Newz(AP) — A mistrial was declared in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home. But her attorney said she had a rare condition called postpartum psychosis when she strangled her kids, the youngest just 8 months old, then tried to take her own life in 2023. Prosecutors said Clancy knew what she was doing.Here are some key moments from the trial:___EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide.
If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.___Her former husband made an anguished 911 callClancy’s former husband, Patrick Clancy, was first to take the stand.In emotional testimony, he described the day he found his wife after she tried to kill herself.Lindsay Clancy had sent him out to get takeout food and medication for their daughter, which prosecutors argue was an excuse to get him out of the house.He came home to find the house unusually silent, before finding blood throughout the main bedroom and a window open.Jurors listened to the 911 call he made after finding his wife outside in the snow. She had jumped from a second-story window.
Clancy can be heard speaking with his wife, then telling the dispatcher he’s going to check on the children.Moments later, he howls and cries after finding his children in the basement. The confused dispatcher repeatedly asks what happened.“She killed the kids!” he yells.Everyone knew Clancy was strugglingClancy’s mother, mother-in-law, sister, friends and co-workers testified that Clancy struggled with her mental health after giving birth to Callan, the youngest of her three children.Clancy’s mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, said she and her former daughter-in-law were close. Both worked as labor and delivery nurses.…
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