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♪

Russell:
YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ME

ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES
TO GET TO WORK.

WAS THERE A LITTLE LESS
THAN AN HOUR,

AND I GOT A CALL FROM MY WIFE.

AND SHE SAID, "YOU NEED
TO COME HOME."

AND I SAID, "W-WHAT'S WRONG,
ANDREA? IS ANYONE HURT?"

AND SHE SAID, "YES..."

"...THE CHILDREN.

ALL OF THEM."

♪

Woodruff: IT SENT SHOCK WAVES
AROUND THE WORLD,

AND THE REPERCUSSION
ARE CERTAIN TO BE FELT

FOR YEARS TO COME.

[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]

Man: WHEN THE CHILDREN STARTED
TALKING ABOUT ROBES AND CANDLES,

YOU COULD SEE
THAT IT HAD TO BE SATANIC.

Man #2: WE ARE CONTINUING
TO EXAMINE EVIDENCE

FOLLOWING UP ON A SUBSTANTIAL...

Man #3: WANTED BY THE FBI

AS A CRIMINAL
INSTEAD OF A VICTIM.

Man #4:
A SHOCKER. IT WAS STUNNING.

Man #5:
I HAVE SEEN AMBULANCES.

I CANNOT TELL YOU
IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY INJURIES.

Man #6: IT WAS AN EVIL ACT
OF TERROR.

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♪

Stumpo: WAS EARLY MORNING,
9:00, 10:00.

I JUST RECEIVED
A REGULAR 911 CALL,

CHECK AN UNKNOWN-TYPE SITUATION.

IT WAS JUST A STANDARD CALL.

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A
LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ME,

AND IT HAUNTS ME NOW
TO THIS DAY.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

I GOT THERE.

ANOTHER UNIT WAS ALREADY ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

CLEAR LAKE, TEXAS,
IT'S A SUBURB OF HOUSTON.

IT'S A MIDDLE-CLASS
NEIGHBORHOOD.

A FEW PROPERTY CRIMES,

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AS I ENTERED THE HOUSE,

ANDREA YATES
WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH,

AND I ASKED OFFICER KNAPP,

I SAID, "WHAT IS IT?
WHAT'S GOING ON?"

THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD ME
IT'S A HOMICIDE.

Reporter: THE CALL CAME
FROM THIS HOUSE

JUST BEFORE 10:00 A.M.

WHEN I CAME IN LAST NIGHT,

THE FATHER WAS OUT
WITH HIS 7-YEAR-OLD,

AND THEY WERE SHOOTING BASKETS.

IT LOOKED LIKE
A NORMAL FAMILY SITUATION.

IT WAS THE SUSPECT HERSELF
WHO CALLED US

AND SAID THAT SHE REQUIRED A
POLICE UNIT TO GO BY HER HOUSE.

Wark: MY SISTER CALLED ME
AND SAID, "HEY,

DON'T YOU HAVE A FRIEND
NAMED ANDREA?

I THINK YOUR FRIEND
IS ON THE NEWS."

I SWITCHED ON THE NEWS,

AND I JUST GOT
THIS SICK FEELING

IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH.

Stumpo: SHE SHOWED NO EMOTION,
NO FEAR, NOTHING.

I FIGURED SHE KILLED
HER HUSBAND OR BOYFRIEND,

AND I WALKED DOWN
THIS LONG CORRIDOR.

AND I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE
A BODY -- A MAN'S BODY.

Wark: ANDREA AND RUSTY
WERE JUST A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE.

WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED,

I REMEMBER BEING REALLY
DELIGHTED FOR HER.

FIRST HE'S AN ENGINEER.

HE WORKED
FOR A CONTRACTOR FOR NASA.

HE WAS SUCH A NICE, NICE MAN.

I WAS SO HAPPY FOR ANDREA,

THAT HE SEEMED TO BE
SO VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH HER.

Stumpo:
AND I WALKED INTO THE ROOM.

THERE WAS NO BODY THERE,
BUT I SAW A LITTLE HEAD,

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A DOLL.

[ LAUGHTER ]

Wark: ANDREA TOOK MOTHERING

LIKE SHE TOOK
EVERYTHING ELSE IN HER LIFE.

SHE WAS DETERMINED TO BE
EXCELLENT AT BEING A MOTHER.

SHE WAS JUST THE SWEETEST MOM.

SHE WAS WONDERFUL
WITH THOSE KIDS.

Stumpo: I WALKED OVER
TO THE LITTLE HEAD

AND AS I GOT CLOSE TO IT,

YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER I GOT,
THE MORE I REALIZED,

"WHY, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A CHILD."

AND I TOUCHED HIS FOREHEAD.
IT WAS ICE COLD.

AND I PICKED UP THE BLANKET
WHERE THE CHILD WAS,

MORE CHILDREN
STARTED TO MATERIALIZE.

AND THEY'RE ALL LINED UP
ALL SIDE BY SIDE.

THERE WERE FOUR OF THEM
IN THAT BED.

TO THIS DAY, MY MIND'S EYE
CAN RE-CREATE THE IMAGE

THAT I SAW.

I PUT THE BLANKET
BACK ON TOP OF THE CHILDREN.

I TURNED INTO THE BATHROOM,

AND I FOUND THE OLDEST ONE
FACEDOWN IN THE TUB.

HE WAS JUST FLOATING.

WE WERE JUST IN SHOCK.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

♪

Curry: POLICE FOUND FIVE YOUNG
CHILDREN DEAD IN A HOME,

AND THEY SAY THE MOTHER
HAS CONFESSED TO KILLING THEM,

APPARENTLY DROWNING THEM
IN A BATHTUB.

Man #7:
ALL THE CHILDREN WERE WET.

ONE WAS FOUND IN THE BATHTUB,

BUT THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE

IS GONNA HAVE TO DETERMINE
THE CAUSE OF DEATH

IT COULD HAVE BEEN
FROM SOME OTHER MEANS.

Man #8:
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,

WHERE A PARENT HAS KILLED
MULTIPLE CHILDREN AT ONCE,

IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF.

