Donations to a fundraiser for Lindsay Clancy’s parents have now topped $1 million, with supporters continuing to contribute at a rapid pace as organizers push toward a newly raised fundraising goal.

The campaign posted an update on Friday, shortly after Clancy’s trial came to an abrupt halt, announcing that the target had been increased to $3 million.

The development followed the end of Clancy’s intense six-week trial, which resulted in a mistrial after the 12-member jury could not reach a unanimous decision, with one juror reportedly preventing a full acquittal.

Clancy, a former nurse and mother, had been facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of her three young children: five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan.

Prosecutors alleged that she killed the children at the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 2023 before attempting to end her own life.

Clancy’s defense argued that the shocking triple-killing was a result of postpartum psychosis and a failure in maternal healthcare. 

While the prosecution argued that she was a killer, hundreds of supporters who never met Clancy have begged to differ, offering financial support to her parents Michael, 70, and Paula Musgrove, 73, during the  trial. 

However, the GoFundMe, launched by total stranger to the family Brandee Mulligan, is replete with messages of support for Lindsay directly, despite its existence also sparking backlash.

Amid speculation that the fundraiser is being investigated, a GoFundMe spokesman confirmed to the Daily Mail that it is ‘verified’ and reports it is being disabled are ‘not accurate.’

‘This fundraiser for the Musgrove family remains verified at this time,’ the spokesman said.

Donations have poured in every few minutes, ranging anywhere from $5 to thousands. 

The top donation came from an anonymous donor who contributed $5,000. Another woman, Nicole Klaucens, also donated $5,000 to Clancy’s parents. 

Janet Pescio donated $5,000, while Luisa Espinosa Davilla donated $2,500. Multiple donors contributed over $2,000 to the fundraiser, while at least 11 people donated over $1,000.

Mulligan wrote in the fundraiser’s description that the funds are intended to help Clancy’s parents with travel costs while attending her court proceedings. 

‘Their lives have largely been put on hold while they have continued doing what parents do: showing up for their child during the unimaginable. That has come at an enormous financial cost,’ Mulligan wrote. 

She added that the fundraiser’s organizers understand there are mixed emotions about Clancy’s trial, but clarified that the money was meant to help two parents, regardless of how people feel about the case. 

‘The money belongs to Mike and Paula. The purpose of this fundraiser is to give them back some of the financial stability they have lost over the last three years and allow them to decide what they need as they eventually begin figuring out what life looks like after this trial,’ the description continued. 

‘At some point, the court proceedings will end. Mike and Paula will still have a life to return to. There will still be bills, a home, lost savings, and years of putting their own lives on hold while they stood beside their daughter.’

The fundraiser’s goal was initially set at $2 million, but has been pushed to $3 million after the mistrial. 

Mulligan explained in an update that the goal was raised after the legal process was extended, forcing Clancy’s parents to stay in Plymouth County. 

Mulligan, a 42-year-old mother of three from the Wisconsin town of Oconomowoc,  previously told the Daily Mail that she was motivated to launch the fundraiser because she felt helpless not doing anything. 

‘I just was one of the millions of people watching the case, and I was like, what can we do? And so, I put it together and the response has been overwhelming. There’s so many people that want to support it and it’s been incredible,’ she said. 

Mulligan told the Daily Mail that she initially wanted to help pay for the lawyer directly but later learned that GoFundMe’s terms prohibit ‘the legal defense of financial and violent crimes, including those related to money laundering, murder, robbery, assault, battery, sex crimes or crimes against minors.’ 

Instead of helping with Clancy’s legal fees, she decided to help the Musgroves with their expenses.

‘I’m an impulsive person and I use TikTok and I’m like, here’s my idea, OK, I’ll just do it,’ she said. ‘I don’t have any contact with them. I did it without even asking permission and it was just kind of an, “Oh my God, I hope this works out,” kind of thing,’ Mulligan said. 

Immediately after the killings, the Musgroves relocated 150 miles from their Wallingford, Connecticut, home to their daughter’s coastal hometown of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Paula testified in court that they had been staying in a series of hotels.

The Musgroves were not wealthy before the tragedy – they bought the three-bedroom home where they raised Lindsay and her social worker sister Allison, 38, for $172,000 in 1996. 

‘Her parents have had literally their whole lives uprooted,’ said Mulligan. ‘The support is to Paula and Mike, but in some ways it’s because they’re supporting Lindsay.’

She added that she does not mind what the money is spent on, and trusts it will be used wisely, for whatever need is most pressing.

However, not everyone feels compelled to help Clancy’s family. Another fundraiser on GoFundMe has been titled ‘Lindsay Clancy is an awful person!’ 

‘My name is Tony and if and if Lindsay Clancy GoFundMe is successful because she *illed kids then a single father of two should be able to be successfully obtain a house and some extra funds,’ the description read. 

