Overview
- Prosecutors allege that on January 24, 2023 Lindsay Clancy manually pulled exercise bands around each child's neck, killing five‑year‑old Cora, three‑year‑old Dawson, and eight‑month‑old Callan.
- Court papers show Patrick Clancy was on a 911 call when he discovered the children in the basement and that prosecutors say the call’s spontaneous descriptions undermine a theory that the bands were tied and left in place.
- Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not guilty and her defense plans to argue she was suffering severe postpartum psychosis and was overmedicated, seeking a not‑guilty‑by‑reason‑of‑insanity verdict.
- The children’s deaths have prompted a separate civil lawsuit by Patrick that accuses named clinicians and health providers of misprescribing and failing to monitor a mix of psychiatric drugs.
- The criminal trial is scheduled to start July 20, 2026 and near‑term court rulings on the 911 call and medical evidence will shape whether the case is tried as deliberate murder or an insanity defense.