Stumpo:
DURING ALL THIS TIME,

YATES WAS SITTING THERE.

HER CLOTHES WERE TOTALLY SOAKED.

IT LOOKS LIKE SHE JUST
CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER.

SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

AND THEN HER HUSBAND SHOWED UP.

SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER,
HE BREACHED THE PERIMETER.

AND SHE JUST LOOKED AT THE DOOR,
DIDN'T SAY A WORD.

SHE JUST SAT THERE

WITH THIS GLAZED LOOK
ON HER FACE.

FIVE CHILDREN MURDERED
IN THEIR OWN HOME,

AND THE PRIME SUSPECT
IS THEIR MOTHER.

♪

Wark: THE ANDREA THAT I KNEW

WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SOMETHING VERY WRONG
WAS GOING ON.

THE ANDREA THAT I KNEW
WOULD NEVER HURT A FLY.

SHE DID NOT HAVE
A MEAN BONE IN HER BODY.

Reporter #2:
WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW

IS WHAT COULD HAVE
PUSHED ANDREA YATES

SO COMPLETELY OVER THE EDGE

THAT SHE'S SUSPECTED
OF KILLING HER OWN CHILDREN?

♪

♪

Wark: I MET ANDREA WHEN
WE WERE IN EIGHTH GRADE.

SHE WAS IN MY ENGLISH CLASS.

I WAS A MISFIT, AND SHE WAS ALSO
A LITTLE BIT OF A MISFIT.

SHE DIDN'T EVER CARE
IF SHE WAS POPULAR,

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING
I ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT HER.

AND SO, WE BECAME FRIENDS.

HER PARENTS WERE
WONDERFUL PARENTS.

THEY RAISED FIVE KIDS.
THEY WERE FUN TO BE AROUND.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT ANDREA'S
PARENTS EXPECTED A LOT FROM HER.

THEY HAD A CULTURE
OF EXCELLENCE.

WE WENT TO NURSING SCHOOL
AT UT IN HOUSTON.

ANDREA WAS THE MOST DILIGENT
STUDENT YOU COULD EVER MEET.

WE DID HAVE ONE YEAR
THAT WE DIDN'T TALK.

SHE WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES
WITH DEPRESSION.

ANDREA COULD BE PRIVATE
WITH HER EMOTIONS.

IF SHE DIDN'T WANT YOU
TO KNOW, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW.

♪

Owmby: I WAS AT HOME.

WE GOT A CALL THAT THIS CASE
WOULD LAND IN MY DIVISION.

ALL WE KNEW WAS THAT A WOMAN
HAD KILLED HER CHILDREN.

IT WAS SO UNUSUAL --

FIVE CHILDREN
ALL DROWNED BY THE MOTHER.

IT'S KIND OF SURREAL.

Reporter #3:
A COMMUNITY IN CRISIS.

COULD THEIR NEIGHBOR
ANDREA YATES

REALLY HAVE DROWNED
HER FIVE CHILDREN?

Wark: EVERY TIME YOU TURNED
ON THE NEWS,

THERE WAS AN UPDATE
ABOUT ANDREA.

Reporter #3: LOCALS STRUGGLE TO
COME TO TERMS WITH THE TRAGEDY.

I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THE CHILDREN

AND THE FATHER THAT'S SUFFERING
RIGHT NOW WITH HIS LOSS.

Reporter #4:
A HUSBAND AND FATHER

NOW LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES.

Wark: I FOUND OUT THAT ANDREA
WAS SEEING RUSTY.

SHE SENT ME
A LITTLE UPDATE OF HER LIFE.

SHE HAD A GOOD JOB,

AND SHE WAS
A REALLY WONDERFUL NURSE.

SHE HAD MET THIS NICE YOUNG MAN

WHO LIVED
IN HER APARTMENT COMPLEX

AND HIS NAME WAS RUSTY.

EARLY THE NEXT YEAR,

I GOT AN INVITATION
TO HER WEDDING.

SHE LOOKED JUST BEAUTIFUL,
THIS LOVELY WHITE DRESS.

HER HAIR WAS PULLED BACK.
SHE WAS SO, SO HAPPY.

HOW COULD MY DEAR FRIEND,
WHOM I LOVED LIKE A SISTER,

HOW COULD THIS
HAVE POSSIBLY HAPPENED?

Woman on radio:
OUR QUESTION FOR TODAY

IS SHOULD ANDREA YATES
FACE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES?

JONATHAN IN GEORGIA SAYS
A MOTHER

THAT WOULD KNOWINGLY DROWN
HER OWN CHILDREN

SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH.

SO MANY ACTIONS ARE BLAMED ON...

Parnham: I RECALL HEARING IT
ON THE RADIO.

THAT EVENING,

I RECEIVED A MESSAGE
ON MY ANSWERING SERVICE.

I HESITATED TO CALL BACK
FOR PROBABLY 30 MINUTES.

I KNEW IN MY GUT THAT THIS CASE
WOULD HAVE A MARKED IMPRESSION

ON MY PROFESSIONAL
AND PERSONAL LIFE.

♪

Wark: I DO REMEMBER ANDREA
CALLED ME WHEN NOAH WAS BORN.

I WENT TO SEE HER.

SHE'S SITTING THERE
IN THE HOSPITAL,

LOOKING SO COMPLETELY HAPPY
AND SATISFIED.

I DIDN'T SEE THAT SHE HAD
ANY MORE ANXIETY

THAN ANY OTHER
FIRST-TIME MOTHER.

SHE JUST WAS --
SHE WAS FULL OF JOY.

ANDREA'S IDEA
THAT YOU HAVE TO BE EXCELLENT

AT EVERYTHING YOU DO

AND SHE PROBABLY PUT
MORE PRESSURE ON HERSELF

THAN SHE NEEDED TO.

SHE BREASTFED.
SHE USED THE CLOTH DIAPERS.

LATER THE NEXT YEAR,
SHE SENT ME THE PICTURE

OF HER AND RUSTY
AND NOAH AND JOHN,

SO THAT'S HOW I KNEW
SHE HAD ANOTHER BABY.

