Overview
- In 2001, Yates drowned her five children at the family home in Clear Lake City, then called 911 and told police she had killed them.
- Medical records show she had been diagnosed with postpartum psychosis in 1999 and had stopped medication months before the killings after her father died.
- Prosecutors initially won a 2002 capital murder conviction, but an appeal led to a 2006 retrial that found her not guilty by reason of insanity.
- She has since lived at the Kerrville State Hospital, repeatedly waiving release reviews as her attorney says she is settled there.
- Fresh media coverage revisits motives and outside influences, while family members emphasize her severe mental illness and no new charges have been filed.