Devastated dad was on the phone with 911 when he found his three children killed by postpartum mom using common household item, prosecutors say
Devastating court documents detail the moment a father found his three young children strangled to death in the family’s Massachusetts home.
Patrick Clancy returned to his Duxbury home on the night of Jan. 24, 2023, to find his wife, Lindsay, injured on the ground outside after jumping from a second-story window.
She was on the phone to a police officer when she discovered five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan dead with exercise bands wrapped around their necks.
When the police rushed to the scene, Patrick shouted: ‘He killed the children!’ he shouted. prosecutors claimed in court documents Taken from Court TV.
Lindsay, 35, who was left paralyzed from his jump that night, now faces two counts of murder, three counts of strangulation and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
She pleaded not guilty, claiming that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time.
But prosecutors now say Patrick’s 911 call was crucial to proving Lindsay acted with ‘extreme cruelty and cruelty’ when she killed her children that night.
Patrick Clancy was already on the phone with a 911 dispatcher when he found his three children strangled to death in the basement of his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Lindsay Clancy, 35, faces two counts of murder, three counts of strangulation and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
During the interview, Patrick explained that exercise bands are still wrapped around children’s necks, but they are easy to remove.
“The spontaneous and agitated nature of the 911 call further established that, before any reflection, the tapes were wrapped around each child’s neck in a manner that disproved any theory that they were tied or knotted,” prosecutors said.
‘He also stated that he believed the tapes looped like tying shoelaces, but came off quickly.’
When first responders arrived at the scene, ‘each group [was] It is claimed in the file that he slept next to each child. According to the New York Post.
‘The short time between when each child was found and how quickly Mr. Clancy was able to remove each tape disproves the theory that Lindsay knotted the tapes and walked away.
Instead, prosecutors say, the evidence showed that he ‘manually pulled the tapes around each child’s neck until he died’, demonstrating ‘the premeditation of his actions and the extreme brutality and cruelty of his actions.’
But Lindsay’s defense has said it does not plan to dispute that she committed the horrific murders, instead claiming she was over-medicated and suffered from severe post-natal psychosis.
He now plans to ask the jury to find him not guilty by reason of insanity when his trial begins July 20.
Clancy’s three children and alleged victim Cora, five (left), Dawson, three (right) and eight-month-old Callan (centre) are pictured
Lindsay’s lawyers claim she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time
The claim may be supported by a lawsuit Patrick filed in January accusing his wife’s doctors of ‘misprescribing’ a cocktail of ‘strong drugs’ that worsened her mental health.
The lawsuit was filed against Dr Jennifer Tufts, nurse Rebecca Jollotta, Aster Mental Health Inc and South Shore Health System.
It details how Lindsay suffered from depression from September 2022 to January 2023 and was prescribed multiple psychiatric medications, including antidepressants, mood stabilizers and benzodiazepines, according to the lawsuit.
However, the lawsuit alleges that Lindsay’s overuse of medication and the doctor’s failure to adequately monitor Lindsay’s symptoms led to the death of her children.
‘If [the doctors] “Had he not been negligent and rather provided adequate care, it is possible that Patrick and Lindsay’s children would still be alive today,” the statement said.
Lindsay’s lawyers also claim drugs were the cause paranoia, suicidal thoughts, and fear of being alone without any laboratory studies after being prescribed.
His lawyers claimed that the drugs caused paranoia, suicidal thoughts and fear of being alone, and that no laboratory studies were performed after they were prescribed.
Patrick filed a lawsuit against his wife’s doctor for prescribing excessive medication
But prosecutors alleged that Lindsay deliberately sent her husband to run errands on the night of the murders so he had time to commit the murders.
They also argued that she was not suffering from postpartum depression and claimed that she had used her mobile phone to research ways to kill the children in the days before they died.
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