Today's case of study was by far the most disturbing and difficult case to both watch and discuss about. This was the case of the mother Andrea Yates drowning her 5 children in a bathtub one-by-one. The case overall introduced us the history before the murders which really looked like a completely healthy and well-functioning family of God with Andrea Yates and Rusty Yates being the married couple. All was in the norm until the 4th child was born. By this time, Andrea reached a sudden point of severe depression and postpartum psychosis which was basically an extremely rare effect that mothers can receive after a series of child births. Unfortunately, Andrea was a victim to it and went rather mentally unstable for she attempted suicide twice and was institutionalized. Over time she attempted to recover with medication, until a 5th child was born and she stopped her medication without her doctor's permission. Afterwards, she reached an even worse condition and was once again institutionalized and made a turn for the worst. She was actually released very early for her state of mind in the other institution and had no choice but to return home. As she tried to live normally once again, it was until mid 2001 where she drowned her 5 children.
The difficulty of this case is the fact that Andrea had many mental issues that could have been the reasons for these atrocities to occur and there's no telling at the moment for the class to decide if she intentionally murdered them. She stated however that Satan told her to literally murder her children for they have sinned and their lives could only be saved if they were to be ended innocently.
The case shall continue with more factors being discovered that will tell in which if she's guitly or just completely mentally insane.
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