Three Boxes. Hundreds of Messages. One Uncertain Fate: Lindsay Clancy’s Supporters Break Their Silence
Lindsay Clancy’s closely watched trial has drawn considerable media attention and polarized many observers, a divide now reflected in a jury that has reported being deadlocked.
Clancy is charged with murder in the deaths of her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan — whom she strangled to death in their Duxbury, Mass., home in January 2023.
After using exercise bands to strangle the children, Clancy jumped out of a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt, which has left her paralyzed.
Clancy does not dispute that she killed the children, but her defense has argued that she was in a state of psychosis when it happened.
The case has thrust the condition of postpartum psychosis into the spotlight, and, in turn, drawn a growing number of supporters to Clancy.
Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, told reporters, per NBC, that his client now had enough letters from supporters to fill three banker’s boxes.
“She knows that there are people out there that have not judged her and know that she is a wonderful, wonderful person,” Reddington said, according to NBC.
Reddington said during closing arguments that Clancy was failed by medical providers when she sought out help for serious postpartum mental health issues.
Prosecutors, on the other hand, have attempted to prove that Clancy was not psychotic and that the killings were deliberate.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague said in closing arguments that Clancy was suffering from depression and that she “didn’t want to try anymore.’”
“Those kids were her protective factor,” Sprague said. “Those kids were keeping her from ending her misery. So she had to remove the protective factor.”
The multi-week trial featured testimony from dozens of witnesses, including first responders, medical providers, mental health experts and several of Clancy’s friends and family members.
Patrick Clancy, her then-husband who found his three children after they were strangled, testified early in the trial.
