Defense Rests in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

The defense rested its case on Friday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former nurse accused of killing her three young children in 2023, after presenting key psychiatric testimony that she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis and not criminally responsible for the deaths. The trial, which began on July 20, 2026, in Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts, now moves toward closing arguments expected early next week.

Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. While her defense does not dispute that she killed her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan, at their Duxbury home on January 24, 2023, it argues she should not be held legally responsible due to severe mental illness. Prosecutors contend she planned the killings and acted with awareness.

The defense's final witness, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Phillip Resnick, testified that Clancy was "frankly psychotic" on the day of the killings. He told jurors she experienced a "command hallucination," hearing a voice that compelled her to strangle the children with exercise bands before she attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window, an act that left her paralyzed...