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 soaking wet ...

When police responded to a 911 call from Andrea Yates' Texas home in June 2001, she delivered a chilling confession: "I just killed my children." That horrific sentence launched a years-long saga of ...

Andrea Yates killed her five children after drowning them in the bathtub of her suburban Houston home — but nearly 25 years later, her ex-husband maintains that being a mother was her "favorite role." ...

Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the bathroom of her home in 2001 Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the bathroom of her Texas home in 2001 The tragic deaths of Noah, 7, John, 5, Paul, ...

Russell "Rusty" Yates faced immense tragedy when his then-wife, Andrea Yates, drowned their five children in June 2001. More than two decades after the crime, Rusty revealed why he still visits his ex ...

On the surface, little may seem different this week in the Houston courtroom where Andrea Yates will go on trial a second time for murder in the 2001 drownings of her five children. As in her first ...

It was a horrifying case that defied belief. Andrea Yates was a 36-year-old mother of five young children: Noah, 7; John, 5; Paul, 3; Luke, 2; and Mary, 6 months. When her husband went to work on June ...

June 17, 1999 - Overdoses on Trazodone, a medication used to treat depression, and is admitted to Methodist Hospital psychiatric unit where she is diagnosed with a major depressive disorder. July 21, ...

Andrea Yates, the Houston mom who in 2001 drowned her five young children one-by-one in the bathtub, might soon be allowed to leave the state psychiatric hospital where she is being treated for mental ...

Several states are considering a ban on capital punishment for people with mental illnesses or brain injuries. By Shaila Dewan Judge Morris B Hoffman and Prof Stephen J Morse Op-Ed supports sensible ...