Texas cult in crosshairs of killer mom’s bathtub slayings case as questions hang over family horror

A new documentary is looking to peel back the curtain on the case of a Texas mother who was convicted of killing her five children, with rumors circulating decades later that she may have carried out the slayings while under the influence of a religious cult. 

On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children – John, Paul, Noah, Luke and Mary – in the bathtub of her family’s home in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake, according to People. Immediately following the killings, in which...