The Most Fiercely Defended K!:ller: A Woman Who K!:lled Her Own Three Children Is Now Being Supported by Hundreds of Women — What Is Really Going On?
Hundreds of women dressed in pink turned up outside a Massachusetts courthouse Thursday in support of Lindsay Clancy — whose heart-wrenching triple murder trial has sparked discussion over maternal health care across the country.
Many of the demonstrators — wearing supportive buttons and shirts that read “Peace for Lindsay” and “Justice for Lindsay” — erupted into applause and cheers as the 36-year-old mother’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, arrived at court Thursday.
“We love you Kevin,” one said, as another yelled, “Reddington is fighting for women’s rights.”
Supporters of Lindsay Clancy stand outside Plymouth Superior Court where Clancy is on trial for the death of her three children on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.AP Photo/Josh Reynolds
Vigil organizer Renee Kimball, of Maine, gathers Lindsay Clancy supporters in a circle for a moment of silence at a vigil outside Plymouth Superior Court on Thursday.USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
Lindsay Clancy, center, speaks with her lawyer Kevin Reddington during proceedings in her murder trial on Thursday, August 20, 2026, in Plymouth.AP Photo/Josh Reynolds
Reddington has argued Clancy was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis and hearing voices when she used elastic exercise bands to strangle Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan before she tried to kill herself in their Duxbury, Mass., home on Jan. 24, 2023.
The case has garnered national attention, leading Clancy to gain a loyal army of supporters who sympathize with the mother and her postpartum mental health struggles.
Women have opened up online about their own experiences with postpartum — while others have spread wild and unfounded conspiracy theories suggesting Clancy’s then-husband, Patrick Clancy, carried out the heinous acts and framed her for it.
Hayden Panettiere’s death over the weekend and her openness about her past struggles with postpartum have also fed into the online discourse about the condition.
Renee Kimball, the advocate who organized the rally, trusted that Reddington was fighting for Clancy.
“It’s important that we just be still, have a moment of silence and know that God is working through us for Lindsay and for the rest of the world that are going through similar things she is going through,” she said.
April Vincent, a 52-year-old paralegal who traveled to the Plymouth, Mass., courthouse from Providence, Rhode Island, said: “Women are being dismissed, neglected and ignored when we speak up.”
“We’re scared because nobody takes us seriously. Nobody wants to hear us and really we just need to be heard. I’ve been dismissed plenty of times,” she added.
At one point during the rally, supporters formed a prayer circle and made hearts with their hands that they lifted into the air. Some of the allies flew flags from other countries, an apparent show of global support for Clancy.
Moms also brought their own children to the demonstration — and some supporters were even seen donning pink in the courtroom.
One retired nurse, Jeanne Zaborski, 72, said she hoped Clancy’s case would shine a light on postpartum health.
“It’s very sad,” said Zaborski. “I am a mother. I am a grandmother. I have a sister who had problems after birth and it’s just very sad. I hope Lindsay gets the care she needs and deserves and other women will come together like we did today.”
Aimee Breault of Acushnet, Massachusetts, live-streams a demonstration in support of Clancy outside Plymouth Superior Court on Thursday.AP Photo/Josh Reynolds
Breault live-streams as she joins a demonstration in support of Lindsay Clancy outside Plymouth Superior Court on Thursday.AP Photo/Josh Reynolds
Leading up to the killings, Clancy sought help from a psychiatrist, called a suicide hotline twice, checked herself into a mental institution for five days and tried many psychiatric medications to help her deal with crippling insomnia, anxiety, depression and intrusive thoughts, according to testimony.
During that time, the mother had been given 30 prescriptions for 13 medications and had six of those in her blood after the deaths, jurors were told.
But prosecutors have claimed that Clancy carefully planned the murders and wasn’t suffering from psychosis at the time.
Cora, Dawson and baby Callan Clancy in a 2022 family photo Lindsay Clancy shared on social media.Facebook / Lindsay Marie Clancy
The trial has been unfolding over the past four weeks with jurors hearing from roughly 80 witnesses.
Reddington revealed to reporters on his way into court Thursday morning the toll the grueling trial has taken on Clancy — who has cried during multiple days of testimony.
“She is so beat up and just so sad,” Reddington said in a Fox News video, noting the supporters “will really help her out, I think.”
Kara Hurston holds her daughter, Prinn, 4, as they join a demonstration in support of Lindsay Clancy outside Plymouth Superior Court on Thursday.AP Photo/Josh Reynolds
A section of supporters of Lindsay Clancy react as Judge William Sullivan addresses the courtroom during Clancy’s murder trial, on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.AP Photo/Josh Reynolds
Reddington also said he hopes her case brings attention to problems with the health care industry generally and specifically with mental health care.
“A woman is going through what so many people do, and they go to a doctor and they give them this pill and give them that pill, treat them for 15, 20 minutes and send them on their way. It’s just not right,” Reddington said.
Before trial began Thursday, the jurors were questioned one by one at sidebar by the judge. It was unclear what they were being asked and what the outcome of the inquiry was.
Jurors only heard from one brief witness, Sheila Cavanaugh, a chaplain who has met with Clancy over 200 times since the killings, before court was adjourned for the day.
She testified that Clancy told her just days after the killings that she was “glad my children are safe.”
The jury is due back Friday morning and is expected to hear from one more defense witness and three more prosecution rebuttal witnesses.
Closing arguments could be delivered as soon as Monday, Reddington said outside court Thursday.
SOURCE: NEW YORK POST
https://nypost.com/2026/08/20/us-news/lindsay-clancy-pink-lady-supporters-swarm-courthouse-as-murder-trial-winds-down/
