By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-11 22:13:08 | Updated at 2026-08-19 07:28:57
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A mental health nurse who treated Lindsay Clancy revealed her husband's blunt reaction to the suggestion she may have bipolar disorder before she allegedly strangled their children.
Clancy, who turned 36 on Tuesday, 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.
Her suicide attempt after the killings failed but left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair for life.
Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta testified on Tuesday that Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick, insisted she did not have bipolar disorder when Jollotta suggested it during a December 2022 appointment.
Jollotta said that she told the couple Lindsay could have an underlying bipolar condition based on her reaction to Zoloft.
‘My wife is not bipolar,’ Patrick responded, according to Jollotta.
The nurse said that Clancy just looked at her but said nothing.
Lindsay Clancy, who turned 36 on Tuesday, is on trial for killing her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan
Nurse Rebecca Jollotta testified on Tuesday that Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick, insisted she did not have bipolar disorder when she suggested in December 2022
Clancy has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges and claimed she is not responsible for her actions because she was suffering postpartum psychosis after being prescribed a powerful cocktail of drugs to cope with depression.
The prosecution has argued the killings were intentional and well planned, not the work of someone who had lost control.
The murder trial has been filled with emotional testimony, including from Patrick, who has since remarried.
On the day of the killings, Clancy asked Patrick to leave their home to get takeout food and to pick up something at a pharmacy.
Clancy allegedly strangled the children with exercise bands, then used multiple methods to try to end her own life.
Jurors heard Patrick's harrowing 911 call the night he discovered their dead children, which brought the courtroom to tears.
He has publicly forgiven her and come out in her defense, describing her as a good mother who became ill.
‘My wife is not bipolar,’ Patrick responded, according to Jollotta. He has publicly forgiven her and come out in her defense, describing her as a good mother who became ill
Clancy strangled her children - Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan - back in January 2023, then attempted to kill herself
Both Patrick and Lindsay Clancy have filed separate lawsuits against several of her medical providers, including Jollotta, alleging that they overmedicated Clancy while treating her for postpartum mental health issues.
This overmedication led to her conditions worsening, and ultimately to the deaths of the children, the suits allege.
The civil suits are still making their way through the courts.
