Postpartum mom Lindsay Clancy on trial for murder brings court to a halt with sudden breakdown
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Video Lindsay Clancy sobs during testimony about daughter’s autopsy Lindsay Clancy broke down in court as a medical examiner testified about her 5-year-old daughter’s autopsy during her murder trial. (Credit: Pool)
Lindsay Clancy broke down in court on Wednesday when a medical examiner was testifying about the autopsy of her 5-year-old daughter.
Not long after medical examiner Dr. Barbara Olson took the stand and began describing the autopsy of Cora Clancy, Lindsay Clancy, the 5-year-old's mother, broke down and began sobbing.
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Lindsay Clancy listens to testimony on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger)
Clancy faces first-degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of her three children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan.
Clancy, 32, took the lives of her three children before attempting suicide on Jan. 24, 2023.
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Clancy does not dispute that she killed her children . Instead, her defense contends she was suffering from severe postpartum depression brought on by being overmedicated on prescriptions.
According to evidence and testimony presented in court , five doctors prescribed Clancy with the following medication before she killed her three kids:
Prosecutors argued in opening statements that Lindsay Clancy "deliberately and meticulously" killed her children and "acted intentionally, rationally, and swiftly to accomplish a very specific goal." (Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger)
Following Clancy's breakdown, Judge William Sullivan ordered a recess and excused the jury from the courtroom.
Two women could be seen appearing to console Clancy while she was crying inside the courtroom.
Defendant Lindsay Clancy on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, the fifth day of testimony at Plymouth Superior Court for her murder trial. Clancy is charged with three counts of murder in connection with the death of her three young children in 2023 at their Duxbury home. Clancy says she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and is not criminally responsible. (Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger)
Sullivan was also forced to call a break on Wednesday after Clancy began crying while a different medical examiner, Renee Stonebridge, gave testimony about her examination of some body parts of Clancy's three kids.
Adam Sabes is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Adam.Sabes@fox.com and on Twitter @asabes10.
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