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Watch Live: Lindsay Clancy murder trial, day 8, defendant sobs 9%
By Colleen Cronin12%
8/6/2026, 6:27:41 AM
Keywords: Lindsay Clancy, Murder Trial, Day 8, Defendant, Sobs, Duxbury, Children, Plymouth Superior Court, Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald
BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Self-Serving Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 160 hits. Analysis detected 890 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,046 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 18.2% and a BS Rank of 9% (27,620 of 30,192 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 91.50% of the article peer group.
The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother charged with the murder of her three children, continues today.
The judge said that he anticipates today’s continuing testimony in the prosecution’s case will continue past 1 p.m. and into the later afternoon.
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3:35 p.m.
The judge is taking the issue under advisement.
Court is adjourned until tomorrow.
3:16 p.m.
One of the experts would be testifying to the legitimacy of Clancy’s suicide attempt.
Another is a doctor who would testify to whether Clancy's treatment was adequate before the deaths.
3:12 p.m.
“This is a murder trial, very serious business,” Reddington said.
While the prosecution is saying that the witness shouldn’t be allowed because they need more time to cross-examine them, Reddington said the Commonwealth has a huge advantage in resources.
“They want a cup of coffee, they can send five cops down the street to go get it,” he said, but he is trying the case on his own.
3:09 p.m.
The judge is hearing arguments on allowing certain expert witnesses for the defense.
2:41 p.m.
The jury is being excused for the day so that Judge Sullivan can hear a motion.
He said the trial was on schedule if not a little ahead.
2:40 p.m.
Reddington noted that the post was from May 2021.
“You must have turned things inside out to find if Lindsay Clancy was abusive to her son Dawson, and you didn’t find anything?”
The sergeant answered that they didn’t.
Reddington said that was all.
2:36 p.m.
Chiacho also filed search warrants for Facebook posts authored by Lindsay Clancy.
In one post parenting group post, Clancy writes about her difficulties with Dawson.
“I’m finding my 19th month old is the most difficult human I’ve ever encountered,” she wrote, asking the other parents for advice.
2:27 p.m.
Mass State Police Sgt.
Andrew Chiachio testified to viewing surveillance footage that showed Patrick Clancy about five minutes in CVS then a minute at ThreeV restaurant for about a minute, ending at 5:55 p.m. on the night of the deaths.
2:18 p.m.
Court is back in session and Kyle Carney, a friend of the Clancy family.
He said that Lindsay was a kind and caring person, whose behavior seemed relatively normal ahead of the killings.
He did described a gathering in the fall that when Lindsay seemed quieter.
12:50 p.m.
Court is breaking for lunch until 2 p.m.
12:49 p.m.
After finishing the cross examination, Reddington said, “I’m sorry sir,” and Christopher Clancy left the stand.
12:47 p.m.
“I knew she had a hard time sleeping,” Christopher Clancy said, describing that Lindsay wasn't feeling well.
He said he knew that she’d gone to the ER and that his wife was offering some advice and help.
Patrick Clancy had confided in him that he was very concerned about his wife.
12:43 p.m.
The parties are at side bar after Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington asked her former father-in-law a question of the defendants struggles before the killings.
12:41 p.m.
Christopher Clancy said described Lindsay as a great mother, telling the court that they were “the all American family.”
12:28 p.m.
Patrick Clancy's father Christopher Clancy is on the stand.
He walked in with a priest.
On the stand, he testified that he was aware of Lindsay's struggles and that at times before the killings, she had seemed more quiet than usual.
12:21 p.m.
Bevins said on cross that she was told not to bring up the deaths by Clancy's sister and that she believed it was on the recommendation of health care providers.
12:18 p.m.
Amy Bevins, a longtime friend of Clancy, testified that she visited the defendant after the killings and that they did not speak about the children, Clancy didn't cry, and they made small talk and played the card game, Uno.
12:04 p.m.
Court is back in session after a brief morning recess.
11:17 a.m.
“Lindsay from the time I met her as a young woman very much desired to have a family, be a mother,” the nurse Andrea Hennigan said, describing the defendant as a “very loving caring mother.”
11:07 a.m.
A nurse that worked with Lindsay Clancy at Mass General Hospital said that she texted with the defendant a few days before the killings, and that Clancy said that she was having trouble find a medication that would allow her to sleep but also give her the chance to function properly during the day.
Clancy also reported a lot of negative side effects from the medications she’d always tried.
10:47 a.m.
Two pre-school teachers testified to having normal interactions with Clancy in the lead up to the children's deaths.
Susan Bertolo, one of the teachers, said that Cora once mentioned Lindsay Clancy being in the hospital.
“She missed her mom and she was vocal about that,” she said.
10:30 a.m.
The pediatrician said she was not aware of Clancy's mental health treatment or the severity of her symptoms.
“I always thought she was a good mom,” Rosshirt said.
10:25 a.m.
Rosshirt said that Lindsay Clancy was acting normal earlier in the day Jan. 24, the day of the deaths.
10:15 a.m.
Dr.
Lindsay Rosshirt, the Clancy's children's pediatrician, is on the stand.
10:11 a.m.
Court is back in session.
9:46 a.m.
The ME has stepped down and the judge is calling a short break.
Clancy is sobbing loudly.
9:43 a.m.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague is asking the medical examiner detailed questions about Callan's injuries, including marks on his neck and face.
Springer is offering clinical explanations.
9:38 a.m.
Springer is talking about the injuries on Callan's body from the strangling.
Judge William Sullivan advised the jury before they saw the photos that they must separate their emotions from the facts of the case and can't be swayed by “sympathy, anger, passion.”
9:35 a.m.
The audience can not see the photos, but one of the members of the jury is crying.
9:33 a.m.
Clancy is sobbing while the jury sees photos of Callan's autopsy.
9:30 a.m.
While medical examiner Dr.
Kimberly Springer described doing an autopsy on eight-month-old Callan Clancy, the defendant Lindsay Clancy is crying.
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