Andrea Yates

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrea Yates
Occupation	Criminal
Date Of Birth	Jul 2, 1964(1964-07-02)
Age	60
Birthplace	Texas
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Cancer

Andrea Yates Biography

Andrea Yates is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on July 2, 1964 in Texas, Texas, United States. Texas woman who suffered from postpartum depression and tragically drowned her five children on June 20, 2001.

Her tragic story was a partial inspiration for the series Desperate Housewives, according to series creator Marc Cherry .

She graduated from Milby High School in 1982. She was the class valedictorian, captain of the swim team, and an officer in the National Honor Society.

Yates completed a two-year pre-nursing program at the University of Houston and graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. From 1986 until 1994 she worked as a registered nurse at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In summer 1989 she met Russell “Rusty” Yates at the Sunscape Apartments in Houston. They soon moved in together and were married on April 17, 1993.

She was married to Russell Yates until 2004; her children’s names were Noah, John, Paul, Luke, and Mary.

Andrea Yates Net Worth

Andrea Yates is one of the richest Criminal from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrea Yates 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She struggled as a teen before graduating from the University of Texas School of Nursing.

She was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was committed to a mental health facility.

Andrea Pia Yates (née Kennedy; born July 2, 1964) is a former resident of Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. She had been suffering for some time from very severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and schizophrenia. During her trial, she was represented by Houston criminal defense attorney George Parnham. Chuck Rosenthal, the district attorney in Harris County, asked for the death penalty in her 2002 trial. Her case placed the M’Naghten rules, along with the irresistible impulse test, a legal test for sanity, under close public scrutiny in the United States. She was convicted of capital murder, but the jury refused the death penalty option. She was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years. The verdict was overturned on appeal, in light of false testimony by one of the expert psychiatric witnesses.

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Who is Andrea Yates Dating?

According to our records, Andrea Yates married to Russell Yates. As of December 1, 2023, Andrea Yates’s is not dating anyone.

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Following the birth of her fourth child, Luke, Yates became depressed. On June 16, 1999, Rusty found her shaking and chewing her fingers. The next day, she attempted to commit suicide by overdosing on pills. She was admitted to the hospital and prescribed antidepressants. Soon after her release, she begged Rusty to let her die as she held a knife up to her neck. Once again hospitalized, she was given a cocktail of medications including Haldol, an anti-psychotic drug. Her condition improved immediately and she was prescribed it on her release. After that, Rusty moved the family into a small house for the sake of her health. She appeared temporarily stabilized.

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Yates’s first psychiatrist, Dr. Eileen Starbranch, testified that she urged her and Rusty not to have any more children, as it would “guarantee future psychotic depression”. They conceived their fifth and final child approximately 7 weeks after her discharge. She stopped taking Haldol in March 2000 and gave birth to her daughter, Mary, on November 30, 2000. She seemed to be coping well until the death of her father on March 12, 2001.

What has happened to Andrea Yates?

In 2002, she was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. Her conviction was later overturned based on false testimony. A second trial in 2006 resulted in a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Yates was sent to Kerrville State Hospital, a mental health facility, where she remains today.

Is Andrea Yates remorseful?

When asked if Yates has shown remorse, Parnham added, “ She’s obviously very aware and is impacted tremendously by what happened.” In a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict the court has jurisdiction over you for as long as your sentence would have been. In Yates’ case, that’s the rest of her life.

Is Rusty Yates still married?

The former NASA engineer said he forgave his ex-wife in an Investigation Discovery documentary released last year. He also said he regularly visits her at the mental hospital. Rusty Yates remarried in 2006 and had another child. He has since divorced his second wife.

Who drown their kids?

Andrea Yates
Born| Andrea Pia Kennedy July 2, 1964 Hallsville, Texas, U.S.
Spouse(s)| Russell “Rusty” Yates ​ ​ ( m. 1993; div. 2005)​

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