Overview
- On Wednesday, defense psychologist Dr. Paul Zeizel testified that Lindsay Clancy told her then‑husband she heard a male voice ordering her to kill her children and that she lacked an appreciation for the wrongfulness of her acts.
- Prosecutors have presented phone forensics, the 911 call, autopsy findings and testimony that Clancy sent her husband out before the deaths to argue the killings were planned and intentional.
- During cross‑examination, prosecutors challenged Zeizel's objectivity and noted Clancy's medical records do not document reports of hearing voices and that she has not claimed to hear voices since January 2023.
- Clancy remains in state custody at Tewksbury State Hospital, appears in court in a wheelchair because of a spinal injury from a suicide attempt, and is under one‑to‑one supervision while receiving psychiatric treatment.
- The jury's decision will determine whether she is convicted of first‑degree murder and faces life in prison or is found not criminally responsible and committed to a state psychiatric facility, a ruling that could influence debate over perinatal mental‑health care and related civil suits.