Andrea Yates: A Cry in the Dark

A Cry In the Dark

By Suzanne O'Malley
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the February 2002 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Andrea Yates' crime was unthinkable -- but was it understandable? A look at postpartum psychosis and the case that has America's attention.

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