Patrick Clancy Says Lindsay Clancy Instructed Him She Thought About Suicide and Harming Their Youngsters
Lindsay Clancy‘s now-ex-husband was the primary witness known as to testify throughout her homicide trial, which started July 27 in Plymouth Superior Courtroom.
The 35-year-old former nurse has not denied killing daughter Cora, 5, and sons Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, however has pleaded not responsible of homicide, the protection attributing her actions to postpartum psychosis.
Patrick Clancy testified that Lindsay struggled together with her psychological well being after giving delivery to Callan in Might 2023, in line with CNN.
She additionally sought remedy after Dawson was born in 2019, he stated, “nevertheless it didn’t final very lengthy.”
Lindsay’s “large spiral,” as he referred to it, occurred in December 2023 after she began taking a brand new treatment, one in all a number of she’d been prescribed since September, Patrick stated. He testified that Lindsay informed him she had “intrusive ideas” about harming their youngsters and herself.
He did not fear in regards to the youngsters’ security, he stated, as a result of she did not appear to have “any intention” of truly hurting them.
On Dec. 31, Patrick stated, Lindsay went to the E.R. at Massachusetts Basic Hospital “as a result of she was nonetheless speaking about ideas of suicide. She was admitted to an affiliated psychiatric facility, and when she was discharged Jan. 5 she appeared “a lot better.”
