Lindsay Clancy To Be Committed For 6 More Months: Report

DUXBURY, MA — Lindsay Clancy, the 32-year-old Duxbury mother accused of strangling her two children to death and causing injuries to her third child that would later prove fatal, will remain at Tewksbury State Hospital for up to the next six months, WCVB reported Wednesday.

Clancy's lawyer confirmed to Patch last week that she has been transferred to Tewksbury State Hospital for further mental health treatment. She will remain held without bail and her next case status hearing, which was initially set for May 2, will now take place July 25, according to WCVB.

In February, Clancy appeared from her hospital bed at Brigham and Women's Hospital for her arraignment, during which a not-guilty plea was entered on her behalf on charges of murder, assault and battery, and strangulation in the deaths of her children Cora Clancy, 5, Dawson Clancy, 3, and Callan Clancy, 8 months. On the night of the killings, Clancy also attempted to take her own life, according to authorities and her lawyer.

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During Clancy's arraignment Feb.7, Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague outlined the events of the day leading up to the killings on the evening on Jan. 24, when Sprague claims Clancy "created the situation" that enabled her to cause the deaths of her children by sending her husband out to get takeout dinner and run another errand.

Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddington argued during the arraignment that Clancy was mentally ill and the killings "were not planned by any means," reiterating her past suicidal thoughts and emphasizing her recent stay in a mental health facility.

Reddington said he plans to argue that Clancy lacks any criminal responsibility, according to WCVB.

"I question whether she would ever make it to a trial," Reddington said, according to the outlet."She's suicidal. She's extremely emotional. However, she's unable and has been unable to express any happiness or sadness or cry."

Included in court documents obtained by Patch in February was an email from Clancy's surgeon, who wrote that Clancy suffered several severe spine fractures when she reportedly attempted to end her own life by jumping out a window and falling 20 feet.

"Unfortunately, she is not expected to recover meaningful function at this point below that level of the spinal cord, which would make her paraplegic," the note said.