She was found not guilty by reason of insanity and has since been in a psychiatric hospitalĭuring her first trial in 2002, Yates lawyers claimed she believed that the devil was inside her and that by killing her children she would save them from hell. She's been medically stable for five years.'Īndrea Yates was first convicted of murder but this was overturned on appeal in 2006. Of his former wife, he said in 2012: 'She is doing well, all things considered. He has now remarried and has a five-year-old son. The former high school valedictorian's devastated husband, Rusty, remained married to his wife for four years after their children's deaths and he continues to visit her although they divorced in 2005. The former nurse and stay-at-home mom had a history of psychiatric hospitalizations and suicide attempts before the horrific incident, when she drowned her children, one by one, in the family bathtub.Īccording to investigators, Yates had to chase the last child, her eldest, Noah, seven, through the family home and drag him into the bathroom. 'They just take her and put her on public display, with the bodies of my children. She's somebody that needs love, compassion, support. 'I mean, from my perspective, that's the cruelest thing. He added: ''They spent a week showing pictures of our children's dead bodies in front of a jury, in front of her. Mr Yates married Laura Arnold, a woman he met at a church in Clear Lake, during a private ceremony in 2006, two days before his ex-wife's murder re-trial
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