Andrea Yates, husband Rusty and four of her five children. Courtesy of Yates Family/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Andrea Yates' unspeakable crime was drowning her five young kids in a family bathtub in June 2001 while struggling with severe depression and psychosis - an act that made her America's most hated mother at the time.