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Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates

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In the tradition of In Cold Blood, The Executioner’s Song, and A Civil Action, Suzanne O’Malley exposes the human mystery of the most horrifying crime in contemporary history and the legal drama surrounding it.

As a journalist, Suzanne O’Malley started covering the murders of Noah, John, Paul, Luke, and Mary Yates hours after their mother, Andrea Yates, drowned them in their suburban Houston home in June 2001. Over twenty-four months, O’Malley interviewed or witnessed the sworn testimony of more than a hundred participants in this drama, including Yates herself; her husband, Rusty Yates; their families; attorneys; the group of workers of the Harris County district attorney’s and sheriff’s offices; medical body of workers; friends; acquaintances; and expert witnesses.

O’Malley argues persuasively that under less odd circumstances, a mentally in poor health woman would have been quietly offered a plea bargain and sent to an institution under court supervision. But on March 12, 2002, Andrea Yates was once found guilty of the murders of three of her five children. She is currently serving a life sentence and might not be eligible for parole until 2041.

O’Malley’s exclusive personal communications with Andrea Yates and her interviews with Rusty Yates allow her to offer fully realized portrayals of people on the center of this horrifying case.

In “Are You There On my own?” O’Malley makes a critical contribution to our understanding of mental health issues within the criminal justice system.

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