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Lindsay Clancy goes on trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her 3 children
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Lindsay Clancy goes on trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her 3 children

  • By MICHAEL CASEY and LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press
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A Massachusetts woman is on trial in a case where her lawyers argue that postpartum psychosis was the reason she killed her three children, aged 5 and younger. Opening statements in Lindsay Clancy's trial began Monday. Jurors are expected to hear evidence for weeks, including dueling views about her culpability and mental state. Clancy has pleaded not guilty and her attorney has laid out an insanity defense. Prosecutors argue she strangled Cora, Dawson, and Callan in well-planned murders in January 2023. At the time, she had been getting psychiatric care for about four months.

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Trial begins for Massachusetts mom who says postpartum issues led her to kill 3 children

  • By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press
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Jury selection has begun in the murder trial of a Massachusetts woman who is expected to argue that postpartum issues were the reason she killed her three children. Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not guilty in the three counts of murder in the deaths of her children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Five jurors were selected Monday. A total of 18 jurors, including six alternates, will be chosen for the trial. Prosecutors argue Clancy used an exercise bands to strangle her three children. But Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, plans to lay out an insanity defense