Massachusetts trial opens in killings of Lindsay Clancy’s 3 children
What’s next: Jurors will weigh whether postpartum psychosis left Clancy not criminally responsible and facing commitment, not prison.
Opening statements began in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the former Massachusetts General Hospital nurse accused of strangling her three children in January 2023. Prosecutors contend Clancy planned the killings and acted deliberately after sending her husband, Patrick Clancy, on errands. The defense argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis after months of worsening mental illness, multiple medications and a psychiatric hospital stay. Both sides agree she killed Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. The trial is expected to turn on whether jurors find she lacked criminal responsibility. If convicted of murder, Clancy faces life in prison without parole.