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Andrea Yates' attorneys have revealed shocking new details of the murder mom's life 15 years after she drowned her five children in a bathtub.
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Andrea was convicted in 2001 of killing her children, only to have the decision overturned in 2006, when a court found that she was not guilty by reason of insanity, citing extreme postpartum psychosis.
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Now, she lives quietly, tucked away at a mental hospital in Texas.
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"I don't think people understand how shy and reclusive and how afraid Andrea is, especially since all this publicity descended on her," one of her attorneys, Wendell Odom, told People. "She is truly afraid."
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Andrea's other attorney, George Parnham, says that she will probably spend the rest of her life in Kerrville State Hospital, a low-security facility outside of Austin.
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Her legal team also revealed that she regularly watches videos of her children playing.
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Andrea and her husband Rusty had four boys and one girl, whose ages ranged from six months to seven years.
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When Andrea is not watching family videos, her attorneys say she anonymously sells arts and crafts, donating the proceeds to a charity that benefits women's mental health.
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