1 00:00:01,102 --> 00:00:08,340 ♪ 2 00:00:08,442 --> 00:00:09,541 Russell: YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ME 3 00:00:09,643 --> 00:00:11,010 ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES TO GET TO WORK. 4 00:00:11,112 --> 00:00:13,379 WAS THERE A LITTLE LESS THAN AN HOUR, 5 00:00:13,481 --> 00:00:14,880 AND I GOT A CALL FROM MY WIFE. 6 00:00:14,982 --> 00:00:17,950 AND SHE SAID, "YOU NEED TO COME HOME." 7 00:00:18,052 --> 00:00:21,887 AND I SAID, "W-WHAT'S WRONG, ANDREA? IS ANYONE HURT?" 8 00:00:21,989 --> 00:00:23,122 AND SHE SAID, "YES..." 9 00:00:24,291 --> 00:00:27,159 "...THE CHILDREN. 10 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:28,627 ALL OF THEM." 11 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:33,532 ♪ 12 00:00:33,634 --> 00:00:36,035 Woodruff: IT SENT SHOCK WAVES AROUND THE WORLD, 13 00:00:36,137 --> 00:00:38,237 AND THE REPERCUSSION ARE CERTAIN TO BE FELT 14 00:00:38,339 --> 00:00:40,272 FOR YEARS TO COME. 15 00:00:40,374 --> 00:00:41,907 [ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ] 16 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:44,376 Man: WHEN THE CHILDREN STARTED TALKING ABOUT ROBES AND CANDLES, 17 00:00:44,478 --> 00:00:46,612 YOU COULD SEE THAT IT HAD TO BE SATANIC. 18 00:00:48,315 --> 00:00:50,649 Man TO EXAMINE EVIDENCE 19 00:00:50,751 --> 00:00:51,817 FOLLOWING UP ON A SUBSTANTIAL... 20 00:00:51,919 --> 00:00:53,352 Man 21 00:00:53,454 --> 00:00:55,254 AS A CRIMINAL INSTEAD OF A VICTIM. 22 00:00:58,859 --> 00:01:00,559 Man A SHOCKER. IT WAS STUNNING. 23 00:01:00,661 --> 00:01:02,194 Man I HAVE SEEN AMBULANCES. 24 00:01:02,296 --> 00:01:03,996 I CANNOT TELL YOU IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY INJURIES. 25 00:01:04,098 --> 00:01:05,931 Man OF TERROR. 26 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:08,934 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 27 00:01:09,036 --> 00:01:12,071 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 28 00:01:13,707 --> 00:01:21,146 ♪ 29 00:01:54,715 --> 00:01:57,783 Stumpo: WAS EARLY MORNING, 9:00, 10:00. 30 00:01:57,885 --> 00:02:00,052 I JUST RECEIVED A REGULAR 911 CALL, 31 00:02:00,154 --> 00:02:03,622 CHECK AN UNKNOWN-TYPE SITUATION. 32 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:05,791 IT WAS JUST A STANDARD CALL. 33 00:02:05,893 --> 00:02:10,195 I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ME, 34 00:02:10,297 --> 00:02:12,898 AND IT HAUNTS ME NOW TO THIS DAY. 35 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,166 [ SIREN WAILS ] 36 00:02:14,268 --> 00:02:15,901 I GOT THERE. 37 00:02:16,003 --> 00:02:18,704 ANOTHER UNIT WAS ALREADY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. 38 00:02:18,806 --> 00:02:21,840 CLEAR LAKE, TEXAS, IT'S A SUBURB OF HOUSTON. 39 00:02:21,942 --> 00:02:23,842 IT'S A MIDDLE-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD. 40 00:02:23,944 --> 00:02:25,144 A FEW PROPERTY CRIMES, 41 00:02:25,246 --> 00:02:28,714 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 42 00:02:28,816 --> 00:02:31,483 AS I ENTERED THE HOUSE, 43 00:02:31,585 --> 00:02:33,685 ANDREA YATES WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH, 44 00:02:33,787 --> 00:02:35,254 AND I ASKED OFFICER KNAPP, 45 00:02:35,356 --> 00:02:37,656 I SAID, "WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S GOING ON?" 46 00:02:37,758 --> 00:02:41,627 THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD ME IT'S A HOMICIDE. 47 00:02:41,729 --> 00:02:43,795 Reporter: THE CALL CAME FROM THIS HOUSE 48 00:02:43,898 --> 00:02:44,997 JUST BEFORE 10:00 A.M. 49 00:02:45,099 --> 00:02:46,265 WHEN I CAME IN LAST NIGHT, 50 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:48,267 THE FATHER WAS OUT WITH HIS 7-YEAR-OLD, 51 00:02:48,369 --> 00:02:50,068 AND THEY WERE SHOOTING BASKETS. 52 00:02:50,171 --> 00:02:52,304 IT LOOKED LIKE A NORMAL FAMILY SITUATION. 53 00:02:52,406 --> 00:02:55,641 IT WAS THE SUSPECT HERSELF WHO CALLED US 54 00:02:55,743 --> 00:02:59,011 AND SAID THAT SHE REQUIRED A POLICE UNIT TO GO BY HER HOUSE. 55 00:03:02,449 --> 00:03:05,784 Wark: MY SISTER CALLED ME AND SAID, "HEY, 56 00:03:05,886 --> 00:03:07,819 DON'T YOU HAVE A FRIEND NAMED ANDREA? 57 00:03:07,922 --> 00:03:11,089 I THINK YOUR FRIEND IS ON THE NEWS." 58 00:03:11,192 --> 00:03:12,791 I SWITCHED ON THE NEWS, 59 00:03:12,893 --> 00:03:15,260 AND I JUST GOT THIS SICK FEELING 60 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:16,929 IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH. 61 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,669 Stumpo: SHE SHOWED NO EMOTION, NO FEAR, NOTHING. 62 00:03:23,771 --> 00:03:26,505 I FIGURED SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND OR BOYFRIEND, 63 00:03:26,607 --> 00:03:29,041 AND I WALKED DOWN THIS LONG CORRIDOR. 64 00:03:29,143 --> 00:03:33,946 AND I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE A BODY -- A MAN'S BODY. 65 00:03:34,048 --> 00:03:37,516 Wark: ANDREA AND RUSTY WERE JUST A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE. 66 00:03:37,618 --> 00:03:38,817 WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED, 67 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:41,720 I REMEMBER BEING REALLY DELIGHTED FOR HER. 68 00:03:41,822 --> 00:03:43,255 FIRST HE'S AN ENGINEER. 69 00:03:43,357 --> 00:03:45,557 HE WORKED FOR A CONTRACTOR FOR NASA. 70 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:47,593 HE WAS SUCH A NICE, NICE MAN. 71 00:03:47,695 --> 00:03:49,428 I WAS SO HAPPY FOR ANDREA, 72 00:03:49,530 --> 00:03:52,431 THAT HE SEEMED TO BE SO VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH HER. 73 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:55,901 Stumpo: AND I WALKED INTO THE ROOM. 74 00:03:56,003 --> 00:04:00,038 THERE WAS NO BODY THERE, BUT I SAW A LITTLE HEAD, 75 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:02,241 AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A DOLL. 76 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:06,211 [ LAUGHTER ] 77 00:04:06,313 --> 00:04:07,546 Wark: ANDREA TOOK MOTHERING 78 00:04:07,648 --> 00:04:09,548 LIKE SHE TOOK EVERYTHING ELSE IN HER LIFE. 79 00:04:09,650 --> 00:04:13,852 SHE WAS DETERMINED TO BE EXCELLENT AT BEING A MOTHER. 80 00:04:13,954 --> 00:04:16,255 SHE WAS JUST THE SWEETEST MOM. 81 00:04:16,357 --> 00:04:18,974 SHE WAS WONDERFUL WITH THOSE KIDS. 82 00:04:20,144 --> 00:04:22,494 Stumpo: I WALKED OVER TO THE LITTLE HEAD 83 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:24,896 AND AS I GOT CLOSE TO IT, 84 00:04:24,999 --> 00:04:26,999 YOU KNOW, THE CLOSER I GOT, THE MORE I REALIZED, 85 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:30,869 "WHY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CHILD." 86 00:04:30,971 --> 00:04:33,605 AND I TOUCHED HIS FOREHEAD. IT WAS ICE COLD. 87 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:36,742 AND I PICKED UP THE BLANKET WHERE THE CHILD WAS, 88 00:04:36,844 --> 00:04:39,678 MORE CHILDREN STARTED TO MATERIALIZE. 89 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:43,015 AND THEY'RE ALL LINED UP ALL SIDE BY SIDE. 90 00:04:43,117 --> 00:04:46,118 THERE WERE FOUR OF THEM IN THAT BED. 91 00:04:46,220 --> 00:04:49,421 TO THIS DAY, MY MIND'S EYE CAN RE-CREATE THE IMAGE 92 00:04:49,523 --> 00:04:52,424 THAT I SAW. 93 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:54,626 I PUT THE BLANKET BACK ON TOP OF THE CHILDREN. 94 00:04:54,728 --> 00:04:57,129 I TURNED INTO THE BATHROOM, 95 00:04:57,231 --> 00:05:01,566 AND I FOUND THE OLDEST ONE FACEDOWN IN THE TUB. 96 00:05:01,669 --> 00:05:03,302 HE WAS JUST FLOATING. 97 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,874 WE WERE JUST IN SHOCK. 98 00:05:08,976 --> 00:05:10,976 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 99 00:05:11,078 --> 00:05:15,247 ♪ 100 00:05:15,349 --> 00:05:18,417 Curry: POLICE FOUND FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN DEAD IN A HOME, 101 00:05:18,519 --> 00:05:20,719 AND THEY SAY THE MOTHER HAS CONFESSED TO KILLING THEM, 102 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,988 APPARENTLY DROWNING THEM IN A BATHTUB. 103 00:05:23,090 --> 00:05:24,856 Man ALL THE CHILDREN WERE WET. 104 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:26,508 ONE WAS FOUND IN THE BATHTUB, 105 00:05:26,610 --> 00:05:28,894 BUT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE 106 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:30,929 IS GONNA HAVE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH 107 00:05:31,031 --> 00:05:33,065 IT COULD HAVE BEEN FROM SOME OTHER MEANS. 108 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:34,466 Man SOMETHING LIKE THIS, 109 00:05:34,568 --> 00:05:36,735 WHERE A PARENT HAS KILLED MULTIPLE CHILDREN AT ONCE, 110 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:40,405 IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF. 111 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,307 Stump: DURING ALL THIS TIME, 112 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,042 YATES WAS SITTING THERE. 