Expert witnesses challenge claim that Lindsay Clancy experienced psychosis
One more day of testimony expected as closing arguments set for Thursday and jury likely begins deliberations Friday One more day of rebuttal testimony was expected this week in the trial against Lindsay Clancy, followed by closing statements likely on Thursday. The jury, which will likely begin deliberations on Friday, will decide whether the Massachusetts mother was experiencing postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children in January 2023. On Tuesday, prosecutors put two expert witnesses on the stand who challenged the arguments made by Clancy’s defense team – specifically, that Clancy committed the acts while suffering from postpartum psychosis – a mental illness that can cause hallucinations, mood swings, delusions and more, and was hearing a voice compelling her to do it. Her attorney Kevin Reddington has also claimed Clancy had bipolar disorder and was overmedicated. But the outcome of the trial hinges on questions surrounding Clancy’s mental state at the time of the children’s deaths.
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Dr Phillip Resnick, a forensic psychiatrist and expert in filicide, testified on Friday that Clancy was “clearly psychotic” on the day she killed her children and was not in control of her actions. “It was almost like she was a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings,” he said.
