Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial in Massachusetts ended in a mistrial. Had the case been tried in California, however, she would have faced a significantly tougher legal test.
There is little dispute that Clancy was mentally ill when she killed her three young children. Before the killings, she struggled with depression, anxiety, insomnia, paranoia and suicidal thoughts.
She sought treatment from multiple providers, spent time in a psychiatric hospital and took numerous medications.
After strangling her children, she attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window. She survived but was left paralyzed…