Lindsay Clancy, a nurse and mother from Duxbury, Massachusetts, is charged with murdering her three young children on the night of 24 January 2023. Prosecutors allege Clancy strangled Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and infant Callan before jumping from a window — an act that left her paralysed below the waist. Her husband had briefly stepped out to run errands.
The defence is expected to argue Clancy was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and was heavily medicated in the days leading up to the killings, rendering her not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors counter that the killings were deliberate and calculated. Clancy has pleaded not guilty.
Her case has drawn significant public attention to the realities of postpartum mental illness and the legal standards for criminal responsibility in the United States. Trial begins July 2026.
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