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Just sitting there. she never looked at me. i walked into the room, and i was expecting to find a man on the floor. a body. and i was looking around, looking around. saying, what? i see this little, tiny head. and it was looking right at me. and a little head was about maybe 10 or 15 feet from there at the edge of the bed. i said, what in the world? i thought it was a doll. and i walked over to that little tiny head, and i touched it right here, put my finger on it and i said what in the -- i picked up the blanket, and there was that little tiny body. it was a human being. i said, oh, my. as i...

She never looked at me. i walked into the room, and i was expecting to find a man on the floor. a body. and i was looking around, looking around. saying, what? i see this little, tiny head. and it was looking right at me. and a little head was about maybe 10 or 15 feet from there at the edge of the bed. i said, what in the world? i thought it was a doll. and i walked over to that little tiny head, and i touched it right here, put my finger on it and i said what in the -- i picked up the blanket, and there was that little tiny body. it was a human being. i said, oh, my. as i continued to pick u...

>> she didn't want them to go to hell. so she drowned her kids. >> captivating and horrifying viewers from coast to coast. >> did he know that his wife would be a danger to those five children? >> she did not show remorse. she did not show regret. she believed that she had arranged for her children to go to heaven. >> the murder case that shocked the nation and cast a harsh, new light on the very nature of motherhood. >> i view her as a victim. i don't view her as a criminal. >> the state of texas versus andrea yates, next. ♪

6-month-old baby girl, and put it in the crook of john's arm so he could look after her in the afterlife as he had been a good big brother during their lifetime together. >> it promised to be the trial of the century in houston, texas. there was no question regarding the basic facts. on the morning of june 20th, 2001, 36-year-old andrea yates systematically drowned all five of her children. defense attorney george parnham knew that his client's only chance was to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. but as the details emerged, the public outrage grew. >> give us some room. >> get back. get ...

>> it's a small number of persons who are found excused because their mental illness is so severe it causes them either not to know what they're doing or not to know the wrongfulness of what they're doing. >> people often ask me, well, listen. why didn't she kill herself instead of drown her children? the kids would still be alive. the problem is, she becomes more and more ill with each pregnancy. the sicker you become, the less alternatives are available to you. >> while awaiting trial, andrea yates was placed in the jail's medical facility and treated for psychosis. >> from the time of the t...