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Timothy Chiappini, a cell forensics expert with the Massachusetts State Police, sat on the witness stand during Lindsay Clancy’s trial beside a photo of Dawson Clancy and Cora Clancy.Josh Reynolds\/Pool<\/p>\npinned<\/p>\n
Watch the trial live:<\/p>\n
Testimony will resume after lunch \u2014 1:02 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Investigator Timothy Chiappini stepped down after the sidebar, and Judge William Sullivan sent jurors out for lunch.<\/p>\n
Testimony resumes around 2 p.m. with the next government witness.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
The lawyers were called to a sidebar after prosecutors objected to a defense request to admit more phone data as an exhibit.<\/p>\n
Clancy\u2019s husband called her a \u2018good mama\u2019 on day of killings \u2014 12:55 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State Police investigator Timothy Chiappini said Clancy\u2019s phone also sent text messages on the morning of the killings to her husband with photos of the children, and Patrick Clancy responded, \u201ccutie\u201d at one point.<\/p>\n
Patrick also texted her that morning, \u201chow\u2019s it going,\u201d and she replied, \u201cgood,\u201d and \u201cher urine looked good, so nothing wrong with her kidneys. Phew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patrick called her a \u201cgood mama\u201d that day via text, hours before she strangled the children, records show.<\/p>\n
Chiappini said the modification of Callan\u2019s photo the night before on the phone could have been \u201cmultiple things,\u201d including turning it from a \u201clive photo\u201d into a single photo.<\/p>\n
He told Reddington he wasn\u2019t involved in the search of the home when Reddington asked if he knew the family home displayed photos of the kids in virtually every room.<\/p>\n
Timothy Chiappini, a cell forensics expert with the Massachusetts State Police, sat on the witness stand during Lindsay Clancy’s trial beside a photo of Dawson Clancy and Cora Clancy.Josh Reynolds\/Pool<\/p>\n
Chiappini said on redirect that the Jan. 19, 2023, search of the Clancy phone for psychosis was specifically related to psychosis symptoms.<\/p>\n
He said Clancy\u2019s mother texted her on Jan. 19, \u201cI\u2019ll bring it Saturday,\u201d suggesting she was coming to visit that weekend.<\/p>\n
Her mother texted on Jan. 22, 2023, \u201cNice to see you doing better,\u201d records show.<\/p>\n
Clancy was googling \u2018hallucinations\u2019 five days before killings, investigator testifies \u2014 12:51 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Just five days before Lindsay Clancy killed her three children in January 2023, she was googling \u201challucations\u201d on her cellphone, according to testimony by a State Police investigator.<\/p>\n
This is a key point for the defense, which is arguing that Clancy heard a male voice in her head on the night of slayings telling her to kill the children and herself.<\/p>\n
Clancy searched for \u2018intrusive\u2019 on phone days before killings, investigator testifies \u2014 12:42 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Investigator Timothy Chiappini said Clancy searched for the term \u201cintrusive\u201d on Jan. 20, 2023.<\/p>\n
The defense asserts that she heard a voice on the night of the killings commanding her to murder her children and take her own life.<\/p>\n
Chiappini said Clancy\u2019s phone also searched for \u201cpremade goody bags\u201d in December 2022, as well as \u201cchild with bloated belly and lethargy\u201d and additional queries about children\u2019s medication and baby food.<\/p>\n
There were also searches for \u201cbest kids movies,\u201d \u201cunicorn picture free coloring,\u201d a query related to the show Paw Patrol, and more queries about medications and child UTI symptoms, in addition to the laxative and ThreeV restaurant searches, Chiappini said.<\/p>\n
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State Police Trooper Timothy Chiappini testified during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Thursday.Josh Reynolds\/PoolClancy searched about suicide, bipolar disorder, sleep, and medication, investigator testifies \u2014 12:38 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Investigator Timothy Chiappini told defense attorney Kevin Reddington that Clancy on the morning of the killings had taken one of her children to the doctor, and that she later sent a photo of her and her children building a snowman.<\/p>\n
Chiappini said he didn\u2019t recall seeing a reply text from her husband, Patrick Clancy, calling her a \u201cgood mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reddington read off a number of additional phone searches related to medications, bipolar disorder, and other health questions.<\/p>\n