‘I’m an active father who would do anything for the two greatest things I have ever been involved with.’ 

The prosecution expressed a similar sentiment during the grueling and emotional trial. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz told reporters after the trial wrapped that the case was: ‘About getting justice for those three little babies. We’re here at this courthouse today because those children are not.’

Cruz argued that the case was not about gaps in the healthcare system. 

‘This case, however, was about Lindsay Clancy and the cruel, calculated killing of three innocents,’ he contested.

Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague said in her closing argument that Clancy was a ‘functioning mom’ who planned the killings, not someone who had been suffering from postpartum psychosis and was unaware of her actions. 

Despite the prosecution’s painting of the killings, 11 out of 12 jurors reportedly sided with the defense’s depiction of Clancy. 

The case has now reached a state of limbo until a status hearing on September 29.

Prosecutors can retry the case with a new jury or offer a plea deal. Clancy’s defense team may also push to drop the charges altogether. 

Police bodycam video released Thursday shows the moment authorities found the body of a Pennsylvania college student, a discovery that later led investigators to charge her boyfriend after he allegedly claimed a “demon” told him to stab her, according to court records.

State police also say the suspect’s mother played a role after the killing, accusing her of helping her son conceal the crime.

Royce Moser, 18, of North Strabane Township, has been charged with homicide in the death of Karoline Heintz, a PennWest California University student. Her body was discovered Aug. 20 after she did not return to the southwestern Pennsylvania campus, according to a criminal complaint.

In a police affidavit, Moser allegedly said he grew angry while talking with Heintz inside her vehicle in his driveway, then claimed a “demon” took control and instructed him to stab her.

A preliminary hearing in the case was held Tuesday for Moser and his mother, Rachel Moser, as proceedings continue in connection with Heintz’s death.

An attorney for Royce Moser declined to comment on the charges against him, and a message left for a public defender representing Rachel Moser was not immediately returned.

The 37-minute video released Thursday is from an officer’s body-worn camera. It shows the California, Pennsylvania, police officer walking up to Karoline Heintz’s Jeep in the dark.

The officer points a flashlight inside the back window, yells toward another officer nearby, then gets on his radio.

“Control, I need EMS here right now,” the officer said. “I’ve got an unconscious female in the back of this car right now. Any additional units, any in the available area, please.”

An operator radios back, “Is she breathing?”

“Negative,” the officer responds as sirens are heard in the background. “I’ve got blood everywhere.”

The officer then breaks two windows to gain access inside the vehicle.

“Get someone here now,” he said.

According to the affidavit, Moser said he told Heintz, “wait, I have something for you” before retrieving a knife from his home.

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The victim fell out of her vehicle after being stabbed and Moser put her in the back hatch before getting into the driver’s seat.

Moser then asked his mother to follow him to PennWest California University in southwestern Pennsylvania to drop off the vehicle, the affidavit said.

Heintz’s father had asked police to look for his daughter’s vehicle after she failed to return to campus, and indicated an AirTag in the vehicle showed she was in a parking lot, according to a criminal complaint.

Police found Karoline Heintz’s body in the vehicle.

The AirTag also indicated Heintz had been at Moser’s home earlier.

Royce and Rachel Moser were later located at Rachel Moser’s residence in Beallsville.

According to the affidavit, Rachel Moser told her son to bathe and change his clothes, which she placed in a washing machine.

She then took the knife and put it in a garbage bag to dispose of in the trash outside her home, according to the affidavit.

The knife was retrieved after investigators obtained a search warrant.

Royce and Rachel Moser both were charged with tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse and obstruction of justice.

Rachel Moser, 56, also was charged with hindering the apprehension of a fugitive and criminal use of a communication device.

Their next court appearance is a formal arraignment scheduled for Oct. 13.

Mother and son are being held without bail in the Washington County jail.

Heintz’s family issued a statement asking the public to respect their wishes for privacy.

“This is a parent’s worst nightmare,” the statement said. “It has been devastating for family, friends, and the whole community. Karoline was loved by all. She was a kind, smart, beautiful girl. We want justice for our “sweet” Karoline.”

Part of the Kennedy Center’s ceiling collapsed after a powerful storm swept through Washington, DC, causing damage at the landmark performing arts venue.

The severe weather tore through sections of the cultural center’s roof, leaving a visible hole in the building.

In the wake of the damage, the White House renewed its push for renovations at the Kennedy Center, pointing to what it described as “decades of neglect.”

A source told The Daily Mail that staff first saw pieces of the ceiling falling into the grand foyer at about 5pm on Friday.

Photos from inside the Kennedy Center showed debris scattered across the carpet after the intense overnight storm battered the nation’s capital.

