Lindsay Clancy Breaks Down During 3 Children's Autopsy Testimony in 2023 Murder Trial
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Updated · Boston Herald · Aug 13
Lindsay Clancy Breaks Down During 3 Children's Autopsy Testimony in 2023 Murder Trial
3 articles · Updated · Boston Herald · Aug 13
Summary
Dr. Barbara Olson and Dr. Renee Stonebridge detailed the autopsies of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, prompting Clancy to sob audibly, say "I can't do it," and trigger repeated recesses.
Olson testified that Cora and Dawson died by asphyxia and that fatal neck pressure could take as little as 30 seconds once brain cells begin to die; prosecutors also showed autopsy photos only to jurors.
Judge William Sullivan warned jurors to separate emotion from evidence after at least one juror cried, while defense lawyer Kevin Reddington objected to the medical examiner testimony and declined cross-examination.
Clancy admits killing her three children in January 2023 and jumping from a second-story window afterward; her defense plans to argue postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible.
The prosecution has been presenting its case for nearly three weeks, and testimony is scheduled to resume Thursday morning.