Chiappini said he did not recall a search on Clancy\u2019s phone about schizophrenia in January 2023. He confirmed that search when Reddington showed him the records and also confirmed that Clancy searched for psychosis on Jan. 20, 2023.<\/p>\n
She also searched Seroquel and in late December 2022 searched about suicide, Chiappini said. He said a number of searches related to sleep were also made on the phone in January 2023.<\/p>\n
Trazodone and Zoloft were also searched on the phone in late December 2022, as well as a search for benzo withdrawals on Jan. 20, 2023, Chiappini said.<\/p>\n
On Dec. 29, 2022, Clancy searched about McLean Hospital on the phone, and also for insomnia and ketamine, the investigator testified.<\/p>\n
The phone conducted searches for multiple other drugs in December 2022 and January 2023, as well as for postpartum depression during the latter month, Chiappini said.<\/p>\n
He said the phone made additional searches for benzos and bipolar in late 2022 and early 2023.<\/p>\n
\u2018Waiting for the day I wake up feeling like me,\u2019 Clancy texted her mother on Jan. 14, 2023, according to testimony \u2014 12:27 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
On Jan. 10, 2023, records show, Clancy\u2019s mother asked how she was doing, and Clancy said she was at the gym with her kids.<\/p>\n
Clancy\u2019s mother also texted her on Jan. 12, 2023, asking \u201cstill feeling a little better?\u201d<\/p>\n
Clancy replied, \u201cA little bit,\u201d records show.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 14, 2023, records show, Clancy texted her mother, \u201c…hanging in there and waiting for the day I wake up feeling like me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day, records indicate, Clancy wrote to her mother, \u201cIt was fun … Cora and Dawson enjoyed,\u201d referring to an outing.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 18, 2023, Clancy told her mother she recently started a new medication, according to the records that investigator Timothy Chiappini read at defense attorney Kevin Reddington\u2019s request.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m just worried they won\u2019t send me home soon,\u2019 Clancy texted her mother from McLean, investigator testifies \u2014 12:23 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Following the sidebar, defense lawyer Kevin Reddington asked about text messages on Clancy\u2019s phone to a recipient identified as \u201cMommy\u201d in January 2023.<\/p>\n
The recipient was Clancy\u2019s mother, investigator Timothy Chiappini said.<\/p>\n
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Lindsay Clancy’s mother, Paula Musgrove, watched court proceedings on Thursday.Josh Reynolds\/AP Photo\/Josh Reynolds<\/p>\n
On Jan. 3, 2023, the records show, Clancy texted her mother, \u201cI\u2019m alright. Anxious about meeting with the whole psychiatry team.\u201d She wrote \u201cI\u2019m just worried they won\u2019t send me home soon.\u201d Clancy was at McLean Hospital then.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 8, 2023, records show, her mother asked if she slept well, and Clancy replied, \u201cI actually did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigator testifies under cross-examination \u2014 12:12 p.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State police investigator Timothy Chiappini told Clancy\u2019s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, that he also viewed calendar entries on Clancy\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n
Clancy indicated that her children had medical appointments in the calendar in August of 2022, Chiappini said, and that Patrick Clancy\u2019s email was also used to sign into his wife\u2019s Facebook account. He spelled out Patrick\u2019s name on the email address but said he couldn\u2019t confirm the email belonged to Patrick.<\/p>\n
Chiappini said investigators were seeking certain search terms on Clancy\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n
He said he didn\u2019t recall searches on the device related to slitting one\u2019s throat to die or for disabling air bags on Clancy\u2019s car.<\/p>\n
Chiappini then read out those searches when Reddington showed him the records. The lawyers came to a sidebar.<\/p>\n
Testimony to resume after morning break \u2014 11:57 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
The parties returned to the courtroom from the morning break shortly after 11:50 a.m. State police investigator Timothy Chiappini is expected to continue testifying.<\/p>\n
