The Trial of Lindsay Clancy - Murder or Mental Illness?

On January 24th, 2023, Patrick Clancy left his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, to collect food and medication for his wife Lindsay Clancy.

But when he returned, their three children, five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan, were dead. Lindsay Clancy had strangled them using exercise bands, before using a knife to cut her own wrists and neck, finally throwing herself from the bedroom window. She survived, but the fall left her paralysed. Now, she is on trial for her children’s deaths.

But Lindsay Clancy does not deny killing her three young children. Rather, she has pleaded not guilty due to reason of insanity, her defence claiming that she was suffering from severe mental illness, and should not be held criminally responsible. 

So was it murder, or was she in the grip of a devastating psychiatric crisis?

In the first episode of this series, Kayla is joined by crime correspondent Rachel Sharp, reporting from inside the Massachusetts courtroom, to break down the key evidence from the trial so far.

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Presenters: Kayla Brantley and Rachel Sharp

Producer: Sam Morris 

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