ANDREA YATES

OVERVIEW OF yATES

• Post pardon depression 1999
• Hospitalized every year after 4th sons birth.
• Multiple suicide attempts, always failed
• On June 20, 2001 Yates drowned all 5 children

TRIALS

• Prior to her second trial, she confessed to drowning her 5 children
• March 2002, a jury rejected the insanity defense and found her guilty.
• On January 6, 2005, a Texas Court of Appeals reversed the convictions, because a psychiatrist gave false testimonies
• On July 26, 2006, after three days of deliberations, Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity
• In January 2007, Yates was moved to a low security state mental hospital in Kerrville, Texas.

HER MOTIVE & CONVICTION

• She had postpartum depression
• She was not guilty by reason of insanity