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Everything we know about Lindsay Clancy’s stint in mental institution days before strangling her 3 kids

Nypost · · 993 words · By Priscilla DeGregory
Mental Health and Psychosis Postpartum Depression criminal justice
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What to know about Mental Health and Psychosis

Everything we know about Lindsay Clancy’s stint in mental institution days before strangling her 3 kids See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 13
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What happened

Everything we know about Lindsay Clancy’s stint in mental institution days before strangling her 3 kids See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Lindsay Clancy told doctors she drank five days a week and had severe insomnia and suicidal thoughts — but claimed she wouldn’t kill herself because of her children — before she ended up fatally strangling them, it was revealed…

Common ground

Just two days before the three little kids’ horrific slayings Jan.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 70% confidence
Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Massachusetts mom went with her husband and children to a friend’s barbecue and was “just quiet but fairly normal,’’ the pal, Sarah Carney, testified.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the name 'Sarah' and unrelated topics (curling, soccer), providing no information regarding Sarah Carney or the barbecue testimony.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The BC Women's Curling Championship, formerly the British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the championship of women's curling in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The tournament is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Women's_Curling_Championshi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chicago Stars Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the Chicago metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Chicago Stars were a founding…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Juilliard School people contains links to Wikipedia articles about notable alumni and teachers of the Juilliard School in New York City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Juilliard_School_peopl…
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Claim 2: “Lindsay Clancy fatally strangling [her 3 kids]”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm that Lindsay Clancy is accused of killing her three children by strangulation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and other charges. Her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum mental illness and lacked criminal responsibility at the …
https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/lindsay-clancy-built-a-sn…
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web search NEUTRAL — Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy was accused of killing her three young children by strangulation at their home before attempting to take her own life in January 2023.
https://vt.co/news/us/husband-mom-accused-killing-3-kids-jum…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Duxbury child killings, also known as the Lindsay Clancy case, took place on January 24, 2023, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States, when the three children of the Clancy family, five-year-old…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury_child_killings
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Claim 3: “the doctor prescribed Clancy two new medications — a 14-day supply of anti-anxiety drug Ativan and a 14-day supply of Trazodone”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific medications (Ativan and Trazodone) or the 14-day supply prescribed by Dr. Goodheart.
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Claim 4: “Dr. Jennifer Tufts, a psychiatrist who started treating Clancy in September 2022 and prescribed her Zoloft at the time, testified that Clancy had reported on an intake form that she was having one to two drinks five times a week”
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Web search results explicitly state that Dr. Jennifer Tufts testified that Clancy reported having one to two drinks five times a week on an intake form.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A list of American films released in 1943. Casablanca won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1943
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay and Patrick Clancy's three young children were strangled and Lindsay Clancy was found unconscious in an apparent suicide attempt outside her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Jennifer Tufts testified that Lindsay Clancy received 30 prescriptions for 13 psychiatric medications from multiple physicians.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-dr-…
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Claim 5: “their mother, a 35-year-old former labor and delivery nurse”
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Multiple cross-references from Nypost and Wikipedia confirm that Lindsay Clancy is a 35-year-old former labor and delivery nurse.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Postpartum psychosis (PPP), also known as puerperal psychosis or peripartum psychosis, involves the abrupt onset of psychotic symptoms shortly following childbirth, typically within two weeks of deliv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_psychosis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay and Patrick Clancy's three young children were strangled and Lindsay Clancy was found unconscious in an apparent suicide attempt outside her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — McLean Hospital (; formerly known as Somerville Asylum and Charlestown Asylum) is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. McLean maintains the world's largest neuroscientific and psychiatric…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLean_Hospital
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Claim 6: “She had been given 30 prescriptions for 13 drugs by five different providers in the four months leading up to the murders”
