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A makeshift memorial outside of the Clancy home on January 26, 2023.Matthew J. Lee\/Globe StaffJudge sends jurors home, ending trial for the day \u2014 3:11 p.m.<\/p>\nA makeshift memorial outside of the Clancy home on January 26, 2023.Matthew J. Lee\/Globe StaffJudge sends jurors home, ending trial for the day \u2014 3:11 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Judge Sullivan sent jurors home for the day around 3:05 p.m. following a sidebar. He said they\u2019ll be back to continue hearing testimony Wednesday morning, reminding them to avoid any outside coverage of the case.<\/p>\n
Sullivan did not say why he was stopping the trial an hour early today, but prosecutors appeared poised to play the 911 recording of Patrick Clancy\u2019s call for help after returning to his Duxbury home with takeout.<\/p>\n
Sullivan called the lawyers back to sidebar to discuss the view following the jury\u2019s exit.Sullivan called a recess in the case until 9 a.m. Wednesday before exiting the bench before 3:10 p.m.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy says Lindsay was \u2018normal\u2019 when he left for dinner \u2014 3:07 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy said Lindsay was standing in the living room doorway with Callan when he left to pick up takeout.<\/p>\n
Lindsay\u2019s demeanor, he said, was \u201cnormal\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n
The lawyers were called back to sidebar.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy discusses takeout order \u2014 3:06 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy said he texted Lindsay early on the evening of Jan. 24 asking if Callan had taken a nap, and she said he had taken a shorter one.<\/p>\n
He said they also texted about their food orders, which Lindsay called in at 3V.<\/p>\n
He later rocked Callan for a moment on his knees and kissed Cora on her head, telling them \u201cI\u2019ll be right back\u201d with the food, he said.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy describes ordering takeout before the killings \u2014 3:03 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy said he went upstairs \u201conce or twice\u201d to interact with Lindsay and the children on Jan. 24, 2023 as he worked from home.<\/p>\n
Lindsay seemed in a good mood and did not voice suicidal thoughts or thoughts of harming the children that day, he said.<\/p>\n
He said Lindsay texted him about picking up takeout at the Plymouth restaurant 3V, where they\u2019d eaten before.<\/p>\n
They had never ordered takeout from their before, he said. Normally they ordered takeout from one of two establishments closer to home.<\/p>\n
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Patrick Clancy reacts as images of himself and his children on vacation a month before they were killed is shown in the courtroom.Greg Derr\/The Patriot LedgerPatrick Clancy describes texts with Lindsay from morning before killings \u2014 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy said Lindsay and Cora returned home around 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2023.<\/p>\n
While he worked from home that morning, he said, Lindsay and the children built a snowman and did some projects.<\/p>\n
He identified texts that he and Lindsay sent each other throughout the day. The messages were entered as exhibits.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy discusses texts, photos exchanged with Lindsay in January \u2014 2:58 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy said Lindsay and her mother took a photo together during the weekend of that January visit, and that her mother had texted her that she was pleased she was doing better.<\/p>\n
He said Cora and Dawson went to school on Jan. 23, 2023, and that Lindsay picked them up that afternoon.<\/p>\n
Patrick said Lindsay usually handled making appointments for the children.<\/p>\n
Cora had a doctor\u2019s appointment on Jan. 24, and Lindsay drove her that morning, Patrick said.<\/p>\n
The couple texted back and forth that morning, and he sent her one photo of Dawson after he\u2019d dressed himself completely for the first time.<\/p>\n
Lindsay, he said, replied with a photo of Cora. Both pictures were admitted as exhibits.<\/p>\n
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Defendant Lindsay Clancy fights back tears as the details of her children’s death are read in court.Greg Derr\/Greg Derr\/Pool The Patriot LedgePatrick Clancy describes the weekends in mid-January \u2014 2:54 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy also identified photos he and Lindsay texted each other on the day of the ski trip on Jan. 16, 2023.<\/p>\n
He said Lindsay appeared to be doing better then, and that her parents came to visit the weekend of January 21.<\/p>\n
On the night of the 22nd, he and Lindsay went to dinner at a friend\u2019s house with Dawson and Cora. Lindsay was \u201cquieter that day\u201d and able to interact with their friends, he said.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy discusses ski trip \u2014 2:50 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Following the sidebar, Patrick Clancy said he went skiing with Cora on Jan. 16, 2023, with another father and child.<\/p>\n
Lindsay stayed home that day with the other two children, and there were no issues, Patrick said. They texted throughout the day, he added.<\/p>\n
Patrick also identified a text thread that day between himself and Lindsay.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy identified Cora and Lindsay going down the slide together at the waterpark during the visit on Jan. 15, 2023.<\/p>\n
He said Lindsay was able to interact with the children during the trip to the facility, and he was comfortable with Lindsay going off to one area of the pool by herself with Callan.<\/p>\n
Following the video, the lawyers were called back to sidebar.<\/p>\n
Prosecution plays video of Clancy family at water park \u2014 2:41 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy identified photos of Lindsay and the children at the water park on Jan. 15, 2023.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors then played a video clip of the couple and their children arriving at the water park, along with additional video footage showing the children on a water park slide.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy says Lindsay \u2018seemed much better\u2019 in mid-January \u2014 2:37 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Following the sidebar, Patrick Clancy said Lindsay had interacted with their children at the various exhibits during their trip to the Museum of Science, and that they later went to dinner at a restaurant.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe seemed much better,\u201d he said of Lindsay.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 14, he said he went to brunch with his friends for about two hours while Lindsay remained home with the children. Lindsay encouraged him to go, he said, and there were no issues.<\/p>\n
The next day, Jan. 15, he said the family went to a waterpark in Hyannis, where Lindsay\u2019s demeanor \u201cseemed pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy discusses checking in with Lindsay \u2014 2:24 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Around the time of the party, Patrick said he checked in with Lindsay \u201cevery day\u201d about how she was feeling. He recalled that she said she was not having suicidal thoughts and did not express thoughts about harming the children then.<\/p>\n
Lindsay, he said, accompanied Patrick and the children to the Museum of Science on Jan. 8, 2023.<\/p>\n
The lawyers were called back to sidebar.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy discusses daughter\u2019s birthday party \u2014 2:22 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
He said Cora\u2019s birthday party was held in Plymouth on Jan. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n
Lindsay Clancy was present for it, and she had also gotten the supplies for the gathering, Patrick said.<\/p>\n
