Lindsay Clancy was ‘calm and cooperative’ days after killing her 3 children, psychiatrist says

Krdo · Aug 03, 2026 · 1242 words · By CNN Newssource

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Lindsay Clancy was ‘calm and cooperative’ days after killing her 3 children, psychiatrist says By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy was “calm and cooperative” during a psychiatric examination days after killing her three children and attempting…

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What happened

Why it matters

Sejal Shah testified she examined Clancy multiple times at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in January and February 2023.

Common ground

In a January 30, 2023 assessment, Clancy denied having suicidal or homicidal intentions, denied having hallucinations or delusions that day, and her thought-process was “organized” and “goal-directed,” Shah said.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Lindsay Clancy was ‘calm and cooperative’ days after killing her 3 children, psychiatrist says?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that A kitchen cabinet in Clancy’s home had books and notebooks about postpartum depression and anxiety, including a “postpartum anxiety workbook” with nothing filled in, Massachusetts State Police Detective John Santos said?
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Claim 1: “A kitchen cabinet in Clancy’s home had books and notebooks about postpartum depression and anxiety, including a “postpartum anxiety workbook” with nothing filled in, Massachusetts State Police Detective John Santos said.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Detective John Santos or the specific contents of the kitchen cabinet.

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Claim 2: “The cuts on Clancy’s neck and wrists were “superficial,” she said.”

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Claim 3: “He [Callan] was declared dead on January 27, 2023.”

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Claim 4: “The book, “Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts,” about mothers who have intrusive thoughts, was also found in the cabinet.”

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Claim 5: “Dr. Andrew Capraro, the hospital physician who treated 8-month-old Callan, said the baby was cold on arrival, limp and had ligature marks and swelling on his neck.”

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Claim 6: “Clancy’s defense has admitted to the killings but said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was not “criminally responsible.””

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Multiple independent sources (CNN, ABC17NEWS, and others) confirm the defense admitted to the killings but argued she was not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis.

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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy’s defense team, supported by her ex-husband and father of the children, Patrick Clancy, will argue that she was suffering a mental health crisis, exacerbated by overmedication for severe postpa…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/lindsay-clan…

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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy’s defense has admitted to the killings but said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was not “criminally responsible.” “She had no motive. She loved her children,” defense attorney K…
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/08/lindsay-clancy-was-cal…

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web search NEUTRAL — Her defense argues she may not be ‘criminally responsible’.And while there is precedent for the defense to argue Clancy is not criminally responsible for her children's deaths, experts tell CNN her at…
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/woman-trial-murder-her-3-070026335…

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Claim 7: “Once moved to Boston, Clancy went into cardiac arrest and had to be revived with CPR and chest compressions, ICU nurse Rachelle Amedee said.”

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Claim 8: “In a January 30, 2023 assessment, Clancy denied having suicidal or homicidal intentions, denied having hallucinations or delusions that day, and her thought-process was “organized” and “goal-directed,” Shah said.”

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Multiple independent sources (ABC17NEWS, ABC13 Houston) specifically cite the January 30, 2023 assessment where Clancy denied suicidal/homicidal intentions and hallucinations, and was described as having an 'organized' and 'goal-directed' thought process.

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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…
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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 9: “On January 24, 2023, Clancy fatally strangled her three children in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home using exercise resistance bands.”

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Both Wikipedia and multiple news sources (ABC13 Houston) confirm the date (January 24, 2023), the location (Duxbury, MA), the method (exercise resistance bands), and the victims.

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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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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…
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Claim 10: “Lindsay Clancy was “calm and cooperative” during a psychiatric examination days after killing her three children and attempting suicide”

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Multiple independent web sources (ABC17NEWS, ABC13 Houston) report that Dr. Sejal Shah testified that Lindsay Clancy was 'calm and cooperative' during her psychiatric examination.

