This is one of the most interesting parts in this case to me. He was found floating in the bathtub, and the other four were found in a bed together under a blanket.Īndrea called the police and only told them that she was ill and that she needed a police officer right away, and she also called Rusty and said that all of their children were dead. He had try to escape from his mom, and actually fought with her to try to stay alive. Noah was seven years old at the time, and actually caught Andrea killing Mary. In that one hour, Andrea was able to kill all of her children. Rusty left for work that day, and his mother was supposed to come over in the next hour to watch the kids. On May 3, 2001, Andrea was reportedly in a “catatonic state,” when she filled up her bathtub and drowned her children. She was being treated by a new doctor, who told her to stop taking her medication and was released. Andrea stopped taking her medication, and even stopped feeding Mary. The event that seemed to push Andrea over the edge was her father’s death on March 12, 2001.

Andrea was told not to have anymore children, but she would have her daughter, Mary on November 30, 2000, just 6 months before she would kill her children. The next month, in July, Andrea was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis. Rusty had to wrestle a knife away from Andrea, and Andrea would later say she wanted to kill herself to save her children. The next day, on June 17, she was admitted to a mental hospital but the next day she was released and wanted to die. She reportedly became the most depressed after having their son, Luke. On June 16, 1999, Rusty found Andrea shaking and chewing on her fingers. Their children were Noah, John, Paul, Luke and Mary. They got married on Apand it was their plan together to have many children as possible.Īndrea and Rusty would have five children, 4 boys and 1 girl. In 1989, she met Rusty Yates, when they lived in the same apartment complex. She then worked as a nurse in Houston from 1986-1994. She seemed to being doing well though, because she attended the University of Houston for two years, and was in a pre-nursing program. Andrea was diagnosed with depression from a very early age, as early as 17 and was also bulimic in high school. Was she really insane or was it all an act?Īndrea grew up in a loving family and had four siblings. I have seen a lot of information on this case before, but it was interesting to see Andrea’s interrogations and what might have led up to her killing her five children. I watched the very first episode of The Crimes That Changed Us on ID for my research. Warning, this case discusses crimes against children.

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