113 00:05:44,144 --> 00:05:46,078 HER CLOTHES WERE TOTALLY SOAKED. 114 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:48,780 IT LOOKS LIKE SHE JUST CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER. 115 00:05:48,882 --> 00:05:51,116 SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. 116 00:05:51,218 --> 00:05:54,086 AND THEN HER HUSBAND SHOWED UP. 117 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:57,689 SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, HE BREACHED THE PERIMETER. 118 00:05:59,159 --> 00:06:01,860 AND SHE JUST LOOKED AT THE DOOR, DIDN'T SAY A WORD. 119 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:03,361 SHE JUST SAT THERE 120 00:06:03,447 --> 00:06:06,198 WITH THIS GLAZED LOOK ON HER FACE. 121 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:07,999 FIVE CHILDREN MURDERED IN THEIR OWN HOME, 122 00:06:08,102 --> 00:06:10,669 AND THE PRIME SUSPECT IS THEIR MOTHER. 123 00:06:10,771 --> 00:06:18,844 ♪ 124 00:06:18,946 --> 00:06:20,278 Wark: THE ANDREA THAT I KNEW 125 00:06:20,381 --> 00:06:22,447 WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 126 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:25,684 SOMETHING VERY WRONG WAS GOING ON. 127 00:06:25,786 --> 00:06:28,420 THE ANDREA THAT I KNEW WOULD NEVER HURT A FLY. 128 00:06:28,522 --> 00:06:30,922 SHE DID NOT HAVE A MEAN BONE IN HER BODY. 129 00:06:31,024 --> 00:06:32,324 Reporter WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW 130 00:06:32,426 --> 00:06:33,859 IS WHAT COULD HAVE PUSHED ANDREA YATES 131 00:06:33,961 --> 00:06:35,527 SO COMPLETELY OVER THE EDGE 132 00:06:35,629 --> 00:06:38,497 THAT SHE'S SUSPECTED OF KILLING HER OWN CHILDREN? 133 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:44,336 ♪ 134 00:06:44,438 --> 00:06:49,841 ♪ 135 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:51,977 Wark: I MET ANDREA WHEN WE WERE IN EIGHTH GRADE. 136 00:06:52,079 --> 00:06:53,879 SHE WAS IN MY ENGLISH CLASS. 137 00:06:53,981 --> 00:06:57,449 I WAS A MISFIT, AND SHE WAS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A MISFIT. 138 00:06:57,551 --> 00:06:59,418 SHE DIDN'T EVER CARE IF SHE WAS POPULAR, 139 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,087 AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT HER. 140 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:04,856 AND SO, WE BECAME FRIENDS. 141 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:06,858 HER PARENTS WERE WONDERFUL PARENTS. 142 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,061 THEY RAISED FIVE KIDS. THEY WERE FUN TO BE AROUND. 143 00:07:10,164 --> 00:07:13,565 BUT I DO KNOW THAT ANDREA'S PARENTS EXPECTED A LOT FROM HER. 144 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:17,536 THEY HAD A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE. 145 00:07:17,638 --> 00:07:22,607 WE WENT TO NURSING SCHOOL AT UT IN HOUSTON. 146 00:07:22,709 --> 00:07:26,745 ANDREA WAS THE MOST DILIGENT STUDENT YOU COULD EVER MEET. 147 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:30,048 WE DID HAVE ONE YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T TALK. 148 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:32,717 SHE WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH DEPRESSION. 149 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:34,986 ANDREA COULD BE PRIVATE WITH HER EMOTIONS. 150 00:07:35,088 --> 00:07:38,123 IF SHE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW. 151 00:07:38,225 --> 00:07:43,695 ♪ 152 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:45,063 Owmby: I WAS AT HOME. 153 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:47,966 WE GOT A CALL THAT THIS CASE WOULD LAND IN MY DIVISION. 154 00:07:48,068 --> 00:07:51,336 ALL WE KNEW WAS THAT A WOMAN HAD KILLED HER CHILDREN. 155 00:07:51,438 --> 00:07:52,737 IT WAS SO UNUSUAL -- 156 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,474 FIVE CHILDREN ALL DROWNED BY THE MOTHER. 157 00:07:55,576 --> 00:07:57,943 IT'S KIND OF SURREAL. 158 00:08:00,347 --> 00:08:01,913 Reporter A COMMUNITY IN CRISIS. 159 00:08:02,015 --> 00:08:03,982 COULD THEIR NEIGHBOR ANDREA YATES 160 00:08:04,084 --> 00:08:06,318 REALLY HAVE DROWNED HER FIVE CHILDREN? 161 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:07,619 Wark: EVERY TIME YOU TURNED ON THE NEWS, 162 00:08:07,721 --> 00:08:09,554 THERE WAS AN UPDATE ABOUT ANDREA. 163 00:08:09,656 --> 00:08:12,224 Reporter COME TO TERMS WITH THE TRAGEDY. 164 00:08:12,326 --> 00:08:14,459 I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THE CHILDREN 165 00:08:14,561 --> 00:08:17,262 AND THE FATHER THAT'S SUFFERING RIGHT NOW WITH HIS LOSS. 166 00:08:17,364 --> 00:08:18,430 Reporter A HUSBAND AND FATHER 167 00:08:18,532 --> 00:08:20,832 NOW LEFT TO PICK UP THE PIECES. 168 00:08:23,504 --> 00:08:25,504 Wark: I FOUND OUT THAT ANDREA WAS SEEING RUSTY. 169 00:08:25,606 --> 00:08:28,707 SHE SENT ME A LITTLE UPDATE OF HER LIFE. 170 00:08:28,809 --> 00:08:29,841 SHE HAD A GOOD JOB, 171 00:08:29,943 --> 00:08:33,078 AND SHE WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL NURSE. 172 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:34,846 SHE HAD MET THIS NICE YOUNG MAN 173 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:36,915 WHO LIVED IN HER APARTMENT COMPLEX 174 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:39,985 AND HIS NAME WAS RUSTY. 175 00:08:40,087 --> 00:08:41,186 EARLY THE NEXT YEAR, 176 00:08:41,288 --> 00:08:43,455 I GOT AN INVITATION TO HER WEDDING. 177 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:46,424 SHE LOOKED JUST BEAUTIFUL, THIS LOVELY WHITE DRESS. 178 00:08:46,527 --> 00:08:50,161 HER HAIR WAS PULLED BACK. SHE WAS SO, SO HAPPY. 179 00:08:50,264 --> 00:08:55,066 HOW COULD MY DEAR FRIEND, WHOM I LOVED LIKE A SISTER, 180 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:57,636 HOW COULD THIS HAVE POSSIBLY HAPPENED? 181 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:00,939 Woman on radio: OUR QUESTION FOR TODAY 182 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,074 IS SHOULD ANDREA YATES FACE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES? 183 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:04,543 JONATHAN IN GEORGIA SAYS A MOTHER 184 00:09:04,645 --> 00:09:06,378 THAT WOULD KNOWINGLY DROWN HER OWN CHILDREN 185 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,547 SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH. 186 00:09:08,649 --> 00:09:09,981 SO MANY ACTIONS ARE BLAMED ON... 187 00:09:10,083 --> 00:09:11,883 Parnham: I RECALL HEARING IT ON THE RADIO. 188 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:13,118 THAT EVENING, 189 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:17,022 I RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON MY ANSWERING SERVICE. 190 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:23,428 I HESITATED TO CALL BACK FOR PROBABLY 30 MINUTES. 191 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:29,034 I KNEW IN MY GUT THAT THIS CASE WOULD HAVE A MARKED IMPRESSION 192 00:09:29,136 --> 00:09:32,203 ON MY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE. 193 00:09:32,306 --> 00:09:39,744 ♪ 194 00:09:39,846 --> 00:09:43,782 Wark: I DO REMEMBER ANDREA CALLED ME WHEN NOAH WAS BORN. 195 00:09:43,884 --> 00:09:45,150 I WENT TO SEE HER. 196 00:09:45,252 --> 00:09:46,518 SHE'S SITTING THERE IN THE HOSPITAL, 197 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:50,689 LOOKING SO COMPLETELY HAPPY AND SATISFIED. 198 00:09:50,791 --> 00:09:53,091 I DIDN'T SEE THAT SHE HAD ANY MORE ANXIETY 199 00:09:53,193 --> 00:09:55,627 THAN ANY OTHER FIRST-TIME MOTHER. 200 00:09:55,729 --> 00:09:59,164 SHE JUST WAS -- SHE WAS FULL OF JOY. 201 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:02,634 ANDREA'S IDEA THAT YOU HAVE TO BE EXCELLENT 202 00:10:02,736 --> 00:10:04,336 AT EVERYTHING YOU DO 203 00:10:04,438 --> 00:10:07,138 AND SHE PROBABLY PUT MORE PRESSURE ON HERSELF 204 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,207 THAN SHE NEEDED TO. 205 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:13,111 SHE BREASTFED. SHE USED THE CLOTH DIAPERS. 