Jurors in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy are expected to hear testimony from psychiatrists who treated her in the months before she killed her three children. Clancy, 35, is accused of strangling her children—Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months—at their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.
In the months preceding the tragedy, Clancy, a former nurse, was prescribed thirteen different psychiatric medications. She and her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, have filed civil lawsuits against her healthcare providers, alleging malpractice and negligence related to her postpartum mental health issues.
During the trial at Plymouth County Superior Court, graphic autopsy photos of the youngest child, Callan, were shown to the jury. The images, which were not visible to the public gallery, caused Clancy to sob uncontrollably at the defense table. Testimony has also included accounts from friends and colleagues who knew Clancy.
Clancy has admitted to killing her children but has pleaded not guilty by reason of postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors contend that she deliberately sent her husband out on errands to facilitate the killings. The trial is ongoing.
Earlier in the proceedings, friends described Clancy as a loving mother who was warm, kind, and consistent, though she had expressed difficulties, including sleep problems. Her diary entries, revealed in court, depicted her distress, with her writing, "My mind never shuts off… I don't know what's wrong with me" and "I want to be well… I feel like I'm drowning."
Kimberlee Hardy, who worked in the children's playroom at the Kingsbury Club in Brockton, Massachusetts, where Cora and Dawson sometimes attended, testified that Clancy appeared "shy" when she encountered her. Hardy primarily saw Patrick Clancy dropping off and picking up the children.
Clancy's parents, Mike and Paula Musgrove, have been present in court to support her. Two nurses are also in attendance to assist Clancy, who is often seated in a wheelchair during the proceedings.