Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates Audiobook (Free)

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 recent history as well as the legal drama surrounding it.

Being 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. More than twenty-four a few months, O’Malley interviewed or observed the sworn testimony greater than about Are You There Alone?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates a hundred participants within this crisis, including Yates herself; her husband, Rusty Yates; their families; attorneys; the employees from the Harris County area attorney’s and sheriff’s offices; medical personnel; friends; acquaintances; and professional witnesses.

O’Malley argues persuasively that under less extraordinary circumstances, a mentally ill woman could have been quietly offered a plea discount and delivered to an institution under court guidance. But on March 12, 2002, Andrea Yates was discovered guilty of the murders of three of her five children. She is presently serving a life sentence and can not qualify for parole until 2041.

O’Malley’s exceptional personal marketing communications with Andrea Yates and her interviews with Rusty Yates allow her to provide fully realized portrayals of people at the center of this horrifying case.

In ‘Are You There By itself?’ O’Malley makes a critical contribution to our knowledge of mental health issues within the legal justice system.