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Lindsay Clancy’s shrink spends hours being torn apart on stand about drugs prescribed before mom killed 3 kids

Nypost · · 1147 words · By Priscilla DeGregory
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Lindsay Clancy’s shrink spends hours being torn apart on stand about drugs prescribed before mom killed 3 kids See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer spent hours Monday grilling the shrink who treated Clancy in the months before she strangled her three kids — ripping the doctor for only having a month on the job before she started treating the…

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Jennifer Tufts took the witness stand for the second day at Clancy’s Plymouth, Mass., trial and was subjected to a relentless and blistering cross-examination by Kevin Reddington.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 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 only took Zoloft for eight days after experiencing a slew of intolerable symptoms after increasing her dosage on the eighth day.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about Lindsay Lohan and general case summaries, but does not mention the specific 8-day duration or the dosage increase symptoms.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Evidence publicly presented in the Clancy case indicates Lindsay was the only adult at the family home when investigators believe the children were attacked.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/22/us/patrick-clancy-conspiracy-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay (/ ˈlɪnzi /) is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_(name)
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web search NEUTRAL — Guided by Oprah Winfrey, Lohan was the subject of the docu-series Lindsay (2014). She made her stage debut in the London West End production of Speed-the-Plow (2014), and appeared in the comedy series…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Lohan
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Claim 2: “Dr. Jennifer Tufts took the witness stand for the second day at Clancy’s Plymouth, Mass., trial”
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Web search results confirm Dr. Jennifer Tufts returned to the stand on Monday and finished her testimony, indicating a multi-day appearance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A list of American films released in 1943. Casablanca won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1943
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr Jennifer Tufts, a psychiatrist who treated Clancy and prescribed her multiple different medications in the four months leading up to the killings, returned to Plymouth County Superior Court in Mass…
https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16042849/jennif…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lindsay Clancy trial Day 10: Dr. Jennifer Tufts finishes her testimony.Lindsay Clancy murder trial: toxicologist testifies about medications found in defendant’s blood. 6 days ago. By Edward Helmore.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 3: “her four-year residency through Boston Medical Center, which included a year working with a postpartum specialist.”
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Sources confirm she completed a four-year residency at Boston Medical Center in July 2022.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jurors learned that Dr Tufts had only completed her four-year residency at Boston Medical School in 2022. She started working as a practicing psychiatrist at Aster Health and got her individual DEA li…
https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16042849/jennif…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Jennifer Tufts, one of the first medical professionals Lindsay Clancy consulted as she struggled with increasing anxiety ahead of returning to work after the birth of her third child, testified in…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/07/metro/jennifer-tufts-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Jennifer Tufts completed her psychiatric residency at Boston Medical Center in July 2022 and joined Aster Mental Health the following month, receiving board certification around the time of Clancy…
https://gazettedirect.com/dr-jennifer-tufts-md-psychiatrist-…
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Claim 4: “The labor and delivery nurse — on maternity leave after giving birth to her third child, son Callan, in May”
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Multiple sources identify Lindsay Clancy as a labor and delivery nurse and confirm the birth of her son Callan.
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Claim 5: “The 35-year-old Duxbury mother first saw Tufts on Sept. 15, 2022, four months before she killed kids Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan and then tried to kill herself on Jan. 24, 2023.”
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Web search results confirm Dr. Jennifer Tufts first began treating Lindsay Clancy in September 2022, and other sources confirm the date of the children's deaths as January 24, 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — Guided by Oprah Winfrey, Lohan was the subject of the docu-series Lindsay (2014). She made her stage debut in the London West End production of Speed-the-Plow (2014), and appeared in the comedy series…
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.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_(name)
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Evidence publicly presented in the Clancy case indicates Lindsay was the only adult at the family home when investigators believe the children were attacked.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/22/us/patrick-clancy-conspiracy-…
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Claim 6: “Reddington also laid into Tufts for allegedly prescribing Clancy antidepressant medication Zoloft”
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Cross-references from Nypost explicitly confirm that Dr. Tufts prescribed Zoloft to Lindsay Clancy during their first appointment.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tufts prescribed Zoloft on their first appointment on Sept. 15
https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/us-news/lindsay-clancy-trial-a…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Dr. Jennifer Tufts, a psychiatrist who started treating Clancy in September 2022 and prescribed her Zoloft at the time, testified that Clancy had reported on an intake form that she was having one to …
https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/us-news/everything-we-know-abo…
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Claim 7: “The 35-year-old Duxbury mother first saw Tufts on Sept. 15, 2022, four months before she killed kids Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan and then tried to kill herself on Jan. 24, 2023.”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources explicitly confirm the date (January 24, 2023), the victims (Cora, Dawson, Callan), their ages, and the suicide attempt.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy fatally strangled her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, and was later found unconscious outside the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, after attemptin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Clancy_children
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2022. The 2022 release schedule includes numerous notable films that were originally scheduled for release in 2020 and 2021, but were postponed due to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_2022
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2025. Following the box office section, this list is organized chronologically, providing information on release dates, production companies, directors, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_2025
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Claim 8: “jurors heard from nurse practitioner Julie Paul, who briefly treated Clancy at a clinic at South Shore Hospital that specialized in treating women with postpartum.”
