RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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See the full story · 5 sourcesThe Lindsay Clancy trial resumed in Plymouth Superior Court on Monday after a week of emotional testimony in the case of the Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother who admitted to killing her three children. The day started with doctors who treated Lindsay Clancy and her children on the night of the murders taking the stand, and finished with the jury hearing excerpts from her diary.Prosecutors allege that she made a calculated decision to strangle 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan on Jan. 24, 2023. The defense says she was overmedicated and committed the killings during an episode of extreme postpartum psychosis.Lindsay Clancy\u0027s diary read in courtProsecutor Shanan Buckingham read aloud from Lindsay Clancy\u0027s diary, which police seized with a search warrant. Clancy wrote that she was obsessed with her infant son\u0027s sleep schedule."Hearing him cry for one-plus hours and not intervening just about killed me. I even said the words \u0027I want to die\u0027 to Pat while he was crying," Clancy wrote.Clancy also said she was "completely overwhelmed" trying to take care of her three kids."I feel like I\u0027m drowning every day," she wrote.In an entry dated Nov. 18, 2022, Clancy wrote, "It\u0027s like I\u0027m so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone that my mind is trying to make something physically wrong with me."On cross-examination, defense attorney Kevin Reddington also read aloud some diary passages for the jury."I now have horrible insomnia and anxiety which is causing depression," Clancy wrote. "I have no appetite, I don\u0027t know what\u0027s wrong with me. I want help. I want to be well."Clancy also wrote that she had "crazy brain fog" and worried about not being able to function when she returned to work, Reddington noted."I feel completely disconnected with my baby. I feel like I\u0027m going through the motions every day," Clancy wrote.Clancy also said she felt "horribly guilty" about her marriage with her now ex-husband Patrick.\u00a0"I want to connect with Pat again," she said. "I know he needs it, I need it."Lindsay Clancy wrote she was "horrified" after murdersDr. Jhilam Biswas, a forensic psychiatrist at Brigham & Women\u0027s Hospital in Boston, described visiting her for 20 to 30 minutes on Jan. 26, 2023. Clancy had just recently arrived at the Boston hospital after being transferred from South Shore Hospital.Clancy was still intubated, partially paralyzed from jumping out of her second-story bedroom window, and Dr. Biswas gave her paper to answer questions. She asked Clancy how her mood was that day."She wrote, \u0027horrified,\u0027" Dr. Biswas testified. "She seemed very anxious."Dr. Biswas said one of the first questions Clancy asked was whether she had an attorney. She also wrote down "Is my body broken?" and "Are my legs straight?" and asked Dr. Biswas if she could have visitors, and where her family was.Psychiatrists evaluated Lindsay Clancy in hospital after murdersThe 26th witness called by the prosecution was Brigham & Women\u0027s Hospital psychiatrist Dr. Sejal Shah, who first met Clancy on Jan. 29, 2023, five days after the murders. Lindsay Clancy told her she wanted to change her healthcare proxy from her ex-husband Patrick Clancy to her parents.According to Dr. Shah, Clancy said she was initially delirious and experiencing some visual hallucinations in the hospital. Dr. Shah said that could have been due to anesthesia and a lack of oxygen.Dr. Shah spoke to Clancy on Feb. 21, 2023, before she was transferred out of the Brigham to a rehabilitation hospital. Clancy reported feeling "down" about her current situation."She said her thoughts about what she had done were not constant throughout the day, correct?" prosecutor Jennifer Sprague asked."Correct," Dr. Shah replied."So she wasn\u0027t thinking about killing her children throughout the day, every day, correct?" Sprague asked."Correct," Dr. Shah said.In cross-examination, Dr. Shah agreed with Reddington that Clancy was an honest patient."This is not someone who was trying to exaggerate her conditions for some legal reason, correct?" Reddington said."No," Dr. Shah agreed.Boston nurse testifies that Lindsay Clancy couldn\u0027t be left aloneRachelle Amede, a trauma nurse at Brigham & Women\u0027s Hospital, was working the night shift when Clancy was brought to the Boston hospital. Clancy went into cardiac arrest shortly after arriving in Boston and required multiple blood transfusions, medical records show.She said there were two police officers outside Clancy\u0027s room and she couldn\u0027t be left alone, as is protocol for patients who are a suicide risk.On Jan. 28, Clancy, who was intubated and couldn\u0027t speak, used a white board to write that she was confused about why she couldn\u0027t feel her lower extremities, Amede said. She also said that on Feb. 2, Clancy requested to speak to her lawyer.Under cross-examination, Amede said she was aware that Clancy was being treated as a patient with a history of postpartum depression.\u00a0"And you knew that there had been discussion about postpartum psychosis, isn\u0027t that right?" Reddington asked."Yes," Amede answered.ER doctor who treated Lindsay Clancy says cuts were "superficial"The jury on Monday heard for the first time from a doctor who treated Lindsay Clancy on the night of the murders. South Shore Hospital emergency medicine Dr. Kelly McDonough said she was told she\u0027d be receiving "a patient who had fallen out the window from a height."Legal experts say prosecutors are trying to show that Clancy\u0027s suicide attempt was faked. Dr. McDonough said the cuts on Clancy\u0027s body were not actively bleeding and did not require immediate attention."She had some superficial lacerations of her wrists and neck," Dr. McDonough said.She said the focus of the treatment was dealing with Clancy\u0027s injuries from the fall. Clancy was breathing on her own but had to be intubated, and could not mov...
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