206 00:10:13,213 --> 00:10:15,580 LATER THE NEXT YEAR, SHE SENT ME THE PICTURE 207 00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:18,116 OF HER AND RUSTY AND NOAH AND JOHN, 208 00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:20,285 SO THAT'S HOW I KNEW SHE HAD ANOTHER BABY. 209 00:10:20,387 --> 00:10:21,853 Andrea: WHERE'S NOAH? 210 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:23,288 LOOK! 211 00:10:23,390 --> 00:10:24,789 [ LAUGHTER ] 212 00:10:24,891 --> 00:10:26,558 WHERE'S NOAH? 213 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:28,293 WHERE'D NOAH GO? 214 00:10:28,395 --> 00:10:29,494 BOO! 215 00:10:29,596 --> 00:10:31,029 [ HUMMING ] 216 00:10:31,131 --> 00:10:34,265 Wark: I DO REMEMBER HER TELLING ME THAT ON HER WEDDING DAY 217 00:10:34,368 --> 00:10:35,367 THAT SHE AND RUSTY WERE GONNA HAVE 218 00:10:35,469 --> 00:10:37,369 AS MANY CHILDREN AS GOD GAVE THEM. 219 00:10:37,471 --> 00:10:39,971 [ HUMMING CONTINUES ] 220 00:10:40,073 --> 00:10:42,974 [ LAUGHING ] 221 00:10:43,076 --> 00:10:48,480 ♪ 222 00:11:05,098 --> 00:11:07,365 Owmby: WHAT STRIKES YOU THE MOST 223 00:11:07,467 --> 00:11:12,003 IS HER RECALL OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. 224 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:15,774 ANDREA YATES WAITED TILL AFTER HER HUSBAND HAD LEFT THE HOUSE. 225 00:11:15,876 --> 00:11:17,509 IT SEEMED TO ME THAT HER ACTIONS 226 00:11:17,611 --> 00:11:20,779 CARRYING OUT OF THE MURDERS WERE PLANNED. 227 00:11:32,993 --> 00:11:35,460 Curry: NOW MORE ON THAT TRAGEDY IN HOUSTON. 228 00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:39,030 POLICE FOUND FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN DEAD IN A HOME, 229 00:11:39,132 --> 00:11:41,099 AND THEY SAY THE MOTHER HAS CONFESSED TO KILLING THEM, 230 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:43,635 APPARENTLY DROWNING THEM IN A BATHTUB. 231 00:11:45,706 --> 00:11:48,139 Parnham: I WENT DOWN TO SEE ANDREA. 232 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:53,745 I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT MEETING WITH MY NEW CLIENT. 233 00:11:55,515 --> 00:11:59,084 ANDREA WAS BASICALLY MUTE. 234 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:05,323 I STOOD TO LEAVE, AND SHE SAID, "PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE." 235 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:07,692 I MADE UP MY MIND AT THAT MOMENT OF TIME 236 00:12:07,794 --> 00:12:11,362 THAT I WOULD NEVER LEAVE HER. 237 00:12:11,465 --> 00:12:12,897 Russell: I GOT A CALL FROM MY WIFE. 238 00:12:12,999 --> 00:12:15,467 AND SHE SAID, "YOU NEED TO COME HOME." 239 00:12:15,569 --> 00:12:17,368 AND I SAID, "W-WHAT'S WRONG, ANDREA? IS ANYONE HURT?" 240 00:12:17,471 --> 00:12:19,771 AND SHE SAID, "YES, THE CHILDREN." 241 00:12:19,873 --> 00:12:21,306 AND SHE SAID, "ALL OF THEM." 242 00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:24,342 AND I JUST -- I MEAN, MY HEART JUST SUNK, YOU KNOW? 243 00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:26,778 Owmby: WHEN HE LEFT, HE THOUGHT THINGS WERE NORMAL. 244 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,013 HIS MOTHER WAS COMING TO CHECK IN. 245 00:12:29,116 --> 00:12:32,183 SO ALL OF THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE HOUR 246 00:12:32,285 --> 00:12:34,886 BEFORE HIS MOTHER WAS SET TO ARRIVE. 247 00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:39,691 WE WENT THROUGH THE EVIDENCE, 248 00:12:39,793 --> 00:12:41,292 THE STEPS THAT SHE TOOK -- 249 00:12:41,394 --> 00:12:43,361 RUNNING THE BATHWATER, 250 00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:48,666 TALKING TO THE CHILDREN, TAKING THEM ONE AT A TIME, 251 00:12:48,769 --> 00:12:52,303 PUTTING THE CHILDREN IN THE BED WHEN SHE WAS COMPLETED. 252 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:55,707 DROWNING IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. 253 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:58,843 IT REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE EFFORT. 254 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:03,314 THERE WERE SIGNS OF SOME STRUGGLE IN THE AUTOPSY REPORTS. 255 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,250 THERE WERE BRUISES AND INDICATIONS 256 00:13:05,352 --> 00:13:08,887 THAT THERE WAS A FIGHT. 257 00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:11,990 THERE WERE WET FOOTPRINTS TO THE DOOR. 258 00:13:12,092 --> 00:13:15,426 SO WE KNOW ONE OF THE CHILDREN, NOAH, WAS CONSCIOUS ENOUGH 259 00:13:15,529 --> 00:13:18,930 OF WHAT WAS GOING ON TO ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. 260 00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:32,610 Stumpo: THE KID WAS TRYING 261 00:13:32,712 --> 00:13:34,813 TO RUN AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER TO LIVE. 262 00:13:34,915 --> 00:13:37,749 AND SHE EVENTUALLY CAUGHT HIM AND KILLED HIM. 263 00:13:37,851 --> 00:13:39,117 THAT'S WHY SHE GOT SOAKING WET 264 00:13:39,219 --> 00:13:42,420 BECAUSE HE WAS FIGHTING IN THE TUB. 265 00:13:42,522 --> 00:13:44,255 Reporter ANDREA YATES TOLD POLICE 266 00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:47,725 SHE METHODICALLY DROWNED HER FIVE KIDS IN THE BATHTUB, 267 00:13:47,828 --> 00:13:50,361 BUT THAT HER OLDEST SON, NOAH, SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON 268 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:51,896 AND WAS DRAGGED INTO THE BATHROOM 269 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:56,301 TO MEET THE SAME FATE AS HIS BROTHERS AND BABY SISTER. 270 00:13:58,371 --> 00:14:00,471 Owmby: THE TIME THAT THIS MUST HAVE TAKEN, 271 00:14:00,574 --> 00:14:04,075 IT ALL SEEMED SO METHODICAL. 272 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:08,012 THIS IS NOT A PERSON SOMEHOW BECOMING SO ANGRY 273 00:14:08,114 --> 00:14:10,982 AT THEIR CHILDREN THAT THEY SNAPPED. 274 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:17,121 Stumpo: WHEN YOU START DWELLING BACK ON THE HUMANITY OF IT 275 00:14:17,224 --> 00:14:19,457 IS WHEN IT REALLY STARTS TO BOTHER YOU. 276 00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:23,661 YOU REALIZE THAT THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE... 277 00:14:23,763 --> 00:14:25,430 SORRY. I HAD TO CHOKE... 278 00:14:27,167 --> 00:14:30,768 WHAT SHE DID TO THOSE KIDS... 279 00:14:30,871 --> 00:14:33,671 THEY TRUSTED THEIR MOTHER. 280 00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:37,008 THE PERSON THEY TRUST THE MOST IN THE WORLD, 281 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:41,079 SHE KILLED THEM FOR NO REASON. 282 00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:45,016 All: ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ 283 00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:49,053 ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ 284 00:14:49,155 --> 00:14:53,057 ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR NOAH ♪ 285 00:14:53,159 --> 00:14:57,095 ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ 286 00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:01,099 Russell: I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT. 287 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:02,700 I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, 288 00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:04,836 "IS THERE ANYTHING I COULD HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW?" 289 00:15:04,938 --> 00:15:06,671 Wark: I THINK RUSTY WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK 290 00:15:06,773 --> 00:15:08,106 AFTER THIS HAPPENED. 291 00:15:08,208 --> 00:15:10,408 I THINK HE WAS UNDER AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF STRESS. 292 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:14,212 I THINK IT TOOK HIM SOME TIME TO PROCESS. 293 00:15:14,314 --> 00:15:16,347 MY WIFE, I'M -- I'M SUPPORTIVE OF HER, YOU KNOW, 294 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:18,316 IT'S HARD BECAUSE ONE HAND, 295 00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:20,351 I KNOW SHE -- SHE KILLED OUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, 296 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:24,355 BUT ON THE OTHER, I KNOW THAT -- THAT, YOU KNOW, 297 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:27,292 THE WOMAN HERE IS NOT THE WOMAN THAT KILLED MY CHILDREN. 298 00:15:30,964 --> 00:15:36,434 Resnick: I SAW MRS. YATES ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER THE KILLINGS. 299 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:39,070 THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF MY INTERVIEW 300 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:43,274 WAS WHETHER SHE WAS LEGALLY INSANE. 301 00:15:54,054 --> 00:15:56,654 MRS. YATES HAD A BELIEF 302 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:59,324 THAT CHILDREN WERE NOT ACCOUNTABLE 303 00:15:59,426 --> 00:16:04,128 FOR THEIR ACTIONS TO GOD UNTIL THEY WERE 10 YEARS OLD. 304 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:13,471 WHEN SOMEONE IS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS LIKE THAT, 305 00:16:13,573 --> 00:16:17,408 I NEED TO SORT OUT TO WHAT EXTENT THESE IDEAS 306 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:20,311 ARE HELD BY HER CO-RELIGIONISTS. 307 00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:24,415 GOD IS GONNA DESTROY THIS EARTH AND ALL YOU WRETCHED SINNERS! 