He identified a video clip from the party showing Cora seated with Lindsay as guests sang happy birthday.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy describes his children while looking at their photos \u2014 2:20 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Following the sidebar, Patrick Clancy said Cora \u201cwas into princesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
He struggled to maintain his composure as he said his oldest child had a lot of friends and liked \u201ctaking care of people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dawson, he said, enjoyed fire engines and trucks and the show Paw Patrol, while Callan was \u201cjust a happy baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy said Lindsay was discharged from McLean on Jan. 5, 2023, with an appointment scheduled the following day with Dr. Jennifer Tufts.<\/p>\n
He also identified photos of his children and said \u201cyes\u201d when asked if the pictures accurately depicted the kids in January 2023.<\/p>\n
With Cora\u2019s photo placed on the monitor, Reddington objected and the lawyers were called to sidebar.<\/p>\n
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Defense attorney Kevin Reddington.Greg Derr\/Greg Derr\/Pool The Patriot LedgePatrick Clancy returns to stand \u2014 2:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy was called back to the stand shortly before 2:15 p.m. following the lunch recess.<\/p>\n
Jurors were seated soon after<\/p>\n
Clancy case reveals gaps in postpartum mental health care \u2014 1:53 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Sarah Rahal, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
The Lindsay Clancy case has raised broader questions about how someone like Clancy \u2014 a former labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital who repeatedly sought help \u2014 could still struggle to access appropriate care. <\/p>\n
It also raises concerns about what that means for other mothers, particularly those with fewer resources or less familiarity with the health care system.<\/p>\n
In the last three years, Massachusetts has made expansive efforts to improve maternal health including requiring doctors to screen for postpartum depression and launching a home visiting program after birth. Still, experts say major gaps remain<\/a>. <\/p>\n Several mothers told the Globe they struggled to find appropriate care after childbirth, underscoring concerns that the state\u2019s mental health system remains ill-equipped to identify and treat severe postpartum illness early.<\/p>\n Who else will testify? \u2014 1:38 p.m.<\/p>\n By Shelley Murphy and Nick Stoico, Globe Staff<\/p>\n The lists of potential witnesses in this trial are long: prosecutors have filed a list of 168 potential witnesses, while the defense\u2019s list contains 53 names. But several dozen of those on the defense list are also named by the prosecution, including Lindsay Clancy\u2019s parents, her ex-husband\u2019s parents, and some of her friends and associates.<\/p>\n The witness list suggests the trial could become a clash of forensic psychiatrists over whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths of her children. The prosecution and defense will both rely heavily on the testimony of mental health experts since the case largely hinges on whether jurors find that Lindsay Clancy had the ability to control her actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n Ahead of lunch break, Patrick Clancy discusses Lindsay\u2019s McLean stay \u2014 1:02 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he wasn\u2019t aware of Lindsay asking for a Jan. 6 discharge to attend Cora\u2019s birthday party.<\/p>\n He said he wasn\u2019t aware of any insurance issues with his wife\u2019s care at McLean.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I wouldn\u2019t have cared, either,\u201d he said. \u201cI would have paid anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Jurors left for the lunch break at 1 p.m. Testimony resumes around 2 p.m.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses Lindsay\u2019s stay at McLean Hospital \u2014 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said Lindsay arrived at McLean early on Jan. 1, 2023 after being transferred there from MGH.<\/p>\n She was there for five days, he said, and he visited two or three times.<\/p>\n \u201cIt didn\u2019t really seem like she was getting any treatment,\u201d Patrick said, adding that Lindsay took a while to see a doctor owing to the holiday.<\/p>\n He said he wasn\u2019t aware that Lindsay was seen by medical providers on a daily basis.<\/p>\n He said he wasn\u2019t aware that Lindsay had declined further group therapy at McLean after some initial sessions.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses Lindsay\u2019s MGH appointment \u2014 12:55 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said his wife had an appointment on Dec. 15, 2022 at Mass. General, where staff recommended a day program at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence.<\/p>\n He said Lindsay enrolled in the program for a day, and that the providers determined the program wasn\u2019t right for her.<\/p>\n Patrick said he didn\u2019t recall the specific dates in December when Lindsay worked out at a club they regularly visited.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s no longer saying she has any thought of harming the children, correct?\u201d asked prosecutor Shanan Buckingham.<\/p>\n \u201cCorrect,\u201d Patrick said, adding that Lindsay went to McLean on Dec. 31 because she continued to voice suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy wasn\u2019t concerned for kids\u2019 safety in December 2022 \u2014 12:49 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he never witnessed Lindsay harm their children.<\/p>\n He said he felt that his wife\u2019s next appointment with a health provider had to be in person in December 2022.<\/p>\n Patrick said he wasn\u2019t concerned for his children\u2019s safety at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause she wasn\u2019t showing any intention of harming the kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy, Lindsay Clancy\u2019s former husband, testifies<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy was called as the prosecution\u2019s first witness.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy says Lindsay had thoughts of harming the kids \u2014 12:47 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he had never heard Lindsay voice suicidal thoughts prior to December 2022.<\/p>\n He said he did not recall clicking on a link on a tablet at home marked \u201cmethods of suicide\u201d in August of that year.<\/p>\n He said he wanted to support his wife once she voiced thoughts of self-harm.<\/p>\n He said his wife also described \u201cthoughts of hurting the kids\u201d or of the children suffering severe ailments.<\/p>\n She did not describe a voice in her head at the time.<\/p>\n Patrick said she had no plan to harm her children and found the thoughts disturbing.<\/p>\n She voiced such thoughts \u201ca couple times\u201d in December 2022 and that she was more worried that something \u201cmight happen\u201d to her children.<\/p>\n Early focus on overmedication \u2014 12:45 p.m.<\/p>\n By Sean Cotter, Globe Staff<\/p>\n During the first hour Patrick Clancy was on the stand, the prosecution sought to undermine the idea that Lindsay Clancy was over-medicated, which is expected to be a key point of contention at the trial.<\/p>\n Patrick talked about how his wife\u2019s mental health seemed to decline in the time she was taking Zoloft and other medications.<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t working \u2014 she was only getting worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n But, the prosecutor pressed, she only took seven pills in total of Zoloft, which the defense has held up as an inappropriately prescribed drug. Similar for some other medications, the prosecutor suggested.