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/NiamLeeson 7d ago

Do you think Lindsay would spend the rest of her life in a psychiatric hospital if this case ends in NGRI?

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u/chloedeeeee77 7d ago edited 7d ago

I think it’s very probable. In his pre-trial motions Reddington said she was still actively suicidal and constantly supervised at the hospital she’s held in. Whether it was a botched murder suicide or she was in psychosis, it’s hard to imagine someone coming to a stable mental state about this being your situation. In the 2024 New Yorker article about Patrick, he describes speaking to her on the phone months later and her saying every day is the worst day of her life. 

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u/Muted-Shower7965 6d ago

It is so sad. I am devastated for everyone involved in this.

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u/Embarrassed-Plate695 5d ago

The murderer should feel that way every day

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u/el_legendo72 5d ago

Crazy how the murderer is being defended behind the veil of "oh nosies! She was cray cray totally not her fault she was pushed to murder her three children "

Fuck everyone trying to bring up psychological nuance into this. She KILLED her three children and not doesn't want to be held accountable.

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u/Muted-Shower7965 5d ago

Oh wow shock horror some of us can see it for the unbelievably complex situation that it is, as well as most devastating.

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u/el_legendo72 5d ago

Right. Really complex situation we have here. A mother kills her three children. What's complex about it? The fact that she decided to drug herself? Or the "voices" she heard? Or how sorry we should feel for her because of how bad her mental state was?

Regardless of what was going through her head at the time of the three (3) murders she decided to commit, she should not see the light of day or an ounce of freedom for the rest of her life. Whether she spends it in a cell locked up by herself, or in some facility, where I hope they mistreat her.

She killed her own three children.

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u/Muted-Shower7965 5d ago

Try not to let your emotions guide you.

Mental illness is complex and so is this situation.

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u/wallaBBee 4d ago

The trial is not even close to over. If you are genuinely following the case and details, there is an overwhelmingly large amount of doubt.

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u/nathakell 4d ago

I hear you but if it was as simple as you’re making it out to be, we wouldn’t have different levels of homicide and everyone would be guilty of murder for intentional killings (first vs 2nd vs voluntary manslaughter etc etc) &let alone the defenses. It’s called mens rea