HOUSTON — George Parnham, the attorney who has represented Andrea Yates since the day after she killed her five children, continues to advocate for his client nearly 25 years later, regularly visiting her at the state mental hospital where she has chosen to remain for the rest of her life.
Parnham first met Yates in June 2001, one day after the tragic drownings at the family’s Clear Lake home. A jail psychiatrist immediately warned him about the severity of her condition.
“She has a bald spot on top of her head,” Parnham recalled the psychiatrist telling him. “She’s trying to scratch the 666 off the top of her head.”…