Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: The Massachusetts mother's chilling ‘going to die, don't care’ message revealed
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: The defence sharply questioned a nurse practitioner who prescribed Lindsay Clancy a combination of psychiatric medications in the months before the Massachusetts mother allegedly strangled her three children.
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Lindsay Clancy told psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta in a December 2, 2022 message that she felt “like I’m going to die and I don’t care” and was “concerningly numb”, jurors heard....Read More
Clancy’s defence earlier grilled a nurse practitioner over the psychiatric medications she prescribed to Clancy before the Massachusetts mother allegedly killed her three children.
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts, where the 35-year-old faces three counts of murder over the strangling deaths of her three children, aged 5, 3 and 8 months.
Clancy is attending court in a wheelchair after suffering paralysis in injuries sustained when she jumped from a second-storey window in an alleged suicide attempt.
Her defence argues that she was legally insane at the time of the killings, suffering from postpartum depression and the effects of overmedication, and was unable to understand that her actions were wrong. We are bringing you live written updates from the courtroom here.
The Lindsay Clancy case
Lindsay Clancy, a former labour-and-delivery nurse from Duxbury, Massachusetts, is on trial for the first-degree murders of her three children. They died in January 2023. The trial is now in its third week and continued Tuesday, its 11th day. Jurors have heard testimony from Lindsay’s former husband, Patrick Clancy, psychiatrist Dr Jennifer Tufts and other witnesses.
Clancy has pleaded not guilty but does not dispute that she caused the children's deaths. Her defence is based on lack of criminal responsibility. She says she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness, including postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder, and that she was heavily medicated in the months leading up to the killings, AP reports.
Prosecutors say that Clancy was mentally troubled but not psychotic when she killed her children, and that the evidence shows planning, deliberation and an effort to create an opportunity to carry out the killings.
The trial is being held in Plymouth Superior Court, before Judge William Sullivan. The jury consists of 12 women and six men. Twelve jurors ultimately expected to deliberate, CBS News reported.
The day of the killings: January 24, 2023
The killings happened at the family's home at 47 Summer Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts. According to prosecutors, Clancy sent her husband, Patrick Clancy, out of the house to get takeout food and make another errand. While he was gone, prosecutors allege, she strangled the three children in the basement using exercise bands.
The children were - Cora Clancy, 5, Dawson Clancy, 3, Callan Clancy, 8 months. Cora and Dawson died that night. Callan was transported to hospital but died several days later from his injuries.
After the killings, Lindsay Clancy attempted to take her own life by jumping from a second-storey window. She survived but suffered catastrophic injuries and is now paralysed from the waist down. She attends court in a wheelchair, as per AP.
Prosecutors' main pieces of the case
1. Sending Patrick out of the house - The prosecution says Clancy deliberately created a period when she would be alone with the children. Patrick testified that Clancy asked him to leave to get food and medication. Prosecutors view this as part of the planning.
2. Evidence of planning - Prosecutors have pointed to searches and other digital evidence that they say show Clancy was thinking about logistics surrounding Patrick's trip and the timing of events. They also say that her highly structured approach to household routines and childcare demonstrates a level of organisation inconsistent with someone who had completely lost contact with reality.
3. Her conduct before the killings - The prosecution argues that Clancy was able to communicate normally with Patrick and function in the hours immediately before the deaths. Patrick himself testified that January 24 appeared to be “one of her best days.”
4. Lack of observed psychosis - Several mental-health professionals who treated Clancy before the killings testified that they did not observe hallucinations, delusions or other obvious signs of psychosis. That evidence is particularly important because the defence is arguing that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings.
5. The suicide attempt - Prosecutors are also expected to challenge the defence's characterisation of Clancy's suicide attempt. They have suggested that some aspects of the aftermath could indicate an effort to make the killings appear connected to a suicidal or psychotic episode rather than deliberate murder.
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- 11 Aug 2026, 09:04:24 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Lindsay Clancy told nurse ‘I feel like I’m going to die and I don’t care’, jury hears
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Lindsay Clancy told psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta in a December 2, 2022 message that she felt “like I’m going to die and I don’t care” and was “concerningly numb”, jurors heard. Clancy also said she had never experienced anything like it and asked whether her symptoms would eventually go away. Jollotta responded that it sounded like depression and later told Clancy that her symptoms were consistent with postpartum depression, describing the condition as real and treatable. She also provided Clancy with resources to contact if her condition worsened over the weekend.
