MA - Lindsay Clancy, Strangled 3 Children in Murder/Suicide Attempt, Duxbury, Jan 2023

[imstilla.grandma]

Prosecutors say that in January 2023, Lindsay Clancy, 33, of Duxbury, arranged for her husband, Patrick, to leave their home on errands, then strangled her three young children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months

Clancy's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, said she had postpartum depression and was overmedicated at the time of her children's deaths. He has recently stated his intention to pursue an insanity defense.

Karen Read, Lindsay Clancy, Jabrill Peppers: 12 South Shore court cases to watch in 2025

Murder, rape and and assault are some of their charges.

www.patriotledger.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[arielilane]

Her trial was supposed to begin in December 2025, but the court said it didn’t want the jury to take their deliberations into the holiday season.

Instead, the trial is set to begin in early 2026.

Trial of Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mother accused of murdering her children, has been pushed back - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

DUXBURY, MASS. (WHDH) - The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Duxbury mother charged with the murder of her three children, has been pushed back.Clancy is<a class="excerpt-read-more"...

whdh.com

1/9/2025

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Patrick Clancy said he once asked his wife for answers. Prosecutors on Wednesday asked the court to order the publisher of The New Yorker to turn over notes and correspondence pertaining to that article.

"I think one of the first things I asked was, 'Did you plan this? Is that why you sent me out?'" Clancy told the magazine. "She said, 'No, it just was, like, a snap of the fingers.'"

Mass. mother accused of killing her 3 kids to undergo psychiatric exam

Lindsay Clancy is accused of strangling her three young children with exercise bands before jumping out of a window at the family's home in 2023.

www.wmtw.com

 

[Hap]

Incredibly sad.

 

[arielilane]

-- A brief hearing was held Friday in the case of Lindsay Clancy

-- Lawyers on both sides in the case convened in Plymouth Superior Court for the short hearing

-- LC did not appear, in person or on video; nothing was decided at Friday's hearing.

-- The judge set a new hearing, March 21, to discuss motions about medical records and prosecutors' request to obtain notes from a NY article last yr, of which LC's husband, is quoted as describing the symptoms his wife was experiencing which should have been red flags.

-- TC's trial has been rescheduled for January 5, 2026.

Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids, has brief hearing

A brief hearing was held Friday in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother accused of killing her three children in 2023. Lawyers on both sides in the case convened in Plymouth Superior Court for the short hearing, though Clancy didn’t appear, in person or on video...

www.necn.com

2/7/2025

 

[imstilla.grandma]

He said he disagrees with her lawyer's theory that postpartum depression and an excess of prescribed antidepressants caused her to act as she is accused of doing.

Patrick Clancy told police at the time of the murders, however, that his wife, a former nurse who kept a record of her medications, "had the worst side effects possible" from the medication.

'Someone who got sick': Judge orders Lindsay Clancy's husband interview notes turned over

A Massachusetts judge's order requires New Yorker publisher Condé Nast to handover all story materials from Eren Orbey's story on Patrick Clancy.

www.yahoo.com

 

[arielilane]

As for the Clancy case, the Plymouth County District Attorney wanted all of The New Yorker Magazine's materials from a writer's interview with Lindsey Clancy's husband Patrick.

Prosecutors seeking journalists' information raising press freedom concerns

2/21/2025

 

[Knox]

He said he disagrees with her lawyer's theory that postpartum depression and an excess of prescribed antidepressants caused her to act as she is accused of doing.

Patrick Clancy told police at the time of the murders, however, that his wife, a former nurse who kept a record of her medications, "had the worst side effects possible" from the medication.

'Someone who got sick': Judge orders Lindsay Clancy's husband interview notes turned over

A Massachusetts judge's order requires New Yorker publisher Condé Nast to handover all story materials from Eren Orbey's story on Patrick Clancy.

www.yahoo.com

I can understand and agree with Patrick's wish that a plea deal be offered.

