A former Massachusetts prosecutor has purchased the Duxbury home where nurse Lindsay Clancy is accused of killing her three young children. Michael Phippen, who previously served as a Plymouth County assistant district attorney, acquired the property at 47 Summer Street for $675,000 in January 2024, according to property records.
Lindsay Clancy is accused of strangling her children—Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan—with exercise bands in the home's basement in January 2023. Following the deaths, she allegedly attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window, resulting in paralysis.
Patrick Clancy, Lindsay's husband, found the scene upon returning home and called 911. Emergency responders later discovered the children deceased in the basement.
In an October interview with The New Yorker, Patrick Clancy stated that the family home had been sold earlier that year, though he did not identify the buyer. "There’s no house anymore. There are no kids. All that’s left is me and Lindsay," he said.
The nationally publicized case has drawn attention to Phippen's purchase, with some online speculation arising due to his past role as a prosecutor in the same county. Phippen, however, left the Plymouth County District Attorney's office in 2018, years before the killings.
He now works in criminal defense, heading the criminal defense department at Stark and Lattuca and running his own practice. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom house, built in 1972, was sold off-market for a price below its estimated market value. Zillow data indicated a potential value of $778,400, making Phippen's purchase price a significant discount in Duxbury's competitive housing market, where the average home value exceeds $1.1 million.
The Clancy family originally bought the home in 2018 for $500,000.
During Clancy's five-week trial, jurors were presented with extensive evidence, including photographs of the home's interior and the children's belongings. Phippen's attorney had initially objected to plans for jurors to visit the property, citing potential disruption. However, Judge William Sullivan overruled the objection, allowing a guided tour of the exterior, upper floors, and basement where the children were found.
Closing arguments in the trial have concluded, and a jury of 12 is now deliberating Clancy's fate, considering charges ranging from first-degree murder to not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury toured the property in groups, retracing Patrick Clancy's steps from the night of the tragedy and examining the crime scene locations, including the basement and the bedroom window from which Lindsay Clancy jumped. 
