expert psychiatric witness. Andrea Yates' best friend testified Thursday that she saw Yates pace like a "scared animal" in the months leading up to her children's deaths and begged Yates' husband to seek help for her. Far away from the limelight, on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, is a place Andrea Yates has called home for more than a decade. Holmes didn't offer an opinion of Russell Yates when defense attorneys asked if she was fond if him.
Andrea Yates was treated there in April and May of last year. The five Yates children were drowned one by one in a bathtub of their Clear Lake, Texas, home on June 20, 2001.
"I was very nervous about Andrea having Mary after what happened with Luke," Holmes said. It can't be my Andrea.'". Andrea Yates' best friend testified Thursday that she saw Yates pace like a "scared animal" in the months leading up to her children's deaths and begged Yates' husband to seek help for her.
She was the top ranking student in her graduating class. ... 2020 hurricane season breaks 1916 record.
Holmes said she would sneak in to visit her friend at Devereux Texas Treatment Network. She told jurors she grew increasingly concerned about her friend since the birth of the couple's fourth child, Luke, in 1999. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, Andrea Yates' treatment is to work through severe psychosis and possibly enter back into the community. Andrea Yates was a practicing nurse and mother from Texas, who captured the American attention by her killing of her children by drowning.. Not next week!'" Early Life. Andrea Yates Biography, Life, Interesting Facts. A bright student in the class, Yates got her high school education from Milby High School. A family photo shows four of the Yates children: from left, Luke, Paul, John and Noah. Yates said he and his wife wanted their family to live a simple, traditional life but Andrea Yates got sick as they worked toward the goal. A family photo shows Andrea Yates; her husband, Russell; and their four boys, Luke, Paul, John and Noah.
Andrea Pia Yates was born in Hallsville, Texas onJuly 2, 1964. Holmes, who befriended Yates 16 years ago while both worked as nurses at the M.D. "I would say, 'Andrea, what are you thinking about?'" She was not tried in the deaths of Paul and Luke. "That's irrelevant," she said.
After her initial conviction was overturned, Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was ordered to a mental hospital on July 26, 2006. In 1993, she married Rusty Yates, who was a … During her trial, she was represented by Houston criminal defense attorney George Parnham. "She kind of described it as a dark period, that she was in a dark place," Russell Yates said. Andrea Yates' health appeared to improve later that year, Holmes said, and the friends discussed the Yateses' plans to have a fifth child.
"I was very frustrated at the lack of care I thought she was receiving.". "She would say, 'Stuff.'". She then graduated from Milby in 1982. Yates' mother, Jutta Kennedy, and sister, Maureen Freeman, arrive for the sentencing phase of Yates' trial on March 14, 2002. "I fell on the floor and just cried," Holmes said. Andrea Yates sits with her attorney George Parnham after a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity was read in her retrial on July 26, 2006. Andrea then phoned the emergency services and asked the police to come to the house. "I was screaming, 'It can't be my Andrea. Yates was not home at the time of the murders, and returned from work to find the grisly scene. Andrea Yates was charged with capital murder in the 2001 deaths of her five children. Andrea Pia Yates (née Kennedy; born July 2, 1964) is a former resident of Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. Wilcott also said Andrea Yates wasn't one to assert herself. Andrea Yates' ex-husband Rusty (left), who has since remarried and has a five-year-old son, slammed her murder trial (pictured right in 2002) as the 'cruelest thing I have ever witnessed' Andrea Yates had a history of mental health issues, and had previously attempted suicide. "She's where she needs to be," said attorney George Parnham. However, the show's producers later said that no such episode aired.
Yates was a stellar student and class valedictorian. "A couple of times I called her husband and I was crying and sobbing: 'She needs help now. She had been suffering for some time from very severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and schizophrenia. During her visits, Holmes said she tried to coax Yates to eat, but often would spend two hours trying to get her to drink through a straw. Andrea Yates and her husband were warned about having more children. The youngest of the Yates children, Mary, in a family photo. The prosecution's expert witness, psychiatrist Park Dietz, testified that Yates got the idea to drown her children from an episode of "Law & Order." "She had gotten worse and worse," Holmes testified. Holmes also said she would try to communicate with her friend, who often paced through the house with no goal in mind. Holmes told jurors. Yates' husband, Russell, who testified before Holmes on Thursday, said he knew his wife was sick but thought she would be fine with the children until his mother arrived a few hours after he went to work June 20, the day of the drownings. In 2007, she was transferred from North Texas State Hospital, Vernon Campus, to Kerrville State Hospital in Kerrville, Texas, where she currently resides.
