Overview
- Clancy has admitted she killed her three children on Jan. 24, 2023, but is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, saying she suffered severe postpartum psychosis.
- The defense agreed Tuesday to stipulate to key facts about the deaths and chain of custody to shorten the evidentiary phase and forgo confronting some witnesses.
- Forensic toxicologists told jurors Wednesday that multiple psychiatric drugs were in Clancy’s blood but at concentrations well below toxic or suicidal levels, with quetiapine about ten times lower than a toxic dose.
- The family’s former nanny testified Wednesday that Clancy was a loving, attentive mother who told her she struggled with postpartum issues, and court-read diary entries showed worsening anxiety, insomnia and intrusive thoughts before the killings.
- The next phase will feature dueling psychiatric experts whose conclusions will determine whether Clancy is convicted of first-degree murder and faces life without parole or is found not criminally responsible and committed to a state psychiatric hospital.