Clancy Trial Continues With Phone Data Testimony

The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of killing her three young children in their Massachusetts home, continued on Friday, August 14, 2026, with testimony focused on her digital footprint in the months before the deaths. The 13th day of proceedings at Plymouth Superior Court featured evidence from her phone and computer, as prosecutors and the defense presented contrasting interpretations of her mental state.

Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children: 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan. The children were found strangled in their Duxbury home on January 24, 2023. The defense does not deny that Clancy killed her children but argues she was not criminally responsible due to severe postpartum psychosis. If convicted of first-degree murder, she faces life in prison without parole. If found not criminally responsible, she would be committed to a state psychiatric hospital.

On Friday, Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Timothy Chiappini testified about data extracted from Clancy's phone. He detailed a series of search queries from late December 2022 and...