Lindsay Clancy's lawyer says he is reviewing the extensive materials in the murder case
BROCKTON − The lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, who is charged with killing her three young children in 2023, was back in court Tuesday afternoon.
The hearing at Brockton Superior Court on March 26 was held so the Duxbury mom's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, and prosecutors could discuss evidence collected so far.
Reddington said the goal now is to review the voluminous materials in the case.
"The discovery is extensive. The government has really kind of put that on a fast track for production," WCVB quoted Reddington as saying. "I can't really think of any discovery motions because, you know, the evidence has been presented. I was wading through it. I just have to get through it."
This is the first court date since Superior Court Judge William Sullivan approved prosecutors' request to obtain a DNA sample from Clancy in January.
Clancy has waived her appearance at the hearings since her September 2023 indictment and is likely to continue doing so. She is paralyzed from the waist down after going out a second-floor window in her bedroom on Jan. 24, 2023. She remains at Tewksbury Hospital.
The next court appearance is scheduled for the end of May.
Clancy accused of strangling her 3 young children
Prosecutors say Clancy, a former nurse, strangled her children Jan. 24, 2023, and then took a phone call from her husband, Patrick, after she sent him to a Kingston CVS and before he picked up dinner in North Plymouth in what prosecutors say was a deliberate plan to get him out of the house.
Before her October arraignment, unsealed search warrants and other documents detailed that Clancy kept journals of her prescriptions for depression as well her feelings in general.
Among those entries were references to self-harm as well as expressions of wanting to harm her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. She is charged with three counts each of murder and strangulation.
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The chief medical examiner said the children died of asphyxia. Exercise bands were used to strangle them, authorities said. Bands were collected from the home, according to police records.
Patrick Clancy told police he felt his wife had been put on too many medications. Some can worsen depression symptoms to the point where suicidal thoughts might occur.
"Lindsay had the worst side effects possible" from the medications, he told police.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Case of Lindsay Clancy, accused in death of 3 kids, is back in court
