Overview
- On Jan. 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children in the basement of the family’s Duxbury home and then attempted suicide, leaving her partially paralyzed.
- Opening statements are set to begin Monday, July 27, as a seated 18-member panel of 12 jurors and six alternates prepares to hear the case.
- Judge William F. Sullivan ordered that Patrick Clancy’s 911 call and the children’s autopsy photos may be shown in court but must not be publicly disseminated.
- The defense will argue severe postpartum psychosis tied to hallucinations and disorganized medication care, while prosecutors will present evidence they say shows planning and cruelty.
- If jurors convict, Clancy faces life in prison without parole, and if they find she was not criminally responsible she would likely be committed to a state psychiatric hospital as experts testify over several weeks and the case raises renewed scrutiny of perinatal mental‑health screening and treatment.