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

[JoeFromLB]

Anybody know what happened at the August 25th hearing?

 

[alexwood]

I have been struggling to look up Lindsay Clancy's case information at Massachusetts Trial Court Case Access -- to no avail. I know that she was indicted by a Grand Jury. She was arraigned in Plymouth District Court and pleas of not guilty to first-degree murder charges were entered for her in February 2023. At some point, she was arraigned again -- this time I believe in Plymouth Superior Court. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz is prosecuting her case. Her attorney is Kevin Reddington.

That's all I have and it gets me nothing.

 

[steeltowngirl]

A pretrial hearing that was scheduled Monday for Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury woman charged with killing her three young children in January 2023, was postponed until Sept. 30, a judge said from the bench.

Clancy’s remote hearing in Plymouth Superior Court had been scheduled for 12:30 p.m. to deal with “outstanding discovery and ... address the live feed issues” related to a planned mental health evaluation of Clancy, records show.

But Judge William F. Sullivan said from the bench that the hearing would be postponed several weeks. He did not give a reason.

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Hearing for Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, postponed until September - The Boston Globe

A pretrial hearing for Lindsay Clancy was pushed back to Sept. 30, Judge William Sullivan said from the bench Monday.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Knox]

A pretrial hearing that was scheduled Monday for Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury woman charged with killing her three young children in January 2023, was postponed until Sept. 30, a judge said from the bench.

Clancy’s remote hearing in Plymouth Superior Court had been scheduled for 12:30 p.m. to deal with “outstanding discovery and ... address the live feed issues” related to a planned mental health evaluation of Clancy, records show.

But Judge William F. Sullivan said from the bench that the hearing would be postponed several weeks. He did not give a reason.

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Hearing for Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, postponed until September - The Boston Globe

A pretrial hearing for Lindsay Clancy was pushed back to Sept. 30, Judge William Sullivan said from the bench Monday.

www.bostonglobe.com

Wonder why he postponed? Is the defense protesting the expert who will administer her examination?

 

[steeltowngirl]

Wonder why he postponed? Is the defense protesting the expert who will administer her examination?

Postponed due to an attorney was on another trial.

During the hearing, her lawyer does want to discuss the recording of the exam.
Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, appearing remotely via Zoom, requested the parties return for an August hearing to “just to talk about this ... issue with the live feeds, recordings.”

https://archive.is/2025.06.27-220842/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/27/metro/lindsay-clancy-testing-live-feed-experts-new-yorker-patrick-clancy/

 

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[JoeFromLB]

Pardon me for a personal impression, but looking at Lindsay on the zoom, I'm getting a very uncomfortable feeling. There's darkness in those eyes. JMO

 

[Megnut]

Pardon me for a personal impression, but looking at Lindsay on the zoom, I'm getting a very uncomfortable feeling. There's darkness in those eyes. JMO

Or heavy medication.

JMO

 

[steeltowngirl]

Motions hearing scheduled in Plymouth Court on November 18, 2025 at 10 am.

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"There will be all sorts of horrific evidence that the government will present, and I don't suggest for one minute that they would be doing that to try to kind of take advantage, if you will, of the emotion of the case," Reddington said over Zoom, adding, "it's just the nature of the beast, it's just very difficult to defend in that type of situation."

He and a prosecutor discussed why prosecutors' experts haven't had a chance to interview Clancy at the hospital where she's been recovering. The judge urged them to get it scheduled for before the next hearing, on Nov. 18.

Lawyer for Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids previews legal filings

An attorney for Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Mass., mother accused of killing her three children in 2023, shared plans for pre-trial motions in the case.

www.nbcboston.com

Trial date scheduled for February 9, 2026.

Medical report delays could postpone Lindsay Clancy murder trial in 2026

Defense attorney cites challenges in providing complete medical records to prosecutors, potentially pushing back the February 2026 trial for the mother charged with killing her three children.

www.masslive.com

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Motions hearing scheduled in Plymouth Court on November 18, 2025 at 10 am.

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"There will be all sorts of horrific evidence that the government will present, and I don't suggest for one minute that they would be doing that to try to kind of take advantage, if you will, of the emotion of the case," Reddington said over Zoom, adding, "it's just the nature of the beast, it's just very difficult to defend in that type of situation."

He and a prosecutor discussed why prosecutors' experts haven't had a chance to interview Clancy at the hospital where she's been recovering. The judge urged them to get it scheduled for before the next hearing, on Nov. 18.