308 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:27,251 Owmby: RUSSELL YATES HAD A MENTORSHIP WITH A PREACHER 309 00:16:27,354 --> 00:16:31,389 WHO HAD RIGID BELIEFS AROUND FAMILY AND FATHERHOOD 310 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,424 AND THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY. 311 00:16:33,526 --> 00:16:34,959 [ LAUGHING ] 312 00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:37,161 OH, CRAZY, CRAZY! 313 00:16:37,263 --> 00:16:40,598 NO, NO, NO, YOU CRAZY. YOU CRAZY. 314 00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:43,501 Spencer: THE PREACHER THAT THEY FOLLOWED 315 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:45,303 WAS MICHAEL WORONIECKI, 316 00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,939 AND RUSTY TOLD ME THAT WORONIECKI 317 00:16:48,041 --> 00:16:49,841 WAS A SOFT-SPOKEN PREACHER. 318 00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:54,912 YOU DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO SOMEONE TELL YOU HATEFUL THINGS. 319 00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:56,547 Spencer: I WAS A BIT IN SHOCK 320 00:16:56,649 --> 00:16:58,416 BECAUSE IF YOU WATCH VIDEOS OF HIM, 321 00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,818 HE'S GESTURING WILDLY, 322 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,820 AND HE'S IN WEIRD COSTUMES, 323 00:17:02,922 --> 00:17:06,090 BASICALLY SCREAMING "YOU'RE GOING TO HELL." 324 00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:08,860 WE ALL GO TO HELL! 325 00:17:08,962 --> 00:17:10,828 YES! TO HELL! 326 00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:22,073 Spencer: ANDREA HAD INNUMERABLE TAPES OF WORONIECKI'S PREACHING 327 00:17:22,175 --> 00:17:24,208 AND LISTENED TO IT ALL THE TIME. 328 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:26,077 Woroniecki: IT SAYS THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS MORE PRECIOUS 329 00:17:26,179 --> 00:17:27,578 THAN GOLD OR SILVER. 330 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,881 HONESTLY, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? 331 00:17:29,983 --> 00:17:32,784 IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU IMPLEMENT THAT INTO LIFE IN REPENTANCE 332 00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:36,054 THAT YOU WILL FIND THE FAVOR OF GOD. 333 00:17:36,156 --> 00:17:37,288 Andrea: WHO'S THAT? 334 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:38,456 Spencer: THE YATES FAMILY 335 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:42,160 WANTED TO FOLLOW WORONIECKI'S TEACHINGS... 336 00:17:42,262 --> 00:17:43,628 YOU'RE ALMOST THERE. 337 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:46,264 SO THEY MOVED OUT OF THEIR FIRST HOUSE 338 00:17:46,366 --> 00:17:47,799 THAT THEY OWNED TOGETHER 339 00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:49,834 AND MOVED INTO THE TRAILER PARK. 340 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:53,604 [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] 341 00:17:53,706 --> 00:17:57,341 AT THAT POINT, ANDREA WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM. 342 00:17:57,444 --> 00:18:00,611 Andrea: I'LL POINT TO AN ORANGE AND A PUMPKIN. 343 00:18:00,713 --> 00:18:02,713 IN 1997, ANDREA FOUND OUT 344 00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:06,851 SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH BABY NUMBER THREE -- PAUL. 345 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,220 Andrea: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? 346 00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:11,556 YOU SURE? COME ON. 347 00:18:11,658 --> 00:18:13,558 YEAH. 348 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:18,196 ANDREA STARTED EXCHANGING LETTERS WITH WORONIECKI'S WIFE, 349 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:19,530 AND THEY'RE BASICALLY, 350 00:18:19,632 --> 00:18:22,066 "ANDREA, YOU'VE GOT TO BE A BETTER MOTHER. 351 00:18:22,168 --> 00:18:23,768 YOU'VE GOT TO BE A BETTER WIFE. 352 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:26,237 YOU'RE A SINNER. YOU'RE A JEZEBEL. 353 00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:28,005 YOU'RE GOING TO HELL." 354 00:18:28,108 --> 00:18:33,077 ♪ A B C D ♪ 355 00:18:33,179 --> 00:18:35,847 ♪ H I J K L M ♪ 356 00:18:35,949 --> 00:18:38,816 [ SINGING INDISTINCTLY ] 357 00:18:38,918 --> 00:18:42,153 JESUS DOES SINGLE OUT ONE GROUP... 358 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:43,387 CHILDREN. 359 00:18:43,490 --> 00:18:44,822 THEN WHAT? 360 00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:46,023 [ BABBLES ] 361 00:18:46,126 --> 00:18:47,458 -NO. -[ LAUGHS ] 362 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,061 Woroniecki: "WHOEVER CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES 363 00:18:50,163 --> 00:18:52,230 WHO BELIEVE IN ME TO STUMBLE, 364 00:18:52,332 --> 00:18:55,766 IT IS BETTER FOR HIM THAT A HEAVY MILLSTONE 365 00:18:55,869 --> 00:18:57,635 TO BE HUNG AROUND HIS NECK 366 00:18:57,737 --> 00:18:59,504 AND HE BE DROWNED IN THE DEPTH OF THE SEA." 367 00:18:59,606 --> 00:19:02,673 "I MEAN, JESUS, YOU'RE SAYING TO KILL YOURSELF?" "YEAH." 368 00:19:02,775 --> 00:19:07,111 Resnick: MRS. YATES WAS VERY CONCERNED 369 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:11,449 THAT SHE HAD BEEN A BAD MOTHER. 370 00:19:16,456 --> 00:19:18,489 WHAT THE CHILDREN WERE DOING WRONG 371 00:19:18,591 --> 00:19:22,527 TURNED OUT TO BE ONLY VERY MINOR THINGS. 372 00:19:35,608 --> 00:19:38,442 NOTHING THAT WOULD DESERVE 373 00:19:38,545 --> 00:19:41,779 BEING PUNISHED BY KILLING THEM. 374 00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:56,627 Spencer: AND THE WORONIECKIS TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, 375 00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:57,895 LIVING IN A BUS. 376 00:19:57,997 --> 00:20:01,866 RUSTY WANTED TO LIVE THE LIFESTYLE THAT THEY DID. 377 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:06,671 SO HE BOUGHT THE BUS FROM THEM AND MOVED INTO THE BUS. 378 00:20:06,773 --> 00:20:09,907 Andrea: THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. 379 00:20:10,009 --> 00:20:11,776 I'M GONNA GET YOU. 380 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:15,213 [ LAUGHING ] 381 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:19,083 Parnham: THE KIDS SLEPT IN THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT. 382 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:23,521 Spencer: IN FEBRUARY OF 1999, LUKE WAS BORN. 383 00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:26,757 Andrea: GOING HOME WITH OUR LATEST ADDITION. 384 00:20:26,859 --> 00:20:29,260 LUKE, LUKE DAVID. 385 00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:31,696 AND THEY'RE DRIVING BACK TO THE TRAILER PARK. 386 00:20:31,798 --> 00:20:35,600 THE PARK HAD PUT UP A SIGN WELCOMING THE NEW BABY. 387 00:20:35,702 --> 00:20:36,734 WHAT'S THAT SAY, BOYS? 388 00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:38,736 IT SAYS, "CONGRATULATIONS, RUSTY AND ANDREA. 389 00:20:38,838 --> 00:20:40,905 IT'S A BOY." HA HA. SO CUTE. 390 00:20:41,007 --> 00:20:44,675 IT'S JUST AFTER THIS DAY, EVERYTHING CHANGED. 391 00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:46,377 THAT'S SO CUTE. 392 00:20:46,479 --> 00:20:48,980 ♪ Q R S T U V ♪ 393 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:52,717 ♪ W X Y AND Z ♪ 394 00:20:52,819 --> 00:20:56,420 ♪ NOW I KNOW MY ABC's ♪ 395 00:20:56,522 --> 00:20:59,724 ♪ WON'T YOU COME AND PLAY WITH ME? ♪ 396 00:21:17,910 --> 00:21:22,713 ♪ 397 00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,181 Reporter RUSSELL YATES ARRIVED 398 00:21:24,284 --> 00:21:25,650 AT HIS CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL SERVICE 399 00:21:25,752 --> 00:21:28,552 BEARING AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE BURDEN -- 400 00:21:28,655 --> 00:21:31,322 A FATHER FORCED TO SAY GOODBYE TO FIVE CHILDREN 401 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:33,057 WITH THE WORLD WATCHING. 402 00:21:33,159 --> 00:21:34,859 Wark: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE 403 00:21:34,961 --> 00:21:37,395 AND VERY, VERY SAD. 404 00:21:37,497 --> 00:21:39,764 RUSTY GIVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EULOGY FOR HIS CHILDREN. 405 00:21:39,866 --> 00:21:42,366 IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS JUST HEART-WRENCHING. 406 00:21:42,468 --> 00:21:44,302 Reporter NOAH WAS DESCRIBED 407 00:21:44,404 --> 00:21:46,103 AS THE INDEPENDENT FIRSTBORN. 408 00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:49,774 5-YEAR-OLD JOHN HAD THE CONTAGIOUS FAMILY SMILE. 409 00:21:49,876 --> 00:21:52,476 3-YEAR-OLD PAUL WAS THE PERFECT CHILD. 