Lindsay Clancy Trial: Trooper's Phone Call Bombshell and the Therapist Who Saw the Warning Signs

Two very different witnesses gave the jury a fuller picture today in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury, Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 7-month-old Callan — with exercise bands inside the family's Summer Street home on January 24, 2023. Clancy faces three counts of murder and three counts of strangulation. She has pleaded not guilty and is mounting an insanity defense, with attorney Kevin Reddington arguing she was in the grip of severe postpartum psychosis and psychiatric overmedication.

Trooper Dan Lawlor, who provided security at the hospital, testified on cross-examination that he saw a doctor step in to consult with Clancy and later learned that doctor let her use his own phone to call her husband, Patrick. Lawlor also said he and the lead investigator discussed a theory worth noting: that a psychiatrist may have told Clancy to say she was hearing voices. On re-direct, he confirmed a conversation with another trooper didn't affect his testimony.

Then came Latisha Dukes, a counselor and psychologist at South Shore Hospital, who testified her sessions with Clancy began in late November 2022 for depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and thoughts of not wanting to be there. Dukes said Clancy had tried to get help at Women's and Infants Hospital before the killings and was turned away — because she didn't have a "plan."

Prosecutors are expected to argue Clancy understood the nature of her actions despite the defense's claims. Clancy allegedly attempted suicide after the killings and is now paralyzed from the waist down. Patrick Clancy has since relocated to Manhattan. The trial continues in Plymouth Superior Court.

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