Clancy Admits the Killings, Disputes Criminal Responsibility

Lindsay Clancy pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder but doesn't dispute strangling her children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; Callan, 8 months — in January 2023. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis, a rare post-birth mental illness, negated the specific intent first-degree murder requires. Prosecutors call it a "calculated decision." Family testimony traced escalating hallucinations beforehand.