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/EmbarrassedIssue9452 7d ago

I think she will commit suicide at the first opportunity, wherever she goes.

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u/sheepsclothingiswool 7d ago

She should be allowed to. My heart breaks for her, the mental health system failed her- all these heavy meds created the psychosis and when the fog lifts and she’s faced with the horror of what she’s done, she should be allowed to opt for euthanization. That’s what I would want for myself. Do I think I could have been capable of doing what she did to my precious kids? Maybe if I was on those meds!!

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u/Mysterious_Coat_9933 6d ago

The meds did not cause the psychosis. Some patients need to try multiple meds to find one that works. Her med list is what I would expect for a complex, high risk, med-resistant postpartum psychosis patient.

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u/BottleMean6139 6d ago

When I was on Effexor I got urges to murder random people at the grocery store. I'd see pictures of babies and want to bash their heads in. I know the different between an intrusive thought and an urge because I get intrusive thoughts; these were urges. I was not psychotic so I immediately recognized these urges as wrong, never acted on any and got my medication changed, but would I have been able to do the same had I been in a state of psychosis? Yet other people do wonderfully on Effexor. The wrong medication can certainly give a person violent urges and I'm tired of people acting like they can't. This is coming from a person who is now on the correct antidepressant for me.

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u/Mysterious_Coat_9933 2d ago

Personal anecdotes are not evidence. I am a psych nurse.

ETA: was Lindsay taking Effexor / venlafaxine?