Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court as an emergency room doctor described his 40-minute effort to save her 3-year-old son, Dawson, before he was pronounced dead. The testimony came after the jury visited the Duxbury home where the alleged murders occurred.
Clancy, 35, a former nurse, was visibly shaking and crying uncontrollably at the defense table. Dr. Mark Tenerowicz testified that when Dawson arrived at Beth Israel Deaconess in Plymouth, the child was not breathing, had no pulse, and was unresponsive. Tenerowicz administered CPR, IV fluids, and adrenaline in an attempt to restart the toddler's heart.
"It did not look like his heart would ever start again," Tenerowicz stated. Clancy began weeping as a second doctor, Dr. Benjamin Kaufman, testified about attempts to revive her 8-month-old son, Callan. Kaufman said Callan was initially not breathing but regained a heartbeat for approximately 10 minutes. However, "at no point did he exhibit any brain function," Kaufman told the jury. Callan was later flown to Boston Children’s Hospital, where he did not survive.
Earlier on Friday, the 18 jurors, including alternates, were taken to Clancy's former Duxbury home, the site of the alleged crimes. They also visited two other locations that Clancy's then-husband, Patrick Clancy, went to during the events of Jan. 24, 2023. According to testimony, Lindsay Clancy allegedly strangled her three children, including their 5-year-old daughter Cora, with elastic workout bands while her husband was out running errands. The jury visited a CVS where Patrick Clancy picked up children’s medication and a Plymouth restaurant where he bought take-out food before returning home.
The jurors were permitted to enter the former Duxbury home in groups of six. The judge allowed the viewing despite objections from the home's current owner. Upon returning to court, jurors heard testimony from a Duxbury police officer who accompanied Clancy to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The officer testified that he heard a "code blue" in Clancy's hospital room, indicating she was critically ill or dying. Graphic photos of Clancy in the hospital, showing her with an apparatus in her mouth, a neck brace, and wounds on her wrists and neck, were also presented to the jury for a second time.
Evidence presented suggests Clancy took medication, cut her wrists and neck, and then jumped from a second-story window after allegedly killing her children. Patrick Clancy discovered his wife in their backyard before finding their children unresponsive in the basement with bands around their necks. Testimony from first responders described the children as having a grayish pallor, blue lips, bloodshot eyes, and red marks around their necks.
Clancy has reportedly cried during multiple days of the trial, including when her husband's 911 call and photos of her children's pajamas were presented. Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, has stated his intention to argue for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, citing severe postpartum psychosis and the effects of multiple psychiatric medications Clancy was taking. Patrick Clancy testified that his wife had seen five doctors and was prescribed 15 medications between September 2022 and the time of the murders, and was taking six drugs at the time of the killings. She had also been hospitalized twice for suicidal thoughts during that period.