WATCH LIVE: Jury begins deliberating in Lindsay Clancy trial after attorneys make closing arguments

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide and violence. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, will hear closing arguments Thursday before deciding whether to hold the former labor and delivery nurse criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023. Watch the Lindsay Clancy trial live in our video player above. While both sides agree she killed her children, Clancy's defense team argues she suffered from postpartum psychosis and filed lawsuits accusing medical providers of failing to properly diagnose and treat her condition.

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Scoop News DeskU.S · Published Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM UTCUpdated Friday, August 28, 2026 at 1:48 AM UTC

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For his final witness on Friday, Reddington called Dr. Resnick testified 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," said Resnick, who testified for the defense in the 2006 trial of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her five children in 2001.

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