Clancy Trial Focuses on Medications Before Children's Deaths

The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has entered its third week, with recent testimony focusing on the psychiatric medications she was prescribed in the months before she killed her three children in January 2023. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to three counts of first-degree murder, with her defense arguing she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and was overmedicated. Prosecutors maintain she acted intentionally.

Testimony from Clancy’s treating providers has detailed a complex and rapidly changing medication regimen between October 2022 and January 2023. Dr. Jennifer Tufts, Clancy’s primary psychiatrist, testified that she saw Clancy 14 times via telemedicine appointments, beginning in September 2022. Tufts prescribed a series of medications, including the antidepressant Zoloft, which Clancy reported worsened her anxiety and insomnia. The care was later transferred to psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta at South Shore Health’s Perinatal Behavioral Health Program.

Jollotta testified that she exchanged frequent messages with Clancy through a patient portal in late 2022. Clancy reported severe depression, crippling anxiety,...