Andrea Yates had a history of mental health issues, and had previously attempted suicide.
After her husband, a NASA employee, left for work on the morning of June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the bathtub of the family’s suburban Houston home.
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Andrea-Yates-best-friend-says-she-saw-what-7748111.php, City reports 88th coronavirus-related death, City reports increase of COVID cases week over week, City reports 87th coronavirus-related death. "It's the way it's been for years.". Russell Yates testified earlier Thursday that his wife didn't tell him about voices and visions she reported to doctors two years earlier in 1999.
She could face the death penalty if convicted. "That's her husband.". "At the time, I didn't think she was dangerous; none of us did," Russell Yates said. Holmes said she wasn't aware at the time that Andrea Yates had twice tried to commit suicide after Luke's birth. Prosecutor Kaylynn Williford addresses the jury during closing arguments in Yates' retrial on July 24, 2006, in Houston.
Her trial began on February 18, 2002. "Man is the breadwinner and woman is the homemaker," Yates told prosecutor Joe Owmby under cross-examination. Russell Yates places his hand on the casket of one of his deceased children during their funeral on June 27, 2001, at Forest Park East Cemetery in Houston. On July 30, 2004, he filed for divorce from Andrea. Andrea would have to stop her medications and the after-effects of pregnancy would cause her depression once again. Yates just kept insisting that Holmes not visit her, she said. After Mary was born in November 2000, Holmes said she began taking meals to the family's home and played with the children, who all craved attention.
Prosecutor Joe Owmby addresses the jury during closing arguments in Yates' retrial July 24, 2006.
NOW! erroneous testimony by psychiatrist Park Dietz. She wasn't eating or drinking anything.". I was afraid her kidneys were going to shut down. Afterward, she called 911 and then phoned her husband to tell him he needed to return home immediately.
Updated 1642 GMT (0042 HKT) July 2, 2020 Photos: The trial of Andrea Yates The trial of Andrea Yates – Andrea Yates was charged with capital murder in the 2001 deaths of her five children. "She was so physically ill. She then proceeded to drown her three youngest boys, and then put their bodies on the bed and covered them.
Holmes said Yates continued a decline which began after Mary's birth and grew worse when her friend's father died last March. Andrea Yates smiled at Holmes as she left the courtroom. Her case placed the M'Naghten ru…
Social worker Earline Wilcott, who counseled Andrea Yates for years, testified Thursday that she met Russell Yates once and learned that his beliefs included that a wife should submit to her husband.
Then she called 911.
"She didn't realize Andrea was so yuck," Holmes said. Despite the warnings from the doctors Andrea stopped taking her …
A July 27, 2001, video shows Yates talking with a psychiatrist in jail. She said that in the four months before the drownings, Yates only spoke three full sentences to her. Holmes said she tried to get Yates' mother-in-law, Dora Yates, to allow her to bathe her friend but the offer was declined.
Andrea Yates, 37, has confessed to drowning the couple's five children but has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. Soon after, Andrea Yates filled a bath with water and methodically drowned, one by one, her five children: Noah, 7 years old, John, 5 years, Paul, 3 years, Luke, 2 years, and Mary, who was aged just 6 months. A Harris County jury convicted Yates of two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Noah, John and Mary. When her husband went to work on June 20, 2001, Yates methodically drowned all five children in the bathtub of their Houston-area home. The last in a family of five, she was of mixed European parentage. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, burst into tears as she recalled learning of the drownings while watching television news. Yates was not home at the time of the murders, and returned from work to find the grisly scene. Andrea Yates' ex-husband Rusty (left), who has since remarried and has a five-year-old son, slammed her murder trial (pictured right in 2002) as the 'cruelest thing I have ever witnessed' Congressional candidates offer opposing ideas on COVID, oil... City: Midlander dies after being ejected from vehicle, Bentley: PSP remains committed to the count, Board selects new name for Robert E. Lee High School, ConocoPhillips in talks to buy Concho Resources, Family gives update on medical condition of Sema’J Davis, DOREEN: Board turnover shouldn’t be result of renaming decision, Fu’s neighbors want city to do more to end protests, Consolidation could be boost for shale sector, Meyers: Region showing ‘signs of significant outbreak’. One of the children's caskets is put into a hearse after the funeral.
