Lindsay Clancy revealed she was ‘desperate to get mental break from taking care of everyone’ 2 months before killing kids

Nypost · Aug 03, 2026 · 1039 words · By Priscilla DeGregory

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Lindsay Clancy revealed she was ‘desperate to get mental break from taking care of everyone’ 2 months before killing kids See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Lindsay Clancy revealed she was ‘desperate to get mental break from taking care of everyone’ 2 months before killing kids See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Lindsay Clancy wrote in her journal two months before killing her three young kids that she was “so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone,” jurors learned at her murder trial Monday.

Common ground

The 35-year-old Boston-area mom documented having “horrible insomnia and anxiety” and being wracked with guilt over her choice to stop breastfeeding her 8-month-old son and sleep train him in journal entries before the murder.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Pity: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Forensic psychiatrist Jhilam Biswas saw Clancy once on Jan. 26, 2023”

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Multiple sources confirm that Dr. Jhilam Biswas, a forensic psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's, evaluated Clancy on January 26, 2023.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Jhilam Biswas is a forensic psychiatrist by training, but she was not in that ICU room as anyone's retained expert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZfvz_WAuqU

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web search NEUTRAL — By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy was “calm and cooperative” during a psychiatric examination days after killing her three children and attempting suicide, a psychiatrist testified at her m…
https://abc17news.com/news/national-world/cnn-national/2026/…

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web search NEUTRAL — On January 26, 2023 — less than 48 hours after the killings — Dr. Jhilam Biswas, a forensic psychiatrist at Brigham and Women's, evaluated Clancy before her spinal surgery.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322963/20260804/lindsay-c…

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Claim 2: “Lindsay Clancy wrote in her journal two months before killing her three young kids that she was “so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone,””

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Multiple news sources (Metro News and a web search result specifically mentioning the murder trial) confirm that Lindsay Clancy wrote in her journal that she was 'so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Guided by Oprah Winfrey, Lohan was the subject of the docu-series Lindsay (2014). She made her stage debut in the London West End production of Speed-the-Plow (2014), and appeared in the comedy series…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Lohan

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay (/ ˈlɪnzi /) is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_(name)

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web search NEUTRAL — Select from any of the Lindsay regions and languages to find content relevant to your operation.
https://www.lindsay.com/select-region

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Claim 3: “Casavant and neurologists consulted with Patrick and everyone agreed to take the infant off of a ventilator on Jan. 27.”

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Claim 4: “Clancy requested to sign a DNR, or a “do no resuscitate” form”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a request to sign a DNR form.

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Claim 5: “On Nov. 18, 2022, two months before she strangled her kids with elastic workout bands, she wrote: “It’s like I’m so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone that my mind is trying to make something physically wrong with me.””

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The specific quote regarding being 'so desperate to get a mental break' and the context of the trial are corroborated across multiple web search results reporting on the court proceedings.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Archie Macdonald Fisher (23 October 1939 – 1 November 2025) was a Scottish folk singer and songwriter. He released several solo albums since his first, eponymous album, in 1968. Fisher composed the s…
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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 6: “Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, killed her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan on Jan. 24, 2023, before she tried to kill herself.”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm that former nurse Lindsay Clancy killed her children Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months) on January 24, 2023, and attempted suicide.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump. Academic debate exists about whether to characterize the event as a cou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deadly Women is an American documentary television series focusing on true crime, specifically female killers. It first aired in 2005 on the Discovery Channel. It was originally based on a TV document…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Deadly_Women_episodes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable people from what is now the county of Merseyside, including those from the city of Liverpool and surrounding areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Merseyside

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Claim 7: “the journal, which had entries beginning Oct. 13, 2022 and ending Jan. 18, 2023.”

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While the existence of the journal is corroborated, the specific start and end dates (Oct 13, 2022 to Jan 18, 2023) are not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the journal's existence is confirmed.

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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 strangled her three young children to death and attempted suicide at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Clancy pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, with the de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children

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Claim 8: “Clancy sent Patrick out to run two errands and killed her kids before cutting her wrists and neck and throwing herself out of the second-story window of her bedroom.”

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Claim 9: “psychiatrists who saw Clancy during her month-long stay at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston recovering from her suicide attempt, which paralyzed her.”

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Web search results explicitly state that jurors heard from psychiatrists who saw Clancy during her month-long stay at Brigham and Women’s Hospital recovering from a suicide attempt that paralyzed her.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a working list of notable faculty, alumni and scholars of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Pennsylv…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary is a feminine given name. Below is a list of notable individuals named Mary.
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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 10: “Shah also testified that Clancy asked for her health proxy to be changed from her husband, Patrick Clancy, to her parents”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the request to change the health proxy from Patrick Clancy to her parents.

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Claim 11: “The 35-year-old Boston-area mom documented having “horrible insomnia and anxiety” and being wracked with guilt over her choice to stop breastfeeding her 8-month-old son and sleep train him”

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Multiple sources describe her diary entries as detailing inner torment, struggles with her baby's cries, and a medication journal, corroborating the nature of the documentation described in the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy is on trial for killing her three children (Picture: Reuters). A mother who killed her three young children with exercise bands before attempting to take her own life was ‘desperate for…
https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/04/diary-entry-written-weeks-mum…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy's fraught diary entries were revealed in court this week, giving a glimpse into her state of mind around the killings. She kept a detailed medication journal documenting her reactions a…
https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16025881/lindsa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy’s diary from the months before she strangled her three young kids revealed the dark thoughts and inner torment she struggled with — including once telling her husband, “I want to die” i…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/us-news/lindsay-clancys-diary-…

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Claim 12: “Melo collected the diary and other journals and evidence from Clancy’s Duxbury, Mass. home.”

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Web search results explicitly mention MA State Police Trooper Cory Melo who searched the home and was read the journal entries in court.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy trial: Journal entries detailing mental state read aloud in court. Defense and prosecution in the Lindsay Clancy case read her journal aloud to MA State Police Trooper Cory Melo who sea…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/04/metro/lindsay-clancy-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy wrote in her journal two months before killing her three young kids that she was "so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone," jurors learned at her murder trial Mo…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/03/us-news/lindsay-clancy-reveale…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy, a Duxbury mother, is on trial for three counts of murder in the strangulation deaths of her children. Her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, testified about her worsening mental health and re…
https://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/courts/2026/08/0…

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Claim 13: “The second doctor, David Casavant, testified about the decision to take the infant off life support three days after Clancy strangled him.”

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Claim 14: “The jury was also shown the elastic bands used to kill the kids.”

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Claim 15: “She shattered her spine, becoming paraplegic”

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