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Andrea Yates was born Andrea Pia Kennedy in Houston, Texas, the youngest of the five children of Jutta Karin Koehler, a German immigrant, and Andrew Emmett Kennedy, whose parents were Irish immigrants. Yates suffered from bulimia and depression during her teenage years, and at age 17 spoke to a friend about suicide. [1]
Andrea Yates, the 36-year-old ... In 2006, Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was remanded to Kerrville State Hospital, a mental health facility in Texas, in January 2007.
In 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five kids, an act that some believe was due to postpartum depression. Her then-husband forgave her. Now, a recent case in Massachusetts mirrors the Yates' incident.
Later on, she told a psychiatrist that she hoped she and Andrea Yates would end up working together as God's only witnesses at the end of the world. [ 1 ] Five mental health experts were consulted in Laney's case: two each by the prosecution and defense, and one by the judge.
It's where 37-year-old mom Andrea Yates (pictured below right) drowned her five children -- including her 6-month-old daughter -- in a bathtub in 2001. Yates was later convicted of murder and ...
There, she was a roommate of Andrea Yates, a Texas woman who had drowned her five children in a bathtub. [9] During the trial, much attention was drawn to Schlosser and her husband attending Water of Life Church, a charismatic church pastored by Davidson. She had been taking antipsychotic drugs for several years prior to Margaret's death.
Andrea Yates – Driven by postpartum psychosis, Yates drowned her five children in 2001. She was originally sentenced to life in prison, but at her second trial, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. She was admitted to a Texas mental health facility.
A woman accused of killing her three children has put a spotlight on a rare condition that advocates say is shrouded in shame, often preventing treatment.