Lindsay Clancy: Mother charged with murdering her two kids, attempted murder of her infant before suicide attempt

Lavinia Thompson
Degrees of Monstrosity: Female Killers
6 min readJan 26, 2023

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Patrick Clancy returned to his Duxbury, Massachusetts home on Jan. 24, 2023 to an unfathomable scene, and he didn’t even know the worst of it when he called 911 to report his wife had attempted suicide by jumping out of the top window of their home, according to a report by the Daily Mail.

The 34-year-old husband and father of three arrived at the Summer Street residence at around 6 p.m. Tuesday night to find his wife, Lindsay, and called 911 immediately, the Daily Mail states.

CBS reports that upon responding to the call, police discovered two of their three children “with obvious signs of trauma,” allegedly from strangulation, and their eight-month-old infant seriously injured and sent to the hospital.

The five-year-old girl and three-year-old boy didn’t survive after being taken to hospital, CBS adds. The Daily Mail names the daughter as Cora and the toddler son as Dawson. The infant has not been named publicly and remains in the hospital being treated, according to CBS.

WBZ-TV reported that sources said Lindsay was allegedly suffering from postpartum psychosis. She remains in hospital.

On Wednesday, Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for 32-year-old Lindsay Clancy on two charges of murder. She will be arraigned when she is released from hospital.

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Lavinia Thompson
Degrees of Monstrosity: Female Killers

Just an old garden witch who writes about murder, true and fictional.