Lindsay Clancy phone data shows searches for psychosis, hallucinations before three children were strangled
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Phone records presented at Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial show searches for hallucinations, psychosis, suicide methods and postpartum depression in the weeks before her three children were strangled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty; her attorneys do not dispute the killings but argue bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis left her unable to be criminally responsible, while prosecutors contend she intentionally sent her husband out of the house on Jan. 24, 2023.
Phone Search Evidence
Massachusetts State Police cellphone forensics expert Tim Chiappini testified Thursday that Clancy’s phone showed searches for hallucinations, psychosis, suicide methods, bipolar disorder and insomnia in late December 2022. In January 2023, she searched for information on postpartum depression. A note written in October 2022 found her second-guessing her decision to stop breastfeeding her 8-month-old and reconsidering plans for a fourth child, writing she was 'terrified of something happening to my kids.'
Defense and Prosecution Accounts
Clancy, 36, a former labor and delivery nurse, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the deaths of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy. Her attorneys do not dispute that she killed the children but argue she was in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, diagnosed by a forensic psychiatrist. Prosecutors argue she was an intentional killer who sent then-husband Patrick Clancy out for takeout and to a pharmacy on Jan. 24, 2023, before the killings.
Messages and Consequences
Text messages between Clancy and Patrick Clancy from the day of the killings show routine parenting check-ins and Patrick’s message, 'You’re a good mamma,' to which she responded with heart and smile emojis. Patrick Clancy found the children in the basement of the Duxbury home; Lindsay Clancy was lying in the yard after jumping from a second-story window and remains paralyzed from the waist down. The livestreamed trial has drawn intense public attention.
What's Next
Clancy’s trial is expected to continue with further testimony on her mental state and medical history. It remains unclear whether the jury will find that postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder relieve her of criminal responsibility for the deaths of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy.
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Lindsay Clancy phone data shows searches for psychosis, hallucinations before three children were strangled
