Andrea Yates appears to have the perfect family. But her fascination with extreme religious ideas and her postpartum psychosis leads her to believe Satan is sending her messages telling her to drown her children. A media firestorm follows.
Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez cited emotional and physical abuse, among other questionable reasons, for the gruesome 1989 killing of their mother and father.
At the 1996 Olympics, a security guard discovers pipe bombs and clears the area to minimize fatalities. Praised as a hero, the FBI then decides he fits the domestic terrorist profile, while the real villain continues his terror campaign.
British au pair Louise Woodward, age 19, was convicted in 1997 of the involuntary manslaughter of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen due to shaking him violently while he was in her care in his home in Newton, MA.
Patricia "Patty" Hearst became internationally known for events following her 1974 kidnapping by the criminal organization called the "Symbionese Liberation Army."
In 1995, 23-year-old Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla was senselessly murdered in Corpus Christi, TX, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar.
On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers after a high-speed chase during his arrest for drunk driving. Due to the police brutality, massive riots followed.
