PLYMOUTH, Mass. (TCN) — Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney has argued there is not enough evidence to prove she killed her three children in 2023.
Clancy, whose murder trial earlier this year ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4 when jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, is in an inpatient mental health facility while next steps are decided. She is charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
During her trial, she and her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued she was not criminally responsible at the time she allegedly strangled her three young children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan — with exercise bands in January 2023, before attempting to take her own life. They claimed she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the deaths.
Prosecutors argue that she sent her husband out to run errands before she killed the children and that her suicide attempt was not serious.
On Sept. 29, at the first hearing since the mistrial was declared, Reddington argued there was not enough evidence to prove Clancy killed the children, The Associated Press reports. He said, “This entire case is based on speculation.”
The trial focused on Clancy’s mental state at the time of the children’s deaths rather than whether Clancy killed them, according to the AP.
CBS News reports that during the Sept. 29 hearing, both Reddington and prosecutors discussed a potential retrial date, but a date was not set. After the hearing, Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz said, “We’re doing a very thorough review right now. And we’re going to continue to do our job and make sure we do what’s best for the interest of justice and the interest of the three children.”
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