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web search NEUTRAL — Another psychiatrist, Dr. Sejal Shah, said Clancy was “calm and cooperative” during a psych exam one week after the killings. Clancy’s thought-process was “organized” and “goal-directed,” Shah said, a…
https://www.tmj4.com/us-news/crime/lindsay-clancy-trial-reve…

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web search NEUTRAL — Psychiatrist Dr. Sejal Shah testified about Lindsay Clancy’s condition during her hospitalization, describing her behavior and mental state following surgery. Shah told jurors that Clancy initially ex…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHUdRcABC-Q

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web search NEUTRAL — Psychiatric evaluations of Clancy. Shah’s interaction with Clancy was part of an assessment to determine whether she was in a proper mindset to change her health care proxy from her husband to her par…
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/08/lindsay-clancy-was-cal…

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Claim 11: “Dawson, the 3-year-old, did not have a pulse and was not breathing and was declared dead at the hospital”

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Claim 12: “Dr. Michael Snyder, the physician who treated Cora, said the girl was not breathing and had no heartbeat when she arrived to the hospital.”

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Claim 13: “Dr. Jhilam Biswas said she met with Clancy in the hospital on January 26, 2023, to gauge her mental state.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm Dr. Jhilam Biswas met with Clancy on January 26, 2023, to evaluate her mental state.

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web search NEUTRAL — 26, 2023, Biswas evaluated Lindsay Clancy in her ICU hospital room. Clancy was awake and intubated. "It was difficult for her to answer a range of questions," Biswas said.
https://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/courts/2026/08/0…

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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, is charged with three counts of first degree murder in the deaths of her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in Duxbury, Massachusetts …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZfvz_WAuqU

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy murder trial continues as mental state examined | WATCH LIVE.Dr. Jhilam Biswas said she met with Clancy in the hospital on January 26, 2023, to gauge her mental state.
https://abc7news.com/post/lindsay-clancy-trial-today-murder-…

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Claim 14: “Clancy could not speak because she was on a ventilator, so she asked for a paper and pen to write her answers.”

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While one search result mentions she was 'intubated' and it was 'difficult for her to answer a range of questions,' the specific detail about asking for a paper and pen to write answers is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though it aligns with the context of being intubated.

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Claim 15: “Dr. Kelly McDonough, a physician at South Shore Hospital, testified Clancy had a thoracic spine injury from her fall, but CT scans did not show a head injury.”

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Claim 16: “She then cut her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-story window in a suicide attempt, leaving her partially paralyzed.”

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Cross-referenced evidence from Krdo and multiple web search results confirm the suicide attempt involved cutting her wrists and neck and jumping from a second-story window, resulting in partial paralysis.

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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.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/lindsay-clan…

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web search NEUTRAL — 24, 2023, Clancy fatally strangled her three children in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home using exercise resistance bands. She then cut her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-s…
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/08/lindsay-clancy-was-cal…

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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities said Clancy then attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window, leaving her paralyzed. Lindsay Clancy enters the courtroom after a short break in her murder trial at Plymouth Sup…
https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/video-lindsay-clancy-so…

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Claim 17: “Clancy was first treated at South Shore Hospital before she was transferred to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.”

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Claim 18: “Dr. Sejal Shah testified she examined Clancy multiple times at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in January and February 2023.”

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Three independent news sources (ABC13 Houston, Fox News, The Patriot Ledger via web search) confirm Dr. Sejal Shah examined Clancy multiple times at Brigham and Women's Hospital in January and February 2023.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Sejal Shah testified she examined Clancy multiple times at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in January and February 2023.
https://abc13.com/post/lindsay-clancy-trial-today-murder-con…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Sejal Shah testified she examined Clancy multiple times at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in January and February 2023.Shah, an associate chief of psychiatry and medicine at Brigham and Wom…
https://www.foxnews.com/us/lindsay-clancy-defense-scores-ext…

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Claim 19: “The medical testimony came during the second week of Clancy’s trial on three counts of murder in the killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and 8-month-old Callan.”

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Wikipedia confirms Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children (Cora, Dawson, and Callan) and was charged with murder. Web search results confirm the trial details and the children's ages.

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Claim 20: “Patrick Clancy testified about his ex-wife’s downward spiral, full of hospital visits and about a dozen medications to treat her insomnia, anxiety and depression.”

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