. >>> true crime thursday, 15 years after andrea yates drowned her 5 children in her bathtub. we hear from those on the scene first. >> the kids were devastated. >> a school closes the day start and it's not the first time. >> a teen and her "black lives matter" t-shirt at school. >> cars slamming into kids at school zones. >>> pot tampons are the cure >>> 12 news at 10 continues, a look back at the andrea yates case. the mom who drowned her 5 kids in a bathtub. >> cars plowing into kids walk to go school and it's happening more in one district. >>> and the valley quarterback playing two different positions. and it's all in the family. >>> a student told she couldn't shirt got a letter from the superintendent apologizing for embarrassment. they got the letter from the buckeye union high school student. she was told her t-shirt was disruptive when she tried to wear it for a class picture. the dress code bans clothing that disrupts the education process. controversy led to a walk out last week of the students. the letter invite the create a program to understand racial differenc

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andrea yates was committed to a texas mental hospital where she remains today. now, 52 years old. you talk to andrea on a weekly basis? >> i would say probably about every seven or eight days. >> she is doing remarkably well. she has excellent care. >> george parnham was and is still in andrea's attorney. >> there's not a day that goes by where she doesn't care for, talk about, is happy about her childr's lives before june the 20th, and grieves for her children. >> parnham says she makes her days sold anonymously to charity, and she also spends time watching videos of her children. >> the hospital where she is therare no wires or bars, there's no arm guards, no nc. >> for t most part it's a life of solitude. e never leaves the hospital and has few visitors. while the case comes up for review yearly, andrea has never sought to be released. three years after the incident. he later remattered and had another child, a son who is now eight. according to recent court cuments, his second wife filed for divorce last year. in a 2015 interview with oprah winfrey, he spoke about his grieving

while the case comes up for review yearly, andrea has never sought to be released. rusty yatesars after the incident. he later remattered and had another child, a son who is now eight. according to recent court documents, his second wife filed for divorce last year. in a 2015 interview with oprah winfrey, he spoke about his grieving and where his acceptance is now. >> for some reason when i think about them today, i think of them as being teenagers or young adults. >> your oldest son would be 20 now. >> it's real easy to get caught up in, oh, how they suffered or the fact that they are gone, you know, and what i tried to do was i'm not going to let these events steal that joy. the joy that we had for those seven years. >> maybe with the exception of sandy hook, the added element here, of course, is that the children were killed by the one person that should have guaranteed their safety. >> five beautiful lives lost. 15 years later a tragedy that still resonates. for "today," janet shamlian, nbc news, houston. >> so hard to look at those videotapes of those children. >> 15 years

andrea yates: the estate boasts 8 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and is just under 13,000 square feet of totalng space. this house is spectacular. so come on in. let's take a look. welcome to "open house." today, i'm coming to you from a high-floor condo on manhattan's upper east side. upon entering, you'll find yourself in a sun-flooded living room with north, south, and west exposures.