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Was Lindsay Clancy in Her Right Mind? Defense Now Highlights a Key Question at Murder Trial
The defense is calling family and a doctor to support its claim that Clancy was in a psychotic state when she killed her three children.
- On Tuesday, forensic psychologist Paul Zeizel testified for the defense, detailing Lindsay Clancy's auditory hallucinations of a male voice commanding her to kill her three children.
- Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argues Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis that impaired her reality, with her condition deteriorating in late 2022 as she prepared to return to work as a labor and delivery nurse.
- Dr. Elizabeth Laposata testified regarding spinal injuries Clancy sustained during a 13-foot fall, while Susan Clancy described the family's growing concern over Lindsay's declining mental state during the 2022 holiday season.
- Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague challenged the defense narrative, questioning the medical timeline of strangulation and contending Clancy remained in control, disputing the psychotic episode claim.
- The trial resumes on Wednesday at 9 a.m., with defense experts aiming to prove Clancy was misdiagnosed and overmedicated, while prosecutors maintain her actions were intentional and seek criminal responsibility.
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Psychologist: Lindsay Clancy Heard a Male Voice
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial heard from a psychologist Tuesday who said the Massachusetts mother told him a commanding male voice ordered her to kill her three children, then herself, CBS News reports. Dr. Paul Zeizel, who met Clancy in the hospital after the January 2023 deaths, testified...
·Miami, United States
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Lindsay Clancy told hubby in bone-chilling call that male voice instructed her to ‘kill her children and kill herself’: testimony
Psychologist Paul Zeizel testified that Lindsay Clancy told her husband a male voice ordered her to kill their three children and herself.
·New York, United States
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