Patrick Clancy described Lindsay’s mental health struggles
Across two days on the witness stand, Patrick Clancy detailed Lindsay Clancy’s mental health struggles in the months and years before their children were killed.
He testified that after the births of their two older children, Cora and Dawson, Lindsay became anxious about returning to work and “had a really hard time being separated” from the children.
Following the birth of their youngest son, Callan, Patrick said Lindsay began showing signs of anxiety in September 2022, roughly a month before she was scheduled to go back to work.
That same month, Patrick testified, Lindsay told him she wanted to begin taking Zoloft.
But according to Patrick, her condition did not improve. “She kept getting worse and worse,” he said, adding that she was also struggling to sleep.
By December 2022, Patrick said Lindsay had started a different medication, and her mental health began to deteriorate more sharply.
“That was really where her big spiral started. She started to lose a lot of weight, and she became very depressed. She was having a really hard time,” Patrick testified.
Patrick also said that around the same period, Lindsay told him she was experiencing intrusive thoughts about harming herself and their children.
‘She described thoughts of hurting the kids or them having some sort of ailment,’ Patrick said.
Lindsay was hospitalized on December 31, 2022, for experiencing thoughts of suicide.
She killed the children 19 days after she was discharged.
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