Lindsay Clancy is accused of killing her three children in Massachusetts in 2023. Her defence says she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness, including psychosis, while prosecutors argue she acted deliberately. Postpartum psychosis has become a key focus of the case. The BBC’s Ana Faguy explains. If you are suffering distress or despair and
Clancy lacked control and was likely unable to tell the difference between right and wrong on that January 2023 day, he told the jury on Friday. “In her mind, she believed that she would be doing her children a favour by having them go to heaven with her rather than remain on earth without her
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink, gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy’s story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy didn’t appreciate the “wrongfulness” of killing her three children because of her mental health issues, a psychologist testifying for the defense said at her murder trial Wednesday. The testimony of Dr. Paul Zeizel is the strongest evidence yet to support the defense contentions that Clancy should
Meghan Cliffel was eight months postpartum from the birth of her second daughter when she began hallucinating. It was a Friday in 2015 and she had just finished her workday in New York City. She became convinced that people were following her, she thought she was being recruited for a cult, and she thought the
Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicide Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” before killing her three children, her former mother-in-law testified on Tuesday, echoing others who have told a court that Clancy’s mental health deteriorated after the birth of her youngest son. “She had insomnia. She was losing her appetite,”