Yates Murders

Andrea Yates, flanked by lawyers, George Parnham, left, and Wendell Odom, stands as verdict in her murder retrial is read Wednesday July 26, 2006, in Houston. Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the drowning deaths of her children. Yates, 42, will be committed to a state mental hospital, with periodic hearings to determine whether she should be released. An earlier guilty verdict was overturned on appeal.

Andrea Yates follows her defense attorney George Parnham into the courtroom in this image made from video in Houston, Monday, June 26, 2006. A month later, on July 26, a jury found Yates not guilty by reason of insanity on charges she drowned her children in a bathtub.

Andrea Yates leaves the Harris County Jail Feb. 2, 2006, in Houston. Yates was released on a $200,000 bond to a state mental hospital where she awaited her retrial on capital murder charges in the drowning deaths of her children. An appeals court overturned Yates' original capital murder convictions, citing false testimony by a key prosecution witness.

Andrea Yates is shown in this Texas Department of Criminal Justice photo, March 21, 2002. An appeals court has overturned Yates' capital murder convictions for the drowning deaths of three of her five children, citing false testimony by a key prosecution witness. She also pleaded guilty to killing two other children.

Andrea and Russell Yates pose with their children Noah, Mary, Luke, Paul and John, from left to right, in this undated photo. On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned the children in the family's bathtub. She placed the four youngest on a bed and covered them with a sheet, and left her oldest son's body in the tub. She then called police and told them what she had done.

Andrea Yates is seen in her June 21, 2001, police booking photo. Shortly before the killings, Yates had been hospitalized with postpartum depression, which she'd battled for two years. She said that Satan ordered her to kill her children to save them from eternal damnation.

Prosecution witness Dr. Park Dietz enters the courthouse to testify in the capital murder case against Andrea Yates, March 7, 2002, in Houston. Dietz incorrectly testified that an episode of "Law & Order" dealing with postpartum depression aired just before the killings. He said the episode portrayed a woman who drowned her children and was later found insane. Officials determined later that such an episode doesn't exist.

George Parnham, right, attorney for Andrea Yates, listens as Dr. Owen Murray, medical director at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Skyview Unit, speaks to reporters outside a hospital in Galveston, Texas, July 22, 2004. Yates was transferred from the Skyview Unit to the Galveston hospital after refusing food and losing more than 20 pounds.

Russell Yates visits the grave of his five children on the one-year anniversary of their deaths, June 20, 2002, in Houston.

With his mother Dora Yates at his side, left, Russell Yates speaks to the media after his wife received a life sentence for capital murder, March 15, 2002, in Houston. After deliberating less than an hour, jurors decided against the death penalty, but also rejected the insanity argument from the defense.

Andrea Yates' mother, Jutta Karin Kennedy, left, and sister, Michelle Freeman, leave the courthouse after testifying in the punishment phase of Yates' capital murder trial, March 14, 2002, in Houston.

Russell Yates, center, hugs his mother, Dora Yates, following a candlelight vigil in front of the courthouse in Houston after his wife was convicted of murder, March 12, 2002.

In this image made from video, Andrea Yates listens as opening statements are given during her trial in Houston, Feb. 18, 2002.

Andrea Yates, shown in this image from television, sits in a Houston courtroom during her competency hearing, Sept. 20, 2001.

The casket of Noah Yates is carried to a vault during a graveside service for the five Yates children, June 27, 2001, in Houston.

Russell Yates touches the casket of his oldest son, 7-year-old Noah, during a graveside service for his five children, June 27, 2001, in Houston.

Funeral home employees wheel two of five caskets into the Clear Lake Church of Christ, June 26, 2001, in Houston. The visitation and funeral service for the five Yates children was being held at the church.

Friends and neighbors gather outside the Yates' home for a candlelight vigil to honor the five slain children, June 22, 2001, in Houston.

Russell Yates holds a family picture as he speaks to the media, June 21, 2001, in Houston.

Houston police officers stand outside the Yates home in Houston, June 20, 2001. The three-bedroom house where the children were killed was sold for $109,900 in May 2004.