Patrick Clancy Says Lindsay Clancy Told Him She Thought About Suicide and Harming Their Kids
Lindsay Clancy‘s former husband was the first witness called to testify during her murder trial, which began on July 27 in Plymouth Superior Court.
The 35-year-old ex-nurse has not denied killing their daughter Cora, 5, and sons Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, but has pleaded not guilty to murder, with the defense attributing her actions to postpartum psychosis.
Patrick Clancy testified that Lindsay struggled with her mental health after giving birth to Callan in May 2023, according to CNN.
She also sought treatment after Dawson was born in 2019, he stated, “but it didn’t last very long.”
Lindsay’s significant decline, as he described it, occurred in December 2023 after she started taking a new medication, one of several prescribed since September, Patrick said. He testified that Lindsay confided in him about having “intrusive thoughts” regarding harming their children and herself.
He expressed that he didn’t worry about the children’s safety because she didn’t appear to have “any intention” of actually hurting them.
On December 31, Patrick mentioned that Lindsay went to the E.R. at Massachusetts General Hospital “because she was still talking about thoughts of suicide.” She was admitted to an affiliated psychiatric facility, and upon her discharge on January 5, she seemed “much better.”
