Lindsay Clancy was “calm and cooperative” during a psychiatric examination days after killing her three children and attempting suicide, a psychiatrist testified at her murder trial Monday.
Dr. Sejal Shah testified she examined Clancy multiple times at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in January and February 2023.
In a January 30, 2023 assessment, Clancy denied having suicidal or homicidal intentions, denied having hallucinations or delusions that day, and her thought-process was “organized” and “goal-directed,” Shah said. In another assessment in February, Clancy was focused on her legal and physical situation and was looking forward to her rehab, Shah said.
On cross-examination, Shah agreed Clancy was an “honest” patient. She acknowledged a person can communicate and make plans while still being in a state of psychosis.
The medical testimony came during the second week of Clancy’s trial on three counts of murder in the killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and 8-month-old Callan. The case has explored the controversial “insanity defense” and the severity of postpartum mental illness.
