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Most clear thinking people can't imagine how Russell Yates, a supposedly intelligent man (NASA engineer) couldn't see what was happening right under his nose. Let's see:

His wife was plagued with post partum depression after childbirth and yet HE CHOSE to ignore more than one medical doctor's advice warning that his wife should NOT have more children. Russell is conveniently bashing doctors now, but ignored their advice when it served his own selfish purposes.

After receiving psychiatric help from suicide attempts, Andrea DID admit thoughts of harming her children. This information was shared with Russell Yates. He knew damned well that Andrea had previous thoughts of harming the children.

Andrea quit bathing, smelled and her hair was so filthy it was stuck to her head when her friend came over weeks before she drowned her children. She described Andrea's condition as catitonic. Russell Yates layed down with his stinking wife at night and expects us to believe that he didn't have a clue she wasn't fit to be in charge of his children AND THAT WAS THE DOCTOR'S FAULT????

And finally, in Russell Yates' own words:
"We didn't know she was psychotic. We just thought well, she was depressed. But she was just staring ahead. We would see Andrea standing there and we would see her in the same way we'd always seen her."

Go ahead Russell, keep trying to convince everyone around you that it was a good idea to leave five little children alone for one minute with a woman who quit communicating, quit bathing and just stared ahead!

Yes, Andrea Yates murdered her children in cold blood and I'm glad she was convicted. But, count me in as one who believes that Russell Yates needs to spend some heavy duty time in prison as well.

He knows damned well that he left his innocent and helpless children in the care of a mentally impaired woman who was barely able to function, the same woman who had previously tried to kill herself twice and uttered thoughts of harming her children.

Russell's weird actions speak volumes. I'm more nauseated than ever to hear that he's planning to go on the talk show circuit. I pray the D.A. in Houston is listening to everything he says & will turn his words against him with an indictment for wreckless endangerment, or some sort of negligence for the death of those poor children.

I agree with you. As more info comes out, Russell looks worse and worse. He left a five month old baby with a stinking, mute, catatonic, staring, not eating detached woman to care for for an hour before his mother could get there. What was in his head? Did he think Baby Mary could fend for herself. Let aloone four little boys. At least they could have gotton themselves cereal, how could he justify leaving the baby even if he thought his wife wasn't dangerous.

Very well said. I wish there was a way this finger-pointing fool could face charges rather than do what he'll probably do -sell the rights to his story and get rich. He deserves a huge load of blame for what happened to his children.