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Trial to begin for Massachusetts mom who strangled her three kids while receiving psychiatric help

Her husband is set to testify for the prosecution and defense as a witness to both

The Independent UK

What Is Postpartum Psychosis? The Sought After Defense and Reason Behind the Deaths of Lindsay Clancy's Three Children

Lindsay Clancy's upcoming murder trial has renewed attention to postpartum psychosis and its role in her insanity defense. The case is also raising broader questions about postpartum mental health and psychiatric treatment.

Medical Daily

Lindsay Clancy Case Update: Husband Patrick Clancy Supports Wife While Blaming Doctors for Children's Deaths

Patrick Clancy will testify for his wife, Lindsay, in her murder trial, arguing postpartum psychosis. He also pursues legal action against her healthcare providers, alleging medication mismanagement.

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Massachusetts mom ready to admit killing her 3 kids with exercise equipment, prosecutors allege ‘extreme atrocity and cruelty’

Her defense blames overmedication and postpartum psychosis.

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Nurse claims a ‘voice’ told her to kill her three kids and is now suing medical team for not stopping her

Lindsay Clancy is set to stand trial for the murders of her three children later this summer

The Independent UK

‘Deep in my madness, witches gave me hope’: Elizabeth Sankey on motherhood, depression and witches

While battling through the darkness of severe postpartum anxiety, Elizabeth Sankey saw a light of solidarity in the stories of witchcraft

The Guardian - UK

Who Is Lindsay Clancy: Boston Mom Allegedly Strangles Her 3 Kids Following Postpartum Depression

Boston mother Lindsay Clancy, who allegedly strangled her three young children while suffering from postpartum depression, faces multiple charges as her tragic case highlights the severe impact of postpartum mental health struggles.

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Massachusetts Nurse Allegedly Strangled Children, Husband Speaks Out

Patrick Clancy opens up about his wife's mental health struggles and the tragic events that led to the death of their three children.

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Mother who killed three young children before attempting to end her life is indicted on murder charges

Lindsay Clancy is currently held without bail and being treated in a medical facility

The Independent UK

What's behind our enduring fascination with wives and mothers who kill?

In March 2023, a Utah woman named Kouri Richins published a children’s book titled “Are You With Me?” which she characterized as an effort to help her three young sons process the loss of their father, who had died suddenly the previous year. Presenting herself as a concerned mother and…

The Conversation

Mother with severe postpartum depression who killed three children is ‘paralysed for life’

Lindsay Clancy ‘will be forever’ paralyzed from the waist down, her attorney says

The Independent UK

Rare and tragic cases of postpartum psychosis are bringing renewed attention to its risks and the need for greater awareness of psychosis after childbirth

Lindsay Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is the latest tragic and high-profile example of a mother allegedly taking the lives of her own three children.

The Conversation

Ex-husband of woman who drowned her five children says Lindsay Clancy deserves forgiveness

Russell ‘Rusty’ Yates was at work when his then-wife Andrea Yates drowned their five children, all under the age of seven, in 2001

The Independent UK

Lindsay Clancy strangled her three kids while on 13 psychiatric drugs. Can postpartum psychosis be a defence?

Lindsay Clancy meticulously planned her childrens’ deaths by searching how long it would take for her husband to run errands, prosecutors allege. Her defence attorney argues the case exposes a flawed mental health system. Bevan Hurley reports.

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Boston Herald

Massachusetts mother arraigned in deaths of her 3 children

BOSTON — The Duxbury mother accused of strangling her three children to death used exercise ropes to allegedly kill the kids as her husband “begged them to breathe” after discovering their bodies in the basement, a prosecutor said at today’s arraignment.

The Independent UK

Prosecution: Woman planned the killings of her 3 children

Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman used exercise bands to strangle her three children in the family home in a well-planned assault while her husband was out for about 20 minutes picking up medicine at a pharmacy and a takeout dinner

The Independent UK

Lindsay Clancy: GoFundMe donations of over $1m will not be used to cover mother’s legal fees in murder case

An attorney for Lindsay Clancy says that the funds “have nothing to do with” his client’s legal defence

The Independent UK

Massachusetts mother accused of killing kids appears in court from hospital bed as judge spares her from jail

The prosecution argued on Tuesday that Ms Clancy allegedly timed out how long her husband would be gone before committing the murders.

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Boston Herald

Massachusetts woman to be formally charged Tuesday in deaths of her 3 children

BOSTON — The Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children to death last month is set to be formally charged Tuesday as a fundraiser set up for her husband to make ends meet has blown past its $1 million goal.

Boston Herald

Massachusetts mother to be arraigned Tuesday; meds trapped her in ‘a living hell,’ lawyer says

BOSTON — The meds that Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy was taking were “absolutely staggering” giving her homicidal and suicidal “ideations” turning the labor nurse into a “zombie,” her defense lawyer told the Herald Friday.

The Independent UK

Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated on array of prescription drugs when she killed children, lawyer claims

The Massachusetts nurse was allegedly suffering from severe postpartum psychosis after giving birth to her youngest son

Boston Herald

Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her children to death ‘improving daily,’ police chief says

BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of strangling her children to death last month and then attempting suicide, remains hospitalized but is “improving daily,” the local police chief has said.

The Independent UK

Lindsay Clancy: Third child dies as accused mother suffering postpartum depression remains in hospital

Ms Clancy is facing at least two counts of murder

The Independent UK

Distraught husband of Lindsay Clancy asks public to forgive her for ‘strangling their two children’

‘I want to ask all of you that you find it deep within yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have’

The Independent UK

GoFundMe for husband of nurse accused of murdering their children surpasses $900,000

‘A lot of people have said they can’t imagine and they’re right, there’s absolutely nothing that can prepare you,’ Patrick Clancy writes

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