Lindsay Clancy made disturbing Google searches, including ‘how to slit throat to die,’ before killing her 3 kids

Nypost · Aug 14, 2026 · 629 words · By Georgia Worrell; Priscilla DeGregory

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Lindsay Clancy made disturbing Google searches, including ‘how to slit throat to die,’ before killing her 3 kids See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Lindsay Clancy made disturbing Google searches, including ‘how to slit throat to die,’ before killing her 3 kids See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Lindsay Clancy made a series of disturbing Google searches – including “How to slit throat to die” – in the days and weeks leading up to the grisly murders of her three children, bombshell testimony revealed this week.

Common ground

Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, shockingly confronted a Massachusetts state trooper with the alarming searches as the mom’s murder trial entered its 13th day Thursday.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that it was accessed through a series of clicks on a Wikipedia page about the American singer Tom Hall, who died by suicide in 2021?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “it was accessed through a series of clicks on a Wikipedia page about the American singer Tom Hall, who died by suicide in 2021.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the path from a Tom Hall Wikipedia page to a suicide methods website.

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Claim 2: “She also made searches regarding various drugs she had been prescribed – including trazodone and Zoloft and “benzo withdrawals” – as well as “postpartum depression” and “bipolar disorder” multiple times in the weeks before the slayings”

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While web results confirm she made 'disturbing searches' and searched for mental health terms, the specific list of drugs (trazodone, Zoloft, benzo withdrawals) and 'bipolar disorder' is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets.

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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 — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy fatally strangled her three children—five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan—at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rainbow Six is a techno-thriller novel written by Tom Clancy and released on August 3, 1998. It is the second book to primarily focus on John Clark, one of the recurring characters in the Ryanverse, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Six_(novel)

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Claim 3: “Clancy is accused of murdering her three children using exercise bands before slitting her wrists and neck and throwing herself out of a second-story window”

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Multiple sources confirm she slashed her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-story window. While the 'exercise bands' detail is not explicitly in the snippets, the overall sequence of events is corroborated by multiple reports.

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web search NEUTRAL — After she killed her three children – eight-month old Callan, five-year-old Cora and three-year-old Dawson – Clancy, then 32, slashed her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-story window in a sui…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/lindsay-clan…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy is accused of killing her three young children, five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan, on January 24, 2023. Her husband, Patrick Clancy, is expected to t…
https://vt.co/news/us/chilling-note-mom-accused-killing-3-ki…

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web search NEUTRAL — Now she's on trial in her children's deaths. Patrick Clancy has since moved to New York City and quietly got divorced and remarried. The divorce and new marriage were first made public by Lindsay Clan…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/patrick-clancy-forgav…

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Claim 4: “analysis of Clancy’s Microsoft Surface Pro tablet uncovered a visit to a website entitled “suicide methods” in August 2022”

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The provided evidence mentions a Surface Pro and trial testimony about computer history, but the specific visit to a 'suicide methods' website in August 2022 is not explicitly confirmed in the provided text snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy's murder trial enters day 13 of testimony on Thursday, Aug 13. The Patriot Ledger reports live updates from Plymouth Superior Court throughout the day.23, 2022, and it was Patrick Clanc…
https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/courts/2026/08/13/l…

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web search NEUTRAL — Surface Pro 12th Edition is the latest versatile 2‑in‑1 with laptop performance, tablet flexibility, and all‑day battery life for work, creativity, and more. Available in 12 inch 13-inch.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-pro

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy’s Ex-Husband Recalls Life Before Children’s MurdersLaw&Crime Trials2M views • 1 month agoLivePlaylist ()Mix (50+). 18:02. Lindsay Clancy Near Victory?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEL-f03Gj3Q

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Claim 5: “5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and Callan, 8 months old, were found fatally strangled in the family’s Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023.”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms the date (January 24, 2023), the names and ages of the children (Cora 5, Dawson 3, Callan 8 months), the cause of death (strangulation), and the location (Duxbury, Massachusetts).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Katherine Callan (born January 9, 1936) is an American actress and writer, In a career spanning more than six decades, Callan appeared in more than 150 film and television productions. She made her bi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Greater Western Sydney Giants joined the Australian Football League (AFL) in 2012. Greater Western Sydney's first game was played against the Sydney Swans at Stadium Australia in Sydney, New South…
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Claim 6: “the Google query, “Can you treat a sociopath,” which was made Jan. 20, 2023”

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ABC News, YouTube (reporting trial testimony), and AOL independently report that the search 'Can you treat a sociopath?' was made on January 20, 2023.

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Claim 7: ““I really want a fourth child but I need a good therapist before then,” Clancy apparently wrote in a lengthy entry on her phone’s Notes app on Nov. 3, 2022.”

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No evidence was provided to confirm the specific note entry from November 3, 2022.

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Claim 8: “Lindsay Clancy made a series of disturbing Google searches – including “How to slit throat to die” – in the days and weeks leading up to the grisly murders of her three children”

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Multiple independent news sources (Daily Mail, Hindustan Times, and another news report cited in web search) confirm that Lindsay Clancy searched for 'How to slit throat to die' prior to the murders.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A cause célèbre (unadapted borrowing from French; lit. transl. famous cause; KAWZ sə-LEB(-rə), French: [koz selɛbʁ]; pl. causes célèbres, pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_célèbre

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lorraine Twohill is an Irish business executive, based in the U.S. state of California. She is the chief marketing officer of Google and has been a board member of Palo Alto Networks, Williams-Sonoma,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Twohill

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Claim 9: “Clancy searched for information about schizophrenia and psychosis on Jan. 19 and 20, 2023 – when she also looked up the terms “hallucinations” and “intrusive,””

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Daily Mail and other trial reports confirm searches for 'hallucinations', 'psychosis symptoms', and 'schizophrenia' on January 19. The term 'intrusive' is mentioned in the claim and supported by the context of the trial testimony reports.

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Claim 10: “Clancy’s then-husband, Patrick Clancy, previously told the jury that he conducted the search for Tom Hall.”

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No evidence was provided regarding Patrick Clancy's testimony about the Tom Hall search.

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