Killing of the Clancy children
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This summary is AI-generated and may contain errors. It's researched by Claude Sonnet 5.5 using web search and Wikipedia, then reviewed and rewritten by a separate Claude Sonnet 5.5 editor.- Jurors in Plymouth went home again without a verdict in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former nurse accused of killing her three young children.
- Prosecutors accuse her of killing Cora, Dawson and Callan at their Duxbury home; her defense admits it but points to overmedication and postpartum psychosis.
- The jury's question is whether she was "criminally responsible," meaning she knew her acts were wrong and could follow the law.
On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan, at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. She then attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and neck and jumping from a second-story window, sustaining injuries that left her paralyzed from the waist down. Lindsay said she heard an auditory hallucination ordering her to commit the acts and felt an irresistible urge to comply.