Outside, high winds downed trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people with many still in the dark.

No one was injured when the main hall’s ceiling collapsed but Kennedy Center leaders used the situation to amplify President Donald Trump’s calls for modernization. 

‘Another example of the urgent need to close for renovation and revitalization, as our Chairman President Trump has championed,’ VP of Public Relations for the Kennedy Center Roma Daravi told The Daily Mail. 

‘This structural failure stems from decades of neglect and deferred maintenance by the previous leadership, and there’s no justification for further delays in restoring America’s cultural center,’ she added. 

Kennedy Center employees received an email Friday announcing the Main Building would be closed for the remainder of Friday night. 

‘This closure is necessary to ensure the safety of staff, contractors, and any other personnel who may otherwise access the facility while O&M evaluates and addresses the identified conditions,’ the email said.

While the Main Building is slated to open again on Saturday, the Grand Foyer will remain closed through the weekend. 

The cultural center has been a flashpoint of debate during Trump’s second term, with the president attempting to revitalize the structure and even temporarily putting his name on it.

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A source noted that the collapse happened in nearly the same place Democrat Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, one of the chief opponents to Trump’s renovations and renaming plans, held a photo shoot.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Congresswoman Beatty for comment. 

The Kennedy Center has been at the center of a long-running saga after Trump overhauled the board of trustees to install his own allies.

The board has since been fighting in court for the right to plaster the president’s name on the Kennedy Center. 

His name was first added in December last year, before it Judge Christopher Cooper deemed it unlawful.

The signage remained on the historic building for 176 days after the ruling until it was finally chiseled off, than six months after it was affixed to the historic performing arts center dedicated to President John F Kennedy.

Since then, the Democrats have fought tooth and nail to prevent any more of Trump’s changes.

In a court filing on Monday, Justice Department attorneys painted a grim picture of the state of the Kennedy Center saying it is, ‘a financially insolvent facility, housed in a decrepit, dilapidated, crumbling building’ that ‘continues to race toward physical and financial ruin.’

Renovations were required they argued, but ‘an order blocking the Board from appropriately recognizing President Trump will cause donors to flee, financial contributions to dry up, and structural rehabilitation to stop.

‘There will simply not be the expertise or funding necessary to rebuild and renovate this decimated structure.’

On Wednesday, officials at the center took down a sculpture known as Blue, the latest change at the Kennedy Center that stirred some pushback. 

The changes fall within a broader effort to reshape Washington to Trump’s liking, including demolishing the White House’s East Wing to build a ballroom, a proposed triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and a renovated golf course.

Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal faced sharp criticism from Black lawmakers on Friday after describing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as an “AIPAC monkey.”

The remark came during Jebreal’s appearance on left-wing commentator Wajahat Ali’s podcast, “The Left Hook,” where she condemned Jeffries’ support for Israel and accused the Black Democratic leader of serving the interests of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as AIPAC.

“His name is Hakeem. ‘Hakeem’ is an Arabic name which means ‘healer.’ He’s not a healer, he’s a divider,” Jebreal said during the discussion.

She then escalated her criticism, saying, “He is a bought and paid by AIPAC monkey,” before adding, “With all due respect — and I don’t mean it in a racist way.”

Jebreal also called Jeffries “an errand boy,” saying critics of his stance on Israel were “done and tired.”

After Jabreal’s rant, Ali interjected to note that using the term “monkey” has “terrible racial connotations … but I think you caught yourself and said you didn’t mean it with any racial animosity.” 

Jabreal attempted to clarify: “There are these three monkeys – one, I cannot hear, I cannot see, I cannot speak – it reminds me of these three monkeys.” 

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) rejected Jebreal’s defense. 

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“To be clear, there isn’t a non-racist way to call Leader Jeffries—a Black man—a ‘monkey’ or ‘errand boy,’” the group posted on X. 

The caucus also slammed Ali, a critic of Israel, writing, “this is what happens when we hold ourselves to such low standards for what’s allowable in our discourse — people get comfortable being openly bigoted.”

“We have to stop platforming and trafficking in anti-Black racism, whether it’s on the political right or the left,” the CBC added. 

Rep, Ritchie Torres (D-NY) similarly argued in an X post that “calling a Black man a ‘monkey’ is racist. Full stop.”

“If Wajahat Ali and Rula Jebreal were on the far right, no one on the far left would have any trouble condemning them for dehumanizing a Black man in racist terms,” the black congressman added. “The silence is deafening.” 

Jebreal later issued a backhanded apology on X. 

“I am disgusted and horrified that Hakeem Jeffries is taking money from AIPAC amidst Israel’s genocide in Palestine,” she wrote. “That said, a term that I used to describe him was inappropriate and offensive and should never have been used.

“I apologize unconditionally.”

Jeffries’ office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.