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Lindsay Clancy

Massachusetts criminal trial over murder charges in the 2023 deaths of her three children.

On trial · allegations
last updated 24 July 2026 · 7 sources
Confirmed facts
10
Open questions
3
Jurors
18
Opening
27 Jul 2026
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Case file Lindsay Clancy, reference D C zero zero seven eight. According to CBS Boston’s summary of prosecutors’ account, Cora Clancy, five, and Dawson Clancy, three, were found dead in the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home on January twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-three. The Associated Press reported that Callan Clancy, the infant son who had been hospitalized after the Duxbury incident, died on January twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-three. AP reported that not guilty pleas were entered on Lindsay Clancy’s behalf to initial charges on February seventh, twenty twenty-three. CBS Boston reported that a grand jury later indicted her on three counts each of murder and strangulation, and that the charges are unproven allegations. AP and CBS Boston reported that jury selection began in Plymouth Superior Court on July twentieth, twenty twenty-six. CBS Boston reported that twelve women and six men were seated, and that opening statements are expected July twenty-seventh. The file’s open questions include what postpartum mental-health evidence the jury will hear, how many first-responder witnesses will testify, and what verdict the jury will reach. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero zero seven eight at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed10 entries
24 January 2023
Cora Clancy, 5, and Dawson Clancy, 3, were found dead in the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home, according to CBS Boston's summary of prosecutors' account.
CBS Boston
27 January 2023
Callan Clancy, the infant son who had been hospitalized after the Duxbury incident, died, according to AP.
AP
7 February 2023
Not guilty pleas were entered on Lindsay Clancy's behalf to initial charges that included two counts of murder, three counts of strangulation and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, according to AP.
AP
7 February 2023
Judge John Canavan III did not set monetary bail or send Lindsay Clancy to jail, and ordered that she remain hospitalized until she was well enough to move to a rehabilitation facility, according to AP.
AP
15 September 2023
Lindsay Clancy was indicted by a grand jury on three counts each of murder and strangulation; the charges are unproven allegations, according to CBS Boston.
CBS Boston
13 July 2026
Judge William Sullivan denied a defense motion to call witnesses who said they had personal experience with postpartum psychosis, according to CBS Boston.
CBS Boston
20 July 2026
Jury selection began in Plymouth Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, according to AP and CBS Boston.
AP; CBS Boston
20 July 2026
AP reported that Lindsay Clancy had pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan, and that prosecutors said the deaths were intentional and planned while the defense planned to raise an insanity defense tied to postpartum mental-health issues.
AP
23 July 2026
A jury of 12 women and six men was seated for Lindsay Clancy's trial, according to CBS Boston.
CBS Boston
27 July 2026
Opening statements are expected to begin, followed by witness testimony, according to CBS Boston.
CBS Boston
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What evidence and expert testimony about postpartum mental-health issues will the jury ultimately hear?unconfirmed until trial rulings and testimony · unconfirmed
How many police, EMT or first-responder witnesses will be allowed to testify about the scene?CBS Boston reported the judge said he would evaluate testimony as the trial proceeds · unconfirmed
What verdict will the jury reach on the charged counts and the defense theory?unresolved because trial testimony has not concluded · unconfirmed
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