Trial begins for mom accused of strangling her 3 children as defense blames rare mental illness
- Lindsay Clancy loved her three young children “right up to the time of their death,” her lawyer has told jurors during the first day of the mother’s murder trial.
- Clancy, 35, stands accused of strangling her children, aged 5, 3 and eight months, in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home before attempting to kill herself in January 2023.
- In opening statements of the case, Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, argued that the mom was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness following childbirth that causes behavior changes such as hallucinations and paranoia.
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- Lindsay Clancy loved her three young children “right up to the time of their death,” her lawyer has told jurors during the first day of the mother’s murder trial.
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- Clancy, 35, stands accused of strangling her children, aged 5, 3 and eight months, in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home before attempting to kill herself in January 2023.
- In opening statements of the case, Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, argued that the mom was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness following childbirth that causes behavior changes such as hallucinations and paranoia.
Sources: The Independent