- 11 Aug 2026, 08:38:10 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Lindsay said Ativan was ‘root cause’ of her insomnia, jury hears
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Lindsay Clancy told psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta in a December 2, 2022 message that she was convinced she had become dependent on the anxiety medication Ativan. Clancy said she had been taking it daily for about two and a half weeks after a bad reaction to Zoloft and felt “addicted” and “completely numb”. She also told Jollotta she believed Ativan dependence was the root cause of her insomnia, rather than anxiety. Jollotta advised her to take Ativan every other night and said she would not renew the prescription once it ran out. She later told jurors that she did not believe Clancy was addicted to the drug.
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- 11 Aug 2026, 08:23:28 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Lindsay Clancy had ‘Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts’ book at home
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta testified that she recommended Lindsay Clancy pick up free reading material from the perinatal clinic where she worked, including the book Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts. Jurors had previously seen evidence that the book was found in Clancy’s kitchen cabinet. Jollotta said she recommended the book to Clancy on December 1, 2022, and Clancy told her she would collect the reading materials at her next clinic appointment.
- 11 Aug 2026, 07:50:35 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Lindsay Clancy lost nearly 3 kg weeks before killings, nurse testifies
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta testified that Lindsay Clancy lost around 2.7 kg between October 20 and November 16, 2022.
Jollotta said Clancy weighed about 59 kg at her October 20 appointment and around 56.2 kg on November 16. Clancy reported a loss of appetite, and Jollotta said she considered the antidepressant Remeron a suitable option because “it is a good choice for someone who is having depression with anxiety with decreased appetite.”
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- 11 Aug 2026, 07:39:43 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Who is Patrick Clancy’s new wife?
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: As Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial continues, her former husband Patrick Clancy has rebuilt his life in New York City after moving from Massachusetts in 2023, months after the deaths of their three children.
Patrick, 38, has since married Dr Rachel Danis, a New York-based reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist. The couple reportedly began dating in 2024, married in April 2026 and now live together in Manhattan.
- 11 Aug 2026, 07:34:48 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: New testimony puts postpartum psychosis claim under focus
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Jollotta told the court that she has treated five women with postpartum psychosis during her career and hundreds more with postpartum depression and anxiety. Clancy’s defence is seeking a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, arguing that she was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis when she strangled her three children.
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- 11 Aug 2026, 07:33:21 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Key mental health witness takes the stand
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta has been called to testify in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial about the treatment she provided to Clancy at the South Shore Perinatal Behavioral Health Clinic in 2022.
Jollotta told the court that she has treated five women with postpartum psychosis during her career, as well as hundreds of women with postpartum depression and anxiety.
- 11 Aug 2026, 07:31:23 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Nurse practitioner Julie Paul back on stand
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE: Psychiatric nurse practitioner Julie Paul, who worked with Lindsay Clancy for about a week in November 2022 and prescribed medication to her, returned to the witness stand during Clancy’s murder trial.
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- 11 Aug 2026, 07:23:42 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: Psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta questioned
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: Psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta is being questioned in Lindsay Clancy’s Massachusetts murder trial as the court examines Clancy’s mental health and treatment before the deaths of her three children.
- 11 Aug 2026, 07:17:59 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: Murder trial begins
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has begun in Massachusetts.
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- 11 Aug 2026, 07:05:41 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: The defence case
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: The defence does not primarily dispute that Lindsay killed the children. Instead, attorney Kevin Reddington is attempting to show that she was not legally responsible for her actions because of severe mental illness.
The defence says Clancy was suffering from a combination of postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, severe depression, suicidal thinking, extreme anxiety and insomnia, along with the effects of multiple psychiatric medications.
Her attorneys say she experienced a dramatic psychiatric deterioration after the birth of Callan and repeatedly sought professional help.
- 11 Aug 2026, 06:51:57 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: What prosecutors allege
Lindsay Clancy trial LIVE updates: Prosecutors say the key question is not whether Clancy was experiencing mental-health difficulties, they acknowledge that she was, but whether she was suffering from a psychotic condition so severe that she could not understand what she was doing or that it was wrong, as per CBS news.
Buckingham asked jurors not to turn the case into a general debate about women's mental health or the US healthcare system. Instead, prosecutors want the jury to focus on Clancy's specific mental state and conduct.
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- 11 Aug 2026, 06:46:37 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy murder trial LIVE updates: The prosecution's case
Lindsay Clancy murder trial LIVE updates: Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham told jurors that the children were killed deliberately and meticulously and that Clancy made a calculated decision to kill them.