Investigator describes text messages from Clancy\u2019s phone \u2014 11:17 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State police investigator Timothy Chiappini said Clancy\u2019s phone also texted back and forth with Patrick about takeout orders shortly after 5 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2023, shortly before the children were killed.<\/p>\n
At 5:15 p.m., he said, Clancy texted Patrick about the laxative.<\/p>\n
Judge Sullivan sent the jury out for a morning break around 11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n
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Lindsay Clancy, center, and her lawyer Kevin Reddington, right, listen during testimony during Clancy’s murder trial, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026., in Plymouth, Mass. Josh Reynolds\/PoolInvestigator describes searches on Clancy\u2019s phone the day of the killings \u2014 11:10 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State police investigator Timothy Chiappini said Clancy\u2019s phone at 4:13 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2023, was used to search for ThreeV restaurant via Apple Maps, which can provide a length of time for a given trip.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Clancy deliberately sent her husband to ThreeV because it was far enough away from their home to give her enough time to kill the children.<\/p>\n
Her phone also searched for a CVS website around the time it searched for a children\u2019s laxative, Chiappini said, and the device called the CVS store late that afternoon.<\/p>\n
There were later texts to Patrick shortly after 4:50 p.m. asking if he wanted takeout and advising him to check the ThreeV menu, and additional texts about Callan\u2019s nap schedule, according to Chiappini.<\/p>\n
Her phone searched for laxative and the ThreeV menu around the same time, shortly after 5 p.m., Chiappini said.<\/p>\n
He speculated the phone may have had \u201cmore than one tab open\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n
Clancy modified photos of children the night before killings, investigator testifies \u2014 11:03 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State Police investigator Timothy Chiappini said photos of the children on Clancy\u2019s phone were modified during \u201cthe evening hours of Jan. 23, 2023,\u201d which is the night before they were killed.<\/p>\n
He said the phone was used late the next afternoon to search for a laxative for one of the children, as well as a search for the Three-V menu where Patrick Clancy went to pick up takeout for dinner.<\/p>\n
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Lindsay Clancy, left, reacts to the reading of her diary entries during testimony as her lawyer Kevin Reddington looks on, during testimony in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026., in Plymouth, Mass. Josh Reynolds\/PoolState Police investigator describes affirmations, notes Clancy wrote in her phone \u2014 10:58 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State Police investigator Timothy Chiappini said records show Clancy\u2019s phone in October 2022 was used to take notes, including a number of affirmations such as \u201cI am strong,\u201d \u201cI am brave,\u201d \u201cI will get over this,\u201d and \u201cI will overcome postpartum anxiety and depression,\u201d and \u201cI am a great mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also listed a number of things she\u2019s grateful for, including \u201cmy husband for picking up the slack when I\u2019ve been feeling so down,\u201d records show, and she also wrote that she feels less connected to Callan since she stopped breastfeeding him.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think deep down, these were the right choices,\u201d she wrote of halting breastfeeding.<\/p>\n
She also referenced being \u201csleep deprived\u201d and \u201cparanoid,\u201d records show.<\/p>\n
Chiappini continued reading notes from Clancy in which she agonizes about the challenges of raising her three young children, adding that \u201cthe root cause of all our problems\u201d is her inability to parent all of them like her first.<\/p>\n
Chiappini continued reading Clancy\u2019s notes, including an excerpt in which she said she was terrified of doing something wrong to negatively affect the development of her children.<\/p>\n
He also cited a photograph of Callan found on the phone. He said the photo appeared to have been modified on Jan. 23, 2023, the day before the killings.<\/p>\n
Search for \u2018can you treat a sociopath\u2019 made on Clancy\u2019s phone days before killings, investigator testifies \u2014 10:44 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State Police investigator Timothy Chiappini said records show Clancy\u2019s phone was used on Dec. 21, 2022, to send a text message to another woman asking about McLean Hospital, a psychiatric facility where she was treated in early January.<\/p>\n
