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Court weighs postpartum psychosis in Clancy child-murder case

8/18/2026

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The Plymouth Superior Court trial asks if Lindsay Clancy’s postpartum psychosis excuses responsibility for Jan. 24, 2023 killings of her three children, with a life-without-parole sentence or, if found not guilty by mental-illness defense, psychiatric commitment.
Prosecutors say Lindsay Clancy planned the murders, sent her husband to a pharmacy, and understood them.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington says postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder and antidepressants worsened her condition and should bar a murder conviction.

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The Plymouth Superior Court trial asks if Lindsay Clancy’s postpartum psychosis excuses responsibility for Jan. 24, 2023 killings of her three children, with a life-without-parole sentence or, if found not guilty by mental-illness defense, psychiatric commitment.
Prosecutors say Lindsay Clancy planned the murders, sent her husband to a pharmacy, and understood them.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington says postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder and antidepressants worsened her condition and should bar a murder conviction.