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Claim 9: “Tufts admitted she was only seeing Clancy in person for the first time when she began testifying on Friday.”
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Claim 10: “After strangling her kids, Clancy slit her wrists and neck and threw herself out of the upstairs window of her home. She partially paralyzed herself in the fall and is now wheelchair bound.”
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Claim 11: “Tufts, 36, admitted that she had only been with a private practice Aster Mental Health — her first job out of her residency — for one month before she started treating Clancy.”
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Multiple sources confirm Dr. Tufts is 36 and had been with Aster Mental Health for approximately one month (starting August 2022) before treating Clancy in September 2022.
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web search NEUTRAL — Clancy appeared emotional at times as Reddington forced Tufts to dissect every action she made in Clancy’s case. Tufts, 36, admitted that she had only been with a private practice Aster Mental Health …
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/lawyer-spends-hours-te…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Jennifer Tufts first began treating Clancy in September 2022, roughly four months after Clancy gave birth to her third child.She began working at Aster Mental Health in August 2022 before first se…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/08/11/lindsay…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Jennifer Tufts is the outpatient psychiatrist who managed Lindsay Clancy's medication in the months before Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy died. Clancy, a Duxbury labor and delivery nurse, faces th…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXpui6NwwlM
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Claim 12: “Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer spent hours Monday grilling the shrink who treated Clancy in the months before she strangled her three kids”
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Multiple web search results confirm that defense attorney Kevin Reddington cross-examined Dr. Jennifer Tufts on a Monday during the trial.
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense attorney Kevin Reddington cross examines Dr. Jennifer Tufts who treated Lindsay Clancy during Clancy's murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, Aug. 10, 2026.
https://www.ksat.com/health/2026/08/10/defense-lawyer-takes-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense attorney Kevin Reddington grilled Dr. Jennifer Tufts on Lindsay Clancy's treatment, including decisions to repeatedly prescribe new medications. Clancy's attorneys don't dispute that she kille…
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/psychiatrist-lindsay-cl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Jennifer Tufts, a psychiatrist who treated Lindsay Clancy in the months before Clancy killed her three children, faced aggressive cross-examination from Kevin Reddington, the Duxbury mother’s defe…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/kevin-redington-cross-examin…
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Claim 13: “switching medications multiple times, going to the hospital twice for suicidal thoughts, and seeking treatment from multiple providers who all prescribed various psychiatric medications”
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Claim 14: “Clancy and her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, had both filed medical malpractice lawsuits against Tufts and other providers for allegedly misdiagnosing and overmedicating Clancy.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that both Lindsay and Patrick Clancy filed medical malpractice lawsuits against Dr. Tufts and other providers.
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web search NEUTRAL — The court has heard that Clancy was prescribed 13 different psychiatric medications in the months leading up to the killings. Tufts and Goodheart are named in a medical malpractice lawsuit Clancy and …
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/lindsay-clan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Reddington also questioned Tufts about the fact that Clancy and her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, had both filed medical malpractice lawsuits against Tufts and other providers for allegedly misdiagnos…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/lawyer-spends-hours-te…
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web search NEUTRAL — She and her now ex-husband Patrick Clancy filed medical malpractice lawsuits against her healthcare providers in January, claiming they did not provide her proper mental health treatment in the months…
https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/courts/2026/08/24/…
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