A shocking crime inside a seemingly ordinary American family has raised questions about mental illness and criminal responsibility
Jury selection has begun on Monday in a closely watched murder trial of a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children in a case that has drawn nationwide attention.
A shocking crime inside an otherwise ordinary American family has raised broader questions about mental illness, psychiatric treatment, and criminal responsibility, with jurors expected to hear sharply conflicting accounts of Lindsay Clancy’s mental state at the time of the killings.
Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, has pleaded not guilty to murdering her daughter Cora, 5, her son Dawson, 3, and eight-month-old son Callan at the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts in January of 2023. Prosecutors allege she deliberately strangled the children while her husband was picking up takeout, before attempting suicide by jumping from a second-story window, leaving her paralyzed.
The defense is expected to pursue an insanity defense, claiming Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis after months of worsening psychiatric symptoms, repeated hospitalizations, and multiple medication changes. Her attorneys contend she sought medical help before the tragedy and was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions.
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