410 00:21:52,578 --> 00:21:55,112 2-YEAR-OLD LUKE WAS FEARLESS, 411 00:21:55,214 --> 00:21:57,515 EARNING HIM THE NICKNAME "BULLDOZER." 412 00:21:57,617 --> 00:22:01,085 AND ABOUT 6-MONTH-OLD MARY, YATES SAID HE WAS STUNNED 413 00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:03,954 THAT HE'D FINALLY BEEN BLESSED WITH A GIRL. 414 00:22:04,057 --> 00:22:08,759 Wark: RUSTY HELD UP A CROCHETED BABY BLANKET, 415 00:22:08,861 --> 00:22:11,662 AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW MARY WOULD 416 00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:14,965 GET HER FEET TANGLED UP AND POKED THROUGH THE HOLES. 417 00:22:15,068 --> 00:22:21,038 AND THAT HAD THE FUNERAL GOERS ABOUT TO LOSE IT 418 00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:24,342 BECAUSE IT MADE IT REAL. 419 00:22:31,150 --> 00:22:34,251 Resnick: RELIGIOUS PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY 420 00:22:34,354 --> 00:22:38,289 TO HAVE RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS THAN NON-RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. 421 00:22:38,391 --> 00:22:42,326 AND SOME RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS MAY LEAD TO A HOMICIDE. 422 00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:51,135 IN TEXAS, ANDREA YATES FACES ARRAIGNMENT TODAY 423 00:22:51,237 --> 00:22:52,503 ON CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. 424 00:22:52,605 --> 00:22:54,338 SHE IS ACCUSED OF DROWNING HER FIVE CHILDREN 425 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,773 BACK IN JUNE. 426 00:22:55,875 --> 00:22:57,508 Reporter ATTORNEY, GEORGE PARNHAM, SAYS 427 00:22:57,610 --> 00:22:59,276 HIS CLIENT WILL ENTER A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY 428 00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:01,912 BY REASON OF INSANITY. 429 00:23:02,014 --> 00:23:04,682 Parnham: IN ORDER FOR THE INSANITY DEFENSE TO BE CREDIBLE, 430 00:23:04,784 --> 00:23:08,285 ONE MUST BE SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE MENTAL DISEASE. 431 00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:11,722 AND AS A RESULT THEREOF, DOES NOT KNOW 432 00:23:11,824 --> 00:23:14,692 WHAT HE OR SHE'S DOING IS WRONG. 433 00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:17,495 IT WAS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE HER MENTAL STATE 434 00:23:17,597 --> 00:23:20,598 AT THE TIME THAT SHE DROWNED THE KIDS. 435 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,833 Reporter IS NOTORIOUSLY STRICT 436 00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:24,935 ON ACCEPTING THE INSANITY DEFENSE 437 00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:29,173 WITH 75% OF PLEAS ENDING IN FAILURE. 438 00:23:29,275 --> 00:23:32,877 Resnick: NOT ONE OF THE EXPERTS WHO EVALUATED MRS. YATES 439 00:23:32,979 --> 00:23:37,415 EVER SUGGESTED THAT HER ILLNESS WAS NOT GENUINE. 440 00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:41,018 SHE HAD HAD FOUR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS 441 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,755 BEFORE SHE KILLED HER CHILDREN. 442 00:23:44,857 --> 00:23:47,124 -BE JACK RABBIT. -YOU'RE GONNA BE A JACK RABBIT? 443 00:23:47,226 --> 00:23:50,227 Spencer: APRIL 29, 1999, 444 00:23:50,329 --> 00:23:53,030 THEY'RE STILL LOOKING LIKE A PRETTY HAPPY FAMILY. 445 00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:54,331 Andrea: WATCH NOAH BE A JACK RABBIT. 446 00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:55,733 YOU CAN IMAGINE -- 447 00:23:55,835 --> 00:23:59,270 A SCHOOL BUS, TWO ADULTS AND FOUR CHILDREN. 448 00:23:59,372 --> 00:24:01,739 IT'S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. 449 00:24:01,841 --> 00:24:04,542 [ LAUGHTER ] 450 00:24:04,644 --> 00:24:06,277 Russell: THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. 451 00:24:06,379 --> 00:24:11,015 ♪ 452 00:24:24,163 --> 00:24:27,765 ANDREA WAS ADMITTED TO A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY. 453 00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:29,233 SO CUTE! 454 00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:32,470 SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. 455 00:24:32,572 --> 00:24:37,074 Resnick: POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION OCCURS IN 1 IN 10 WOMEN. 456 00:24:37,176 --> 00:24:39,109 SOMETIMES WOMEN ARE RELUCTANT 457 00:24:39,212 --> 00:24:44,081 TO SHARE THAT THEY ARE HARDLY ABLE TO FUNCTION. 458 00:24:46,152 --> 00:24:47,985 Spencer: ANDREA WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL 459 00:24:48,087 --> 00:24:51,522 AND WENT BACK TO HER PARENTS' HOUSE. 460 00:24:51,624 --> 00:24:52,690 TWO WEEKS LATER, 461 00:24:52,792 --> 00:24:55,693 RUSTY NOTICED THAT ANDREA WAS MISSING. 462 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:11,375 RUSTY CAME IN AND WRESTLED THE KNIFE AWAY FROM HER. 463 00:25:11,477 --> 00:25:13,777 SHE WAS SAYING, "NO, NO, LET ME DO IT. 464 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,046 LET ME DO IT." 465 00:25:16,148 --> 00:25:19,016 AND SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AGAIN. 466 00:25:32,431 --> 00:25:36,300 ANDREA MET WITH DR. EILEEN STARBRANCH, 467 00:25:36,402 --> 00:25:38,736 AND STARBRANCH SAID THAT ANDREA 468 00:25:38,838 --> 00:25:43,073 WAS ONE OF THE SICKEST PATIENTS SHE'D EVER SEEN. 469 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,442 Resnick: MRS. YATES WAS DIAGNOSED 470 00:25:45,545 --> 00:25:47,144 WITH POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS 471 00:25:47,246 --> 00:25:49,980 RATHER THAN DEPRESSION ALONE. 472 00:25:50,082 --> 00:25:53,651 POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IS MUCH, MUCH MORE RARE, 473 00:25:53,753 --> 00:25:57,688 WHERE SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAS DELUSIONS OR HALLUCINATIONS. 474 00:25:57,790 --> 00:26:04,428 AND IN POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS, THERE IS A 4% RISK 475 00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:07,331 THAT THE NEWBORN INFANT WILL BE KILLED. 476 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:11,302 Spencer: DR. STARBRANCH PUT HER ON HALDOL, AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC. 477 00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:14,204 IT WAS THE ONE DRUG THAT WORKED ON ANDREA. 478 00:26:14,307 --> 00:26:19,009 SHE BEGAN IMPROVING AND BECAME MORE IN TOUCH WITH REALITY. 479 00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:22,713 All: ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ 480 00:26:22,815 --> 00:26:25,683 ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪ 481 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:27,418 Spencer: RUSTY BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE 482 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:28,552 IN THE CLEAR LAKE AREA. 483 00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:32,056 IT HAD THREE BEDROOMS, TWO BATHROOMS. 484 00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:34,425 IT WAS A HOME. 485 00:26:34,527 --> 00:26:36,393 ONCE SHE GOT OVER THE PSYCHOSIS, 486 00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:38,629 ANDREA QUIT TAKING HER MEDS. 487 00:26:38,731 --> 00:26:39,797 LIFE WENT ON. 488 00:26:39,899 --> 00:26:42,066 Andrea: ...AROUND THE HOUSE NOW. COME ON. 489 00:26:42,168 --> 00:26:43,968 IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT SHE JUST SNAPPED OUT OF IT. 490 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:45,803 SHE WAS LIKE HERSELF AGAIN ALL OF A SUDDEN. 491 00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:47,371 HELLO. CAN YOU SAY "BANANA"? 492 00:26:47,473 --> 00:26:48,706 NANA. 493 00:26:48,808 --> 00:26:52,676 TO ME, SHE FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE FIRST DEPRESSION. 494 00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:58,849 ♪ 495 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:02,353 Parnham: DR. STARBRANCH ADVISED THEM, 496 00:27:02,455 --> 00:27:06,624 AND SPECIFICALLY RUSTY, NOT TO HAVE ANY MORE CHILDREN. 497 00:27:06,726 --> 00:27:10,427 MRS. YATES WOULD VERY LIKELY AGAIN 498 00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:14,164 HAVE A SEVERE PSYCHIATRIC REACTION 499 00:27:14,266 --> 00:27:16,367 TO HAVING ANOTHER CHILD. 500 00:27:16,469 --> 00:27:18,569 WE HAD TALKED ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY MORE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW. 501 00:27:18,671 --> 00:27:22,473 I TALKED TO ANDREA WHEN SHE WAS FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 502 00:27:22,575 --> 00:27:24,408 WE HAD A GOOD TALK ABOUT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, 503 00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:26,910 BOTH OF US REALLY WENT INTO OUR MARRIAGE, 504 00:27:27,013 --> 00:27:29,113 YOU KNOW, SAYING WE'LL JUST HAVE AS MANY KIDS AS CAME ALONG, 505 00:27:29,215 --> 00:27:30,714 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED. 506 00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:36,587 ♪ 507 00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:38,922 THERE'S THE PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL. 508 00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:40,691 SHE LOOKS ASLEEP. 