He said records show her phone also downloaded a request for medical leave form around that time.<\/p>\n
Records show Clancy\u2019s phone was also used to search, \u201ccan you treat a sociopath\u201d on Jan. 20, 2023, just days before the killings, he testified.<\/p>\n
Next witness is Timothy Chiappini \u2014 10:28 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Prosecutors next called State Police investigator Timothy Chiappini.<\/p>\n
He said he analyzed data from Clancy\u2019s cell phone.<\/p>\n
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Timothy Chiappini, a cell forensics expert with the Massachusetts State Police enters the courtroom to testify testimony in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026., in Plymouth, Mass. Josh Reynolds\/PoolClancy was taking her child Dawson to the doctor around time of August 2022 searches, according to testimony \u2014 10:25 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State police investigator Kyle Pavao said on redirect that the searches in question on the laptop occurred in August 2022.<\/p>\n
Pavao said he wasn\u2019t aware Clancy and Dawson had gone to the doctor\u2019s on the morning of those searches on the laptop.<\/p>\n
Patrick Clancy testified earlier that he was the one who searched the details about Tom Hall\u2019s death after learning he committed suicide.<\/p>\n
Pavao later stepped down.<\/p>\n
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Lindsay Clancy, right, sits besides her lawyer Kevin Reddington during proceedings in her murder trial, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026., in Plymouth, Mass. Josh Reynolds\/PoolLaptop was used to make searches about bipolar disorder, mania, and medications, State police investigator testifies \u2014 10:21 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Kyle Pavao told Kevin Reddington that in December 2022 and January 2023, the laptop was used to make search queries about bipolar disorder, mania, and medications.<\/p>\n
Pavao said he didn\u2019t know Patrick Clancy plays guitar and enjoys the music of country singer Tom T. Hall, who died by suicide in 2021.<\/p>\n
Another sidebar conference began after Reddington said he was done questioning Pavao.<\/p>\n
State police investigator describes searches on laptop \u2014 10:16 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Investigator Kyle Pavao told Clancy\u2019s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, he had a warrant to look for certain search terms on the laptop, including suicide.<\/p>\n
Pavao said the Facebook account that accessed the suicide method site had a handle partially spelling out Clancy\u2019s first name on her husband\u2019s laptop in August 2022.<\/p>\n
He said he analyzed the data in October 2025 and prepared a report.<\/p>\n
Pavao said there were no searches on that particular laptop regarding ways to kill.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not come across that, no,\u201d Pavao said.<\/p>\n
Pavao told Reddington he did not know that Patrick Clancy\u2019s email had been used to sign into his wife\u2019s Facebook page on the morning of Aug. 23, 2022, when the Hall and suicide websites were accessed.<\/p>\n
Pavao said he didn\u2019t know Dawson, one of the couple\u2019s children, was examined by a pediatrician around that time.<\/p>\n
\u2018That\u2019s it?\u2019 Clancy\u2019s lawyer asks \u2014 10:06 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
State Police investigator Kyle Pavao said he can\u2019t identify the person who accessed the sites on suicide methods and country singer Tom T. Hall on the laptop.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s it?\u201d an incredulous Kevin Reddington, Clancy\u2019s lawyer, asked on cross-examination, when noting that prosecutors asked Pavao only about those website visits.<\/p>\n
Pavao told Reddington that the laptop in question belonged to Patrick Clancy, Clancy\u2019s husband at the time, and that the device was found in Patrick\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
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From left, Kevin Reddington, lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, and Massachusetts State Police Trooper Kyle Pavao look at internet search records during Pavao’s testimony in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026., in Plymouth, Mass. Josh Reynolds\/PoolState Police investigator says laptop user visited Wikipedia page of Tom T. Hall, a country singer who died by suicide \u2014 10:01 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Kyle Pavao said the suicide methods site was accessed on the laptop via a Facebook visit on the morning of Aug 23, 2022.<\/p>\n
