Lindsay Clancy Trial Nears Closings After Final Prosecution Witness Testifies on 3 Child Killings
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Updated · NBC Boston · Aug 26
Lindsay Clancy Trial Nears Closings After Final Prosecution Witness Testifies on 3 Child Killings
3 articles · Updated · NBC Boston · Aug 26
Summary
Gregory Saathoff, the prosecution’s final rebuttal witness, finished testifying Wednesday, clearing the way for the jury to be dismissed and for closing arguments as soon as Thursday.
Saathoff, an FBI forensic psychiatrist, had testified that Lindsay Clancy reported hearing a male voice urging her to kill her three children and herself, while also noting inconsistencies in her account.
Prosecutors say Clancy strangled Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, at the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home on Jan. 24, 2023, after sending her husband on errands.
The defense argues Clancy was suffering from bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible; she was paralyzed from the waist down after jumping from a second-story window.