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>> this is our little girl that was born today. >> everything seemed fine until the following march when andrea's father died. >> andrea is such a wonderful, caring person. she cared deeply for her father. and felt a great deal of responsibility because she was the nurse in the family. come march 31st she is taken by rusty to devereaux hospital. rusty's concerned about her. andrea was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, postpartum onset. >> at that time, hospitals weren't educated about postpartum illness, psychiatrists weren't educated about postpartum illness. >> after the 2001 hospita...

In florida. rusty opted not to be burdened by owning another house. >> going into an rv more of an experiment for us. we rented our house that we had here, and we bought a 38 foot trailer and pulled it to florida and lived in a campground in florida during the course of that assignment. >> at the time andrea was again pregnant. she miscarried just after the move. in 1997 the yates returned to houston where their third son is born. in 1998 they trade in the rv for a renovated 350 square foot bus, a bus they bought from michael wornnecchi. baby number four arrives a few months later. >> i went o...

I mean, she was sick. we went to the doctor. you know, we followed the doctor's orders. >> no one ever said to him, you know, your children might die because of your wife's illness. nobody said, you know, the risk is with postpartum psychosis that the children are in danger. >> i personally did not see rusty as such a bad guy. i think he cared deeply for his wife. he cared deeply for his children. >> in the end the rusty yates controversy was simply a side show. his wife was the main event. the state was going to try the case to the fullest extent of the law, seeking nothing less than the deat...

Then she draws the bath. >> what's the problem? >> um. >> is someone burglarizing your house? i mean, what is it? >> the dispatcher assigned me that particular call for service being that it was in my zone of responsibility. another unit, david napp, he checked by with me, which is common practice, you know, day shift, it's slow, guys killing time, helping each other out. >> eight minutes after dialing 911 andrea yates calls her husband rusty yates and tells him it's time to come home. it's not yet 10:00 a.m. >> i couldn't imagine what had actually happened, but i was worried because i'm like ...

>> she's not responding. rusty reported that the doctor's comment was, andrea, think happy thoughts. >> two days after that will appointment on june 20th, 2001, andrea yates drowned her children one by one and then patiently waited to be arrested. >> when i saw her in the jail that first time i would ask her questions, and she would answer it in nonsense. she heard the tv talking to her, and she was picking her scalp, which i saw her do. later to learn that the belief was that the number 666 had been branded into her scalp. >> as irrationale as andrea's symptoms sounded, at least one expert ha...