- Son, Paul Abraham, was born on September 13th, 1997.
- Her conviction was thrown out by a lower court due to false testimony. A forensic psychiatrist testified that Yates was influenced by an episode of Law & Order (1990), which showed a woman who drowned her children and was found innocent by reason of insanity. No such episode existed.
- Houston mother who drowned her five young children in a bathtub on June 20, 2001. She pled not guilty by reason of insanity due to postpartum depression and was sentenced to life in prison and won't be eligible for parole until 2042.
- Daughter, Mary Deborah, was born on November 30, 2000.
- Son, John Samuel, was born on December 12th, 1995.
- Son, Luke David, was born on February 15th, 1999.
- Son, Noah Jack, was born on February 26th, 1994.
- The new conviction as of July 26th, 2006 was not guilty for reason of insanity. She will now reside in a Texas mental infirmary. (July 2006)
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