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Lindsay Clancy\u0027s murder case is now in the hands of a Massachusetts jury after 22 days of testimony in Plymouth Superior Court.Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. Clancy admits to killing the children in their Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023. She then slit her throat and jumped from a window, breaking her neck. The fall left her paralyzed.\u00a0Her defense claims that she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum\u00a0psychosis, and so should not be held criminally responsible. Prosecutors allege that she planned the killings and faked her suicide attempt.\u00a0Most of the testimony has revolved around Lindsay Clancy\u0027s mental state and the treatment she received. Here are the biggest takeaways from the trial.\u00a0Husband testifies he "knew something was wrong" Patrick Clancy\u0027s testimony about the murders spanned two days. During the first day, he described his then-wife\u0027s mental health struggles and said that, despite those issues, Lindsay Clancy had had\u00a0"one of her best days"\u00a0in the hours before the killings. Patrick Clancy was married to Lindsay Clancy at the time of their children\u0027s deaths but they have since divorced.\u00a0On the second day of his testimony, Patrick Clancy described leaving the house to pick up takeout food that Lindsay Clancy had ordered. While picking up the food, she texted him asking him to pick up medicine at CVS. The two spoke on the phone while he ran the errand, he said. Patrick Clancy testified that when he returned home, he noticed "the house was really quiet." He "knew something was wrong" when he found his bedroom door locked, he said. \u00a0Patrick Clancy said he saw "blood everywhere" that "looked like it was sprayed, almost like with a hose" and an open window. He ran outside, he said, and found Lindsay Clancy on the ground with "deep cuts on her wrists" and a red line across her neck. Lindsay Clancy said she had tried to die by suicide, Patrick Clancy said. When he asked where their children were, she said they were in the basement. She did not indicate they were in danger or that they had been harmed, Patrick Clancy said.\u00a0He testified that he stayed with his wife until first responders arrived. Then, he ran to the basement, he said. He described finding his children and trying to give them CPR before first responders arrived.\u00a0First responders described "chaotic" crime scene\u00a0First responders who arrived at the Clancy home testified about what they witnessed on the third day of the trial. They recounted a distressing, chaotic scene that began in the backyard of the house.\u00a0Officer Stephen Hall said he heard a male voice, identified as Patrick Clancy\u0027s, calling for help from the backyard. There, Hall found Lindsay Clancy with cuts to both wrists and her neck.After hearing "a loud scream from inside," Hall and fellow officer Brian Josephine entered the home and found Patrick Clancy in the basement, where he had discovered the bodies of his three children, Hall said.\u00a0When Patrick Clancy saw the officers, he "looked up and screamed \u0027She killed the f-----g kids,\u0027" Josephine testified.\u00a0Duxbury fire captain and paramedic PJ Hussey said that he put out an "all call" for Duxbury personnel and that things "turned very chaotic very quickly" as more resources arrived on scene.\u00a0Lindsay Clancy described depression in diary, notes\u00a0On the fifth day of the trial, excerpts from Lindsay Clancy\u0027s diary were read aloud. In an excerpt read by prosecutor Shannan Buckingham, Clancy wrote that she was struggling with her youngest child Callan\u0027s sleep schedule and "felt like I\u0027m drowning every day."\u00a0In an entry dated Nov. 18, 2022, Lindsay 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."In an entry read aloud by defense attorney Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy described "horrible insomnia and anxiety which is causing depression," as well as "crazy brain fog" and "no appetite." She also described feeling "horribly guilty" about the state of her marriage, wrote that she felt "completely disconnected with" her baby, and "like I\u0027m going through the motions every day."\u00a0"I don\u0027t know what\u0027s wrong with me," Lindsay Clancy wrote, according to Reddington. "I want help. I want to be well."\u00a0In an entry in her phone\u0027s notes app on Oct. 25, 2022, Lindsay Clancy described struggling to connect with her youngest child.\u00a0"I want to feel love and connection with all my kids. I\u0027m also probably having a bit of an internal conflict because my whole life I\u0027ve wanted to have a lot of kids. I still don\u0027t want Cal to be our last, but I have a lot of figuring out to do before I have another," Lindsay Clancy wrote, according to Timothy Chiappini, a unit commander for the Massachusetts State Police critical investigations team who was asked to do a forensic analysis on the phone.\u00a0In the entry, Lindsay Clancy mentioned being "on the fence" about starting a new medication, and said she wanted "to be able to relax and take care of my kids."\u00a0"Cal was so very planned and desired. I want to be able to give him all the love he deserves," Lindsay Clancy added, according to Chiappini.\u00a0Psychiatrist saw "no signs of psychosis" day before killingsMuch of the trial focused on Clancy\u0027s behavior in the time leading up to the killings. During his testimony, Patrick Clancy said his ex-wife was "extremely sleep deprived and highly anxious." Her defense attorney\u00a0described times where she would be on the couch, rocking back and forth with her head under a pillow.\u00a0Dr. Jennifer Tufts, who was treating Lindsay Clancy at the time of the killings, testified on the\u00a010th day of the trial that Lindsay Clancy was "...
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