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were a lot of pills prescribed, but not a lot of pills taken, correct?\u201d the prosecutor said. Patrick Clancy acknowledged that may be the case.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy says Lindsay began having suicidal thoughts in 2022 \u2014 12:43 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he didn\u2019t recall Lindsay starting a new med in early December 2022, thinking it may have happened earlier.<\/p>\n She had an \u201cawful\u201d time on that medication, he said, losing significant weight and beginning to voice suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n He said Lindsay told him at the time that she did not have a plan to kill herself.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses Lindsay\u2019s demeanor in fall 2022 \u2014 12:41 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said the family in November 2022 visited Lindsay\u2019s parents in Connecticut and his sister\u2019s home in Southampton around Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n He identified a photo of Lindsay smiling with his relatives at his sister\u2019s house. Lindsay was in \u201crough shape\u201d that day and highly depressed, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cShe had low energy,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cWe both took care of the kids together.\u201d<\/p>\n He said he didn\u2019t recall arranging for a massage for Lindsay and then reserving dinner for the couple to celebrate their December wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to go out, but we canceled because she wasn\u2019t feeling well,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we stayed home. We got takeout.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the family in late November took a trip to pick up a Christmas tree.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said \u201cit\u2019s possible\u201d that \u201cnot a lot\u201d of the prescribed pills were taken by Lindsay.<\/p>\n He said he thought she was on a maximum of three or four pills at any given time, but he said when asked that it wouldn\u2019t be surprising to learn she was prescribed two to three at any time.<\/p>\n He said Lindsay drove herself to and from the hospital to get checked out on Nov. 16, 2022 after she had gone 48 hours without sleeping.<\/p>\n He said she was having heart palpitations, but he was not aware she had taken a marijuana edible gummy that day.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy says he didn\u2019t track number of pills Lindsay took \u2014 12:33 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said Lindsay was prescribed Ativan in October 2022.<\/p>\n Asked if he knew she took only six of the 30 prescribed pills, he said, \u201cno, but I think the context is important,\u201d noting that \u201cthere were adjustments made on the dosage.\u201d<\/p>\n He said he didn\u2019t recall the similarly low number of pills she had taken from other prescriptions.<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t keeping track of the number of pills taken out of each bottle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses Lindsay\u2019s prescriptions \u2014 12:29 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he provided investigators with a list of all the prescriptions Lindsay received between September 2022 and January 2023.<\/p>\n He said he was \u201cnot always\u201d with Lindsay when she took her medication.<\/p>\n Patrick said \u201cthe police took a bag of prescription medications … the night my kids passed away.\u201d<\/p>\n He said there were additional medications that his wife had stopped taking that were contained in the center console of his vehicle.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said his mother, a nurse at South Shore Hospital, recommended that Lindsay see a provider at an affiliated clinic named Julie Paul in November 2022.<\/p>\n Patrick said Lindsay began seeing a nurse practitioner after Paul left the clinic.<\/p>\n He said Lindsay did not tell him about therapy sessions she had in that time frame with a provider named Latiesha Dukes.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses his wife\u2019s Zoloft usage \u2014 12:23 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said Lindsay began seeing Dr. Jennifer Tufts, and that the couple discussed her medication in October 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cI learned that she was taking the Zoloft … and we were seeing how it went,\u201d Patrick said.<\/p>\n She \u201cwasn\u2019t really improving\u201d on the Zoloft and appeared more depressed, Patrick said. He said Lindsay \u201cmay have\u201d told him at one point that providers advised her to double the Zoloft dosage.<\/p>\n He said Lindsay asked him at one point to sleep in the basement so she could sleep alone in their room with Callan because she struggled with sleep. After a couple nights, he said, Lindsay slept in the basement instead for a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n He said he was not aware that Lindsay had only taken seven pills of her prescribed Zoloft.<\/p>\n \u201cShe just kept getting worse and worse\u201d from October to mid-December 2022, Patrick said.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy details conversation about Lindsay taking medication \u2014 12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he returned to work in August 2022, prompting his wife to have \u201cincreased anxiety\u201d and to be \u201cstressed out.\u201d<\/p>\n He said he previously indicated she was stressed but in good spirits at the time.<\/p>\n Lindsay at one point said \u201cit\u2019s so unnatural to be separated from your newborn\u201d as her return date at work drew closer.<\/p>\n When the couple attended a wedding in September 2022, he said, Lindsay informed him she would start taking Zoloft for her anxiety, with plans to see a psychiatrist.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses active life for family \u2014 12:12 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said his two older children in late 2022 were involved in gymnastics, as well as swimming and skiing and soccer.<\/p>\n Cora \u201cdidn\u2019t really like\u201d soccer but tried it for a time, he said.<\/p>\n Patrick also said the couple at times took their children swimming, and that Lindsay worked out, having been a competitive cheerleader in high school and college.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses hiring of nanny \u2014 12:09 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he and Lindsay alternated drop offs and pickups at preschool for the two older children.<\/p>\n He said the couple hired a nanny in August or September 2022, with a plan for the nanny to work 12 hours each week.<\/p>\n The nanny was hired to take care of \u201ceveryone, but mainly it was going to be Callan,\u201d Patrick said.<\/p>\n He said the nanny \u201cwas an amazing caregiver\u201d but they ultimately let her go because Lindsay was at home as well.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said the plan was for Lindsay to work two shifts per week after Callan\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n He said he \u201calways put money aside\u201d in case Lindsay needed more time away from work.<\/p>\n Cora and Dawson, he said, attended preschool in Duxbury during the fall of 2022.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy describes summer after third child\u2019s birth \u2014 12:06 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said the summer after Callan\u2019s birth \u201cwas great,\u201d since both parents had time to spend with the kids.<\/p>\n \u201cWe went on a couple vacations,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cWe went to the beach. We went out on our boat. And went to friends\u2019 houses.\u201d<\/p>\n He said Lindsay began struggling again that fall as her scheduled return to work drew closer.