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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

By then, she was no longer taking the antipsychotic medication, although Dr. Said did adjust the amounts of her other antidepressant medications.

Lights Out
281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

At the time, he did not find it necessary to hospitalize Andrea.

Lights Out
281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

According to Rusty, around the time that Andrea was hospitalized, she was having auditory and visual hallucinations, and she thought that Satan was inside her.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

But Rusty apparently didn't know this at the time.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

And while she was hospitalized, Andrea told her eldest, Noah, on the phone, I'm sorry for being such a bad mommy.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

Although Rusty thought she was a great mother, and he thought it was very out of character for her to say something like that.

Lights Out
281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

On the morning of June 20th, 2001, Rusty thought it was odd when he saw Andrea eating dry cereal right out of the box with her hands.

Lights Out
281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

He had never seen her do something like that before, but regardless, he hugged his kids, he said goodbye, and he left the house for work.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

About an hour later, he got a call from Andrea who told him to come home.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

His heart sank thinking she had done something terrible.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

And as he was leaving work and heading home, he called Andrea and asked if anyone was hurt.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

She said, yes, the kids were hurt.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

And when he asked which ones, she said, all of them.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

At 9.48, Andrea called emergency services who relayed over her to dispatch and told the officer that she needed the police.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

So here's the 911 call, and the sound is a bit rough.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

Minutes later, police arrived at the family home.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

Andrea was seen waiting for the officers at the front door, breathing heavily.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

When they got to the door, she said to them, I just killed my kids.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

Several officers discovered four of the Yates' children dead.

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281: The Most Extreme Case of Postpartum Psychosis Ever Recorded

It was Mary, Luke, Paul, and John.