 

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[arielilane]

Magazine publisher opposing request to turn over notes in Clancy case

A "far reaching and alarming attack on the free press" is how a prominent magazine publisher described efforts by a Massachusetts prosecutor to obtain information from its reporter.

www.wcvb.com

3/18/2025

 

[Knox]

Magazine publisher opposing request to turn over notes in Clancy case

A "far reaching and alarming attack on the free press" is how a prominent magazine publisher described efforts by a Massachusetts prosecutor to obtain information from its reporter.

www.wcvb.com

3/18/2025

Curious what others thoughts are on this. Dangerous precedent or necessity in the pursuit of justice.

 

[arielilane]

No update concerning motions hearing scheduled @ 2 p.m. on Friday, March 21, at Brockton Superior Court. jmo

 

[Knox]

Based on the evidence available so far, Medwed said he would be surprised if the case went to trial and a jury opted to convict Clancy on first-degree murder.

“A case like this cries out for what’s called a mercy or a compromise verdict, where a jury will acquit on the top count and convict on sort of the second count, which often happens in cases where juries feel like something really went wrong, but they don’t feel like the top charge is warranted,” he explained.

It will be difficult, he said, to convince a jury of premeditation beyond a reasonable doubt.

“It’s going to be hard to find 12 jurors that aren’t going to be sympathetic to a new mom struggling with mental health issues,” Medwed added.

Where could Lindsay Clancy’s case go from here? Here’s what legal experts say.

“It’s going to be hard to find 12 jurors that aren’t going to be sympathetic to a new mom struggling with mental health issues.” Read more on Boston.com.

www.boston.com

 

[Brooklyn127]

MOO
There was a "tell" here. Lining the poor little children up in her husband's (basement) office. Where they were not allowed to go while he was working. And it was her job to keep them (upstsirs) and quiet in the meantime.
Resentment and anger, big time. She has to (very soon) commute back to work at the hospital (about an hour away, twice a day), which she dreads, especially in winter. While he gets to sit around at a desk job for a company on the opposite time zone (west coast versus east), and presumably (per reports) gets up late.
This was demonstrable anger and resentment of her husband, in my opinion only.
The sacrifice of the children to this "cause" remains inexplicable. There is, quite simply, no excuse.
I mean, quit your job! There is no shortage of nursing jobs when you choose to return. Or, better yet, get a divorce. (Seems he had started a new company, and needed her income for the startup.)

 

[Brooklyn127]

<modsnip - quoted post was removed for personalizing, following is a response to that post>

Yes, that is what I think - that she was angry and resentful. And desperate to find a way not to return to work (at a hospital, in COVID times). But ONLY in the context of mental health issues and (most likely) the meds she was on. Otherwise, I don't believe she ever would have acted on these impulses.
I did not make that clear, and I truly apologize - to everyone.

 

[Cedars]

<modsnip - quoted post was removed for personalizing, following is a response to that post> Yes, that is what I think - that she was angry and resentful. And desperate to find a way not to return to work (at a hospital, in COVID times). But ONLY in the context of mental health issues and (most likely) the meds she was on. Otherwise, I don't believe she ever would have acted on these impulses.
I did not make that clear, and I truly apologize - to everyone.

You are allowed to question the dominant narrative in a thread. It is not a crime.

ETA: after all, it is the prosecution ie the government, that has laid charges in this case, and we are usually on the side of the prosecution on WS.

 

[Knox]

@Brooklyn127 - not sure I understand the point you are trying to make, other than she didn’t want to go back to work and resented her husband.

You don’t believe Lindsay was suffering a mental health crisis?

 

[Brooklyn127]

@Brooklyn127 - not sure I understand the point you are trying to make, other than she didn’t want to go back to work and resented her husband.

You don’t believe Lindsay was suffering a mental health crisis?

Oh, I surely do! Please see my previous attempt to clarify.