16 years ago Tuesday Andrea Yates drowned her 5 children in Texas bathtub

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017
2002 Testimony: Andrea Yates 'saw Satan in the jail walls'

CLEAR LAKE, Texas -- The story horrified viewers as it played out on Eyewitness News in the summer of 2001.

A mother stood accused of drowning her five children in a bathtub inside her family's Clear Lake home.

Now 16 years later, we're going to Kerrville State Hospital where Andrea Yates remains under care.

WHERE IS SHE NOW? Inside the life of confessed child killer Andrea Yates

We're going inside the institution where Andrea Yates now lives after she drowned her five children in 2001.



Here's a look back at the life and trials of Andrea Pia Yates:

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