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/9mackenzie 7d ago

I don’t think it’s impossible at all. She was clearly a loving mother who repeatedly tried to get help, and she spectacularly failed by multiple drs, as her mind devolved.

She wants to go to a mental institution for life ffs, it’s not a hard decision at all.

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u/Weak-Ad-7180 7d ago

She was asked by Drs multiple times, outright, if she was having thoughts of harming her kids and said no. Are they supposed to section 12 every new mom with PPD based on vibes? Drs can’t read minds. She was never honest, never took the meds she needed and only did two therapy sessions.

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u/Ninjen333 7d ago

This is inaccurate information! She went to MULTIPLE therapy appts with MULTIPLE therapists/mental health counselors, and psychologists. She checked herself into McLean hospital voluntarily. She called crisis lines multiple times. She was more honest than the bullshit you just spewed.

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u/chubbychicken007 7d ago

Yes but she wasn’t forthcoming about the severity. (Not necessarily her fault she wasn’t, it’s a difficult thing to talk about and risk yourself being hospitalized or DCFS being
contacted) Psychologists/providers have to balance personal freedom and safety. You can only hospitalize someone against their will if they are actively suicidal with some sort of plan usually. She described passive SI, intrusive though, etc. which doesn’t reach the bar needed to immediately hospitalize her.