The Facebook page was an account that appeared to be linked to Clancy; Pavao said the laptop accessed a country song and artist via Spotify soon afterward, as well as a wikipedia page for the country artist, Tom Hall.<\/p>\n
Pavao said the laptop user clicked on a link on Hall\u2019s Wikipedia page related to his death.<\/p>\n
Hall died by suicide, Pavao said. He said he couldn\u2019t tell how long the suicide methods page had been accessed on the laptop.<\/p>\n
State Police investigator says user of Clancy laptop visited website on methods of suicide \u2014 9:49 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Kyle Pavao said he reviewed data extracted from a Surface Pro seized from the Clancy residence.<\/p>\n
Pavao said a website on suicide methods was accessed on the laptop in August 2022.<\/p>\n
State police investigator describes cybercrime unit \u2014 9:45 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Kyle Pavao said he worked in the State Police cybercrime unit at the time of the Clancy children\u2019s deaths.<\/p>\n
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Massachusetts State Police Trooper Kyle Pavao testifies about internet search history in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026., in Plymouth, Mass. Josh Reynolds\/PoolState trooper called as next witness \u2014 9:43 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
Prosecutors next called State Police Trooper Kyle Pavao to the stand.<\/p>\n
Jury enters the courtroom \u2014 9:40 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
The jury entered the courtroom around 9:40 a.m.<\/p>\n
Judge William Sullivan ran through a standard list of questions to ensure they didn\u2019t see any coverage of the high-profile case.<\/p>\n
\u201cNice to see everyone, thank you for your patience with us,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
The parties entered the courtroom around 9:20 a.m. without the jury present.<\/p>\n
Judge William Sullivan called the lawyers to a sidebar.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s unique about the insanity defense? \u2014 8:55 a.m.<\/p>\n
By Lea Skene, Globe Staff<\/p>\n
As the Clancy trial draws a large following of armchair observers and becomes the subject of widespread speculation online, the action inside the courtroom is following a specific procedural structure largely unique to insanity cases.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most striking feature of such cases: The facts often aren\u2019t in dispute. It\u2019s the defendant\u2019s mental state the jury will consider \u2014 to determine whether she should be held legally responsible for her actions.<\/p>\n
READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n How addictive are benzodiazepines? \u2014 8:41 a.m.<\/p>\n By Jason Laughlin, Globe Staff<\/p>\n A repeated concern Lindsay Clancy raised, according to testimony from her providers, was a fear that she would become addicted to the benzodiazepines she was prescribed to help her sleep.<\/p>\n Two providers, Rebecca Jollotta, a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, and Latiesha Dukes, a therapist, both testified that they considered her fears unwarranted.<\/p>\n These drugs, which include Ativan, Klonopin, and Valium, all of which were taken by Clancy at different times, are effective treatments for people with anxiety and difficulty sleeping, and are well tested. They have been used since the 1960s, according to the Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n There is a risk of addiction, though, and they should not be used without a doctor\u2019s oversight. An article this year in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences states that these drugs should not be used for longer than eight to 12 consecutive weeks, and doses should be gradually increased or decreased, not changed abruptly.<\/p>\n Using benzodiazepines for too long can cause excessive sedation, cognitive impairment, loss of motor coordination, and long-term health consequences, including addiction, the article said.<\/p>\n The connection between sleep deprivation and mental illness \u2014 8:37 a.m.<\/p>\n By Jason Laughlin, Globe Staff<\/p>\n Repeatedly, Lindsay Clancy told her providers that she was being plagued with insomnia.<\/p>\n \u201cI really need help,\u201d she wrote one provider in December 2022 describing, among her symptoms, interrupted sleep.