Andrea: WHERE'S NOAH?

LOOK!

[ LAUGHTER ]

WHERE'S NOAH?

WHERE'D NOAH GO?

BOO!

[ HUMMING ]

Wark: I DO REMEMBER HER TELLING
ME THAT ON HER WEDDING DAY

THAT SHE AND RUSTY
WERE GONNA HAVE

AS MANY CHILDREN
AS GOD GAVE THEM.

[ HUMMING CONTINUES ]

[ LAUGHING ]

♪

Owmby:
WHAT STRIKES YOU THE MOST

IS HER RECALL
OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

ANDREA YATES WAITED TILL AFTER
HER HUSBAND HAD LEFT THE HOUSE.

IT SEEMED TO ME THAT HER ACTIONS

CARRYING OUT OF THE MURDERS
WERE PLANNED.

Curry: NOW MORE
ON THAT TRAGEDY IN HOUSTON.

POLICE FOUND FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN
DEAD IN A HOME,

AND THEY SAY THE MOTHER
HAS CONFESSED TO KILLING THEM,

APPARENTLY
DROWNING THEM IN A BATHTUB.

Parnham:
I WENT DOWN TO SEE ANDREA.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT MEETING
WITH MY NEW CLIENT.

ANDREA WAS BASICALLY MUTE.

I STOOD TO LEAVE, AND SHE SAID,
"PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE."

I MADE UP MY MIND
AT THAT MOMENT OF TIME

THAT I WOULD NEVER LEAVE HER.

Russell:
I GOT A CALL FROM MY WIFE.

AND SHE SAID, "YOU NEED
TO COME HOME."

AND I SAID, "W-WHAT'S WRONG,
ANDREA? IS ANYONE HURT?"

AND SHE SAID,
"YES, THE CHILDREN."

AND SHE SAID, "ALL OF THEM."

AND I JUST -- I MEAN, MY HEART
JUST SUNK, YOU KNOW?

Owmby: WHEN HE LEFT,
HE THOUGHT THINGS WERE NORMAL.

HIS MOTHER WAS COMING
TO CHECK IN.

SO ALL OF THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED
IN THE HOUR

BEFORE HIS MOTHER
WAS SET TO ARRIVE.

WE WENT THROUGH THE EVIDENCE,

THE STEPS THAT SHE TOOK --

RUNNING THE BATHWATER,

TALKING TO THE CHILDREN,
TAKING THEM ONE AT A TIME,

PUTTING THE CHILDREN IN THE BED
WHEN SHE WAS COMPLETED.

DROWNING IS NOT
AN EASY THING TO DO.

IT REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE EFFORT.

THERE WERE SIGNS OF SOME
STRUGGLE IN THE AUTOPSY REPORTS.

THERE WERE BRUISES
AND INDICATIONS

THAT THERE WAS A FIGHT.

THERE WERE WET FOOTPRINTS
TO THE DOOR.

SO WE KNOW ONE OF THE CHILDREN,
NOAH, WAS CONSCIOUS ENOUGH

OF WHAT WAS GOING ON
TO ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.

Stumpo: THE KID WAS TRYING

TO RUN AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER
TO LIVE.

AND SHE EVENTUALLY CAUGHT HIM
AND KILLED HIM.

THAT'S WHY SHE GOT SOAKING WET

BECAUSE HE WAS FIGHTING
IN THE TUB.

Reporter #5:
ANDREA YATES TOLD POLICE

SHE METHODICALLY DROWNED
HER FIVE KIDS IN THE BATHTUB,

BUT THAT HER OLDEST SON,
NOAH, SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON

AND WAS DRAGGED
INTO THE BATHROOM

TO MEET THE SAME FATE
AS HIS BROTHERS AND BABY SISTER.

Owmby: THE TIME THAT THIS
MUST HAVE TAKEN,

IT ALL SEEMED SO METHODICAL.

THIS IS NOT A PERSON
SOMEHOW BECOMING SO ANGRY

AT THEIR CHILDREN
THAT THEY SNAPPED.

Stumpo: WHEN YOU START DWELLING
BACK ON THE HUMANITY OF IT

IS WHEN IT REALLY STARTS
TO BOTHER YOU.

YOU REALIZE THAT
THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE...

SORRY. I HAD TO CHOKE...

WHAT SHE DID TO THOSE KIDS...

THEY TRUSTED THEIR MOTHER.

THE PERSON THEY TRUST
THE MOST IN THE WORLD,

SHE KILLED THEM FOR NO REASON.

All: ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR NOAH ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

Russell:
I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT.

I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,

"IS THERE ANYTHING I COULD
HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW?"

Wark: I THINK RUSTY
WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK

AFTER THIS HAPPENED.

I THINK HE WAS UNDER AN
EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF STRESS.

I THINK IT TOOK HIM SOME TIME
TO PROCESS.

MY WIFE, I'M --
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF HER, YOU KNOW,

IT'S HARD BECAUSE ONE HAND,

I KNOW SHE -- SHE KILLED OUR
CHILDREN, YOU KNOW,

BUT ON THE OTHER,
I KNOW THAT -- THAT, YOU KNOW,

THE WOMAN HERE IS NOT THE WOMAN
THAT KILLED MY CHILDREN.

Resnick: I SAW MRS. YATES ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AFTER THE KILLINGS.

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE
OF MY INTERVIEW

WAS WHETHER
SHE WAS LEGALLY INSANE.

MRS. YATES HAD A BELIEF

THAT CHILDREN WERE NOT
ACCOUNTABLE

FOR THEIR ACTIONS TO GOD
UNTIL THEY WERE 10 YEARS OLD.

WHEN SOMEONE
IS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS LIKE THAT,

I NEED TO SORT OUT
TO WHAT EXTENT THESE IDEAS

ARE HELD BY HER CO-RELIGIONISTS.

GOD IS GONNA DESTROY THIS EARTH
AND ALL YOU WRETCHED SINNERS!

