Lindsay Clancy trial live updates from Aug. 4-5: Killer mom sobs as nanny describes ‘happiest, sweetest, easiest’ baby, Callan

Nypost · Aug 04, 2026 · 1529 words · By Priscilla DeGregory

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Killer mom Lindsay Clancy‘s body shook with sobs in court Wednesday, as her children’s former nanny described “girly girl” Cora, 5, “silly” Dawson, 3, and “sweetest, easiest baby” Callan to the jury in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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Claim 1: “Dr. Justin Brower, a forensic toxicologist at NMS Labs, testified that Lindsay Clancy had two antidepressant meds and two bipolar meds in her system after she killed her kids.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim regarding the specific medications (Lamictal, Seroquel, Trazodone, Remeron) testified to by Dr. Justin Brower.

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Claim 2: “The nanny, Elaine Rossi, took the brief video of the 8-month-old and sent it to Lindsay Clancy on Sept. 9, 2022”

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While evidence confirms Elaine Rossi was the nanny and that a photo/video of baby Callan was shown at trial, the specific date of September 9, 2022, for the sending of the video is not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2014.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 1996.
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Claim 3: “Judge William Sullivan dismissed the jury for the day just after 12 p.m.”

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One web search result specifically mentions Judge William Sullivan dismissing the jury for the day following Patrick Clancy's testimony, but the specific time (12 p.m.) is not explicitly corroborated by a second independent source in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emil Joseph Bove III (; AY-mill BOH-vee; born 1981) is an American attorney who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since September …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Bove

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Night Court is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 4, 1984, and ended on May 31, 1992, after nine seasons consisting of 193 episodes. The show is set in the night shift of a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reversible Errors is a 2004 American made-for-television crime thriller film based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Scott Turow. It was directed by Mike Robe, who previously directed Scott Turow'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_Errors_(film)

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Claim 4: “Lindsay Clancy had a "slightly elevated" level of antipsychotic drug Seroquel in her system but it wasn't enough to be toxic or kill her”

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The provided evidence for this claim contains only general definitions of forensic science and does not contain the specific testimony of Dr. Justin Brower regarding Seroquel levels.

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The noun forensic, meaning “an argumentative exercise” derives from the adjective forensic, whose earliest meaning in English is “belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts or to public…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forensic

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web search NEUTRAL — Forensic scientists collect, preserve, and analyze evidence during the course of an investigation. While some forensic scientists travel to the scene of the crime to collect the evidence themselves, o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_science

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web search NEUTRAL — Forensic DNA analysis takes advantage of the uniqueness of an individual's DNA to answer forensic questions such as paternity/maternity testing or placing a suspect at a crime scene, e.g., in a rape i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_forensic_science

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Claim 5: “Rossi worked for the Clancys from September until around Dec. 8, 2022.”

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A web search result explicitly states that Elaine Rossi worked for the Clancy family from September to December 2022.

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web search NEUTRAL — Elaine is a feminine given name, an Old French form of the name Helen. The name Elaine was popularized in the Anglosphere by its use by Alfred, Lord Tennyson for a character in his 1859 Arthurian roma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_(given_name)

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web search NEUTRAL — Ndivhuwo Elaine Mukheli (born 2 April 1999), known mononymously as Elaine, is a South African R&B singer and songwriter from Pretoria. While studying law at the University of the Witwatersrand, she se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_(singer)

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web search NEUTRAL — Elaine is a girl's name of French, Scottish origin meaning "bright, shining light". Elaine is the 305 ranked female name by popularity.
https://nameberry.com/b/girl-baby-name-elaine

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Claim 6: “Clancy was suffering from postpartum depression leading up to the murders and was prescribed six medications at the time of the killings.”

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Claim 7: “she downed pills, cut herself and jumped from a second-story bedroom window the night she strangled her children.”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and iHeart/ABC7 Chicago, confirm she attempted suicide by cutting herself and jumping from a second-story window.

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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 — Clancy remains paralyzed after her fall from the home's second-floor window and is being held at a state hospital while awaiting trial. Patrick is expected to testify for both the prosecution and the …
https://vt.co/news/us/experts-alarm-critical-medication-mist…

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web search NEUTRAL — After the incident, Lindsay attempted to end her own life by cutting herself and jumping from a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the waist down, as reported by ABC7 Chicago.
https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-07-29-emotional-testimon…

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Claim 8: “On the right wrist, she had a cut that was three centimeters deep and required three stitches and on the left wrist she had a cut two centimeters deep that required one stitch.”

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Claim 9: “Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months”

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The names and ages of the children (Cora 5, Dawson 3, Callan 8 months) are consistently reported across multiple cross-references and news sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy allegedly strangled her three young children to death and attempted suicide at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Clancy pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children

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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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Claim 10: “Eitan Negri, a physicians assistant working at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston at the time, testified he had to stitch up cuts to Lindsay Clancy's left and right wrists.”

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Claim 11: “Sherri Crook, a blood stain analysis expert, is testifying about blood stains in Lindsay Clancy's home”

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Claim 12: “She is paraplegic now.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 13: “Killer mom Lindsay Clancy‘s body shook with sobs in court Wednesday”

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While web search results confirm that the trial is taking place and that the defendant is present, none of the provided evidence snippets specifically describe her body 'shaking with sobs' on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The eleventh season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 4 February 2004 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 39-episode season concluded 5 November 2…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The third season of Chicago P.D., an American police drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Matt Olmstead, was ordered on February 5, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Augustus Richard Kenworthy (born October 1, 1991) is a British-American freestyle skier, actor, and YouTuber. He competes in slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air. Kenworthy won the silver medal in men's …
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Claim 14: “The labor and delivery nurse is charged with three counts of murder and faces life in prison without parole if convicted.”

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Web search results and trial updates confirm she is a labor and delivery nurse charged with murder for the deaths of her three children.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Dee Lohan (/ ˈloʊ.ən / LOH-ən; [a] born July 2, 1986) [5] is an American actress, singer, and producer. She was signed to Ford Models at the age of three, and gained early recognition as a chi…
https://en.m.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. The given name comes from the Scottish surname and clan name, which comes from the toponym Lindsey, which in turn comes f…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_(name)

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 3, 2026 · Follow live coverage of the Lindsay Clancy trial in Massachusetts, where the mom is charged with murder for strangling her three young kids while postpartum in 2023.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/03/us-news/lindsay-clancy-trial-a…

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Claim 15: “Clancy, 35, doesn’t contest that she killed her three young kids in the basement of the family’s Duxbury, Mass. home in January 2023”

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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, AOL, and a news report regarding the ex-husband's testimony) confirm that Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children in Duxbury, MA in January 2023.

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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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web search NEUTRAL — 2023 killings of three children in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Duxbury child killings. Date. January 24, 2023. Location. Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury_child_killings

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