[FITZ]

Yes I agree he allowed his children to be around this deranged woman, I'm just not sure he knew until it was too late how deranged she was. I do blame him in a way for not taking her to some state hospital or at least back to her parents, somehow winning custody of those kids ---even by kidnapping them and heading for Mexico with them. No way should had have let her stay in that house with those kids around----we can all see that now, but before she hurt them, I'm not sure it was as obvious.

[Bommer]

When pressure from raising their children appeared to be getting to Mrs. Yates, she could always look forward to Thursdays. Mr. Yates testified that for three hours once each week from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mrs. Yates could do whatever she wanted, alone, without the children.

The free time was to provide some relief for his wife, Mr. Yates said. "I guess that's what we decided," he said.

Mrs. Yates is a diagnosed schizophrenic predisposed to pitch-black depressions that followed the births of her last two children.

He knew about her problem 2 kids ago! No REAL parent would allow someone, even a mother or father to raise children when they are diagnosed so severely! I would never take that risk! Case Closed!