Lindsay Clancy, mom accused of killing her kids, makes 1st in-person court appearance
Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of murdering her three children before attempting suicide, appeared in court in person for the first time Friday.
Clancy, who has been paralyzed from the chest down since jumping from a window of her Summer Street home in January 2023, is receiving long-term care at Tewksbury Hospital. However, she had to travel 64 miles to Plymouth Superior Court for a new motion hearing before her next trial.
During previous hearings, Clancy’s legal team argued that she needed an ambulance ride to court because of her medical condition. Prosecutors disagreed, saying a police transport van would be enough. Clancy appeared at these hearings via Zoom.
Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, said she was transported to Friday’s hearing in a van, which he said “worked very well.”
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Court officers took Clancy into the courtroom. The hearing was held to cover the motions and “review of compliance with discovery of mental health issues.”
Judge William F. Sullivan said the mental health investigation was completed while announcing new motions, including jury information and a request for a split trial, which takes place in two stages to determine responsibility or guilt in the first stage and damages or penalties in the second.
Sullivan said he would take time to review the motions before arguments are heard in court, setting the next hearing date in March. His trial is scheduled to begin July 20.
“We will remain on hold on this matter until March 2. And at that time we will deal with the motions that have been filed,” Sullivan told the court.
After the hearing, Reddington spoke about wanting to split the trial.
“It makes sense if you think about it. You have the facts of the case, and with respect to the prosecutor, you know that they just want to beat the drum on the facts of the case, all of these cases, to focus on the facts of the alleged crime,” Reddington told reporters. “As opposed to what I consider most important, which is the person’s state of mind, and you get into all the testimony from the doctors and the tests. So you have the first part of the trial: the allegations and the evidence about the alleged crime. The rest of the trial would be about whether or not there is a lack of accountability.”
Reddington was also asked about the decision to finally bring Clancy to court.
“Whenever I have a case, I want the client to be there and know what’s going on,” he said.
When the case goes to trial, Reddington plans to argue that overmedication and postpartum mental illness were to blame for the killings.
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Prosecutors say Clancy used exercise bands to strangle her children before jumping out of a second story window in a suicide attempt at her home on Summer Street in Duxbury on the evening of January 24, 2023.
Clancy is charged with three counts of murder and strangulation in the deaths of her 5-year-old daughter, Cora, 3-year-old son, Dawson, and 7-month-old baby, Callan.
She and her husband recently filed a lawsuit against her medical providers, alleging they failed to properly diagnose, treat and manage her postpartum depression.
Clancy has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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