<\/p>\n Chronic insomnia is more than an irritation. Over time, sleep deprivation can be mentally and emotionally crippling and can worsen existing mental health conditions. One 2024 review<\/a> of journal articles about the mental health consequences of poor sleep found strong connections to increased anxiety, less expression of positive emotions, and overall reduced response to emotional stimuli. There were also some signs that certain kinds of sleep deprivation can contribute to greater expression of negative emotions and depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n A 2011 study<\/a> found people without depression who develop insomnia are twice as likely to develop depression.For new mothers, disrupted sleep is almost impossible to avoid, particularly for the first six months<\/a> of a baby\u2019s life. Giving birth has physical and psychological effects on a woman\u2019s sleep patterns as does the demands of infants who sleep irregularly.<\/p>\n Sleep disturbances and poor sleep quality appear associated with postpartum depression, a condition clinicians found Clancy had, according to a 2016 study<\/a>.<\/p>\n The relationship is similar to a chicken and egg scenario, where both conditions can reinforce each other.<\/p>\n \u201cThe relationship between poor postpartum sleep and [postpartum depression] is likely bidirectional, with each increasing the risk of the other,\u201d one 2024 study<\/a> in Seminars in Perinatology<\/a> stated.<\/p>\n Conversely, good sleep is a treatment for postpartum mental health issues.<\/p>\n Dr. Uruj Haider, director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program, described sleep as an important component of treatment for postpartum psychosis, a severe mental illness that can cause hallucinations, delusions, and both homicidal and suicidal behavior.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how Tuesday\u2019s testimony unfolded \u2014 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n By Camilo Fonseca, Globe Staff<\/p>\n A doctor with the state medical examiner\u2019s office took the stand in Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial Wednesday and delivered graphic testimony about the nature of her children\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n Clancy, who is charged with murder in the deaths of her three children, sobbed in court as Dr. Renee Stonebridge and Dr. Barbara Olson testified.<\/p>\n Earlier Wednesday, Latiesha Dukes, a therapist who treated Clancy, testified that she reported having intrusive suicidal thoughts and anxiety that something would happen to her children. Clancy did not show any signs of psychosis or mania, Dukes said.<\/p>\n Therapist who treated Lindsay Clancy testifies she didn\u2019t show signs of psychosis<\/p>\n Latiesha Dukes, a therapist who treated Clancy at the South Shore Health perinatal clinic, testified that Clancy reported intrusive suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n Before Dukes took the stand, jurors heard testimony from a State Police sergeant, whose questioning prompted the judge to excuse the jury and evaluate the evidence before allowing jurors to return. The break was prompted by Clancy\u2019s attorney, Kevin Reddington, asking the trooper, Daniel Lawlor, about his interactions with the prosecution.<\/p>\n Reddington suggested investigators theorized that a psychologist hired by the defense told Clancy to call her then-husband, Patrick, from her hospital bed and tell him she \u201cheard voices.\u201d Lawlor, who was sent to stand guard outside Clancy\u2019s hospital room some days after she killed her children, said without the jury present that he did not have conversations with the prosecution about their theory of the case.<\/p>\n This is a key point for the defense because Reddington is arguing that Clancy had a psychotic break when she strangled her children and couldn\u2019t resist voices telling her to kill them and herself.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n Travis Andersen can be reached at travis.andersen@globe.com<\/a>. Jenna Reyes can be reached at jenna.reyes@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her @jennaelaney<\/a> and Instagram @jennaelaney<\/a>. Shelley Murphy can be reached at shelley.murphy@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her @shelleymurph<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Defense](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/G3CY4VCXENWAPTWWBXKWRVJHJM.jpg\")
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington, right, listens to graphic testimony as his client, Lindsay Clancy sobs, during Clancy’s murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Mark Stockwell\/Pool<\/p>\n![\"Mass.](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/E7NA5KAPZGMYGL5NTJQAZH45VU.jpg\")
Mass. State Police Sgt. Dan Lawlor speaks from the witness stand during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Mark Stockwell\/Mark Stockwell\/Pool The Boston H<\/p>\n