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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last week, a Houston jury found Andrea Yates guilty of capital murder for drowning her children. Two days later, that same jury sentenced Yates to life in prison. This is a textbook example of how ...

HOUSTON (KRT) — Andrea Yates, the suburban mother who methodically drowned her five children last summer, and whose attorneys said she was insane when she did it, was convicted of capital murder ...

Investigation Discovery is premiering a chilling new true-crime mini-series that revisits one of the most disturbing cases in recent American history. “The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates ...

An antidepressant that Andrea Yates had been taking before she drowned her five children in 2001 has recently been found to possibly increase the risk of homicidal thoughts, according to a medical ...

WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness has released the following statement from its executive director, Michael J. Fitzpatrick, commenting on the verdict in the ...

On June 20, 2001, Russell “Rusty” Yates received a phone call from his wife Andrea Yates asking him to return to his Clear Lake, Texas, home. What he didn’t know was that Andrea had drowned their five ...

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 ...