Judge Sends Jurors Home in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial After Chaplain Testimony
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy case were dismissed for the day following testimony from a prison chaplain, while the judge warned of a longer trial schedule ahead.
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial were sent home Thursday after an hour of testimony, and the presiding judge indicated that Friday’s proceedings would be brief but warned that Saturday could be longer.
Clancy faces three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of her 5-year-old daughter, 3-year-old son and infant son in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on Jan. 24, 2023, and has entered a not-guilty plea.
During a brief cross-examination, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague questioned chaplain Sheila Cavanaugh about the absence of any note indicating that Clancy reported hearing a voice. Cavanaugh responded that his notes are not verbatim transcripts and that his role is to bear witness to the patient’s suffering, not to evaluate her. He said he continues to meet with Clancy, having visited her roughly 200 times at Tewkesbury State Hospital.
Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, maintains that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings and argues she should not be held criminally responsible, though he does not dispute her involvement in the deaths.