509 00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:43,260 [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ] 510 00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:47,264 Spencer: ON NOVEMBER 30, 2000, MARY WAS BORN, 511 00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:49,500 THE FIRST GIRL IN THE FAMILY 512 00:27:49,602 --> 00:27:52,336 WHEN RUSTY WAS ALWAYS EXPECTING BOYS, 513 00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:55,239 SO THEY WERE ALL LITTLE BIT OF SHOCKED. 514 00:27:55,341 --> 00:27:58,308 SHE'S A CUTE LITTLE BABY. 515 00:27:58,411 --> 00:28:00,244 LOVE YOU. 516 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:02,046 Spencer: AFTER MARY WAS BORN, 517 00:28:02,148 --> 00:28:04,682 ANDREA'S FATHER HAD BEEN IN POOR HEALTH, 518 00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:07,685 AND HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. 519 00:28:11,090 --> 00:28:12,656 ABOUT 12:30 IN THE MORNING, 520 00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:15,926 ANDREA'S FATHER DIED. 521 00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:19,863 Ward: I KNOW THAT SHE HAD LOVED HER DAD SO VERY MUCH. 522 00:28:19,965 --> 00:28:22,866 IF YOU'RE A PERSON WITH A FRAGILE MENTALITY 523 00:28:22,968 --> 00:28:26,036 AND A HISTORY OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, 524 00:28:26,138 --> 00:28:30,040 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT FOR HER TO COPE. 525 00:28:31,444 --> 00:28:33,477 Spencer: AFTER HER FATHER'S DEATH, 526 00:28:33,579 --> 00:28:36,180 THE CHANGE IN ANDREA WAS IMMEDIATE. 527 00:28:36,282 --> 00:28:38,916 Resnick: SHE GOT SERIOUSLY DEPRESSED AGAIN 528 00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:41,151 AND WAS RE-HOSPITALIZED. 529 00:28:45,725 --> 00:28:48,959 Spencer: RUSTY FOUND DEVEREAUX TREATMENT NETWORK 530 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,661 THAT WAS CLOSER TO HOME. 531 00:28:50,763 --> 00:28:55,299 DR. SAEED WAS ON STAFF AT DEVEREAUX. 532 00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:59,737 Resnick: DR. SAEED WAS AWARE OF SOME PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS 533 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:03,507 IN MRS. YATES, AND THAT'S WHY HE TREATED HER 534 00:29:03,609 --> 00:29:07,344 WITH BOTH AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC AND ANTIDEPRESSANT. 535 00:29:09,615 --> 00:29:12,649 EVEN THOUGH MRS. YATES STILL HAD DELUSIONAL IDEAS, 536 00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:16,820 SHE DELIBERATELY DID NOT SHARE HER PSYCHOTIC THINKING 537 00:29:16,922 --> 00:29:18,555 WITH HER TREATING PSYCHIATRIST. 538 00:29:18,657 --> 00:29:19,990 SO WHEN SHE COMPLAINED 539 00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:23,660 OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE ANTIPSYCHOTIC, 540 00:29:23,763 --> 00:29:27,431 DR. SAEED DISCONTINUED HER HALDOL. 541 00:29:30,302 --> 00:29:33,337 Spencer: HERE YOU HAVE A MENTALLY ILL, 542 00:29:33,439 --> 00:29:35,038 PSYCHOTIC HUMAN BEING 543 00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:38,108 BEING TAKEN OFF OF HER ANTIPSYCHOTIC? 544 00:29:38,210 --> 00:29:42,913 ♪ 545 00:29:43,015 --> 00:29:46,416 ANDREA'S LAST APPOINTMENT WITH DR. SAEED, 546 00:29:46,519 --> 00:29:50,454 RUSTY ASKED THE DOCTOR TO PUT HER BACK ON HALDOL. 547 00:29:50,556 --> 00:29:53,190 THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. 548 00:29:53,292 --> 00:29:59,463 AND TWO DAYS LATER, THEIR FIVE CHILDREN WERE ALL DEAD. 549 00:30:02,568 --> 00:30:03,801 Curry: TODAY OPENING STATEMENTS ARE BEING GIVEN 550 00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:05,435 IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF ANDREA YATES. 551 00:30:05,538 --> 00:30:06,837 SHE IS THE HOUSTON MOTHER 552 00:30:06,939 --> 00:30:08,772 WHO ADMITS DROWNING HER FIVE CHILDREN IN THE BATHTUB. 553 00:30:08,874 --> 00:30:11,742 Reporter CRIME IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION. 554 00:30:11,844 --> 00:30:12,910 HELD UNDER THE WATER... 555 00:30:13,012 --> 00:30:14,945 Stumpo: IT WAS SENSATIONAL. 556 00:30:15,047 --> 00:30:17,681 Woman: PEOPLE KEEP LOOKING AT THE HORROR OF WHAT HAPPENED 557 00:30:17,783 --> 00:30:21,318 Stumpo: IT WAS A MIDDLE-CLASS WOMAN, PROFESSIONAL HUSBAND, 558 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:24,087 WORKED FOR NASA, VERY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. 559 00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:26,890 YATES' RELIGIOUS BELIEFS HAVE BECOME A FOCUS OF TESTIMONY 560 00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:28,091 JUST THIS WEEK. 561 00:30:28,194 --> 00:30:30,627 Stumpo: THE MEDIA JUST LATCHED ON TO THIS THING 562 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:32,830 AND TOOK OFF WITH IT LIKE A RACEHORSE. 563 00:30:32,932 --> 00:30:35,032 Spencer: BECAUSE OF THE ANDREA YATES TRIAL, 564 00:30:35,134 --> 00:30:36,867 PEOPLE LEARNED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. 565 00:30:36,969 --> 00:30:39,803 IT BECAME, YOU KNOW, A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. 566 00:30:39,905 --> 00:30:41,071 IT WAS EVERYWHERE. 567 00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:42,940 Reporter FOR HER LIFE. 568 00:30:43,042 --> 00:30:44,474 SHE FACES THE DEATH PENALTY. 569 00:30:44,577 --> 00:30:46,743 Owmby: WE DECIDED TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY 570 00:30:46,846 --> 00:30:51,915 BASED ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS OFFENSE. 571 00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:55,619 SHE IS PRESUMED TO BE SANE, TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. 572 00:30:55,721 --> 00:30:58,789 IN JOHN'S LITTLE FIST IS HER HAIR. 573 00:30:59,892 --> 00:31:02,459 HE FOUGHT. HE DIDN'T WANT TO DIE. 574 00:31:02,561 --> 00:31:04,494 Reporter SHOWING UP AT THE COURTHOUSE. 575 00:31:04,597 --> 00:31:06,463 THIS POSITION OF GOING FOR THE DEATH PENALTY, 576 00:31:06,565 --> 00:31:08,599 JUST BLOODTHIRSTY IN MY OPINION. 577 00:31:08,701 --> 00:31:11,568 Man GUILTY BY A JURY OF HER PEERS 578 00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:13,470 FOR THE CAPITAL MURDER OF HER CHILDREN, 579 00:31:13,572 --> 00:31:15,205 THEN SHE SHOULD RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY. 580 00:31:15,307 --> 00:31:17,908 Owmby: OUR STRATEGY DURING THE TRIAL 581 00:31:18,010 --> 00:31:20,177 WAS TO RELY ON THE EVIDENCE 582 00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:22,646 TO FOCUS THE JURY ON THE DECISIONS 583 00:31:22,748 --> 00:31:24,848 THAT ANDREA YATES MADE. 584 00:31:24,950 --> 00:31:27,651 SHE KILLED THE CHILDREN IN THE HOUR 585 00:31:27,753 --> 00:31:31,021 FROM THE TIME DORA YATES, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, 586 00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:32,322 WAS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE 587 00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:34,625 AND THE TIME THAT RUSTY YATES, HER HUSBAND, 588 00:31:34,727 --> 00:31:38,762 LEFT FOR WORK -- BETWEEN 9:00 AND 10:00. 589 00:31:38,864 --> 00:31:40,964 IT'S ABSOLUTELY NO COINCIDENCE 590 00:31:41,066 --> 00:31:42,966 THAT ANDREA YATES CHOSE THE HOUR 591 00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:47,170 WHEN HER HUSBAND WOULD BE AWAY TO CARRY OUT THIS ACT. 592 00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:49,306 SHE CALLED 911. 593 00:31:49,408 --> 00:31:51,141 THAT IS AN INDICATION THAT YOU BELIEVE 594 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:52,843 A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. 595 00:31:52,945 --> 00:31:55,646 AND THEREFORE, SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING WAS WRONG. 596 00:31:55,748 --> 00:31:57,648 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT. 597 00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,183 THIS CASE IS ABOUT THE LAW ON INSANITY. 598 00:32:00,286 --> 00:32:03,120 IT'S ABOUT WHY WE SAY THE LAW IS 599 00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:04,655 THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG 600 00:32:04,757 --> 00:32:05,956 AND WHY WE DON'T SAY 601 00:32:06,058 --> 00:32:07,958 THAT THE PRODUCT OF YOUR MENTAL ILLNESS 602 00:32:08,060 --> 00:32:10,661 IS ENOUGH FOR YOU TO BE FOUND INSANE. 603 00:32:10,763 --> 00:32:16,099 Resnick: MRS. YATES KNEW THAT IT WAS A SIN AND AGAINST THE LAW 604 00:32:16,201 --> 00:32:18,101 TO KILL THE CHILDREN. 