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Lindsay Clancy’s family was “very concerned” about her mental health in the months before she killed her three kids, according to court testimony.
Lindsay Clancy, 36, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under 6 years old, who were found strangled in the family’s Duxbury home in 2023. Prosecutors concluded their case Monday morning.
The jury seated to hear the case consists of 12 women and six men, though six of those people are alternates.
During the trial on Tuesday, Susan Clancy, Lindsay’s mother-in-law, told jurors she was concerned about her mental health during the holiday season in 2022, but said she was a caring mother.
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Prosecutors allege that Lindsay Clancy strangled her children “deliberately and meticulously” before attempting suicide because she had grown tired of her life as a mother. (Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger)
Lindsay Clancy does not contest that she killed the children. She and her defense attorneys contend she was experiencing ongoing postpartum psychosis at the time of the deaths.
She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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“Lindsay was struggling. We were all very concerned,” Susan Clancy said. “She was very nurturing, very loving. She was a wonderful mother. Wonderful.”
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Susan Clancy said she began seeing a decline in Lindsay’s mental health in November 2022.
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Jurors take a court-supervised view during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Friday, July 31, 2026. (Josh Reynolds for Daily Mail /Pool | Instagram)
“She reached out to me in November and told me that she felt unwell,” Susan Clancy said. “She felt…Mostly she had insomnia. She was losing her appetite. She was, very anxious and sad.”
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“She was begging for help,” Susan Clancy said.
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When asked if she ever saw Lindsay Clancy treat the children bad, her mother-in-law responded, “no.”
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Defendant Lindsay Clancy on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, the fifth day of testimony at Plymouth Superior Court for her murder trial. Clancy charged with three counts of murder in connection with the death of her three young children in 2023 at their Duxbury home. Clancy says she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and is not criminally responsible. (Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger)
Paula Musgrove, Lindsay Clancy’s mother, also told jurors about the mental health problems. In an Oct. 20, 2022 text message, Lindsay Clancy asked her mother for help.
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“Mom, will you please come up and stay with me for a bit? I’m really sick. Something is wrong. I had horrible insomnia all night, and I just don’t know how I am going to get through the day…It’s just really scary, and I don’t want to be alone,” the text read.
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Musgrove said she wasn’t concerned about the children’s safety.
