Lindsay Clancy’s haunting messages to nurse revealed weeks before she killed her 3 kids

Nypost · Aug 12, 2026 · 1077 words · By Zoe Hussain

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Add The New York Post on Google Lindsay Clancy’s chilling messages to a nurse practitioner in the weeks before she strangled her three young kids and tried to kill herself were revealed this week during her murder trial.

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Clancy, then 32, sent nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta a string of messages in early December, describing that she was overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts, concerned she could be addicted to an anxiety medication, and disturbed that she was “completely…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/lindsay-clancys-haunting-messages-to-nurse…

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Claim 1: “Lindsay Clancy... strangled her three young kids and tried to kill herself”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm that Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children and attempted suicide.

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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. She was charged with three co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury_child_killings

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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.Police found her lying naked in bed next to the children, attempting to pry the…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/lindsay-clan…

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web search NEUTRAL — A woman is accused of strangling her three children, killing two, at their home in Duxbury.Cruz was asked Wednesday if the baby was harmed in an attempted strangulation, but the district attorney didn…
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/children-5-and-3-years-…

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Claim 2: “Clancy, then 32, sent nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta a string of messages in early December”

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Multiple news sources confirm that Clancy, aged 32, sent a string of messages to nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta in early December 2022.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy 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 States. Sh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children

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web search NEUTRAL — Rebecca Jollotta, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, began treating Clancy in a postpartum program at South Shore Health, Massachusetts. Seven weeks later on January 24, 2023, Clancy strangled her thre…
https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16045839/lindsa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy, then 32, sent nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta a string of messages in early December, describing that she was overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts, concerned she could be addicted to an anxie…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/lindsay-clancys-haunti…

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Claim 3: “when Clancy went to the Rhode Island facility on Dec. 20, 2022, they turned her away because they thought she might have been taking too many prescription medications”

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Claim 4: “Jollotta treated Clancy from Nov. 29, 2022 to Dec. 13, 2022”

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Multiple sources specifically cite the treatment window from November 29, 2022, to December 13, 2022.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rebecca Jollotta is a psychiatric nurse practitioner at the South Shore Health perinatal behavioral health clinic in Massachusetts, and on November 29, 2022, she took over Lindsay Clancy's medication …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRzpR7hho9g

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy's prescription medication use has been at the center of her murder trial.Paul, who left the practice in December 2022, briefly saw Clancy in November 2022 before transferring her care t…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/12/lindsay…

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Claim 5: “Jollotta previously met with Clancy and Patrick in person during a Dec. 6, 2022, visit”

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Claim 6: “Clancy did go to the emergency room that day [Dec 15, 2022] and ended up opting out of checking into mental institution McLean Hospital”

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This specific detail is only found in the provided cross-reference from the NY Post and was not found in the general web search results provided.

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Claim 7: “Clancy, now 36, called Jollotta on Dec. 15, 2022, with her then-husband, Patrick Clancy”

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Multiple reports from the trial confirm that on December 15, 2022, Lindsay and Patrick Clancy called Rebecca Jollotta.

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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 — Francesca Hong (born November 4, 1988) is an American politician, former chef, and business owner who has represented Wisconsin's 76th Assembly district in the Wisconsin State Assembly since 2021. She…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Hong

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Claim 8: “deciding instead to join an outpatient program at Women and Infants Hospital in Rhode Island”

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This detail regarding the outpatient program at Women and Infants Hospital in Rhode Island is only corroborated by the single cross-reference provided.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Clancy did go to the emergency room that day and ended up opting out of checking into McLean, deciding instead that she would join an outpatient program at Women and Infants Hospital in Rhode Island
https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/lindsay-clancys-worst-…

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Claim 9: “Jollotta... works at South Shore Hospital’s Perinatal Behavioral Clinic”

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Official provider listings and trial testimony confirm Rebecca Jollotta works at South Shore Hospital's Perinatal Behavioral Health Program.

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web search NEUTRAL — South Shore Hospital / Bridge Program and Perinatal Behavioral Health Program 797 Main Street South Weymouth, MA 02190 United States.Speciality Care & Clinics. Hospitals.
https://www.southshorehealth.org/find-a-doctor/rebecca-h-jol…

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web search NEUTRAL — Asked by Reddington, Jollotta said Clancy symptoms, while serious, were commonly treated at the South Shore perinatal clinic. Reddington then asked about Clancy's visit on Dec. 20 to Women and Infants…
https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/courts/2026/08/11/lind…

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Claim 10: “before she slit her wrists and throat and threw herself from the second story of her Duxbury, Mass., home, leaving her partially paralyzed”

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Wikipedia and other reports confirm she slit her wrists/throat and jumped from a second-story window in Duxbury, MA, resulting in paralysis.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Duxbury child killings, also known as the Lindsay Clancy case, took place on January 24, 2023, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States, when the three children of the Clancy family, five-year-old…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury_child_killings

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy in court in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Clancy has been accused of the murder of her three young children. Photograph: CJ Gunther/Reuters.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/lindsay-clan…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy watches as her ex-husband Patrick Clancy takes the witness stand on the opening day of Lindsay Clancy's murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court Monday, July 27, 2026. Clancy is charged …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/prosecutors-reject-ps…

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Claim 11: “on Jan. 24, 2023, Clancy murdered her kids Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, who was 8 months old, with exercise bands”

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Wikipedia and multiple news reports confirm the date (Jan 24, 2023), the children's names and ages (Cora 5, Dawson 3, Callan 8 months), and the use of exercise/fitness bands.

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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 co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Notable playwrights from the United States include:
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Claim 12: “Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse”

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Wikipedia and news reports confirm she was a labor and delivery nurse, specifically at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy also attempted to take her own life that night, and was left paralyzed. Lindsay and Patrick Clancy are now divorced. Susan Clancy, who, like Lindsay, worked as a labor and delivery nurs…
https://www.whec.com/ap-top-news/lindsay-clancy-was-begging-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Cora and Dawson were pronounced dead at a hospital, while the infant boy was flown to Boston Tuesday night. On her Facebook page, Clancy wrote that she works as a labor and delivery nurse at Massachus…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/25/metro/mother-three-ch…

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