Prosecution Rests in Lindsay Clancy Trial After 11-Hour FBI Interview Challenges Psychosis Claim
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Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 25
Prosecution Rests in Lindsay Clancy Trial After 11-Hour FBI Interview Challenges Psychosis Claim
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Aug 25
Summary
Closing arguments are likely Thursday after prosecutors said they will rest Wednesday, ending their case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.
Gregory Saathoff, an FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit psychiatrist, testified after an 11-hour interview that Clancy’s account of a voice ordering her to kill her children was inconsistent and highly unusual for psychosis.
Saathoff told jurors he had never seen a hallucinated voice appear once, remain constant, and then stop immediately after the demanded act was completed.
He also highlighted conflicting timelines: Patrick Clancy said the children were already eating chicken nuggets when he left, while Lindsay Clancy said she was preparing them when the voice began, and she gave differing accounts of when that voice started.
Judge William Sullivan scheduled a charge conference for Wednesday after evidence concludes, with jurors sent home for the day.