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This 3 page paper looks at this Texas case where a mother drowned all of her children. The end result is examined and the facts of the case are relayed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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was arrested on June 20, 2001 for the murder of her children ages ranging from six months to seven years ("Andrea," 2004). The method operandi was infanticide by drowning and
her defense was in part postpartum depression--the youngest was still a baby--along with mental illness (2004). The case was even more unbelievable because Andrea only had a small window of
opportunity to commit the crimes. Her mother in law was expected to help take care of the children soon, and her husband had left for work. It was during this
time when she was alone with the children that she committed the deed, thus implying premeditation. There were many warning signs that this woman was in trouble. She had been
seriously depressed, was losing weight, was suicidal and detached ("Andrea," 2004). Few can think of signs which are much more detrimental than the ones she displayed. What occurred, based mostly
on her own words, and what an investigator relays, is that she drowned her children in "zombie like fashion" ("Jeff," 2001). When her eldest child Noah found her drowning
the 6-month-old Mary, Andrea ran after him, dragged him to the bathroom, and killed him as well (2001). While a brutal series of deaths, this murderer was not given
the death penalty, even thought she was convicted of a capital crime (Bean, 2002). Rather, the jury decided to save her life and instead sentenced her to life in prison
(2002). It should also be noted that while she killed all of the children, she was only charged with "two counts of capital murder" and was never tried for
the deaths of Luke or Paul (2002). In the end, the jury decided not to impose the death penalty because they felt that she was not
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