<\/p>\n \u201cJust a lot of stress,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cThere were days where she had all three kids, and you know, there\u2019s different nap schedules and different needs, so it was just really stressful.\u201d<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy says after third birth, Lindsay didn\u2019t go back to work \u2014 12:02 p.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said at one point he and his wife cleaned out their garage and sold items online.<\/p>\n That project, he said, \u201cwas always ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n He said Callan was born on May 26, 2022, and that delivery was \u201cgreat from what I could tell. … I don\u2019t think there was as much physical trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n Lindsay \u201cnever went back\u201d to work after Callan\u2019s birth, but she\u2019d been allotted 18 weeks, while he had 12 weeks of paternity leave.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy corrects record of Lindsay\u2019s second leave \u2014 11:59 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy corrected himself after looking at paperwork suggesting that Lindsay had 18 weeks of leave after Dawson\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was always when she had to go back to work, that\u2019s when she struggled,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cShe just had a really hard time being separated from\u201d her children.<\/p>\n He said his wife \u201cgot a therapist for a short period of time\u201d after Dawson\u2019s birth, \u201cbut it didn\u2019t last very long.\u201d<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy discusses Lindsay\u2019s return to work \u2014 11:58 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said Lindsay normally worked 20 hours per week after Cora was born, a schedule that remained until the birth of their second child, Dawson, on Sept. 30, 2019.<\/p>\n A babysitter also helped out in the home at that time, he said, and Dawson\u2019s birth was \u201cpretty traumatic,\u201d causing significant bruising and tearing for Lindsay.<\/p>\n Her leave was 13 or 14 weeks after Dawson\u2019s birth, Patrick said.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy describes Lindsay\u2019s struggles after first birth \u2014 11:55 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said Lindsay had \u201ca lot of tearing\u201d and \u201cbled a lot\u201d after Cora\u2019s birth, which took her a while to recover from.<\/p>\n Lindsay, Patrick said, worked as a labor and delivery nurse.<\/p>\n He said Lindsay\u2019s maternity leave was 10 or 11 weeks for Cora, the shortest leave for any of the three children.<\/p>\n He said Lindsay \u201chad a lot of anxiety\u201d at that time, but he was not aware of her taking any psychiatric medications then.<\/p>\n He said her anxiety grew as her return to work loomed following Cora\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he and Lindsay lived together first in Quincy and then Weymouth, marrying in December 2016.<\/p>\n Cora was born Dec. 24, 2017 while they lived in Weymouth, Patrick said.<\/p>\n He said he didn\u2019t recall Lindsay ever telling him before they married that she had taken psychiatric medication while in nursing school.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy said he worked from home from 2018 until 2023.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy takes stand \u2014 11:50 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy, wearing a navy suit, told jurors he now lives in New York and works in tech.<\/p>\n He identified his former wife in the courtroom and said he met her in South Boston in May 2013.<\/p>\n They met \u201cthrough my cousin,\u201d Lindsay Clancy\u2019s former college roommate, Patrick said.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy, Lindsay Clancy\u2019s former husband, begins testifying \u2014 11:47 a.m.<\/p>\n By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy was called as the prosecution\u2019s first witness. He\u2019s on the witness lists for both the prosecution and the defense.<\/p>\n Jurors brought back in, Patrick expected to take the stand \u2014 11:46 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Jurors were called back in to the courtroom from their morning recess around 11:45 a.m.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy is expected to take the stand momentarily.<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy is claiming the insanity defense. What does that mean? \u2014 11:42 a.m.<\/p>\n By Sean Cotter, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy doesn\u2019t dispute<\/a> that she killed her three children. Yet she continues to plead not guilty \u2013 pursuing what\u2019s commonly known as the insanity defense. Essentially, she\u2019s arguing that she should not be convicted because she was so deep in the throes<\/a> of post-partum depression and possibly suffering from postpartum psychosis, as well as being over-medicated<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ultimately, the jury that\u2019s been seated for the trial will be asked to decide on that question: was Clancy, in her mental state at the time, able to recognize what she was doing was illegal or wrong? Judge William Sullivan, who\u2019s presiding over the case, will tell the jurors<\/a> that someone is not criminally responsible if they have \u201ca mental disease or defect\u201d that causes them to lack the ability \u201cto appreciate the criminality or wrongfulness\u201d of an act or to follow the law.<\/p>\n In Massachusetts, the burden is on the prosecutors to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. If they don\u2019t, the jury is instructed to acquit.<\/p>\n Timeline: Clancy was prescribed 13 medications over four months \u2014 11:40 a.m.<\/p>\n By Sarah Rahal, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Before killing her three children, Clancy was prescribed 13 psychiatric medications<\/a> by multiple providers, including psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, emergency department doctors, and staff at an inpatient psychiatric program.<\/p>\n The medications included antidepressants like Zoloft, antipsychotics like Seroquel, sedatives like Benadryl and Klonopin, benzodiazepines like Valium, and the mood stabilizer Lamictal. Even as Clancy sought help, her symptoms worsened as she experienced insomnia, depression, anxiety and, ultimately, hallucinations.<\/p>\n The timeline is central to her defense, which argues Clancy\u2019s clinical course was complicated by \u201cpolypharmacy and the involvement of multiple prescribers,\u201d while prosecutors contend she was criminally responsible despite her documented mental health struggles.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n The main focuses of the prosecution and defense \u2014 11:31 a.m.<\/p>\n By Sean Cotter, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Opening statements are often seen as a roadmap of each side\u2019s strategy. In these statements, attorneys look to prepare the jury for how to think about the case, and what evidence to pay extra close attention to.<\/p>\n With that in mind, here were some of the main points each side sought to make:<\/p>\n The prosecution:<\/p>\n The horrors of the day. The prosecution\u2019s opening statement started with talk about the children. Expect the prosecutors to call first responders to talk about what they saw when they arrived that day, painting a vivid picture for the jurors.Clancy\u2019s normalcy at the time. Prosecutors stressed that though Clancy had been experiencing mental-health issues, she\u2019d been coherent and competent the day of the killings, taking one of her children to the doctor and behaving normally. Expect to hear testimony to that effect from people who encountered her that day.A tight focus on Clancy. Prosecutors stressed that this isn\u2019t a referendum on the system, but rather about the \u201cselfish\u201d actions of one capable and calculating woman who decided to kill herself and, along the way, conciously to take her children with her.