Owmby: RUSSELL YATES HAD
A MENTORSHIP WITH A PREACHER

WHO HAD RIGID BELIEFS
AROUND FAMILY AND FATHERHOOD

AND THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY.

[ LAUGHING ]

OH, CRAZY, CRAZY!

NO, NO, NO, YOU CRAZY.
YOU CRAZY.

Spencer: THE PREACHER
THAT THEY FOLLOWED

WAS MICHAEL WORONIECKI,

AND RUSTY TOLD ME
THAT WORONIECKI

WAS A SOFT-SPOKEN PREACHER.

YOU DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO
SOMEONE TELL YOU HATEFUL THINGS.

Spencer:
I WAS A BIT IN SHOCK

BECAUSE
IF YOU WATCH VIDEOS OF HIM,

HE'S GESTURING WILDLY,

AND HE'S IN WEIRD COSTUMES,

BASICALLY SCREAMING
"YOU'RE GOING TO HELL."

WE ALL GO TO HELL!

YES! TO HELL!

Spencer: ANDREA HAD INNUMERABLE
TAPES OF WORONIECKI'S PREACHING

AND LISTENED TO IT ALL THE TIME.

Woroniecki: IT SAYS THAT THE
WORD OF GOD IS MORE PRECIOUS

THAN GOLD OR SILVER.

HONESTLY,
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU IMPLEMENT
THAT INTO LIFE IN REPENTANCE

THAT YOU WILL FIND
THE FAVOR OF GOD.

Andrea: WHO'S THAT?

Spencer: THE YATES FAMILY

WANTED TO FOLLOW
WORONIECKI'S TEACHINGS...

YOU'RE ALMOST THERE.

SO THEY MOVED OUT
OF THEIR FIRST HOUSE

THAT THEY OWNED TOGETHER

AND MOVED
INTO THE TRAILER PARK.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

AT THAT POINT,
ANDREA WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.

Andrea: I'LL POINT TO
AN ORANGE AND A PUMPKIN.

IN 1997, ANDREA FOUND OUT

SHE WAS PREGNANT
WITH BABY NUMBER THREE -- PAUL.

Andrea: WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF THAT?

YOU SURE?
COME ON.

YEAH.

ANDREA STARTED EXCHANGING
LETTERS WITH WORONIECKI'S WIFE,

AND THEY'RE BASICALLY,

"ANDREA, YOU'VE GOT TO BE
A BETTER MOTHER.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE A BETTER WIFE.

YOU'RE A SINNER.
YOU'RE A JEZEBEL.

YOU'RE GOING TO HELL."

♪ A B C D ♪

♪ H I J K L M ♪

[ SINGING INDISTINCTLY ]

JESUS DOES SINGLE OUT
ONE GROUP...

CHILDREN.

THEN WHAT?

[ BABBLES ]

-NO.
-[ LAUGHS ]

Woroniecki: "WHOEVER CAUSES
ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES

WHO BELIEVE IN ME TO STUMBLE,

IT IS BETTER FOR HIM
THAT A HEAVY MILLSTONE

TO BE HUNG AROUND HIS NECK

AND HE BE DROWNED
IN THE DEPTH OF THE SEA."

"I MEAN, JESUS, YOU'RE SAYING
TO KILL YOURSELF?" "YEAH."

Resnick: MRS. YATES WAS
VERY CONCERNED

THAT SHE HAD BEEN A BAD MOTHER.

WHAT THE CHILDREN
WERE DOING WRONG

TURNED OUT TO BE
ONLY VERY MINOR THINGS.

NOTHING THAT WOULD DESERVE

BEING PUNISHED
BY KILLING THEM.

Spencer: AND THE WORONIECKIS
TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,

LIVING IN A BUS.

RUSTY WANTED TO LIVE
THE LIFESTYLE THAT THEY DID.

SO HE BOUGHT THE BUS FROM THEM
AND MOVED INTO THE BUS.

Andrea: THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.

I'M GONNA GET YOU.

[ LAUGHING ]

Parnham: THE KIDS SLEPT
IN THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT.

Spencer: IN FEBRUARY OF 1999,
LUKE WAS BORN.

Andrea: GOING HOME
WITH OUR LATEST ADDITION.

LUKE, LUKE DAVID.

AND THEY'RE DRIVING BACK
TO THE TRAILER PARK.

THE PARK HAD PUT UP A SIGN
WELCOMING THE NEW BABY.

WHAT'S THAT SAY, BOYS?

IT SAYS, "CONGRATULATIONS,
RUSTY AND ANDREA.

IT'S A BOY."
HA HA. SO CUTE.

IT'S JUST AFTER THIS DAY,
EVERYTHING CHANGED.

THAT'S SO CUTE.

♪ Q R S T U V ♪

♪ W X Y AND Z ♪

♪ NOW I KNOW MY ABC's ♪

♪ WON'T YOU COME
AND PLAY WITH ME? ♪

♪

Reporter #6:
RUSSELL YATES ARRIVED

AT HIS CHILDREN'S
MEMORIAL SERVICE

BEARING AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE
BURDEN --

A FATHER FORCED
TO SAY GOODBYE TO FIVE CHILDREN

WITH THE WORLD WATCHING.

Wark:
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE

AND VERY, VERY SAD.

RUSTY GIVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
EULOGY FOR HIS CHILDREN.

IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS
JUST HEART-WRENCHING.

Reporter #6: 7-YEAR-OLD
NOAH WAS DESCRIBED

AS THE INDEPENDENT FIRSTBORN.

5-YEAR-OLD JOHN HAD
THE CONTAGIOUS FAMILY SMILE.

3-YEAR-OLD PAUL
WAS THE PERFECT CHILD.

2-YEAR-OLD LUKE WAS FEARLESS,

EARNING HIM
THE NICKNAME "BULLDOZER."

AND ABOUT 6-MONTH-OLD MARY,
YATES SAID HE WAS STUNNED

THAT HE'D FINALLY BEEN BLESSED
WITH A GIRL.

