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Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy searched online about hallucinations, psychosis and the side effects of several drugs she was prescribed in the weeks before she strangled her three young children in January 2023, according to an analysis of her phone data presented at Thursday’s murder trial i…

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  1. Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumes with testimony from psychiatric nurse who examined her

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  2. Lindsay Clancy murder trial continues with focus on her mental health treatment

    Headline from CBS News ·

  3. The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

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    Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die

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  1. Local News 8

    What we learned this week at Lindsay Clancy’s trial (opens Local News 8)

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    CNN By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy has not taken the stand, but the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children communicated in multiple ways at her murder trial this week.

  2. KTVZ Bend

    Lindsay Clancy hasn’t taken the stand, but she’s spoken volumes at her murder trial (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    CNN By Eric Levenson, Andi Babineau, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy has not taken the stand, but the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children communicated in multiple ways at her murder trial this week.

  3. Court TV

    Shattered spine, journals and sobs: Biggest moments from week 2 of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial (opens Court TV)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — Prosecutors spent the week trying to portray Lindsay Clancy — a Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three children — as a controlling woman who plotted her kids’ deaths.

  4. NBC Boston

    Lindsay Clancy trial enters third week (opens NBC Boston)

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    The trial of Lindsay Clancy , the Duxbury mother who killed her three children is entering its third week. Her defense attorney tells NBC10 Boston prosecutors could rest as early as Monday. Then would come the defense’s case, and among the witnesses could be a social worker who never met Lindsay Cla…

  5. NBC Boston

    Livestream, live updates: Lindsay Clancy trial enters Week 3 (opens NBC Boston)

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    Lindsay Clancy, charged with the murder of her three children in Duxbury in 2023, appears in Plymouth Superior Court on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

  6. East Idaho News

    WATCH LIVE: Day 10 of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Day 10 of the trial will begin Monday with testimony continuing from Dr. Jennifer Tufts. Clancy is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old.

  7. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Lindsay Clancy’s psychiatrist returns to the stand on Day 10 of murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 35-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in the courtroom, bound to a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sus…

  8. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Lindsay Clancy’s attorney grills psychiatrist on Day 10 of murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 35-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in the courtroom, bound to a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sus…

  9. WDIO Duluth

    Defense lawyer takes aim at psychiatrist’s care before Lindsay Clancy killed her 3 kids (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    A defense lawyer for the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children is questioning her psychiatrist's expertise, prescribing decisions and overall treatment. In court Monday, Lindsay Clancy's attorney sought to suggest the mental healthcare system had failed his client in the months be…

  10. NBC Boston

    Livestream, live updates: Testimony continues in Lindsay Clancy trial (opens NBC Boston)

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    Defendant Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing her three children, listens to medical testimony from doctors on Aug. 3, 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The defense argues that she lacks criminal responsibility – also known as an insanity defense – because she was suffering from postpartum depression…

  11. East Idaho News

    WATCH LIVE: Day 11 of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Day 11 of the trial will begin on Tuesday with testimony continuing from psychiatric nurse Julie Paul. Clancy is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and…

  12. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: Psychiatric nurse returns to witness stand on day 11 of Lindsay Clancy murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 35-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in the courtroom, bound to a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sus…

  13. KRDO

    Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumes with testimony from psychiatric nurse who examined her (opens KRDO)

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    By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A psychiatric nurse practitioner who examined Lindsay Clancy months before she killed her three children took the stand Tuesday in the third week of the Massachusetts mother’s murder trial.

  14. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy murder trial continues with focus on her mental health treatment (opens CBS News)

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    Healthcare workers who treated Lindsay Clancy's postpartum mental health concerns are back on the stand Tuesday in her murder trial. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has the latest.

  15. Lamag

    Two Lindsay Clancy Providers, Two Crucial Accounts of Her Mental State Before the Killings (opens Lamag)

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    Dr. Jennifer Tufts and Rebecca Jollotta testified that Clancy was struggling but showed no signs of psychosis; while the defense argued communication gaps between providers, changing medications and critical information may have fallen through the cracks

  16. East Idaho News

    WATCH LIVE: Day 12 of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Day 12 of the trial will begin on Wednesday with a new witness on the stand. Clancy is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old.

  17. East Idaho News

    LIVE UPDATES: New witness to take the stand on day 12 of Lindsay Clancy murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Massachusetts. The 36-year-old woman is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old. Clancy is present in the courtroom, bound to a wheelchair after she was paralyzed by injuries she sus…

  18. CBS News

    Lindsay Clancy sobs in court as medical examiner describes children's injuries before they died (opens CBS News)

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    Lindsay Clancy had an emotional day in court on Wednesday in the trial for killing her three children. She's fighting murder charges, saying she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and overmedication. Shanelle Kaul reports.

  19. Local News 8

    The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight (opens Local News 8)

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    By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has centered on the mental health issues the 36-year-old faced after giving birth to her third child. Defense attorneys for the Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse do not deny that Clancy strangled her three children — Cora, 5; Dawson,…

  20. East Idaho News

    WATCH LIVE: Day 13 of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial (opens East Idaho News)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is underway in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Day 13 of the trial will begin on Thursday with a new witness on the stand. Clancy is charged with three counts of murder for the strangling deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old.

  21. Court TV

    ‘That’s it?’: Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney challenges digital evidence prosecutors say prove she murdered her kids (opens Court TV)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — Prosecutors say text messages and internet searches prove a Massachusetts mother purposefully murdered her children, but her defense says they prove exactly the opposite. Lindsay Clancy, 36, is charged with murder in the deaths of her three young children.

  22. The Republic

    Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die (opens The Republic)

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    PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy searched online about hallucinations, psychosis and the side effects of several drugs she was prescribed in the weeks before she strangled her three young children in January 2023, according to an analysis of her phone data presented at Thursday’s murder trial i…

  23. Seattle Times

    Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, ways to die (opens Seattle Times)

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    The trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy has turned to her search history about mental health concerns and medication side effects in the weeks before she strangled her three children in January 2023.

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