US mother begged for help before her children's killings, mother-in-law testifies
Summary
Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the murder of her three children in Massachusetts. Her family and defense say she suffered severe mental illness called postpartum psychosis after giving birth, while prosecutors say she planned the killings.Key Facts
- Lindsay Clancy is charged with three counts of first-degree murder for killing her three children aged 5, 3, and 8 months.
- The killings happened in January 2023 in Clancy’s home.
- Clancy jumped from a second-floor window after the killings and was paralyzed, attending the trial in a wheelchair.
- Her former mother-in-law testified that Clancy was begging for help and showed signs of anxiety, sadness, insomnia, and loss of appetite.
- Clancy’s defense claims she had postpartum psychosis, a rare and serious mental illness after childbirth that can cause hallucinations and delusions.
- Clancy’s mother said Lindsay told her about thoughts of harming the children before the incident.
- Clancy, a nurse, checked herself into a psychiatric hospital shortly before the killings and had daily suicidal thoughts.
- Prosecutors argue Clancy made a planned decision to kill her children, not that she was driven by mental illness.
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