Wark: RUSTY HELD UP
A CROCHETED BABY BLANKET,

AND HE TALKED ABOUT
HOW MARY WOULD

GET HER FEET TANGLED UP
AND POKED THROUGH THE HOLES.

AND THAT HAD THE FUNERAL
GOERS ABOUT TO LOSE IT

BECAUSE IT MADE IT REAL.

Resnick: RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
ARE MORE LIKELY

TO HAVE RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS
THAN NON-RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.

AND SOME RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS
MAY LEAD TO A HOMICIDE.

IN TEXAS, ANDREA YATES
FACES ARRAIGNMENT TODAY

ON CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES.

SHE IS ACCUSED OF DROWNING
HER FIVE CHILDREN

BACK IN JUNE.

Reporter #7: ANDREA YATES'
ATTORNEY, GEORGE PARNHAM, SAYS

HIS CLIENT WILL ENTER A PLEA
OF NOT GUILTY

BY REASON OF INSANITY.

Parnham: IN ORDER FOR THE
INSANITY DEFENSE TO BE CREDIBLE,

ONE MUST BE SUFFERING
FROM A SEVERE MENTAL DISEASE.

AND AS A RESULT THEREOF,
DOES NOT KNOW

WHAT HE OR SHE'S DOING IS WRONG.

IT WAS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE
HER MENTAL STATE

AT THE TIME
THAT SHE DROWNED THE KIDS.

Reporter #8: TEXAS LAW
IS NOTORIOUSLY STRICT

ON ACCEPTING
THE INSANITY DEFENSE

WITH 75% OF PLEAS
ENDING IN FAILURE.

Resnick: NOT ONE OF THE EXPERTS
WHO EVALUATED MRS. YATES

EVER SUGGESTED THAT
HER ILLNESS WAS NOT GENUINE.

SHE HAD HAD FOUR PSYCHIATRIC
HOSPITALIZATIONS

BEFORE SHE KILLED HER CHILDREN.

-BE JACK RABBIT.
-YOU'RE GONNA BE A JACK RABBIT?

Spencer: APRIL 29, 1999,

THEY'RE STILL LOOKING LIKE
A PRETTY HAPPY FAMILY.

Andrea: WATCH NOAH BE
A JACK RABBIT.

YOU CAN IMAGINE --

A SCHOOL BUS,
TWO ADULTS AND FOUR CHILDREN.

IT'S A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN.

[ LAUGHTER ]

Russell: THAT'S HOW
YOU DO IT.

♪

ANDREA WAS ADMITTED
TO A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY.

SO CUTE!

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

Resnick: POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
OCCURS IN 1 IN 10 WOMEN.

SOMETIMES WOMEN ARE RELUCTANT

TO SHARE THAT THEY ARE
HARDLY ABLE TO FUNCTION.

Spencer: ANDREA WAS RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL

AND WENT BACK TO HER
PARENTS' HOUSE.

TWO WEEKS LATER,

RUSTY NOTICED
THAT ANDREA WAS MISSING.

RUSTY CAME IN AND WRESTLED
THE KNIFE AWAY FROM HER.

SHE WAS SAYING, "NO, NO,
LET ME DO IT.

LET ME DO IT."

AND SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AGAIN.

ANDREA MET WITH
DR. EILEEN STARBRANCH,

AND STARBRANCH SAID THAT ANDREA

WAS ONE OF THE SICKEST PATIENTS
SHE'D EVER SEEN.

Resnick:
MRS. YATES WAS DIAGNOSED

WITH POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS

RATHER THAN DEPRESSION ALONE.

POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS
IS MUCH, MUCH MORE RARE,

WHERE SOMEONE ACTUALLY
HAS DELUSIONS OR HALLUCINATIONS.

AND IN POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS,
THERE IS A 4% RISK

THAT THE NEWBORN INFANT
WILL BE KILLED.

Spencer: DR. STARBRANCH PUT HER
ON HALDOL, AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC.

IT WAS THE ONE DRUG
THAT WORKED ON ANDREA.

SHE BEGAN IMPROVING AND BECAME
MORE IN TOUCH WITH REALITY.

All:
♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪

Spencer:
RUSTY BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE

IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA.

IT HAD THREE BEDROOMS,
TWO BATHROOMS.

IT WAS A HOME.

ONCE SHE GOT OVER THE PSYCHOSIS,

ANDREA QUIT TAKING HER MEDS.

LIFE WENT ON.

Andrea: ...AROUND
THE HOUSE NOW. COME ON.

IT TOOK A WHILE,
BUT SHE JUST SNAPPED OUT OF IT.

SHE WAS LIKE HERSELF AGAIN
ALL OF A SUDDEN.

HELLO.
CAN YOU SAY "BANANA"?

NANA.

TO ME, SHE FULLY RECOVERED
FROM THE FIRST DEPRESSION.

♪

Parnham: DR. STARBRANCH
ADVISED THEM,

AND SPECIFICALLY RUSTY,
NOT TO HAVE ANY MORE CHILDREN.

MRS. YATES WOULD
VERY LIKELY AGAIN

HAVE A SEVERE
PSYCHIATRIC REACTION

TO HAVING ANOTHER CHILD.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT NOT HAVING
ANY MORE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW.

I TALKED TO ANDREA WHEN SHE WAS
FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WE HAD A GOOD TALK ABOUT THAT
AND, YOU KNOW,

BOTH OF US REALLY
WENT INTO OUR MARRIAGE,

YOU KNOW, SAYING WE'LL JUST HAVE
AS MANY KIDS AS CAME ALONG,

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED.

♪

THERE'S THE PRECIOUS
LITTLE GIRL.

SHE LOOKS ASLEEP.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

Spencer: ON NOVEMBER 30, 2000,
MARY WAS BORN,

THE FIRST GIRL IN THE FAMILY

WHEN RUSTY WAS ALWAYS
EXPECTING BOYS,

SO THEY WERE ALL
LITTLE BIT OF SHOCKED.

SHE'S A CUTE LITTLE BABY.

LOVE YOU.