<\/p>\n The defense:<\/p>\n Overmedication. The defense ticked through all the medications she\u2019d been prescribed, stressing the increasing amounts she\u2019d been prescribed and saying they were mismatched to one another and her condition.Her suicide attempt. Reddington spent a significant amount of time in his opening ready to rebut an idea that Clancy\u2019s attempt to kill herself after killing her children was a fake effort, though the prosecutors did not address such a theory in their opening. Clancy\u2019s injuries were severe, and she was left paralyzed, Reddington said, suggesting the seriousness of her attempt.The Plymouth DA\u2019s office. It\u2019s a time-honored strategy: put the prosecution on trial. Reddington referenced the fact Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz was in the front row, and that his office had pushed the prosecution of an unwell woman.Clancy sobs as trial heads to morning recess \u2014 11:13 a.m.<\/p>\n By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Following opening statements from the prosecution and defense, Judge Sullivan announced the trial will go to a 20-minute morning recess.<\/p>\n During both opening statements, Clancy stared straight ahead. But as soon as the jury was led out of the courtroom for the morning break, she put her face in her hands and sobbed.<\/p>\n Defense says Clancy told doctors she was suicidal \u2014 11:10 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Reddington said to jurors that Clancy told her doctors that she was suicidal.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd in December, to his and her ever dying regret, [she] told Patrick, in the presence of her mother, that she was having psychosis, [and] thoughts of hurting the children,\u201d Reddington said.<\/p>\n He said Clancy did not receive the treatment required for her condition.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a woman who was suffering from psychosis at the time that she went down to that basement,\u201d Reddington said. <\/p>\n \u201cShe had no motive. She loved her children. She intended to kill herself. She didn\u2019t fake that.\u201d<\/p>\n Reddington said jurors will hear \u201cemotional\u201d testimony throughout the trial.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd thank you for your service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy\u2019s attorney delivers defense opening<\/p>\n Clancy\u2019s attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, recounted Clancy\u2019s medication history during his defense opening.<\/p>\n Defense recounts Clancy\u2019s meds \u2014 11:06 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Reddington rattled off a number of different medications that his client was prescribed in the fall and early winter of 2022.<\/p>\n On New Year\u2019s Eve 2022, he said, his client went to McLean Hospital for five days.<\/p>\n \u201cHer daughter\u2019s birthday was coming up and she wanted to leave,\u201d Reddington said. \u201cShe didn\u2019t want more drugs, she wanted off the drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n Yet providers continued prescribing more medication in January of 2023, he said.<\/p>\n By Sean Cotter, Globe Staff<\/p>\n There will be significant testimony throughout the trial about how Lindsay Clancy heard a voice telling her to kill her children.<\/p>\n Both the prosecution and defense spent some time talking about such \u201ccommand hallucinations.\u201d The prosecution sought to lay the groundwork for the jury to doubt this happened<\/p>\n \u201cI ask that you consider the source, the timing, the substance of this voice,\u201d said Buckingham, the prosecutor. She stressed Clancy never claims to have heard such a voice before or since.<\/p>\n Reddington seemed ready to rebut a claim that the prosecution didn\u2019t make in the opening: that Clancy only started claiming to have heard the voice after speaking to Reddington and an expert Reddington brought to see her in the hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was no plan to fake her sickness,\u201d Reddington insisted.<\/p>\n Defense recounts the number of medications Clancy took \u2014 11:03 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Reddington said a number of witnesses will describe \u201cwhat kind of mother she was,\u201d and that his client was also Googling about pharmaceutical treatments, postpartum issues, thoughts of self harm, and killing.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a woman who … dedicated her life to helping people and to being a good person and a good nurse, and a good mother,\u201d Reddington said.<\/p>\n By fall of 2022, Reddington said, his client was reporting problems with the various drugs she\u2019d been prescribed, and her mother-in-law also recommended another mental health provider.<\/p>\n By Thanksgiving 2022, Reddington continued, Clancy \u201cwas walking around absolutely a zombie\u201d and would also be seen \u201cbanging her head into\u201d a sofa pillow.<\/p>\n \u201cIs this someone that\u2019s faking because she doesn\u2019t want to be a mother anymore?\u201d Reddington said.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy, Lindsay\u2019s former husband, is expected to testify soon. Here\u2019s what to know. \u2014 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n By Sean Cotter, Globe staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy is expected to testify first in the trial once opening statements conclude. While he\u2019s being called by the prosecution, he\u2019s publicly said he forgives Lindsay \u2014 his now former wife.<\/p>\n Writing just days after his three children died, Patrick Clancy said<\/a>, \u201cI want to ask all of you that you find it deep within yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have. The real Lindsay was generously loving and caring towards everyone \u2014 me, our kids, family, friends, and her patients. The very fibers of her soul are loving. All I wish for her now is that she can somehow find peace.\u201d<\/p>\n He also filed in January a medical malpractice and wrongful death complaint<\/a> against some of Lindsay Clancy\u2019s doctors, arguing that the children might still be alive today if their mother had gotten adequate care.<\/p>\n Read more about Patrick Clancy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Reddington said police wouldn\u2019t let anyone near Clancy during her first week in the hospital.<\/p>\n He said the government claims falsely that Clancy first began describing a voice in her head only after speaking with one of his experts.<\/p>\n But when she came out of a coma in the hospital, Reddington said, she asked about her family and told a hospital staffer about the command voices she\u2019d heard.<\/p>\n That was well before his expert had spoken with her, Reddington said.<\/p>\n Defense describes Lindsay Clancy\u2019s injuries \u2014 10:50 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Reddington told jurors his client \u201cthrew herself out the window\u201d striking her head on the ground and fracturing her neck.<\/p>\n She also shattered her spine, he said, and his client is \u201cliving her own hell. She knows what happened with those kids, and she wanted to die when she was in the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n Defense says Patrick Clancy will testify \u2014 10:49 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Reddington told jurors that Patrick Clancy will testify to what the couple \u201cwent through\u201d as they parented three children.<\/p>\n In September 2022, Reddington said, \u201cthings went sideways.\u201d<\/p>\n After the killings, Reddington said, Lindsay Clancy took a knife and cut her throat in front of a second floor bedroom mirror.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is no fake suicide,\u201d Reddington said, placing photos on the monitor of his client\u2019s neck and wrist wounds, as well as blood next to the bed and a bloodied kitchen knife set next to a mug that said \u201cBecause Kids.