605 00:32:18,203 --> 00:32:19,503 THAT WAS UNDISPUTED. 606 00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:23,173 BUT SHE FELT IT WAS A LESSER SIN 607 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:26,310 THAN THAT THE CHILDREN WOULD LOSE THEIR SOULS 608 00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:29,913 AND NEVER GET INTO HEAVEN. 609 00:32:30,015 --> 00:32:32,382 Parnham: TO EMPLOY THE INSANITY DEFENSE, 610 00:32:32,484 --> 00:32:34,184 YOU HAVE TO ADMIT WHAT YOU DID, 611 00:32:34,286 --> 00:32:37,454 BUT THEN PLAY THE DEFENSE OF NOT KNOWING 612 00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:41,091 WHAT SHE'S DOING IS WRONG. 613 00:32:41,193 --> 00:32:43,627 IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 614 00:32:43,729 --> 00:32:46,697 IF THIS WOMAN DOESN'T MEET THE TEST OF INSANITY 615 00:32:46,799 --> 00:32:50,500 IN THIS STATE, THEN NOBODY DOES. 616 00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:52,135 ZERO. 617 00:32:52,237 --> 00:32:54,071 WE MIGHT AS WELL WIPE IT FROM THE BOOKS. 618 00:32:54,173 --> 00:32:58,442 SHE WAS SO PSYCHOTIC ON JUNE THE 20th 619 00:32:58,544 --> 00:33:01,144 THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVED WHAT SHE WAS DOING 620 00:33:01,246 --> 00:33:03,380 WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THOSE CHILDREN. 621 00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:11,021 ♪ 622 00:33:11,123 --> 00:33:14,224 Owmby: I MET DR. DIETZ FAIRLY EARLY IN THE CASE, 623 00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:15,692 AND HE CONDUCTED SOMEWHERE 624 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:19,997 BETWEEN 10 AND 20 HOURS OF INTERVIEWS WITH ANDREA YATES. 625 00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:22,265 I LEARNED THAT HE HAD BEEN A CONSULTANT 626 00:33:22,368 --> 00:33:23,800 TO THE "LAW and ORDER" SERIES. 627 00:33:23,902 --> 00:33:25,869 HE KNEW OF AN EPISODE 628 00:33:25,971 --> 00:33:28,305 THAT HAD AIRED WITH THAT SCENARIO 629 00:33:28,407 --> 00:33:31,341 THAT THERE WAS A FEIGNED MENTAL ILLNESS, 630 00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:33,577 A PERSON THAT DROWNED A CHILD. 631 00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:35,746 Parnham: RUSTY HAD ALREADY TOUCHED UPON 632 00:33:35,848 --> 00:33:39,016 THAT HE AND ANDREA WOULD WATCH "LAW and ORDER." 633 00:33:39,118 --> 00:33:40,517 Owmby: IT WAS A REASONABLE, 634 00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:42,953 IF SOMEWHAT SPECULATIVE, CONCLUSION 635 00:33:43,055 --> 00:33:46,323 THAT IF SHE WATCHED THE PROGRAM HABITUALLY 636 00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:49,793 AND AN EPISODE LIKE THIS AIRED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN IT. 637 00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:52,162 Parnham: THAT WAS USED BY THE STATE 638 00:33:52,264 --> 00:33:53,697 IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENT. 639 00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:55,399 Owmby: SHE BEGINS TO GET VERY DEPRESSED 640 00:33:55,501 --> 00:33:56,733 AND GOES INTO DEVEREAUX. 641 00:33:56,835 --> 00:33:58,301 THESE THOUGHTS CAME TO HER. 642 00:33:58,404 --> 00:34:00,337 SHE WATCHES "LAW and ORDER" REGULARLY. 643 00:34:00,439 --> 00:34:03,507 SHE SEES THIS PROGRAM. 644 00:34:03,609 --> 00:34:05,742 THERE IS A WAY OUT... 645 00:34:05,844 --> 00:34:08,178 A WAY OUT. 646 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,415 Parnham: WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THAT EPISODE 647 00:34:11,517 --> 00:34:15,218 UNTIL THE TESTIMONY CAME FORTH IN FRONT OF A JURY. 648 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,087 DR. DIETZ MADE THE DETERMINATION 649 00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:22,125 THAT THIS WAS A BLUEPRINT FOR ANDREA TO DO WHAT SHE DID. 650 00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:24,961 WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE "LAW and ORDER" EPISODE, 651 00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:28,065 I WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED. 652 00:34:35,207 --> 00:34:37,908 Reporter THE ANDREA YATES CASE IN HOUSTON 653 00:34:38,010 --> 00:34:40,644 BROUGHT NEW AND INTENSE FOCUS TO THE INSANITY DEFENSE. 654 00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:42,679 Reporter DRAWN NATIONAL ATTENTION 655 00:34:42,781 --> 00:34:44,848 NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CRIME, 656 00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:47,384 BUT BECAUSE IT RENEWED LONG-STANDING QUESTIONS 657 00:34:47,486 --> 00:34:48,452 ABOUT HOW THE MENTALLY ILL 658 00:34:48,554 --> 00:34:51,021 ARE HANDLED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 659 00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:52,622 IT TOOK THE 12 MEMBERS OF THE JURY 660 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:56,226 ONLY 3 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES TO REACH THEIR DECISION. 661 00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:58,161 Judge: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COURT HAS BEEN ADVISED 662 00:34:58,263 --> 00:35:00,030 THAT THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT 663 00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:03,900 THE COURT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THAT VERDICT IS. 664 00:35:04,002 --> 00:35:06,436 Parnham: I RECALL HAVING A LUMP IN MY THROAT 665 00:35:06,538 --> 00:35:08,772 WHEN THE JURY CAME BACK. 666 00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:11,875 Judge: THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. ANDREA PIA YATES. 667 00:35:11,977 --> 00:35:14,644 "WE, THE JURY, FIND THE DEFENDANT, ANDREA PIA YATES, 668 00:35:14,746 --> 00:35:18,348 GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER AS CHARGED IN THE INDICTMENT." 669 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:20,484 Reporter A JURY IN HOUSTON 670 00:35:20,586 --> 00:35:23,820 SENTENCED ANDREA YATES TO LIFE IN PRISON TODAY 671 00:35:23,922 --> 00:35:26,723 FOR DROWNING HER FIVE CHILDREN IN A BATHTUB. 672 00:35:26,825 --> 00:35:29,092 SHE COULD HAVE RECEIVED THE DEATH PENALTY. 673 00:35:29,194 --> 00:35:31,161 Owmby: WE OBVIOUSLY WERE SATISFIED 674 00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:34,064 THAT THEY HAD REACHED THE RIGHT CONCLUSION. 675 00:35:34,166 --> 00:35:35,932 IN A PERFECT WORLD, THE YATES CHILDREN 676 00:35:36,034 --> 00:35:40,270 WOULD BE ALIVE AND THRIVING IN THE MIDST OF A LOVING FAMILY. 677 00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:41,972 BUT IN THIS IMPERFECT WORLD, THE BEST WE COULD DO 678 00:35:42,074 --> 00:35:44,574 WAS TO SEE THAT JUSTICE WAS DONE FOR THEM 679 00:35:44,676 --> 00:35:46,576 AS VICTIMS OF A HORRENDOUS CRIME. 680 00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:48,545 Russell: NONE OF US WANTED HER TO BE FOUND GUILTY. 681 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:49,846 IN FACT, MOST OF US WERE OFFENDED 682 00:35:49,948 --> 00:35:51,548 THAT SHE WAS EVEN PROSECUTED. 683 00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:53,216 Parnham: AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, 684 00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:55,085 THE MOST POSITIVE OUTCOME OF THIS CASE 685 00:35:55,187 --> 00:35:57,854 IS THAT AMERICANS HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND 686 00:35:57,956 --> 00:36:00,490 IN A MOST EXTREME AND PAINFUL EXAMPLE 687 00:36:00,592 --> 00:36:02,159 THE PLIGHT OF THE MENTALLY ILL. 688 00:36:02,261 --> 00:36:04,744 Reporter HAD AN ADVANTAGE. 689 00:36:04,847 --> 00:36:07,914 THEY HAD A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF DR. PARK DIETZ, 690 00:36:08,016 --> 00:36:09,432 WHO'S TESTIFIED IN A LOT OF CASES. 691 00:36:09,535 --> 00:36:11,568 HE WROTE A 100-PAGE REPORT. 692 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:12,702 IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 693 00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:14,638 THE JURY SEEM TO BELIEVE HE WAS TRUSTWORTHY. 694 00:36:17,309 --> 00:36:20,177 Parnham: A YOUNG REPORTER CALLED ME ASIDE 695 00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:22,679 AND QUESTIONED THE CREDIBILITY OF DR. DIETZ. 696 00:36:22,781 --> 00:36:25,015 SHE WATCHED EVERY EPISODE OF "LAW and ORDER," 697 00:36:25,117 --> 00:36:29,119 AND SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY SUCH SHOW EVER EXISTING. 698 00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:32,689 Owmby: I GOT A CALL FROM THE PRODUCER 699 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:34,357 OF THE "LAW and ORDER" SERIES, RANTING ABOUT 700 00:36:34,459 --> 00:36:36,259 HOW THERE WAS NEVER SUCH A PROGRAM 701 00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:39,629 AND WONDERED WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT WOULD BE. 702 00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:41,264 Reporter PARK DIETZ'S TESTIMONY? 