Spencer: AFTER MARY WAS BORN,

ANDREA'S FATHER
HAD BEEN IN POOR HEALTH,

AND HE WAS ADMITTED
TO THE HOSPITAL.

ABOUT 12:30 IN THE MORNING,

ANDREA'S FATHER DIED.

Ward: I KNOW THAT SHE HAD LOVED
HER DAD SO VERY MUCH.

IF YOU'RE A PERSON
WITH A FRAGILE MENTALITY

AND A HISTORY
OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION,

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCEEDINGLY
DIFFICULT FOR HER TO COPE.

Spencer:
AFTER HER FATHER'S DEATH,

THE CHANGE IN ANDREA
WAS IMMEDIATE.

Resnick: SHE GOT SERIOUSLY
DEPRESSED AGAIN

AND WAS RE-HOSPITALIZED.

Spencer: RUSTY FOUND DEVEREAUX
TREATMENT NETWORK

THAT WAS CLOSER TO HOME.

DR. SAEED WAS ON STAFF
AT DEVEREAUX.

Resnick: DR. SAEED WAS AWARE
OF SOME PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS

IN MRS. YATES,
AND THAT'S WHY HE TREATED HER

WITH BOTH AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC
AND ANTIDEPRESSANT.

EVEN THOUGH MRS. YATES
STILL HAD DELUSIONAL IDEAS,

SHE DELIBERATELY DID NOT SHARE
HER PSYCHOTIC THINKING

WITH HER TREATING PSYCHIATRIST.

SO WHEN SHE COMPLAINED

OF THE SIDE EFFECTS
OF THE ANTIPSYCHOTIC,

DR. SAEED DISCONTINUED
HER HALDOL.

Spencer: HERE YOU HAVE
A MENTALLY ILL,

PSYCHOTIC HUMAN BEING

BEING TAKEN OFF
OF HER ANTIPSYCHOTIC?

♪

ANDREA'S LAST APPOINTMENT
WITH DR. SAEED,

RUSTY ASKED THE DOCTOR
TO PUT HER BACK ON HALDOL.

THIS DID NOT HAPPEN.

AND TWO DAYS LATER, THEIR
FIVE CHILDREN WERE ALL DEAD.

Curry: TODAY OPENING STATEMENTS
ARE BEING GIVEN

IN THE MURDER TRIAL
OF ANDREA YATES.

SHE IS THE HOUSTON MOTHER

WHO ADMITS DROWNING HER
FIVE CHILDREN IN THE BATHTUB.

Reporter #9: THE HORROR OF THIS
CRIME IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION.

HELD UNDER THE WATER...

Stumpo: IT WAS SENSATIONAL.

Woman: PEOPLE KEEP LOOKING
AT THE HORROR OF WHAT HAPPENED

Stumpo: IT WAS A MIDDLE-CLASS
WOMAN, PROFESSIONAL HUSBAND,

WORKED FOR NASA,
VERY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.

YATES' RELIGIOUS BELIEFS HAVE
BECOME A FOCUS OF TESTIMONY

JUST THIS WEEK.

Stumpo: THE MEDIA JUST LATCHED
ON TO THIS THING

AND TOOK OFF WITH IT
LIKE A RACEHORSE.

Spencer: BECAUSE
OF THE ANDREA YATES TRIAL,

PEOPLE LEARNED
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.

IT BECAME, YOU KNOW,
A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.

IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

Reporter #10: YATES IS FIGHTING
FOR HER LIFE.

SHE FACES THE DEATH PENALTY.

Owmby: WE DECIDED TO SEEK
THE DEATH PENALTY

BASED ON THE MAGNITUDE
OF THIS OFFENSE.

SHE IS PRESUMED TO BE SANE,
TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.

IN JOHN'S LITTLE FIST
IS HER HAIR.

HE FOUGHT.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO DIE.

Reporter #11: PROTESTERS BEGAN
SHOWING UP AT THE COURTHOUSE.

THIS POSITION OF GOING
FOR THE DEATH PENALTY,

JUST BLOODTHIRSTY
IN MY OPINION.

Man #9: IF ANDREA YATES IS FOUND
GUILTY BY A JURY OF HER PEERS

FOR THE CAPITAL MURDER
OF HER CHILDREN,

THEN SHE SHOULD RECEIVE
THE DEATH PENALTY.

Owmby: OUR STRATEGY
DURING THE TRIAL

WAS TO RELY ON THE EVIDENCE

TO FOCUS THE JURY
ON THE DECISIONS

THAT ANDREA YATES MADE.

SHE KILLED THE CHILDREN
IN THE HOUR

FROM THE TIME DORA YATES,
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW,

WAS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE

AND THE TIME THAT RUSTY YATES,
HER HUSBAND,

LEFT FOR WORK --
BETWEEN 9:00 AND 10:00.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NO COINCIDENCE

THAT ANDREA YATES
CHOSE THE HOUR

WHEN HER HUSBAND WOULD BE AWAY
TO CARRY OUT THIS ACT.

SHE CALLED 911.

THAT IS AN INDICATION
THAT YOU BELIEVE

A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED.

AND THEREFORE, SHE KNEW
WHAT SHE WAS DOING WAS WRONG.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
THIS CASE IS ABOUT.

THIS CASE IS ABOUT
THE LAW ON INSANITY.

IT'S ABOUT WHY WE SAY THE LAW IS

THAT YOU HAVE
TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG

AND WHY WE DON'T SAY

THAT THE PRODUCT
OF YOUR MENTAL ILLNESS

IS ENOUGH FOR YOU
TO BE FOUND INSANE.

Resnick: MRS. YATES KNEW THAT
IT WAS A SIN AND AGAINST THE LAW

TO KILL THE CHILDREN.

THAT WAS UNDISPUTED.

BUT SHE FELT
IT WAS A LESSER SIN

THAN THAT THE CHILDREN WOULD
LOSE THEIR SOULS

AND NEVER GET INTO HEAVEN.

