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

Are You There Alone? : The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates
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I took a jury less than 4 hours to find a Houston housewife Andrea Yates guilty of the drowning deaths of 3 of her five children-and a mere half hour to sentence the troubled woman with a stunning history of severe mental problems to a life in prison. But beyond the media coverage of her heinous crimes, there is a story that only investigative reporter Suzanne O'Malley has fully illuminated.