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe couldn\u2019t sleep for months,\u201d Reddington said of his client.<\/p>\n Defense says Clancy was a high achiever \u2014 10:43 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Reddington told jurors that his client was \u201cphysically fit\u201d and a high achiever.<\/p>\n \u201cShe loved her children,\u201d Reddington said, adding that his client and her husband \u201chad it all.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re living in a very, very humble house in Duxbury,\u201d Reddington said. \u201cThat house … doesn\u2019t look at all\u201d now how it did at the time of the killings.<\/p>\n In every room, he said, the Clancys had decorations and toys suggesting \u201cthese children were loved and nurtured and cared for. … She loved those children right up to the time of their death.\u201d<\/p>\n Clancy did not, as prosecutors contend, \u201cwant to get ride of her kids because of her selfish life,\u201d Reddington said.<\/p>\n Clancy\u2019s attorney begins defense opening \u2014 10:38 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Clancy\u2019s attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, told jurors that \u201cin this case, God bless you \u2014 you people are going to have to listen to some of the most horrific things\u201d and \u201clook at some of the most horrific things.\u201d<\/p>\n Reddington said jurors \u201cowe allegiance to nothing but your oath\u201d and that the government claims the case is not about women\u2019s health and postpartum psychosis.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it sure as hell is,\u201d Reddington said, adding that Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz, in bringing murder charges, knew \u201cit was going to kill the soul of this young woman.\u201d<\/p>\n Clancy stares straight during prosecution\u2019s openings \u2014 10:36 a.m.<\/p>\n By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy stared straight ahead during the prosecution\u2019s opening statement, hanging her head to the side at one point.<\/p>\n Now, as her attorney begins his opening statement, she continues staring straight ahead, not looking at the jurors.<\/p>\n Prosecutor ends opening, says Clancy \u2018coldly\u2019 executed her children \u2014 10:34 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors that Lindsay Clancy killed her children \u201cwith no hesitation, with deliberate premeditation, and extreme atrocity and cruelty. … She knew exactly what she was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Buckingham said Clancy \u201cattempted to kill herself to escape the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham gives opening statement<\/p>\n Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham delivered an opening statement during trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of killing her three children. (undefined)<\/p>\n Prosecutor says Lindsay made \u2018calculated decision\u2019 to kill \u2014 10:33 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors that Lindsay Clancy killed her children before trying to take her own life.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a woman who no longer liked the life she thought she wanted,\u201d Buckingham said. \u201cIt was getting harder and harder to control, and when she saw the opportunity to escape, she made the selfish choice to take it and to take Cora, Dawson, and Callan first. … Because no one could take care of her kids the way she wanted them to, she had to take them with her.\u201d<\/p>\n Prosecutor says Lindsay Clancy acted \u2018rationally\u2019 to kill \u2014 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors that Lindsay Clancy \u201cwas not a woman in the throes of psychosis\u201d on the day of the killings.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a woman who acted intentionally, rationally, and swiftly to accomplish a very specific goal: to kill,\u201d Buckingham said, adding that Lindsay could be \u201cextremely controlling, meticulous, and manipulative. … It was hard for her to bond with her kids.\u201d<\/p>\n Prosecutor says Lindsay Clancy had spinal injuries \u2014 10:28 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors that Lindsay Clancy \u201cis paralyzed\u201d from her jump, and that she suffered spinal injuries.<\/p>\n She said prosecutors expect the defense to say Clancy heard voice telling her to kill the children.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce she killed the children the voice stopped,\u201d Buckingham said. \u201cI ask that you consider the source, the timing, the substance of her statements about this voice.\u201d<\/p>\n Prosecutor says Lindsay Clancy tried to take her own life \u2014 10:26 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors that after killing her children, Lindsay Clancy tried to end her own life by cutting herself and jumping from a second-story window.<\/p>\n It was \u201ceerily quiet\u201d when Patrick Clancy returned home, she said.<\/p>\n Buckingham said he found his wife \u201cmoaning and mumbling\u201d in the backyard.<\/p>\n After first responders arrived, Patrick went down to the basement because his wife said they were down there, Buckingham said.<\/p>\n He later discovered his children\u2019s bodies and shouted, \u201cshe killed the kids,\u201d Buckingham said.<\/p>\n Prosecutor says Patrick Clancy left for takeout in early evening \u2014 10:23 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors that Patrick Clancy left the house around 5:15 p.m. to get the food and medication at CVS for their daughter Cora.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s when the clock starts, ladies and gentlemen,\u201d Buckingham said.<\/p>\n She said Lindsay Clancy wrapped \u201cexercised bands around each child\u2019s neck and pulled until they were dead\u201d in the basement.<\/p>\n Prosecutor says Patrick Clancy texted wife morning of killings \u2014 10:21 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors that Patrick Clancy had texted Lindsay a photo of Dawson \u201cjumping for joy\u201d while she was at the doctor\u2019s with their daughter.<\/p>\n Around 4 p.m., Lindsay Clancy searched for takeout and \u201csearched how much time\u201d it would take Patrick Clancy to get to a Plymouth restaurant, which wasn\u2019t their normal takeout spot.<\/p>\n Prosecutor says jury will hear from long list of witnesses \u2014 10:19 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Buckingham told jurors \u201cthe list of witnesses\u201d is quite long in the case.<\/p>\n Over the next few weeks, she said, jurors will get \u201ca clear picture\u201d of what was happening in the Clancy household in January 2023.<\/p>\n On Jan. 24, 2023, Buckingham said, it had recently snowed and the children were home, and Clancy brought Cora to a doctor\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n Prosecutor begins opening \u2014 10:18 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham said Cora Clancy had just turned 5 at the time of the killings.<\/p>\n Dawson Clancy was 3, Buckingham said, and \u201cfunny, full of energy. .. And he spoke with a raspy little voice.\u201d<\/p>\n Callan was 8 months old, she said.<\/p>\n All three children were killed when \u201cone by one\u201d when Clancy pulled on exercise bands around their necks \u201cuntil their little bodies were limp and lifeless.\u201d<\/p>\n By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff<\/p>\n The prosecution will deliver its opening statements first, followed by the defense.<\/p>\n Judge warns jurors against outside coverage \u2014 10:11 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Sullivan advised jurors not to discuss the case with anyone while it\u2019s ongoing, adding that they\u2019re barred from watching or reading news coverage of the proceedings.<\/p>\n \u201cYou must find the facts of this case based only on the evidence\u201d presented in court, Sullivan said.<\/p>\n He also told the jury not to visit any places described in testimony, outside the formal crime scene view.