Massachusetts Mom Searches "Ways to Kill," Strangles Her 3 Tots Dead With Exercise Bands

Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 6 p.m.

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When Lindsay Clancy\\u2019s third child is born, her recovery seems to be different.\\xa0\\xa0

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The 32-year-old reaches out to her parents and her in-laws to help her manage the children and things around the home. Her husband, Patrick Clancy sets up a home office in the basement to work remotely, so he can be on hand to help. When Lindsay starts to have thoughts of suicide, and worse, hurting the children, she checks herself into the McLean Psychiatric Hospital,\\xa0

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Five days after checking into a psychiatric hospital Lindsay Clancy is reportedly told she doesn\'t have postpartum depression. Husband Patrick Clancy tells friends that after her hospital stay, Lindsay seems to be getting better. She is sleeping better, interacting with friends and family, and going out in public without any difficulty. When Patrick Clancy asks his wife if she is having any suicidal thoughts, Lindsay Clancy says "No."\\xa0 \\xa0

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Later on in the year, with his wife having been prescribed at least 13 different medications, Patrick Clancy texts a friend saying he\\u2019s concerned that Lindsey has been prescribed too many medications. Patrick allegedly told friends that he worried she was suffering \\u201cthe worst side effects possible\\u201d from one of her prescriptions. He says he thinks she is going through benzodiazepine withdrawal.\\xa0 \\xa0

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On a Tuesday afternoon Lindsay Clancy sends a text to her husband to pick up takeout.\\xa0 As Patrick Clancy leaves to pick up dinner, Lindsay sends him a text to stop off by the drugstore and pick up some medicine for the children.\\xa0\\xa0

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Patrick Clancy stops by the drug store to pick up the medication but gets confused as to exactly which medicine to buy. He calls Lindsay Clancy on the phone, but she doesn\'t answer. She calls back a minute later.

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Patrick says she sounded like she was in the middle of something. Lindsay answers his question about the medication and Patrick picks it up and heads to the 3V to get their dinner.\\xa0\\xa0When Patrick Clancy comes home, he\\u2019s met with silence.

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He finds his wife in the backyard. She had jumped out of a second-floor window after slitting her wrists. The children are in the basement,\\xa0 strangled, an exercise band still wound around their necks.\\xa0\\xa0

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Investigators revealed in court papers that Lindsay Clancy allegedly researched "ways to kill" before the deaths of her three children.\\xa0 Clancy is in a hospital ward, paralyzed after her second-floor fall, and faces three counts each of murder and strangulation.\\xa0

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