Lindsay Clancy told hubby in bone-chilling call that male voice instructed her to ‘kill her children and kill herself’: testimony

Nypost · Aug 18, 2026 · 872 words · By Priscilla DeGregory

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Lindsay Clancy told hubby in bone-chilling call that male voice instructed her to ‘kill her children and kill herself’: testimony See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Lindsay Clancy told hubby in bone-chilling call that male voice instructed her to ‘kill her children and kill herself’: testimony See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Lindsay Clancy told her husband in a bone-chilling phone call after strangling their kids that she heard a male voice telling her to “kill her children and kill herself,” a shrink testified Tuesday.

Common ground

Clancy, 36, had asked hospital psychologist Paul Zeizel if she could borrow his phone Feb.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Clancy then phoned spouse Patrick Clancy from her hospital room at Brigham and Women’s, where she was being held and recovering from a suicide attempt after strangling the kids with exercise cords?
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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: “Clancy then phoned spouse Patrick Clancy from her hospital room at Brigham and Women’s, where she was being held and recovering from a suicide attempt after strangling the kids with exercise cords.”

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Web search and Wikipedia confirm she was at Brigham and Women's Hospital recovering from a suicide attempt (jumping from a window and cutting wrists/neck) following the strangulation of her children.

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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 — Following is a list of notable people who were either born in the American state of Idaho or lived there for a substantial amount of time.
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Claim 2: “Condie told the jury Clancy ran a race just hours after delivering her third child, Callan, in May 2022.”

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Web search results confirm that Dr. Donald Condie testified that Lindsay Clancy ran a road race shortly after giving birth to her son, Callan.

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web search 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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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Donald Condie testified in Lindsay Clancy's trial, emphasizing her postpartum depression symptoms.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/did-lindsa…

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web search NEUTRAL — A clinical psychologist testified Tuesday that Lindsay Clancy ran a road race shortly after giving birth to her youngest child, testimony prosecutors used to question her mental state.
https://news.meaww.com/lindsay-clancy-defense-rests-but-one-…

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Claim 3: “Reddington wants the jury to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity based on the fact she was allegedly afflicted with severe postpartum psychosis worsened by a slew of powerful psychiatric medications her doctors prescribed her.”

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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and other news reports, confirm that defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity based on severe postpartum psychosis exacerbated by medication.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kevin Reddington (born February 9, 1951) is a criminal defense attorney based in Brockton, Massachusetts, who has appeared in a number of high-profile cases. He received his law degree from Suffolk Un…
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Claim 4: “Clancy killed Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan while Patrick was out running errands.”

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Wikipedia confirms the names and ages of the children (Cora 5, Dawson 3, Callan 8 months) and the date/location of the killings. While the 'running errands' detail isn't explicitly in the snippet, the core facts of the victims are verified.

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Claim 5: “The pair divorced, and Patrick has since remarried.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the current marital status of Lindsay and Patrick Clancy or whether Patrick has remarried.

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Claim 6: “The doctor also testified that Clancy likely hit the ground head first when she later threw herself out of the window of her bedroom on the second floor of her home — the fall causing her to break her spine in multiple places.”

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Multiple sources confirm she attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window, resulting in paralysis from the waist down (breaking her spine).

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web search NEUTRAL — She then attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and neck and jumping from a second-story window, sustaining injuries that left her paralyzed from the waist down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy—this is where Lindsay clancys head would have been after she “jumped” out of the window. You can clearly see in the basement of the Clancy basement in these photos!
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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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Claim 7: “Lindsay Clancy told her husband in a bone-chilling phone call after strangling their kids that she heard a male voice telling her to “kill her children and kill herself,” a shrink testified Tuesday.”

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Multiple independent web sources (AOL and other news reports) confirm that psychologist Paul Zeizel testified that Lindsay Clancy told her husband she heard a male voice ordering her to kill her children and herself.

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web search NEUTRAL — She told him she heard a male voice ordering her to kill her children and herself.Dr. Paul Zeizel testified in the murder trial that he let Lindsay Clancy use his phone to call her husband, Patrick Cl…
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web search NEUTRAL — “She had said that she heard a male voice ordering her, telling her that she didn’t have any choice, but she had to kill her children and then kill herself,” Zeizel testified.
https://www.aol.com/articles/lindsay-clancy-psychologist-say…

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Claim 8: “Clancy is now a paraplegic and wheelchair-bound.”

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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and court reports, describe her as being in a wheelchair and paralyzed from the waist down.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy murder trial: Judge declares mistrial in heartbreaking case of mom accused of killing 3 children. Here's everything you need to know about Lindsay Clancy, who is on trial in Massachuset…
https://www.hellomagazine.com/us/918162/lindsay-clancy-every…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy in a wheelchair in court during her murder trial.Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledger via AP. “Would you agree that the evidence in your opinion supports that contention, sir,” Reddington …
https://nypost.com/2026/08/26/us-news/lindsay-clancy-trial-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy’s mental wellbeing will be a central question during her trial for strangling her three children to death.Ahead of opening statements on Monday, Clancy has been sitting in a wheelchair …
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/lindsay-clan…

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Claim 9: “Clancy, 36, had asked hospital psychologist Paul Zeizel if she could borrow his phone Feb. 6, 2023 — 13 days after killing her and her then-husband’s three young children”

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Web search results explicitly confirm that on February 6, 2023, 13 days after the killings, 36-year-old Lindsay Clancy asked Paul Zeizel to borrow his phone.

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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…
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Claim 10: “Dr. Elizabeth Laposata... told the jury that since Clancy used elastic exercise bands to strangle her kids, they probably lost consciousness in 10 seconds and died minutes later.”

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The provided evidence for this claim is a Wikipedia entry for a docuseries called 'Smiley Face Killers', which is completely unrelated to the Lindsay Clancy case. No evidence regarding Dr. Elizabeth Laposata's specific testimony on the 10-second consciousness window was found in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice is an American television docuseries that originally aired from January 19 to February 23, 2019 on Oxygen. It examines possible victims of the smiley-face mur…
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