The former husband of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom accused of murdering her three younger youngsters, took the stand Monday as the prosecution’s first witness in her triple-murder trial.
His testimony – anticipated to proceed when courtroom resumes on Wednesday – adopted opening statements from each events, who previewed some of the proof jurors may see in the coming weeks.
Lindsay Clancy doesn’t deny she killed their youngsters, however she has pleaded not responsible to 3 counts of homicide, arguing she shouldn’t be held criminally liable for fatally strangling them. Her lawyer has stated she was struggling from postpartum psychosis and excessive psychological sickness when she killed them on January 24, 2023.
The trial is anticipated to focus closely on testimony from dueling psychiatric and medical consultants.
She faces life in jail if convicted.
NCS will stream the trial stay on NCS All Access.
Here are some of the key points from Monday:
Ex-husband’s testimony:
Patrick Clancy testified his former spouse struggled after the start of their third youngster, and that she advised him in the months earlier than the January 2023 killings she was having ideas of suicide and harming their youngsters.
-
Patrick Clancy appeared to get emotional on the stand, taking deep breaths as he described every of his three younger youngsters – 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan.
-
Between September 2022 and January 2023, Lindsay Clancy was prescribed a number of medicines by at the very least three completely different suppliers, her former husband stated. Through their questioning of Patrick Clancy, prosecutors famous it appeared his ex-wife had taken solely a fraction of the many pills she had been prescribed; Patrick Clancy testified he was not conscious of how a lot treatment his then-wife had or had not taken.
-
Lindsay Clancy’s “big spiral” began round early December 2022, when she started taking a brand new treatment, her former husband stated. Lindsay Clancy advised her then-husband she was suicidal and had “intrusive thoughts” about hurting their youngsters, Patrick Clancy testified. He was not involved for his or her security at the moment as a result of she didn’t present “any intention” of harming them, he stated.
-
Lindsay Clancy spent a number of days in psychiatric hospitals in late December 2022 and early January 2023 as a result of she was nonetheless having ideas of suicide, Patrick Clancy stated. After she was discharged, she appeared “much better” and stated she was not having suicidal ideas, he stated.
-
Hours earlier than the killings, Lindsay Clancy built a snowman and performed together with her three youngsters, her ex-husband testified. “She was having one of her best days,” Patrick Clancy stated. Before the father of three left their house to select up dinner, he stated he kissed one of his youngsters on the head and advised his household he would “be right back.”
The prosecution and the protection delivered opening statements Monday morning, with each events warning jurors some of the testimony in the case might be troublesome to listen to.
-
Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham stated Lindsay Clancy “deliberately and meticulously” killed her youngsters. Although she acknowledged Clancy had psychological well being points, the prosecutor stated she was “not in the throes of psychosis” when she fatally strangled her youngsters in the basement of their household’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, house. “This was a woman who acted intentionally, rationally and swiftly to accomplish a very specific goal – to kill,” the prosecutor stated.
-
Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington stated Lindsay Clancy was “suffering from psychosis” when she killed her youngsters and tried suicide after, which left her partially paralyzed. Clancy suffered from postpartum despair after giving start, Reddington advised jurors, and was prescribed a cocktail of medicines in the months main as much as the killings. “This is a young woman who, with her husband, tried very hard to get the help she needed,” the protection lawyer stated.