Yates lived by rigid schedule, according to husband

The Dallas Morning News ^ | March 1, 2002 (The Ides of March are upon us!) | By TERRI LANGFORD / The Dallas Morning News

[Lanza]

Slavery. That is the perfect term for this.

[xsmommy]

That man did not care about his wife, and I believe she killed those children to hurt him

i agree, it sounds like passive/aggressive retaliation to me. she knew if she killed herself it would not have nearly the impact on him.

[xzins]

This article is continued evidence that Andreas strange comments and behavior indicate that she killed the children as some kind of "payback" to the husband. I'd have to look up old threads, but her comments at the time can be seen in that light.

[Marty]

I agree. I also think that Andrea expressed extreme anger with her husband by attacking the source of his pride--his children, and at the same time, she freed the children from his influence, albeit in a horrible way. She saw no way out--she was sick and fatigued beyond belief.

She is definitely guilty--no doubt about that--but Randy Yates must be held accountable for his part in this disaster. Had he put his children into a car with a drunk, or had he put them into a yard filled with attack dogs, he couldn't have put them more into harm's way. He lived with her--he saw what was happening. There is no way that he can be excused from culpability.

[xsmommy]

He lived with her--he saw what was happening. There is no way that he can be excused from culpability

he not only SAW what was happening to her, he CAUSED IT!!

[Neets]

I think the mother-in-law AND the Husband are both sicko's. Hubby should be prosecuted right along with Andrea...he and his "rigid schedule"...

[technochick99]

We can hope, but even Richard Speck had his groupies.

[Marty]

I also think that she wanted to get the children away from him, both as punishment for him and as a means of revealing what was going on with them. This was a deliberate act, one that points to the husband as the focal point of her anger. The children were the victims, to be sure, and killing them freed her of the responsibility of their care, but I honestly think that she harbored extreme anger at her husband--and with good reason. Still, it doesn't excuse her of the murders, and her husband needs to be held accountable for his actions in this mess.

[wotan]

Funny how almost everyone on this thread seems to assume the husband is a liar and accepts the liberal media spin that he deserves to be hanged.

Are all individuals responsible for their own actions?

Or only the men?

Fry her.

[xsmommy]

NO ONE here is absolving andrea of accountability for her actions. i think the point being made is that this husband should be fried along side her for creating the untenable situation that caused her to lose her mind and murder her kids.

[Lanza]

Exactly. She had already tried to off herself twice, and he didn't give a rats you-know-what. I believe when the truth comes out, we will find all these thoughts of her being a bad mother and the kids not developing correctly will be attributed to that sick control freak husband too. He got her a book on organizing? When in the hell did he think she was going to have time to organize with 5 kids all 7 and under? As we see, he's still in control EVEN of her defense. She was "allowed" 3 hours a week of time to herself? That SOB should have sent her to a Spa twice a year for all she did. How can you think your wife can homeschool, when she has tried to kill herself twice? He has lied so much through this whole thing too. He says he wasn't told the risks, didn't know how ill she was etc. That is a lie. Her girlfriend (a nurse) was crying and begging him to get her help. I in no way think she should get off, but he should get some type of child endangerment chanrges or something.

[lavaroise]

He is poison, but in a society where men go to jail for just elevating their voice to their wives, or where you have more psychologist franchises than Mac Donalds, I hardly can believe that she was that helpless. Of course I have seen myself in liberal Germany retarded mongoloids or women with goiters getting exploited for prostitution by "protecting" pimps. I do agree, those do exist, and there maybe such in the US.

One thing is sure, the children somehow fell out of a loop in everyone's mind, including the psychologists who treated her. They were more worried about her having to care for children than the children themselves. And now they're dead.

[xsmommy]

liberal media does spin, and perhaps they are looking to absolve her of culpability based on her mental state. but the point here, is that there are FACTS, not opinions, on how this man ran that household. Living in a dang BUS with 4 kids???? my 3 kids drive me insane and i live in a 4000 sq ft. house!

[Lanza]

I am not accepting any liberal spin. I believe what her best friend and others have testified to. The woman stunk, her hair was matted, and she tried to kill herself twice. She did not need to be watching 5 kids let alone being expected to homeschool them. She was sick.

[Neets]

I don't think anyone here is excusing her action bucko....I think the general consensous is that they are BOTH culpable....he is just as looney as she is...and should be fried for his actions, or even lack thereof...he knew she couldn't cope with the kids, and not only does he "buy her a bus to live in", but keeps impregnating her???? C'mon...