PLYMOUTH, Mass. – Deliberations in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial hit a standstill Tuesday when jurors told the court they were unable to reach a verdict, prompting the judge to order them to keep trying.
The jury panel — described as including nine women and six men — informed Judge William Sullivan that it remained divided over whether Clancy, 36, should be found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder.
“I’m going to ask you to go back out and to continue your deliberations at this time,” Sullivan told the jurors from the bench.
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The jury’s note came after weeks of emotional testimony and sharply conflicting portrayals of Clancy’s mental state on Jan. 24, 2023, when prosecutors say she used exercise bands to strangle her three young children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan — before attempting to end her own life.
Here’s the latest on Lindsay Clancy’s trial for allegedly murdering her three children:
Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, told jurors that the Massachusetts mother was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis, allegedly intensified by an array of prescription drugs, and had experienced hallucinations, including a man’s voice directing her to kill her children and herself.
Prosecutors argued the opposite, insisting Clancy understood what she was doing and deliberately created an opportunity to be alone with the children by sending her then-husband, Patrick, out to pick up medication from CVS and takeout from a nearby restaurant before the killings at their Duxbury home.
The case was handed to jurors after both the prosecution and defense rested following 21 days of testimony, which opened last month with Patrick Clancy taking the witness stand as the trial’s first witness.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
