Doctor Says Yates’ Kids Struggled as They Died
The state rested its case against Andrea Yates after a medical examiner testified at her Houston retrial that bruises on her children’s bodies indicated they struggled as she slowly drowned them in the bathtub.
The judge then ended court for the day so prosecutors could question defense witnesses outside the jury’s presence. Defense attorneys, who say Yates had severe postpartum psychosis and did not know that drowning her five children was wrong, will begin presenting evidence today.
An appeals court overturned her 2002 conviction last year.
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