Crime
Lindsay Clancy on Constant Watch and in Danger of Harming Herself After Mistrial, Defense Attorney Says
Lindsay Clancy‘s attorney claims the accused murderer is “suicidal” after her triple murder case resulted in a mistrial.
“She’s strong. She has incredible family support,” attorney Kevin Reddington told NBC News on Wednesday, September 9. “But she is suicidal. I mean, she’s on 24/7, one-on-one suicide watch. I worry about her every day.”
The news comes less than a week after Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after the jury declared it was deadlocked three times.
Lindsay, 36, and her defense team do not deny that the suspect strangled her children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months old — in 2023 before attempting suicide by jumping from a window, an injury that left her paralyzed from the waist down.
Rather they argued that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and auditory hallucinations that caused her to commit the crime.
“That was not the Lindsay that is now living amongst us,” Reddington said. “The person that committed this atrocious act was as a result of postpartum psychosis combined with the medications that she was provided.”
The jury remained deadlocked at 11-1, with 11 voting in favor of finding Clancy not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility. The lone juror reportedly expressed reasonable doubt but refused to agree with the remaining jurors, three jurors told NBC Boston.
Prosecutors must decide whether to retry Clancy. The next hearing is scheduled for September 29.
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