Parnham:
TO EMPLOY THE INSANITY DEFENSE,

YOU HAVE TO ADMIT WHAT YOU DID,

BUT THEN PLAY THE DEFENSE
OF NOT KNOWING

WHAT SHE'S DOING IS WRONG.

IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

IF THIS WOMAN DOESN'T MEET
THE TEST OF INSANITY

IN THIS STATE, THEN NOBODY DOES.

ZERO.

WE MIGHT AS WELL
WIPE IT FROM THE BOOKS.

SHE WAS SO PSYCHOTIC
ON JUNE THE 20th

THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVED
WHAT SHE WAS DOING

WAS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO FOR THOSE CHILDREN.

♪

Owmby: I MET DR. DIETZ
FAIRLY EARLY IN THE CASE,

AND HE CONDUCTED SOMEWHERE

BETWEEN 10 AND 20 HOURS
OF INTERVIEWS WITH ANDREA YATES.

I LEARNED THAT HE HAD BEEN
A CONSULTANT

TO THE "LAW & ORDER" SERIES.

HE KNEW OF AN EPISODE

THAT HAD AIRED
WITH THAT SCENARIO

THAT THERE WAS
A FEIGNED MENTAL ILLNESS,

A PERSON THAT DROWNED A CHILD.

Parnham:
RUSTY HAD ALREADY TOUCHED UPON

THAT HE AND ANDREA WOULD WATCH
"LAW & ORDER."

Owmby: IT WAS A REASONABLE,

IF SOMEWHAT SPECULATIVE,
CONCLUSION

THAT IF SHE WATCHED
THE PROGRAM HABITUALLY

AND AN EPISODE LIKE THIS AIRED
THAT SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT.

Parnham: THAT WAS USED
BY THE STATE

IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENT.

Owmby: SHE BEGINS TO GET
VERY DEPRESSED

AND GOES INTO DEVEREAUX.

THESE THOUGHTS CAME TO HER.

SHE WATCHES
"LAW & ORDER" REGULARLY.

SHE SEES THIS PROGRAM.

THERE IS A WAY OUT...

A WAY OUT.

Parnham: WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE
OF THE EXISTENCE OF THAT EPISODE

UNTIL THE TESTIMONY CAME FORTH
IN FRONT OF A JURY.

DR. DIETZ MADE THE DETERMINATION

THAT THIS WAS A BLUEPRINT
FOR ANDREA TO DO WHAT SHE DID.

WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT
THE "LAW & ORDER" EPISODE,

I WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED.

Reporter #12:
THE ANDREA YATES CASE IN HOUSTON

BROUGHT NEW AND INTENSE FOCUS
TO THE INSANITY DEFENSE.

Reporter #13: THE YATES CASE HAS
DRAWN NATIONAL ATTENTION

NOT ONLY BECAUSE
OF THE NATURE OF THE CRIME,

BUT BECAUSE IT RENEWED
LONG-STANDING QUESTIONS

ABOUT HOW THE MENTALLY ILL

ARE HANDLED
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

IT TOOK THE 12 MEMBERS
OF THE JURY

ONLY 3 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES
TO REACH THEIR DECISION.

Judge: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE COURT HAS BEEN ADVISED

THAT THE JURY
HAS REACHED A VERDICT

THE COURT DOES NOT KNOW
WHAT THAT VERDICT IS.

Parnham: I RECALL
HAVING A LUMP IN MY THROAT

WHEN THE JURY CAME BACK.

Judge: THE STATE OF TEXAS
VS. ANDREA PIA YATES.

"WE, THE JURY, FIND
THE DEFENDANT, ANDREA PIA YATES,

GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER
AS CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT."

Reporter #14:
A JURY IN HOUSTON

SENTENCED ANDREA YATES
TO LIFE IN PRISON TODAY

FOR DROWNING HER FIVE CHILDREN
IN A BATHTUB.

SHE COULD HAVE RECEIVED
THE DEATH PENALTY.

Owmby: WE OBVIOUSLY
WERE SATISFIED

THAT THEY HAD REACHED
THE RIGHT CONCLUSION.

IN A PERFECT WORLD,
THE YATES CHILDREN

WOULD BE ALIVE AND THRIVING
IN THE MIDST OF A LOVING FAMILY.

BUT IN THIS IMPERFECT WORLD,
THE BEST WE COULD DO

WAS TO SEE THAT JUSTICE
WAS DONE FOR THEM

AS VICTIMS
OF A HORRENDOUS CRIME.

Russell: NONE OF US WANTED HER
TO BE FOUND GUILTY.

IN FACT,
MOST OF US WERE OFFENDED

THAT SHE WAS EVEN PROSECUTED.

Parnham:
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,

THE MOST POSITIVE OUTCOME
OF THIS CASE

IS THAT AMERICANS
HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND

IN A MOST EXTREME
AND PAINFUL EXAMPLE

THE PLIGHT OF THE MENTALLY ILL.

Reporter #15: THE PROSECUTION
HAD AN ADVANTAGE.

THEY HAD A GENTLEMAN
BY THE NAME OF DR. PARK DIETZ,

WHO'S TESTIFIED
IN A LOT OF CASES.

HE WROTE A 100-PAGE REPORT.

IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.

THE JURY SEEM TO BELIEVE
HE WAS TRUSTWORTHY.

Parnham: A YOUNG REPORTER
CALLED ME ASIDE

AND QUESTIONED
THE CREDIBILITY OF DR. DIETZ.

SHE WATCHED
EVERY EPISODE OF "LAW & ORDER,"

AND SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF
ANY SUCH SHOW EVER EXISTING.

Owmby: I GOT A CALL
FROM THE PRODUCER

OF THE "LAW & ORDER" SERIES,
RANTING ABOUT

HOW THERE
WAS NEVER SUCH A PROGRAM

AND WONDERED WHAT THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THAT WOULD BE.

Reporter #16: WHAT ABOUT
PARK DIETZ'S TESTIMONY?

DOES THAT KIND OF IMPEACH
THE STATE'S CREDIBILITY?

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

Reporter #17:
THEY SAID IT WAS A LIE.

