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Court testimony reveals that Lindsay Clancy’s family expressed significant concern regarding her mental health during the months leading up to the tragic incident involving her three children.
Lindsay Clancy, 36, faces serious charges, including three counts of first-degree murder, following the deaths of her children Cora, Dawson, and Callan, who were all under the age of 6. The children were discovered strangled within the Clancy family’s Duxbury residence in 2023. On Monday morning, the prosecution wrapped up its case.
The jury, tasked with deciding the outcome of this tragic case, comprises 12 women and six men; of these, six serve as alternates.
During Tuesday’s proceedings, Lindsay Clancy’s mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, addressed the jury. She expressed her worries about Lindsay’s mental wellbeing during the 2022 holiday season, although she also affirmed that Lindsay was a devoted and loving mother.
POSTPARTUM MOM LINDSAY CLANCY ON TRIAL FOR MURDER BRINGS COURT TO A HALT WITH SUDDEN BREAKDOWN
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.
“Lindsay was struggling. We were all very concerned,” Susan Clancy said. “She was very nurturing, very loving. She was a wonderful mother. Wonderful.”
Susan Clancy said she began seeing a decline in Lindsay’s mental health in November 2022.
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.”
“She was begging for help,” Susan Clancy said.
When asked if she ever saw Lindsay Clancy treat the children bad, her mother-in-law responded, “no.”
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.
“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.
Musgrove said she wasn’t concerned about the children’s safety.