Lindsay Clancy Trial Nears Closing Arguments Over 3 Child Killings

3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Aug 24

Closing arguments are expected this week after Lindsay Clancy’s defense rested Friday and prosecutors began rebuttal testimony, with at least two more rebuttal witnesses expected.
Jurors are not deciding whether Clancy killed Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months—she does not dispute that—but whether she was criminally responsible.
Prosecutors say Clancy deliberately sent her husband on errands before strangling the children and then attempting suicide, while the defense says postpartum psychosis left her unable to understand wrongfulness.
Thirteen medications over four months and an inpatient psychiatric stay became central to the defense case, which argues Clancy repeatedly sought help as her mental health deteriorated.
The January 2023 Duxbury case has drawn national attention to postpartum psychosis and maternal mental health care, with hundreds of supporters gathering outside the courthouse last week.