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Yuba County Mother Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

👤 Courtney Williams 📍 Linda, Yuba County, California, USA 🗓 2022 ⚖️ Two counts of first-degree murder; two counts of child abuse resulting in death

Case summary

On April 7, 2022, Yuba County sheriff's deputies found Williams's two-year-old and five-month-old children dead in the bathtub of her home in Linda, California. Williams, 26, initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of child abuse resulting in death, then in July 2022 entered a dual plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. After both court-appointed evaluators agreed she was insane at the time, Yuba County Superior Court Judge Benjamin Wirtschafter found her not guilty by reason of insanity in early 2023 and signed an order committing her to a state hospital for treatment and supervision.

Mental-health context

Two doctors — one appointed at the request of the prosecution, one at the request of the defence — independently concluded that Williams was battling postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis and was legally insane at the time of the drownings.

Status / outcome

Not guilty by reason of insanity (2023); committed to a state hospital

Sources

This summary is compiled from public reporting. Allegations are not findings of fact, and every accused person is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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