Overview
- On January 24, 2023, three Clancy children — Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight‑month‑old Callan — were found dead in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home with exercise bands around their necks and their father on a 911 call.
- Prosecutors filed a motion to admit Patrick Clancy’s 911 call and argue that scene evidence and the call support a theory that Lindsay Clancy manually pulled the bands around each child’s neck, showing deliberateness and cruelty.
- The defense does not plan to dispute that Lindsay carried out the killings and will seek a not‑guilty‑by‑reason‑of‑insanity verdict, arguing she suffered severe postpartum psychosis that was worsened by overmedication.
- Court filings note that first responders found each band lying next to the children and that Patrick quickly removed them, facts prosecutors say undercut a claim the bands were tied and left; filings also allege Lindsay researched killing methods and sent her husband out that night.
- The criminal trial is set to begin July 20, 2026, and parallel civil suits by both parents against Lindsay’s treating clinicians over prescribing and monitoring will shape medical evidence and expert testimony at trial.