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 ...

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 ...

(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. June 17, 1999 – Overdoses on Trazodone, a medication used to ...

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. One week since Lindsay Clancy allegedly strangled her three young children ...

At the beginning of one of the nation’s most high-profile murder trials in 2002, prosecutor Joseph Owmby told jurors that Andrea Yates had spent two years planning to kill her five young children. On ...

Andrea Yates, the 36-year-old mother who killed her five children in 2001 and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, has once again waived her annual right to a hearing that would determine if ...

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 ...

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. July 21, 1999 - Admitted to Memorial Spring Shadows Glen for psychiatric ...

Timeline: 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.