AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - Lindsay Clancy's family says she was 'begging for help' before she killed her three children
Defense witnesses in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial told jurors the Massachusetts mother was desperate for help with her mental health months before she strangled her three young children, testimony that cuts to the heart of whether she was criminally responsible. Susan Clancy, Lindsay's former mother-in-law, took the stand Tuesday at Plymouth Superior Court and […] The post Lindsay Clancy's family says she was 'begging for help' before she killed her three children appeared first on American Almanac .
Defense witnesses in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial told jurors the Massachusetts mother was desperate for help with her mental health months before she strangled her three young children, testimony that cuts to the heart of whether she was criminally responsible. Susan Clancy, Lindsay's former mother-in-law, took the stand Tuesday at Plymouth Superior Court and described a woman unraveling in plain sight. She told the jury Lindsay had reached out in November 2022, roughly two months before the killings, reporting insomnia, loss of appetite, deep anxiety, and sadness. Susan Clancy said she watched the decline accelerate through the holiday season and into January 2023, when Cora, Dawson, and Callan were found strangled in the family's…Open