703 00:36:41,366 --> 00:36:42,866 DOES THAT KIND OF IMPEACH THE STATE'S CREDIBILITY? 704 00:36:42,968 --> 00:36:43,900 WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? 705 00:36:44,002 --> 00:36:45,435 Reporter THEY SAID IT WAS A LIE. 706 00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:48,572 THEY SAID -- WELL, THEY SAID THAT THE STATEMENT WAS NOT TRUE. 707 00:36:48,674 --> 00:36:51,441 AND THAT'S A SENSE -- IN THE ABSOLUTE SENSE -- 708 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,643 A LIE USUALLY IMPLIES THAT IT WAS SOMETHING INTENTIONAL. 709 00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:55,478 HE MADE A MISTAKE. 710 00:36:55,581 --> 00:36:58,848 DR. DIETZ CONFUSED SOME EPISODES OF "LAW and ORDER." 711 00:36:58,951 --> 00:37:02,319 AND IN THE MOMENT HE WAS ASKED ON CROSS-EXAMINATION, 712 00:37:02,421 --> 00:37:07,023 MISTAKENLY TESTIFIED THAT SUCH AN EPISODE HAD AIRED. 713 00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:09,793 Parnham: I TOOK THAT TO THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS, 714 00:37:09,895 --> 00:37:12,996 BEING ABLE TO SHOW THAT SUCH A SHOW NEVER EXISTED, 715 00:37:13,098 --> 00:37:16,533 AND THE COURT OF APPEALS REVERSED THAT CASE 716 00:37:16,635 --> 00:37:19,569 ON THE FALSE TESTIMONY OF PARK DIETZ 717 00:37:19,671 --> 00:37:21,538 UNDER OATH ON THE WITNESS STAND. 718 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:27,010 ♪ 719 00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:28,945 Reporter YATES WAS CONVICTED 720 00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:30,680 OF CAPITAL MURDER AT HER FIRST TRIAL 721 00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:32,349 AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. 722 00:37:32,451 --> 00:37:33,917 Reporter THE SECOND TRIAL 723 00:37:34,019 --> 00:37:35,952 COULD BE A NEAR DUPLICATE OF THE FIRST ONE 724 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:39,356 WHEN A JURY REJECTED YATES INSANITY DEFENSE. 725 00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:41,658 THE TRIAL COULD LAST ABOUT A MONTH. 726 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,193 Stumpo: I WAS SICK TO MY STOMACH. 727 00:37:43,295 --> 00:37:44,761 I MEAN, HOW MANY CHANCES DO YOU -- 728 00:37:44,863 --> 00:37:48,064 SHE KILLED FIVE OF HER CHILDREN, 729 00:37:48,166 --> 00:37:50,066 AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A RETRIAL? 730 00:37:50,168 --> 00:37:53,603 I MEAN, COME ON. 731 00:37:53,705 --> 00:37:55,772 Parnham: THE JIST OF THIS TRIAL 732 00:37:55,874 --> 00:37:58,675 WAS ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE DEFENDANT. 733 00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:01,378 Owmby: THE PUBLIC OPINION KIND OF CHANGED 734 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,313 FROM "HOW COULD ANYONE DO THIS TO THESE CHILDREN? 735 00:38:03,415 --> 00:38:05,215 THEY SHOULD BE EXECUTED IMMEDIATELY." 736 00:38:05,317 --> 00:38:07,784 TO "HOW CAN YOU PROSECUTE SOMEONE 737 00:38:07,886 --> 00:38:10,654 WHO SUFFERS FROM THIS MENTAL ILLNESS?" 738 00:38:10,756 --> 00:38:12,222 Reporter YATES' SUPPORTERS SAY 739 00:38:12,324 --> 00:38:13,857 SHE SHOULD BE TREATED FOR HER ILLNESS 740 00:38:13,959 --> 00:38:16,359 RATHER THAN PUNISHED FOR THE CRIME. 741 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:19,029 Wark: I WAS VERY PLEASED THAT ANDREA HAD A SECOND TRIAL 742 00:38:19,131 --> 00:38:20,597 BECAUSE SHE'S NOT AN EVIL PERSON. 743 00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:22,699 SHE'S A CRAZY PERSON. 744 00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:24,367 ENOUGH INFORMATION HAD COME OUT. 745 00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:26,169 SO I THINK THAT IT WAS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 746 00:38:26,271 --> 00:38:28,071 FOR JUSTICE TO BE SERVED. 747 00:38:28,173 --> 00:38:29,706 Woman: PEOPLE MAY BE MUCH MORE SYMPATHETIC. 748 00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:31,207 BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PROSECUTION 749 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:33,677 IS CERTAINLY NOT GONNA LET ANYBODY FORGET 750 00:38:33,779 --> 00:38:36,646 EXACTLY WHAT MISS YATES DID. 751 00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:38,615 Woman UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. 752 00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:41,951 SHE WAS ABLE TO PUSH HIM DOWN AND CONTROL HIM 753 00:38:42,054 --> 00:38:43,920 AND FORCE HIM UNDER THAT WATER 754 00:38:44,022 --> 00:38:45,455 UNTIL HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS BODY. 755 00:38:45,557 --> 00:38:49,092 SHE HAD BEEN CONTEMPLATING THE KILLING OF THESE CHILDREN 756 00:38:49,194 --> 00:38:51,394 FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS. 757 00:38:55,567 --> 00:38:58,568 Judge: MR. FOREMAN, HAS THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT IN EACH CASE? 758 00:38:58,670 --> 00:38:59,803 Man 759 00:38:59,905 --> 00:39:01,738 WILL YOU PLEASE PASS THEM TO THE BENCH, PLEASE? 760 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:02,872 "WE, THE JURY, 761 00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:04,741 FIND THE DEFENDANT, ANDREA PIA YATES, 762 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:08,044 NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY." 763 00:39:08,146 --> 00:39:10,914 Wark: I REMEMBER FEELING RELIEVED FOR HER, 764 00:39:11,016 --> 00:39:15,118 BEING HAPPY FOR HER AT THE OUTCOME. 765 00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:19,222 Parnham: MY REACTION WAS NOTHING SHORT BUT ECSTATIC. 766 00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:21,925 I WAS JUST VERY EMOTIONAL. 767 00:39:24,296 --> 00:39:27,564 Resnick: THE JURY SAID, "WE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE KNEW 768 00:39:27,666 --> 00:39:29,666 WHAT SHE DID WAS AGAINST THE LAW, 769 00:39:29,768 --> 00:39:31,935 BUT SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT." 770 00:39:32,037 --> 00:39:33,770 AND I FOUND THAT QUITE GRATIFYING 771 00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:35,405 BECAUSE THAT HAD BEEN THE ESSENCE 772 00:39:35,507 --> 00:39:38,408 OF WHAT I HAD BEEN TRYING TO CONVEY. 773 00:39:38,510 --> 00:39:40,844 WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THRILLED WITH THE VERDICT. 774 00:39:40,946 --> 00:39:43,046 YOU KNOW, LAST TIME, THE JUDGE SAID, 775 00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:45,348 YOU KNOW, "FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY," 776 00:39:45,450 --> 00:39:47,517 AND WE JUST THOUGHT SHE LEFT OUT THE WORD "NOT." 777 00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:49,419 YOU KNOW, AND THIS TIME WE HEARD IT, SO WE'RE HAPPY. 778 00:39:49,521 --> 00:39:58,928 ♪ 779 00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:08,338 ♪ 780 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:14,377 ♪ 781 00:40:14,479 --> 00:40:15,779 Owmby: SHE IS CONFINED, 782 00:40:15,881 --> 00:40:19,516 IF NOT BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW, BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE LAW. 783 00:40:22,487 --> 00:40:25,288 I DON'T BELIEVE ANY JUDGE WHO KNOWS THE HISTORY 784 00:40:25,390 --> 00:40:29,025 OF WHAT HAPPENED WILL BE INCLINED TO RELEASE HER. 785 00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:31,895 Parnham: I DECIDED TO START 786 00:40:31,997 --> 00:40:35,265 THE YATES CHILDREN MEMORIAL FUND. 787 00:40:35,367 --> 00:40:37,534 HOPEFULLY IN SOME WAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE 788 00:40:37,636 --> 00:40:38,868 IN HOW WOMEN ARE TREATED 789 00:40:38,970 --> 00:40:41,805 IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 790 00:40:45,477 --> 00:40:49,112 Resnick: AS A RESULT OF MRS. YATES' CASE, 791 00:40:49,214 --> 00:40:52,482 TEXAS ACTUALLY PASSED A LAW 792 00:40:52,584 --> 00:40:56,953 MANDATING THAT A SCREENING TEST FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION 793 00:40:57,055 --> 00:41:01,691 BE ADMINISTERED TO ALL WOMEN WHO GAVE BIRTH IN TEXAS. 794 00:41:04,212 --> 00:41:06,329 Wark: ONE REASON I HAVEN'T BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ANDREA -- 795 00:41:06,431 --> 00:41:10,967 BECAUSE I'VE TREASURED MEMORIES OF ANDREA AS HERSELF. 796 00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:15,738 I REMEMBER ANDREA AS A VIBRANT, SMART, DILIGENT -- 797 00:41:15,841 --> 00:41:19,843 JUST -- JUST MOST INTEGRITY OF ANYONE I'VE EVER MET. 798 00:41:19,945 --> 00:41:23,980 SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, JUST SPARKLING WITH LIFE. 799 00:41:24,082 --> 00:41:26,149 SO THAT'S MY MEMORY OF HER. 800 00:41:26,251 --> 00:41:28,051 IT'S SO HEARTBREAKING TO ME.