Tensions Rise in Second Week of Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

Clancy, 35, a former Massachusetts General Hospital labor and delivery nurse, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months. The defense has argued that Clancy was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis and a psychiatric crisis that left her unable to understand the consequences of her actions. Prosecutors have argued that Clancy was criminally responsible and that evidence from before and after the killings shows she understood what she was doing. During the second week of testimony at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts, jurors heard from psychiatrists, family members and other witnesses who offered competing accounts of Clancy's mental state, her treatment history and the events leading up to January 24, 2023. Among the most significant developments, a McLean Hospital psychiatrist testified that Clancy was diagnosed with severe major depressive disorder without psychotic features during her inpatient stay shortly before the killings.