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Lindsay Clancy texts, notes disclosed in murder trial
A Massachusetts court disclosed on Thursday the last text messages between Lindsay Clancy and her husband Patrick hours before she allegedly strangled their three children. The notes from her phone, written weeks…
The Story in Brief
A Massachusetts court disclosed on Thursday the last text messages between Lindsay Clancy and her husband Patrick hours before she allegedly strangled their three children. The notes from her phone, written weeks before the killings, expressed desire for a fourth child but also resentment towards her older children and struggles with postpartum depression.
Clancy, 36, is charged with murdering Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan in January 2023. Her defence argues she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and not criminally responsible, while prosecutors say she planned the murders to escape motherhood. The trial has entered its third week, with no court sitting on Friday.
The Indian Opinion
This case risks being reduced to a battle between 'mad' and 'bad', either the victim of postpartum psychosis or a cold-blooded killer. The notes and texts show a woman who was both deeply troubled and still functioning enough to order takeout and plan a fourth child. Indian readers should watch not for a binary verdict, but for whether the jury finds that her mental state met the strict legal test for insanity. The number that will settle it: how many of her actions the prosecution can prove were premeditated over mere compulsion.
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