Lindsay Clancy Trial: Expert Testifies a Simple Blood Test Was Never Run

A defense psychiatrist laid out a timeline of missed opportunities today in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Dr. Donald Condie, a clinical and forensic psychiatrist focused on psychopharmacology, testified in the case against the Duxbury, Massachusetts woman 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 severe postpartum psychosis and psychiatric overmedication.

Condie testified that Clancy's records from Dr. Tufts were noticeably thin on detail. He explained that auditory hallucinations are common in psychosis, and that Clancy had reported hearing voices and experiencing intrusive thoughts — symptoms he said matched the full clinical picture of postpartum psychosis. He flagged one basic failure in her treatment: thyroid problems are known to contribute to postpartum complications, yet no one ever ordered the test to check. When Clancy called the Aspire hotline, she was reportedly told her care level couldn't be escalated without a stated suicide plan. Condie said that despite medication changes and her own efforts to get help, nothing improved.

Prosecutors used cross-examination to challenge his qualifications, noting his CV doesn't list specific postpartum experience, and asked whether he'd reviewed the police reports in the case. They also established that Clancy never disclosed the voices to her own treating providers. On redirect, Condie offered an explanation: fear of losing her nursing license, or of losing her children, could have kept her silent. The trial continues in Plymouth Superior Court.

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