Trial Begins For Massachusetts Mom Who Says Postpartum Issues Led Her To Kill 3 Children

Jury action originates Monday successful nan proceedings of a Massachusetts mother who strangled her 3 children while undergoing aesculapian curen for psychiatric problems that developed aft she gave birth.

Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not blameworthy to execution charges successful nan deaths of her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, who was 8 months aged erstwhile nan siblings were killed connected Jan. 24, 2023.

Clancy, now 36, threw herself retired a model aft sidesplitting nan children and was paralyzed successful nan fall. She is being held astatine a authorities hospital.

The proceedings is expected to research nan analyzable and uncommon arena of postpartum psychosis, which afflicts a very mini percent of women who create delusions and sometimes hallucinations aft giving birth. Clancy's lawyers — and her hubby — opportunity she was not responsible for her actions.

Prosecutors opportunity nan killings were intentional and good planned, not nan activity of personification who had mislaid control.

On nan time it happened, Clancy, a erstwhile labour and transportation caregiver astatine Massachusetts General Hospital, asked her husband, Patrick Clancy, to spell retired for takeout nutrient and prime up thing astatine nan pharmacy. Then, she utilized workout bands to strangle her children successful nan family’s location successful Duxbury, astir 30 miles (48 kilometers) southbound of Boston.

Eighteen jurors, including six alternates, are expected to beryllium chosen complete respective days. The proceedings is expected to past respective weeks.

Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, doesn’t conflict that she killed nan children but plans to raise an insanity defense.

“This full lawsuit is an utmost tragedy,” he said.

Clancy and her hubby revenge lawsuits earlier this twelvemonth accusing her aesculapian providers of failing to decently diagnose, dainty and show for her for a “severe postpartum psychiatric condition.”

Lindsay Clancy’s suit elaborate really she was depressed, having problem sleeping and many times proceeding voices urging her to harm her children and herself. She spent respective days astatine a psychiatric infirmary conscionable weeks earlier nan killings.

“Lindsay Clancy did everything a mother successful her business could do. She recognized thing was incorrect pinch her. She sought aesculapian treatment. She went to emergency rooms. She called situation hotlines. She admitted herself to hospitals. She took nan medicine prescribed to her. She communicated her worsening symptoms to her providers. She told them nan medications were making her worse,” nan suit said.

On nan time of nan killings, Clancy said she heard voices saying, “This is your past chance. Kill nan children truthful you tin termination yourself.”

Both sides person Clancy's hubby connected their database of witnesses. He has said successful interviews that he forgives his wife.

In a station connected GoFundMe respective days aft nan killings, Patrick Clancy wrote that nan “shock and symptom is excruciating and relentless,” but he urged nan nationalist to spot Lindsay Clancy arsenic he did earlier nan killings.

“The existent Lindsay was generously loving and caring toward everyone — me, our kids, family, friends, and her patients. The very fibers of her psyche are loving. All I wish for her now is that she tin someway find peace,” it said.