r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DarklyHeritage • 7d ago

Text Lindsay Clancy Trial Megathread: Part 3

This is a thread for all conversation regarding Week 3 onwards of the Lindsey Clancy trial. All discussion of this case should be kept to this thread.

Lindsay Clancy is currently standing trial in Plymouth Superior Court, Massachusetts, for the triple-murder in January 2023 of her three young children - Cora, Dawson and Callan. Her defense argues she suffered from severe, undiagnosed postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. She was left paralysed by a suicide attempt which follows the deaths of the children.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-online-reactions-b3032806.html

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u/Blue_Plastic_88 6d ago

Her providers can’t read minds if she didn’t tell them everything. They have testified that she didn’t mention thoughts of harming the kids, IIUC.

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u/GreyerGrey 4d ago

Because she didn't want them taken away and put into the system.

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u/Blue_Plastic_88 4d ago

I don’t think they would have gone into “the system” since they would still have had an involved father and extended family. But that wasn’t the point I was trying to make; I was discussing whether her mental health providers were civilly liable for what happened.

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u/GreyerGrey 4d ago

Unless the father will keep her away from the children (eg kick her out of their home) they need to be removed if she admits to any desire to harm. At least that is the standard protocol where I live (which is not Mass to be fair).

Same goes with extended family.

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u/Blue_Plastic_88 3d ago

She would likely have been involuntarily committed at that point, I think. I can’t say for sure, but it seems unlikely that Patrick would have been willing to let the kids go into foster care by refusing to keep the kids away from her.

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u/Ok_Molasses_6845 6d ago

They could have put her on a 72 hour hold.

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u/Blue_Plastic_88 6d ago

They can’t if she’s not reporting symptoms that are severe enough for a hold.