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Prosecutors Say Mother Strangled Three Children With Exercise Bands

9/4/2026

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Lindsay Clancy is on trial for murder of her three children.
Prosecutors allege she plotted the killings after sending her husband out of the Duxbury home.
She allegedly strangled Cora (5), Dawson (3) and infant Callan (8 months) with exercise bands.
Defense cites postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, 13 psychiatric meds and prior emergency help.
After attempting suicide by jumping, she was left paralyzed and faces life imprisonment as law lacks infanticide.

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Story summary

Lindsay Clancy is on trial for murder of her three children.
Prosecutors allege she plotted the killings after sending her husband out of the Duxbury home.
She allegedly strangled Cora (5), Dawson (3) and infant Callan (8 months) with exercise bands.
Defense cites postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, 13 psychiatric meds and prior emergency help.
After attempting suicide by jumping, she was left paralyzed and faces life imprisonment as law lacks infanticide.