Lawyer for Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids previews legal filings

An attorney for Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Mass., mother accused of killing her three children in 2023, shared plans for pre-trial motions in the case.

www.nbcboston.com

Trial date scheduled for February 9, 2026.

Medical report delays could postpone Lindsay Clancy murder trial in 2026

Defense attorney cites challenges in providing complete medical records to prosecutors, potentially pushing back the February 2026 trial for the mother charged with killing her three children.

www.masslive.com

This quote from the nbcBoston article above had this statement. I always "feel" so much for the husband. He has stood by her, but it must be so excruciating painful. I did notice the past-tense in which he speaks... I WASN"T rather than I AM.... I do wonder how he is doing now?

"I wasn't married to a monster — I was married to someone who got sick," he said in the interview, in which he also recalled his wife's mental health struggles.

 

[JoeFromLB]

JMO, but I think it goes beyond just "getting sick". I can't get over her casual remark to her husband that strangling those beautiful children (and that took planning, time, and effort) was like a "snap of the fingers". I guess I will never comprehend the true depths of this psychosis.
God have mercy on this poor woman. Her life is over, no matter what the justice system does to her. Infinitely sad...

 

[Knox]

Pardon me for a personal impression, but looking at Lindsay on the zoom, I'm getting a very uncomfortable feeling. There's darkness in those eyes. JMO

The slow blinks with zero emotion, make it seem like she is heavily medicated, MOO.

How would one ever come back to a state of reality after killing your three children? I hope Lindsey’s husband is doing as well as can be under the circumstances. I’m sure this looming trial gives him a sense of dread. He didn’t want her to go to trial at all, I completely understand that.

 

[TDoc72]

Are she and the husband still married? Or has he divorced and maybe moved on?

 

[browneyes]

Didn’t she jump out the window and was paralyzed, or do I have my murderous moms mixed up?

 

[Muddy K]

Didn’t she jump out the window and was paralyzed, or do I have my murderous moms mixed up?

She did jump from a second-floor window, resulting in paralysis, yes. If I recall it correctly, she was attempting suicide.

 

[JoeFromLB]

Didn’t she jump out the window and was paralyzed, or do I have my murderous moms mixed up?

Paralyzed from the waist down. Heavily medicated at the time, which obviously did not help at all.
Presumably still medicated to the hilt which may explain the emotionless affect, the blank stare, etc
I'm no psychiatrist but I can't imagine how she could ever recover her mental health going forward. Just a vast personal and family tragedy.

On a personal note, I was prescribed Trazodone 15 years ago for severe insomnia, took one tablet and thought I was going to die. Worst anxiety and panic attack ever. I survived that night and threw the bottle out. I can't even imagine what was going on in her mind with those numerous drugs she was on.

 

[Knox]

A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable Act

Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed scheme, but Clancy says, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was married to someone who got sick.”

www.newyorker.com

A long but important story to read in this case.

 

[arielilane]

In a motion filed by her attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, Clancy is seeking to move her final pretrial conference, currently scheduled for Jan. 5, 2025, and her jury trial, set for Feb. 9, 2026, to May 11, 2026 or later.

Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids, seeks to delay trial again

Clancy is facing three counts of murder and strangulation.

www.boston25news.com

Oct. 29, 2025

 

[Muddy K]

In a motion filed by her attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, Clancy is seeking to move her final pretrial conference, currently scheduled for Jan. 5, 2025, and her jury trial, set for Feb. 9, 2026, to May 11, 2026 or later.

Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mom accused of killing her 3 kids, seeks to delay trial again

Clancy is facing three counts of murder and strangulation.

www.boston25news.com

Oct. 29, 2025

IMO, it doesn't make much difference. Attorneys on both sides agree to the delay and the outcome seems almost certain: life in a state hospital.

This terrible case remains heartbreaking and haunting. She will never escape from the prison of her own actions, whether her break from reality was drug-induced or not, and, honestly, I completely understand why she would never want to. I mean, I ache for all involved.

 

[BeginnerSleuther]

IMO, it doesn't make much difference. Attorneys on both sides agree to the delay and the outcome seems almost certain: life in a state hospital.

This terrible case remains heartbreaking and haunting. She will never escape from the prison of her own actions, whether her break from reality was drug-induced or not, and, honestly, I completely understand why she would never want to. I mean, I ache for all involved.

I doubt she will be in the state hospital for life. She could be, especially if she doesn't feel she's safe to be discharged, but most of the time, once she's able to function outside the hospital safely, she can be discharged.