THEY SAID -- WELL, THEY SAID
THAT THE STATEMENT WAS NOT TRUE.

AND THAT'S A SENSE --
IN THE ABSOLUTE SENSE --

A LIE USUALLY IMPLIES THAT
IT WAS SOMETHING INTENTIONAL.

HE MADE A MISTAKE.

DR. DIETZ CONFUSED SOME EPISODES
OF "LAW & ORDER."

AND IN THE MOMENT HE WAS ASKED
ON CROSS-EXAMINATION,

MISTAKENLY TESTIFIED
THAT SUCH AN EPISODE HAD AIRED.

Parnham: I TOOK THAT
TO THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS,

BEING ABLE TO SHOW
THAT SUCH A SHOW NEVER EXISTED,

AND THE COURT OF APPEALS
REVERSED THAT CASE

ON THE FALSE TESTIMONY
OF PARK DIETZ

UNDER OATH
ON THE WITNESS STAND.

♪

Reporter #18: IN 2002,
YATES WAS CONVICTED

OF CAPITAL MURDER
AT HER FIRST TRIAL

AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.

Reporter #19:
THE SECOND TRIAL

COULD BE A NEAR DUPLICATE
OF THE FIRST ONE

WHEN A JURY REJECTED
YATES INSANITY DEFENSE.

THE TRIAL COULD LAST
ABOUT A MONTH.

Stumpo:
I WAS SICK TO MY STOMACH.

I MEAN, HOW MANY CHANCES
DO YOU --

SHE KILLED FIVE OF HER CHILDREN,

AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
A RETRIAL?

I MEAN, COME ON.

Parnham:
THE JIST OF THIS TRIAL

WAS ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH
OF THE DEFENDANT.

Owmby: THE PUBLIC OPINION
KIND OF CHANGED

FROM "HOW COULD ANYONE DO THIS
TO THESE CHILDREN?

THEY SHOULD BE
EXECUTED IMMEDIATELY."

TO "HOW CAN YOU PROSECUTE
SOMEONE

WHO SUFFERS
FROM THIS MENTAL ILLNESS?"

Reporter #20:
YATES' SUPPORTERS SAY

SHE SHOULD BE TREATED
FOR HER ILLNESS

RATHER THAN PUNISHED
FOR THE CRIME.

Wark: I WAS VERY PLEASED
THAT ANDREA HAD A SECOND TRIAL

BECAUSE
SHE'S NOT AN EVIL PERSON.

SHE'S A CRAZY PERSON.

ENOUGH INFORMATION HAD COME OUT.

SO I THINK THAT IT WAS
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY

FOR JUSTICE TO BE SERVED.

Woman: PEOPLE MAY BE
MUCH MORE SYMPATHETIC.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
THE PROSECUTION

IS CERTAINLY NOT GONNA LET
ANYBODY FORGET

EXACTLY WHAT MISS YATES DID.

Woman #2: NOW I'VE GOT HIS HEAD
UP A COUPLE OF TIMES.

SHE WAS ABLE TO PUSH HIM DOWN
AND CONTROL HIM

AND FORCE HIM UNDER THAT WATER

UNTIL HE LOST CONTROL
OF HIS BODY.

SHE HAD BEEN CONTEMPLATING
THE KILLING OF THESE CHILDREN

FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS.

Judge: MR. FOREMAN, HAS THE JURY
REACHED A VERDICT IN EACH CASE?

Man #10: YES, YOUR HONOR.

WILL YOU PLEASE PASS THEM
TO THE BENCH, PLEASE?

"WE, THE JURY,

FIND THE DEFENDANT,
ANDREA PIA YATES,

NOT GUILTY
BY REASON OF INSANITY."

Wark: I REMEMBER FEELING
RELIEVED FOR HER,

BEING HAPPY FOR HER
AT THE OUTCOME.

Parnham: MY REACTION WAS NOTHING
SHORT BUT ECSTATIC.

I WAS JUST VERY EMOTIONAL.

Resnick: THE JURY SAID,
"WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE KNEW

WHAT SHE DID
WAS AGAINST THE LAW,

BUT SHE BELIEVED
SHE WAS DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT."

AND I FOUND THAT
QUITE GRATIFYING

BECAUSE
THAT HAD BEEN THE ESSENCE

OF WHAT
I HAD BEEN TRYING TO CONVEY.

WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THRILLED
WITH THE VERDICT.

YOU KNOW, LAST TIME,
THE JUDGE SAID,

YOU KNOW, "FIND
THE DEFENDANT GUILTY,"

AND WE JUST THOUGHT
SHE LEFT OUT THE WORD "NOT."

YOU KNOW, AND THIS TIME
WE HEARD IT, SO WE'RE HAPPY.

♪

♪

♪

Owmby: SHE IS CONFINED,

IF NOT BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW,
BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE LAW.

I DON'T BELIEVE ANY JUDGE
WHO KNOWS THE HISTORY

OF WHAT HAPPENED
WILL BE INCLINED TO RELEASE HER.

Parnham: I DECIDED TO START

THE YATES CHILDREN
MEMORIAL FUND.

HOPEFULLY IN SOME WAY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE

IN HOW WOMEN ARE TREATED

IN THE MENTAL HEALTH
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Resnick:
AS A RESULT OF MRS. YATES' CASE,

TEXAS ACTUALLY PASSED A LAW

MANDATING THAT A SCREENING TEST
FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

BE ADMINISTERED TO ALL WOMEN
WHO GAVE BIRTH IN TEXAS.

Wark: ONE REASON I HAVEN'T BEEN
IN TOUCH WITH ANDREA --

BECAUSE I'VE TREASURED MEMORIES
OF ANDREA AS HERSELF.

I REMEMBER ANDREA
AS A VIBRANT, SMART, DILIGENT --

JUST -- JUST MOST INTEGRITY
OF ANYONE I'VE EVER MET.

SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL,
JUST SPARKLING WITH LIFE.

SO THAT'S MY MEMORY OF HER.

IT'S SO HEARTBREAKING TO ME.