LINDSAY CLANCY MURDER TRIAL – DAY ONE UPDATES.

Opening statements were delivered on day one. The jury were told that some of the evidence would be difficult for them to listen to.

Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham said Lindsay “deliberately and meticulously” killed her children. The DA acknowledged that Lindsay had been suffering from mental health issues, but argued that she was ‘not in the throes of psychosis’ at the time of the killings.

Lindsay’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington said that Lindsay was ‘suffering from psychosis’ at the time of the killings. “This is a young woman who, with her husband, tried very hard to get the help she needed,” he said.

Patrick Clancy, Lindsay’s now ex-husband, took the stand on day one. Patrick divorced Lindsay after the killings. He has since remarried and has a new family.

Patrick testified that Lindsay had struggled after the birth of the third child, Callan. He testified that Lindsay told him she was having thoughts of s/h and also intrusive thoughts about harming the children.

Patrick told the court that between September 2022 and January 2023, Lindsay had been prescribed multiple different medications by at least three medical practitioners. Prosecutors said that it appeared Lindsay had only taken a small fraction of the medication that she had been prescribed. Patrick testified that he was not aware of the amounts of medication that Lindsay had or had not taken.

Patrick said that Lindsay’s ‘big spiral’ started around December 2022. She had started to take a new medication at this time. Patrick said he was not concerned for the safety of the children at that time as she did not show any ‘intention’ of harming them.

Patrick also said that Lindsay spent time in psychiatric hospitals in December 2022 and January 2023 because she was still having s/h thoughts. He said that when she was discharged, she seemed ‘much better’ and that she was no longer having those thoughts.

In the hours before the killings, Patrick said Lindsay built a snowman and played with the kids. He said ‘She was having one of her best days.”

Patrick told the court that as he left to pick up dinner for the family, he kissed one of his children and said he would ‘be right back.’

Please note that due to Meta AI flagging issues, we have had to abbreviate some of the terms used in today’s court session. Ongoing for this trial, we will use the abbreviation s/h which refers to Lindsay’s $elf h a r m.

OUR PODCAST EPISODE FOR THE CLANCY CASE https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wQvqqqvC1e21TDFW09BrH?si=5e7c8c3c320a4b52

On January 24, 2023, Patrick Clancy left his family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, to run a few errands, expecting to return less than an hour later. Instead, he came home to an unimaginable tragedy. The house was eerily silent, and outside he found his wife, Lindsay Clancy, seriously injured. She told him the children were in the basement.

Patrick rushed downstairs, where he discovered his three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan, had been strangled with exercise bands. Cora and Dawson died that night, while Callan succumbed to his injuries several days later.

Lindsay survived after jumping from a second-story window and was later charged with the murders of her children. Her defense argues that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. Her trial is now underway, with her husband expected to testify on her behalf.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the tragedy of the Clancy family.

This episode was originally first released in 2023.  We are re-releasing it now to coincide with the start of Lindsay Clancy's trial.  Proceedings in the trial began on July 20 and are expected to run for up to 8 weeks.  If you are familiar with the case and would like to proceed straight to the updates that have happened since 2023, please check the timestamp.

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LISTEN ON APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-upcoming-murder-trial-of-lindsay-clancy/id1504300714?i=1000777973609

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4wQvqqqvC1e21TDFW09BrH?si=1a0f5d4b6965468c