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Psychologist testifies Lindsay Clancy was not criminally responsible in killing of her 3 children

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Prosecutors have questioned the seriousness of Clancy’s suicide attempt. After strangling her children, Clancy jumped from a second-story window and remains paralyzed from the waist down.

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  1. Mom and sister testify about Lindsay Clancy’s declining mental state before she killed her children

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  2. Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ before killing her children, former mother-in-law testifies

    Headline from WWLP Springfield ·

  3. Lindsay Clancy said voice told her to kill her children; prosecutors focus on when

    Headline from News Nation Now ·

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    Psychologist testifies Lindsay Clancy was not criminally responsible in killing of her 3 children

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  1. WDIO Duluth

    Mom and sister testify about Lindsay Clancy’s declining mental state before she killed her children (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    The defense has begun calling witnesses in the trial of Lindsay Clancy. The prosecution rested its case Monday after three weeks of testimony in the trial of the Massachusetts mom who has admitted to killing her three young children.

  2. WDIO Duluth

    Lindsay Clancy’s mother and sister take stand to testify about her declining mental state (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    The defense has begun calling witnesses in the trial of Lindsay Clancy. The prosecution rested its case Monday after three weeks of testimony in the trial of the Massachusetts mom who has admitted to killing her three young children.

  3. WDIO Duluth

    Lindsay Clancy’s sister, former coworker take the stand for the defense in her murder trial (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    The defense has begun calling witnesses in the emotionally charged trial of Lindsay Clancy. The prosecution rested its case Monday after three weeks of testimony in the trial of the Massachusetts mom who has admitted to killing her three young children.

  4. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy's sister describes the mom's symptoms during mental health crisis (opens CBS News)

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    Lindsay Clancy's sister, Allison Ozga, took the stand in Clancy's murder trial on Monday to share what her sister's mental health was like before allegedly killing her three children.

  5. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy's mother gives emotional testimony in her defense during murder trial (opens CBS News)

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    Paula Musgrove, Lindsay Clancy's mother, gave emotional testimony in her daughter's murder trial on Monday, where she said Clancy was a dedicated, loving mom.

  6. The Guardian

    Lindsay Clancy had ‘thoughts of harming the children’, mother testifies at trial (opens The Guardian)

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    Paula Musgrove stated her daughter had said medications were ‘destroying’ her mind and she was becoming ‘paranoid’ The defense in the Lindsay Clancy filicide case called the defendant’s mother as one of its first witnesses Monday, after three weeks of prosecution evidence laid out, in often harrowin…

  7. New York Post

  8. East Idaho News

    Lindsay Clancy’s thoughts of harming her children, emotional testimony from Jared Bridegan’s widow (opens East Idaho News)

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    The prosecution has rested its case against Lindsay Clancy and now the defense is calling witnesses. Today, jurors heard from some of the people closest to Lindsay, including her sister and her mother, who became emotional as she described watching her daughter’s mental health deteriorate in the mon…

  9. WHDH Boston

    Mother, sister testify about Lindsay Clancy’s declining mental state before she killed her children (opens WHDH Boston)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy’s mother and sister took the stand Monday to recount how they saw her become increasingly anxious, paranoid and suicidal...

  10. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy's mom testifies her daughter said she had "thoughts of harming the children" (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News legal contributor Caroline Polisi breaks down the latest testimony in the Lindsay Clancy trial from Clancy's family members after the prosecution rested its case on Monday.

  11. Fox News

    Lindsay Clancy's family was 'very concerned' about her mental health in the months before she killed her kids (opens Fox News)

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    Lindsay Clancy's mother-in-law testified the accused mother was 'begging for help' with insomnia and anxiety months before the Duxbury killings.

  12. CBS News

    Watch: Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law testifies she was "begging for help" (opens CBS News)

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    Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, told the courtroom on Tuesday that her former daughter-in-law was "begging for help" during postpartum.

  13. Bangor Daily News

    Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ before killing her children, former mother-in-law testifies (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    BOSTON (AP) — Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” in the months leading up to killing her three children and attempting to end her own life, Clancy’s former mother-in-law testified for the defense Tuesday in the fourth week of her murder trial.

  14. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her children. Why are true crime fans saying she didn't? (opens CBS News)

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    Lindsay Clancy's murder trial is generating endless discussion among true crime aficionados online, sparking theories and misinformation over the case. Kathryn Coduto, an assistant professor of media sciences at Boston University, explains why the case has taken social media by storm.

  15. The Free Press

    She Killed Her Three Children. Is She Guilty? (opens The Free Press)

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    Those who defend Lindsay Clancy want someone else—the husband, or the medical system—to be responsible. It’s not that simple, writes Kat Rosenfield.

  16. BBC News

    Lindsay Clancy begged for help before her children's killings, mother-in-law testifies (opens BBC News)

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    Lindsay Clancy has admitted killing her daughter and two sons but has pleaded not guilty to murder, saying she was experiencing postpartum psychosis.

  17. WPRI Providence

    Former mother-in-law testifies Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ (opens WPRI Providence)

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    Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law testified for the defense Tuesday in the fourth week of her murder trial.

  18. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy reported dissociative state and other key symptoms, expert testifies (opens CBS News)

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    Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children, but her defense is trying to prove in court that she suffered from postpartum psychosis and was overmedicated. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.

  19. Court TV

    Former mother-in-law says Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ (opens Court TV)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — Lindsay Clancy‘s former mother-in-law testified on Tuesday that the defendant was a loving mother to her three children before she killed them. Lindsay Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to charges she murdered Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.

  20. WHDH Boston

    Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ before killing her children, former mother-in-law says in court (opens WHDH Boston)

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    BOSTON (AP) — Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” in the months leading up to killing her three children and attempting to end her own life, Clancy’s...

  21. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy murder trial puts spotlight on treatment for severe mental illness (opens CBS News)

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    The defense in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial called multiple witnesses Tuesday. Clancy has admitted to killing her three young children in 2023, but has pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing she had postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder and was being overmedicated.

  22. New York Post

    Lindsay Clancy told hubby in bone-chilling call that male voice instructed her to ‘kill her children and kill herself’: testimony (opens New York Post)

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    Jurors have already heard testimony from her psychiatrists and other medical providers who said they didn't believe she was in a psychotic state.

  23. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law says she was "begging for help" as murder trial continues (opens CBS News)

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    Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, took the stand Tuesday to offer testimony as Lindsay Clancy stands on trial for the killings of her three children. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul has more.

  24. NBC Boston

    Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help' before killing kids, former mother-in-law testifies (opens NBC Boston)

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    Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” in the months leading up to killing her three children and attempting to end her own life, Clancy’s former mother-in-law testified for the defense Tuesday in the fourth week of her murder trial.

  25. Fox News

    Lindsay Clancy described a male voice ordering her to ‘kill her children and kill herself’: testimony (opens Fox News)

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    A forensic psychologist testified that Lindsay Clancy reported hearing a male voice commanding her to kill her children before the Duxbury murders.

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