HOUSTON, TX — After her husband, Rusty Yates, left for work, Andrea Yates, who was reportedly suffering from extreme postpartum depression, filled the bathtub with water. Yates enrolled to study nursing … Yates is escorted into court on June 22, 2001, in Houston. When Rusty Yates returned from work fifteen years ago, he found his children drowned in the bathtub by his wife, Andrea. Yates' closest friend, Debbie Holmes, said at Yates' capital murder trial. (CNN)Here's a look at the life of Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her five children. Holmes also said Yates told her that the couple had discussed a doctor's warning that she take medication during and after a fifth pregnancy, and that the Yateses decided to ignore that advice. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for 35 minutes before recommending a life sentence in jail. Holmes said when she went to the home last spring, Andrea Yates was dirty and smelled. Her father Andrew Kennedy was Irish American, while her mother Jutta Koehler was German. "She looked like a cancer patient," Holmes said. Chuck Rosenthal, the district attorney in Harris County, asked for the death penalty in her 2002 trial. Andrea Pia Yates was born in Hallsville, Texas on July 2, 1964.The last in a family of five, she was of mixed European parentage. Yates was born Andrea Pia Kennedy on July 2, 1964, in Houston, Texas. Yates' 2002 capital murder conviction was overturned by an appeals court because of false testimony by the state's expert psychiatric witness. Andrea Yates' best friend testified Thursday that she saw Yates pace like a "scared animal" in the months leading up to her children's deaths and begged Yates' husband to seek help for her. Far away from the limelight, on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, is a place Andrea Yates has called home for more than a decade. Holmes didn't offer an opinion of Russell Yates when defense attorneys asked if she was fond if him.
Andrea Yates was treated there in April and May of last year. The five Yates children were drowned one by one in a bathtub of their Clear Lake, Texas, home on June 20, 2001.
"I was very nervous about Andrea having Mary after what happened with Luke," Holmes said. It can't be my Andrea.'". Andrea Yates' best friend testified Thursday that she saw Yates pace like a "scared animal" in the months leading up to her children's deaths and begged Yates' husband to seek help for her.
She was the top ranking student in her graduating class. ... 2020 hurricane season breaks 1916 record.
Holmes said she would sneak in to visit her friend at Devereux Texas Treatment Network. She told jurors she grew increasingly concerned about her friend since the birth of the couple's fourth child, Luke, in 1999. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, Andrea Yates' treatment is to work through severe psychosis and possibly enter back into the community. Andrea Yates was a practicing nurse and mother from Texas, who captured the American attention by her killing of her children by drowning.. Not next week!'" Early Life. Andrea Yates Biography, Life, Interesting Facts. A bright student in the class, Yates got her high school education from Milby High School. A family photo shows four of the Yates children: from left, Luke, Paul, John and Noah. Yates said he and his wife wanted their family to live a simple, traditional life but Andrea Yates got sick as they worked toward the goal. A family photo shows Andrea Yates; her husband, Russell; and their four boys, Luke, Paul, John and Noah.
Andrea Pia Yates was born in Hallsville, Texas onJuly 2, 1964. Holmes, who befriended Yates 16 years ago while both worked as nurses at the M.D. "I would say, 'Andrea, what are you thinking about?'" She was not tried in the deaths of Paul and Luke. "That's irrelevant," she said.
After her initial conviction was overturned, Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was ordered to a mental hospital on July 26, 2006. In 1993, she married Rusty Yates, who was a … During her trial, she was represented by Houston criminal defense attorney George Parnham. "She kind of described it as a dark period, that she was in a dark place," Russell Yates said. Andrea Yates' health appeared to improve later that year, Holmes said, and the friends discussed the Yateses' plans to have a fifth child.