By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-11 13:49:04 | Updated at 2026-08-11 14:20:37
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Lindsay Clancy's murder trial resumes today after the psychiatrist who treated her before she killed her children faced intense questioning by the defense.
The former nurse, 35, is on trial for killing her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023.
On Monday, jurors heard how Clancy's psychiatrist Dr Jennifer Tufts increased the dosage of her medication just one day before she strangled her children to death at their family home in Duxbury.
Tufts admitted that all 14 appointments she had with Clancy between September 2022 and January 2023 were telehealth - meaning they were over Zoom.
She had never seen Clancy face-to-face until she took the stand to testify.
Around 24 hours after their final appointment, Clancy killed her three children by strangling them with exercise bands before attempting suicide.
Clancy's suicide attempt failed but left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair for life.
She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis, and is also suing her former healthcare providers for medical malpractice and negligence.
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Psychiatrist admitted she never met Clancy face-to-face
Dr Tufts admitted that all 14 appointments she had with Clancy between September 2022 and January 2023 were telehealth - meaning they were over Zoom.
She had never seen Clancy face-to-face until she took the stand to testify.
‘Until you came in this courtroom Friday you never saw this woman did you?’ Reddington asked.
‘Correct,’ she responded.
Court begins with discussion over TikTok witness
Before testimony gets underway, the judge is hearing a motion brought by the defense seeking to introduce a new witness to dispute the state’s suggestion that McLean Hospital is a ‘five star facility.’
Emily Thorndike, a social worker who previously worked at the psychiatric hospital, was ‘incensed’ with the prosecution’s questioning of Patrick Clancy suggesting that McLean is one of the best hospitals in the country.
Thorndike did not work at the hospital when Clancy was admitted in January 2023.
Clancy voluntarily admitted herself for five days on New Year’s Day. She stayed for five days before she was released in time for Cora’s fifth birthday.
The defense is seeking to introduce her as a rebuttal to the state’s case to testify how the hospital was actually understaffed and lacked resources.
Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington told the judge that someone directed him to a TikTok video where Thorndike said she could ‘not stand the lies’ about McLean Hospital.
They tracked her down and she told them about the ‘woeful environment’ at McLean - espeically on holidays, when Clancy was admitted.
‘She is available, ready, willing and able to testify,’ he said.
Psychiatrist admitted she did not request Clancy's medical records, upped dosage one day before killings
In the four months leading up to the killings, Clancy saw multiple providers, who prescribed different medications.
Dr Tufts confirmed that she never contacted Clancy’s other providers.
She never asked Clancy for a HIPAA release form so that she could access her other medical records.
On January 16, 2023, Tufts prescribed Clancy Amitriptyline, an antidepressant.
That day, Clancy said she felt numb and depressed and felt like the bonding with her baby was forced.
On January 23 - one day before the killings - she increased her Amitriptyline dosage.
'That pushed her over the edge didn't it?' Reddington said.
'I don't think so,' she replied.
Lindsay Clancy murder trial descends into ugly squabble over claims prosecutor said 'shut her up' as killer mom wept while autopsy photos were shown
Lindsay Clancy’s high-profile murder trial descended into a courtroom clash on Friday, when the prosecution team was accused of a stunning hot mic incident.
In a wild moment inside Plymouth County Superior Court, the mom-of-three’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington accused prosecutors of muttering 'shut her up' when Clancy sobbed loudly and uncontrollably as her son’s autopsy photos were shown to the jury.
One day earlier, the graphic images of eight-month-old Callan had been displayed on screens to the panel of 18 during testimony from Dr Kimberly Springer - the medical examiner who performed his autopsy.
Clancy had crumpled at the defense table, crying and wailing loudly - even as she was led out of court by her nurses during a recess.
Over the court livestream, a microphone picked up a voice saying something to the effect of ‘shut that off’ or ‘shut her up.’ The exact wording is unclear.
Today is Lindsay Clancy’s 36th birthday
Today is Lindsay Clancy's 36th birthday.
Inside the courtroom, she is sitting in her wheelchair at the defense table dressed in a pale blue blouse.
Her parents Mike and Paula Musgrove are in the public gallery supporting her.
There are around 30 members of the public in court today - the vast majority of them women. Two women told the Daily Mail they are here to support Clancy as fellow mothers.
Nurse Julie Paul expected to return to stand
Day 11 of Lindsay Clancy’s trial will get underway soon in Plymouth County Superior Court, Massachusetts. This morning, Nurse Julie Paul is expected to return to the stand to be cross-examined by Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington.
Paul is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who also briefly treated Clancy in November 2022 - two months before the killings.
She ran a postpartum program and connected with Clancy through Patrick’s mother Sue Clancy, who was also a nurse.
Clancy was struggling with anxiety and racing thoughts. But her main issue was that she could not sleep, Paul said.
On November 21, 2022, Paul first prescribed Clancy Prozac. A few days later, she prescribed her Ambien, Remeron and Klonopin.
In late-November, Paul was relocating to another hospital so transferred Clancy’s care to another nurse.
At that time, Clancy was also in the care of Dr Jennifer Tufts - who faced a grilling from Reddington on Monday about her experience and the quality of her treatment of Clancy in the four months leading up to the killings.
Psychiatrist confesses to upping Lindsay Clancy's medication one day before children's deaths after saying she 'didn't want to be alone'
Lindsay Clancy's psychiatrist increased the dosage of her medication just one day before she strangled her children to death, jurors heard during a fiery day in her high-profile murder trial.
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 Massachusetts on Monday to face a grilling from Clancy’s defense.
During a combative and hours-long series of questions, Dr Tufts admitted that she had continued to prescribe Clancy more drugs in the lead-up to the killings - even as the mom-of-three voiced fears that the medications were making her more depressed.
