Clancy trial hinges on postpartum psychosis defense as jury weighs murder or mental illness

Lindsay Clancy, 35, admits killing her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis drove the act, citing bipolar disorder, a psychiatric hospitalization 19 days prior, and voices saying, "Kill the children so you can kill yourself." A murder conviction means life without parole; a finding of no criminal responsibility means commitment to a mental health facility.