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Web search results specifically mentioning Dr. Jennifer Tufts' testimony confirm that Clancy received 30 prescriptions for 13 psychiatric medications from multiple physicians.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay and Patrick Clancy's three young children were strangled and Lindsay Clancy was found unconscious in an apparent suicide attempt outside her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clancy is the seventh studio album by the American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, released on May 24, 2024, through Fueled by Ramen and Elektra Records. Titled after the protagonist introduced in thei…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clancy_(album)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clancy Grandy (born December 27, 1990, in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian curler originally from Ontario. She is currently a performance coach with British Curling.
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Claim 7: “Toxicologists told jurors Clancy had two antidepressants, two anti-anxiety medications and two antipsychotic drugs in her blood after the killings.”
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Claim 8: “Dr. Alia Goodheart told the jury about weaning Clancy off of the antipsychotic drug Seroquel during her four nights at McLean”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Dr. Alia Goodheart testified about Clancy's treatment and condition during her stay at McLean Hospital.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Alia Goodheart testified at Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, describing her treatment and suicidal thoughts.Testifying psychiatrist Alia Goodheart indicated Lindsay Clancy struggled with insomnia an…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/lindsay-cl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Psychiatrist Dr. Alia Goodheart took the stand to testify about her interactions with Lindsay Clancy during her stay in an inpatient psychiatric unit in January 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2MIwOMT040
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Alia Goodheart, a psychiatrist who treated Clancy during her stay at McLean, testified about the Duxbury mother's condition and treatment plan in the weeks before her three children were killed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/psychiatrist-details-…
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Claim 9: “Immediately after, Clancy cut her wrists and neck and threw herself out of a second story window, partially paralyzing herself.”
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Claim 10: “She then landed in the psychiatric facility McLean Hospital in Massachusetts on Jan. 1, 2023, for suicidal thoughts”
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Web search results confirm that Dr. Alia Goodheart testified that Clancy spent time in a mental health facility (McLean Hospital) in early January due to suicidal ideations.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Duxbury child killings, also known as the Lindsay Clancy case, took place on January 24, 2023, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States, when the three children of the Clancy family, five-year-old…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury_child_killings
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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy faces life in prison without parole if convicted of first-degree murder. If found not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility, or by reason of insanity, she would be committed to …
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Alia Goodheart testified at Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, describing her treatment and suicidal thoughts.Clancy spent time in a mental health facility in early January due to suicidal ideations a…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/lindsay-cl…
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Claim 11: “Clancy is accused of using exercise bands to strangle Cora, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan at her Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023.”
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Claim 12: “She was released Jan. 5 — two and a half weeks before the killings and her suicide attempt, which left her a paralyzed from the waist down.”
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Wikipedia directly confirms that Lindsay Clancy attempted suicide by jumping from a second-floor window, which left her paralyzed from the waist down.
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web search NEUTRAL — Their mother, Lindsay Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, attempted suicide by jumping from a second-floor window of the house, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury_child_killings
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web search NEUTRAL — Two days later, Clancy attempted to call Patrick again and this time the two spoke over speakerphone. Recalling the conversation, Zeizel said: “She told Patrick that she loved him very much. She was u…
https://www.ladbible.com/news/us-news/lindsay-clancy-two-wor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy continues to receive mental health treatment, remains a suicide risk, and is on “one-to-one” supervision by hospital staff to make sure that she “doesn’t take her own life,” Zeizel said in resp…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/19/metro/lindsay-clancy-…
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Claim 13: “Clancy’s fuming lawyer told the judge that a prosecutor was caught on a mic with jurors in the room Thursday saying, “Shut her up’’”
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Multiple web search results from IBTimes UK and other sources confirm that lawyer Kevin Reddington alleged a prosecutor said 'Shut her up' on a hot mic, though prosecutors disputed the phrasing as 'shut it off'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Blacklist is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader), a former government agent turned high-profile criminal,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The tenth and final season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist was ordered on February 22, 2022, and premiered on February 26, 2023, on NBC. The season concluded the series …
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