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to ensure that a fair and just trial\u201d proceeds, Sullivan said.<\/p>\n He said jurors \u201care not sitting tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n What is a first-degree murder charge? \u2014 10:10 a.m.<\/p>\n By Sean Cotter, Globe staff<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy is charged with first-degree murder, which carries a sentence of life in prison.<\/p>\n As Judge Sullivan spoke to the jury at the start of the case, he noted that if the jury convicts, they must decide between first- or second-degree murder, which carries a charge of 15 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n Sullivan told the jury that a killing is elevated to first-degree murder if it\u2019s done with \u201cextreme atrocity or cruelty\u201d or with \u201cdeliberate premeditation.\u201d In this case, the Plymouth District Attorney\u2019s office will be arguing both of those.<\/p>\n Ultimately, the jury won\u2019t be deciding on that for weeks, until after they hear lengthy testimony.<\/p>\n \u201cYou must keep an open mind throughout this case,\u201d Sullivan told the jurors.<\/p>\n Judge says jury must keep an open mind \u2014 10:09 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Sullivan told jurors they must keep an open mind and not decide their verdict until \u201cthe entire case\u201d is presented and deliberations start.<\/p>\n He said jurors can take notes if they wish.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t let you take them home,\u201d Sullivan said. He said they\u2019re stored securely every night and destroyed once the trial concludes.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Sullivan told jurors that he will sometimes have to speak with the lawyers out of the earshot of the jury, which is called a sidebar.<\/p>\n \u201cIt can be annoying, I know that,\u201d Sullivan said, adding that jurors can stand and stretch during sidebar conferences. \u201cDon\u2019t discuss with any other jurors\u201d what\u2019s happening during a sidebar conference.<\/p>\n Judge says jurors will view crime scene \u2014 10:05 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Sullivan told jurors they will go on a view of the crime scene.<\/p>\n \u201cYour function is to determine the facts in this case,\u201d Sullivan said, adding that \u201cyou alone will determine whether to believe any witness, and what extent to which you do believe that witness. … I have no opinion as to what your verdict should be.\u201d<\/p>\n Judge continues addressing jury \u2014 10:03 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Judge Sullivan told jurors that Clancy has been charged with three counts of murder, and that the jury will decide whether she\u2019s guilty of first-degree or second-degree murder, should the panel vote to convict.<\/p>\n He said a defendant \u201cis not criminally responsible for her conduct if she has a mental disease or defect, and as a result of that disease or defect, lacks the substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality or wrongfulness of her conduct, or to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n Judge addresses jurors \u2014 9:57 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Judge Sullivan told jurors the oath they took to serve is the same oath that\u2019s been given in Massachusetts courthouses for centuries.<\/p>\n Sullivan said jurors \u201care not to draw any inference of guilt\u201d from an indictment, as Clancy is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Judge Sullivan began with routine questioning of the jurors to ensure they\u2019ve avoided outside coverage of the case.<\/p>\n The clerk then swore them in to perform their duties.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Judge William F. Sullivan called both sides to sidebar just after 9:30 a.m. He apologized for the delayed start which he attributed to technological issues.<\/p>\n Because of the sidebar, the Court TV cameraman is only able to film the courtroom seal.<\/p>\n After Sullivan greeted her from the bench, Clancy said \u201cgood morning, your honor.\u201d<\/p>\n By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy, wearing a long sleeve pink blouse, was wheeled into court just before 9:30 a.m. in her wheelchair by a female court officer. <\/p>\n Three nurses who accompanied her are seated behind her in the front row of spectator section.Judge William F. Sullivan just took the bench.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy arrives to court house \u2014 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n By Jenna Perlman, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy, the ex-husband of Lindsay Clancy, arrived at the court house around 9:20 a.m. Patrick is expected to be the first witness called Monday.<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy trial: Patrick Clancy arrives to court house<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy, the ex-husband of Lindsay Clancy, arrived at Plymouth Superior Court around 9:20 a.m. Patrick is expected to be the first witness called Monday. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse\/Globe Staff., Video by Jenna Perlman\/Globe Staff.)<\/p>\n Courtroom packed ahead of trial\u2019s start \u2014 9:25 a.m.<\/p>\n By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n There are about a hundred people in the courtroom, including dozens of members of the media. Lindsay Clancy has not arrived.<\/p>\n Clancy\u2019s parents arrived a few minutes ago and are seated in the second row with a young woman. The front row is reserved for the two nurses who will accompany Clancy to court each day.<\/p>\n Judge has barred media from posting audio of husband\u2019s 911 call, autopsy photos of children \u2014 8:35 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n The judge presiding over Clancy\u2019s triple murder trial <\/a>barred the media and the public from posting audio of her husband\u2019s 911 call when he discovered their slain children, as well as autopsy photos of the victims.<\/p>\n Judge William F. Sullivan ruled that the media \u201cshall not record, display, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise disseminate\u201d the 911 recording and autopsy photos.<\/p>\n Sullivan issued his ruling in response to a motion from Clancy\u2019s now-former husband, Patrick Clancy, who had sought the impoundment of the 911 audio and photos.<\/p>\n In addition to the press, Sullivan wrote, his order \u201cshall apply\u201d to the general public as well.<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy is expected to testify first \u2014 8:15 a.m.<\/p>\n By Sean Cotter and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Patrick Clancy, former husband to Lindsay Clancy<\/a>, is expected to testify as the first witness in his former wife\u2019s murder trial. <\/p>\n Here\u2019s some key things to know about him<\/a> ahead of his testimony.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a look at the jury seated for the trial, and the process it took to select them \u2014 8:00 a.m.<\/p>\n By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n A jury of 12 women and six men \u2014 including six alternates \u2014 will decide Clancy\u2019s fate. <\/p>\n Jury selection, which was held over four days, was completed last Thursday, but not without a setback earlier in the day. Two jurors, a man and a woman, who had been seated earlier, returned to court saying they couldn\u2019t serve.<\/p>\n Their reasons for seeking removal weren\u2019t publicly disclosed, but it appeared the man was concerned about the financial strain of missing work for a lengthy trial.<\/p>\n He could be overheard saying, \u201c50 bucks a day,\u201c which is the amount of compensation<\/a> the state pays a juror starting on the fourth day they serve on a jury. Employers are required to pay jurors their salary for the first three days they serve, according to the state\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Lindsay Clancy case shows gaps mothers face in postpartum mental health care \u2014 7:50 a.m.