Lindsay Clancy Transferred To New Hospital, Hearing Postponed

DUXBURY, MA — Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother accused of strangling her two children to death and causing injuries to her third child that would later prove fatal, has been transferred to Tewksbury State Hospital for further mental health treatment, her lawyer confirmed to Patch Tuesday morning.

Clancy, 32, lay masked in a hospital bed during an arraignment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in February, 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.

Doctors transferred Clancy to Tewksbury State Hospital because they believed she needed extended mental health care, WCVB reported.

Her probable cause hearing was initially set for Tuesday, but according to WCVB, has been moved to July 25.

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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.

"She could have changed her mind at any point," Sprague said.

"On Jan. 27, using an erasable whiteboard because she was still temporarily intubated, one of the first questions that Lindsay Clancy asked was, 'do I need an attorney?'" Sprague added. "She knew that she had murdered her children, and she had the clarity, focus, and mental acumen to focus on protecting her own rights and interests."

Sprague also alleged that Clancy called her husband from her hospital bed and admitted to the killings because she heard a man's voice telling her to do so and had "a moment of psychosis," though her husband told prosecutors it was the first time his wife mentioned hearing voices or used the word psychosis.

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 also said she had been prescribed a variety of medications in the months before the killings.

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.