Lindsay Clancy Seeks TikToker Witness in 3-Child Murder Trial as Social Media Obsession Grows
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 15
Lindsay Clancy Seeks TikToker Witness in 3-Child Murder Trial as Social Media Obsession Grows
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 15
Summary
Kevin Reddington asked the judge to add TikToker Emily Thorndike to Lindsay Clancy’s witness list after the former McLean Hospital social worker posted videos attacking testimony about Clancy’s psychiatric treatment.
Clancy, 35, is on trial on three first-degree murder counts in the 2023 stranglings of her children Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under 6, and has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Peter Elikann, a Boston defense lawyer not involved in the case, said the trial has become a “cultural obsession” online, with TikTok users and amateur sleuths pushing conspiracy theories and debating whether Clancy had enough support.
That attention is also widening focus on postpartum psychosis, which Clancy’s defense says drove the killings; Elikann contrasted it with postpartum depression and pointed to the Andrea Yates case as a precedent.
The trial resumes Monday as the court weighs evidence in a case now unfolding both in Plymouth Superior Court and across social media.