<\/p>\n By Sarah Rahal, Jason Laughlin, and Chloe Craft, Globe Staff<\/p>\n As jurors prepare to weigh whether Lindsay Clancy<\/a> is guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, a second question hangs over her trial<\/a>: Can women with severe postpartum mental health symptoms get the full range of care they need in Massachusetts?<\/p>\n She and her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy<\/a>, argue in separate lawsuits against her health care providers that she was misdiagnosed, shuffled among practitioners, and overmedicated with around a dozen different prescriptions, many of which made her symptoms worse.<\/p>\n If Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, could not find appropriate care, one might wonder, what are the odds of other moms, especially those less savvy about the medical system, getting the treatment they need?<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n Jurors underwent screening process that was unusual, intense, and personal \u2014 7:40 a.m.<\/p>\n By Shelley Murphy, Travis Andersen, and Sean Cotter, Globe Staff<\/p>\n The questionnaire jurors had to complete included a flurry of questions aimed at weeding out those who could not fairly consider Clancy\u2019s insanity defense or couldn\u2019t be impartial because of strong opinions about mental health illnesses and treatment.<\/p>\n Their responses were confidential, but the questions nonetheless offer insight into the painstaking effort to give Clancy a fair trial.<\/p>\n They included whether a prospective juror had been diagnosed with postpartum depression, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, or bipolar disorder, or whether a family member has. <\/p>\n They were also asked whether they or a family had an experience with the mental health system that would prevent them from being fair and impartial.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n What to know about Lindsay Clancy\u2019s triple murder case as the trial begins \u2014 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Prosecutors allege that Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, with exercise bands in the basement of her home on Jan. 24, 2023, after sending her husband out to pick up a food order.<\/p>\n Authorities say she then cut her wrists and leapt from a second-story window in a failed attempt to end her own life. She remains paralyzed from the waist down.<\/p>\n Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, each of which carries a mandatory sentence upon conviction of life in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n She had pleaded not guilty to three additional counts of strangulation or suffocation, but prosecutors dropped those counts<\/a> earlier this month, stating in court papers that they\u2019ll \u201cbe subsumed into the murder charges\u201d and are \u201ctherefore redundant.\u201d<\/p>\n Clancy\u2019s lawyer, Kevin J. Reddington, is not disputing that she killed her children but has said in court papers and legal filings that he plans to mount what\u2019s commonly known as an insanity defense, asserting her mental state at the time rendered her unable to conform her behavior to the law.<\/p>\n Reddington has asserted that Clancy was battling postpartum issues and had been prescribed 13 different medications in the months leading up to the killings, a regimen that \u201ccaused homicidal ideation, suicidal ideation.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n Travis Andersen can be reached at travis.andersen@globe.com<\/a>. Shelley Murphy can be reached at shelley.murphy@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her @shelleymurph<\/a>. Sean Cotter can be reached at sean.cotter@globe.com<\/a>. Follow him @cotterreporter<\/a>. Hazel Nystrom can be reached at hazel.nystrom@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Lindsay](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/N7YRDRFENYB266HX67ZVL7QZTM.jpg\")
Lindsay Clancy\u2019s father, Michael Musgrove, makes no comment while leaving Plymouth Superior Court, during the lunch break for her murder trial, on Monday, July 27, 2026.Pat Greenhouse\/Globe StaffPatrick Clancy said Lindsay may not have taken a lot of her medications \u2014 12:36 p.m.<\/p>\n![\"Prosecutor](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JM6RPXYYF5CXJH6QDCBBWNDSFM.JPG\")
Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague of the Plymouth County DA’s office enters a bag of prescription pills into evidence that were prescribed to Lindsay Clancy, many of the pills were never taken according to Sprague.Greg Derr\/The Patriot LedgerPatrick Clancy says his mother recommended a provider \u2014 12:24 p.m.<\/p>\n![\"Patrick](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7VZAE6NBIZGC3KZO36KWGFPAQQ.JPG\")
Patrick Clancy, the father of Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy testifies for the prosecution against his ex wife Lindsay Clancy.Greg Derr\/The Patriot LedgerPatrick Clancy discusses day care \u2014 12:07 p.m.<\/p>\n![\"Defendant](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/YXPICAFSZZEZFCPEDBUMQWWWKE.JPG\")
Defendant Lindsay Clancy fights back tears as the details of her children’s death are read in court.Greg Derr\/The Patriot LedgerPatrick Clancy recounts early life with Lindsay \u2014 11:52 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"Kevin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BBC333OH2BBTFI7DIURMFV4VAE.JPG\")
Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy\u2019s lawyer, during his opening statement on the first day of trial.Greg Derr\/The Patriot Ledger\u2018Command hallucinations\u2019 will be at issue \u2014 11:05 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"Patrick](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TZHNDCARCYRBHNHFGAWKEGXJD4.jpg\")
Patrick Clancy, left, arrives at Plymouth Superior Court for the murder trial of his former wife, Lindsay Clancy, on Monday, July 27, 2026.Pat Greenhouse\/Globe StaffDefense recounts Clancy\u2019s description of command voices \u2014 10:54 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"Assistant](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7MJCYM64JVHM3NPBXGEDZCFXKI.JPG\")
Assistant DA Shanan (CQ) Buckingham makes the states opening argument.Greg Derr\/The Patriot LedgerOpening statements are underway \u2014 10:13 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"Judge](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4V4KHDH6KNENVJR7C3N3ZPN63A.JPG\")
Judge William Sullivan give directions to jury members before the opening of the trial.Greg Derr\/The Patriot Ledger<\/p>\n![\"Media](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FOVXNF4TIVE2NJUPREKUDAKHJA.jpg\")
Media cameras wait for the arrival of Patrick Clancy at Plymouth Superior Court for the murder trial of his former wife, Lindsay Clancy, on Monday, July 27, 2026.Pat Greenhouse\/Globe StaffJudge polls jurors \u2014 9:53 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"Media](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JRI5M663A4Y5VPULVAE3X7WRZI.jpg\")
Media cameras wait for the arrival of Patrick Clancy at Plymouth Superior Court for the murder trial of his former wife, Lindsay Clancy, on Monday, July 27, 2026.Pat Greenhouse\/Globe StaffLindsay Clancy arrives to court, judge takes bench \u2014 9:31 a.m.<\/p>\n![\"Superior](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2U35DREVX5PW47KFYY3CFAUQHU.jpg\")
Superior Court Judge William Sullivan holds court during the jury selection in the triple murder trial of Lindsay Clancy who is charged in the 2023 killing of her three children, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass. Greg Derr\/Greg Derr\/Pool The Patriot Ledge<\/p>\n![\"Jury](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4N7Y55UPPX744PCKZUECL4FPLE.JPG\")
Jury selection starts in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, Clancy is charged with killing her three children in their Duxbury Mass. home in 2023.Greg Derr\/The Patriot Ledger\/Pool<\/p>\n