Andrea Yates Research Paper

Andrea Yates Andrea Yates, born July 2, 1964 in Houston, Texas, was just another average American girl. She was a remarkable student and ended up being her class valedictorian at Milby High School in Houston. She went to college at the University of Huston for nursing and continued her education at the University of Texas, School of Nursing; she graduated in 1986. In 1993, she married Rusty Yates, a devout follower of Michael Peter Woroniecki’s teachings which communicated that if a mother didn’t bring her children up correctly, she and her children were doomed to hell. Andrea, convinced he was right, later referenced some of Pastor Woroniecki’s teachings in court. The fertile couple had four sons over the period between 1994 and 1999. In 1999, Andrea attempted suicide twice before she was treated for her post-partum depression which was already provoked by her present mental imbalance, the family’s overcrowded living conditions, and Andrea’s refusal to take her medication. The doctor told Andrea and Rusty not to have any more children. Andrea was prescribed medication and sent back home to mother her children. She appeared to be getting better and Rusty began pressuring Andrea to
Evidence that was most likely looked for in the investigation included water in the lungs of the children to prove they were drowned and not just placed in water after being killed another way. Another thing to have looked for would have been skin under the nails of the children or defensive wounds. One would also look for haemorrhaging, or profuse bleeding from ruptured blood vessels in the lungs and evidence of larynx spasm which would have caused the passageway to the lungs to be blocked. Even though no forensic evidence was at large, there is no doubt the case was easy to solve. With Andrea’s confession and the children’s bodies, it was a quickly solved