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Clancy Pleads Not Guilty, Sues Doctors Over Psychosis Claim

8/10/2026

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Clancy Pleads NotGuilty

Lindsay Clancy (35) pleaded not guilty to murder charges for killing her children Cora (5), Dawson (3) and infant Callan on Jan. 24, 2023 in Duxbury.
Lindsay Clancy attempted suicide by slashing her wrists and neck and jumping from a window, leaving her paralyzed.
Kevin Reddington said Clancy suffered postpartum psychosis with hallucinations and was over-medicated, while Drs. Jennifer Tufts and Alia Goodheart said she had anxiety and insomnia.

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Judge Sullivan Delays

Judge William Sullivan delayed his ruling on the defense-witness motion, saying he will review the arguments overnight.
Defense attorneys asked the court to admit three experts—Dr. Elizabeth Laposata, Dr. Michael Vulfovich, and Dr. Donald Condie—arguing that exclusion would violate due process.
Clancy has filed a civil lawsuit alleging a catastrophic failure by multiple medical providers to diagnose and treat her psychiatric condition.

History

Historical Context

The 2006 not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict in Andrea Yates’s 2001 filicide case placed Texas’s M’Naghten and irresistible-impulse standards under national scrutiny and spurred advocacy groups such as Postpartum Support International to demand clearer diagnostic criteria. The case helped drive the 2009 MOTHERS Act, which mandates postpartum mood-disorder screening, a response to the roughly 1-2 per 1,000 women affected by postpartum psychosis.

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Clancy Pleads NotGuilty

Lindsay Clancy (35) pleaded not guilty to murder charges for killing her children Cora (5), Dawson (3) and infant Callan on Jan. 24, 2023 in Duxbury.
Lindsay Clancy attempted suicide by slashing her wrists and neck and jumping from a window, leaving her paralyzed.
Kevin Reddington said Clancy suffered postpartum psychosis with hallucinations and was over-medicated, while Drs. Jennifer Tufts and Alia Goodheart said she had anxiety and insomnia.

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