Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer erupts after ‘hot mic’ allegedly caught prosecutor saying ‘shut her up’ while killer mom wailed over baby’s autopsy

Nypost · Aug 07, 2026 · 360 words · By Priscilla DeGregory

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Add The New York Post on Google A prosecutor at Lindsay Clancy’s trial was caught on a mic saying, “Shut her up’’ as the killer mom wailed when autopsy photos were shown of her baby in court, the defendant’s fuming lawyer claimed Friday.

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Clancy lawyer Kevin Reddington protested to the judge after a break that he needed to raise an issue in the Massachusetts horror case.

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Claim 1: “Clancy lawyer Kevin Reddington protested to the judge after a break that he needed to raise an issue in the Massachusetts horror case.”

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Two independent sources (TikTok court footage description and Newsweek) confirm that Kevin Reddington requested to raise an issue with Judge William Sullivan during the trial.

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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 trial: Judge and defense attorney clash in court.7, defense attorney Kevin Reddington said he wanted to "raise an issue" with Judge Williams Sullivan.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/attorney-reddington-and-judg…

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web search NEUTRAL — Defense attorney Kevin Reddington, right, sits in court next to Lindsay Clancy during a break in her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Wednesday, Aug.
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-5-bigge…

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Claim 2: “A prosecutor at Lindsay Clancy’s trial was caught on a mic saying, “Shut her up’’ as the killer mom wailed when autopsy photos were shown of her baby in court, the defendant’s fuming lawyer claimed Friday.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that defense attorney Kevin Reddington claimed a prosecutor was caught on a hot mic saying 'Shut her up' while autopsy photos were shown.

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web search NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Defense (DoD), [4] also referred to as the Department of War (DoW), [a] is an executive department of the United States federal government charged with coordinating and…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_…

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web search NEUTRAL — Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks Defense industry, industry which manufactures and sells w…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 31, 2026 · Featuring the best practices in industry and plug-and-play components, Defense Travel System streamlines the entire process involved in global Department of Defense (DoD) travel.
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Claim 3: “the prosecutor allegedly made the comment while medical examiner Dr Kimberly Springer was on the stand and the court was shown autopsy photos of Clancy’s 8-month-old baby Callan”

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Multiple sources specify that the alleged comment occurred during the testimony of medical examiner Dr. Kimberly Springer while autopsy photos of baby Callan were being presented.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education happens in a complex institutional framework, like public schools. Non-formal education …
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Claim 4: “whose client, a 35-year-old former labor and delivery mom — fatally strangled her three young children with exercise bands.”

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Wikipedia directly confirms that Lindsay Clancy's three children were strangled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on January 24, 2023. Other sources confirm her profession as a nurse.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay and Patrick Clancy's three young children were strangled and Lindsay Clancy was found unconscious in an apparent suicide attempt outside her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children

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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…
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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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Claim 5: “Clancy’s lawyers claim she was in the throes of a psychotic postpartum episode when she killed her little kids.”

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Multiple independent sources (FindLaw, ABC13 Houston, and trial reports) confirm the defense's argument that Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis.

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web search NEUTRAL — According to her attorneys, none of her providers recognized in time that she was not just dealing with postpartum depression, but a possible bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/postpartum-psyc…

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web search NEUTRAL — She added that she treated many such patients during her residency immediately before her independent practice.Clancy admits she killed the children; her defense maintains she was suffering from postp…
https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/courts/2026/08/10/l…

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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, has argued she suffered from postpartum psychosis and extreme mental illness, and tried to kill her children before attempting to take her own life.
https://abc13.com/post/lindsay-clancy-trial-watch-live-exper…

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Claim 6: “Judge William Sullivan said he wanted to take the issue to sidebar, even though the jury wasn’t back in the room yet.”

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Multiple sources confirm Judge William Sullivan frequently used sidebars to discuss issues with lawyers during the trial, including specific instances mentioned in court updates.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Timothy Daniel Sullivan (July 23, 1862 – August 31, 1913) was a New York politician who controlled Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall. He was kn…
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