Updated
Updated · Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News · Aug 25
FBI Psychologist Says Lindsay Clancy Heard Voice Urging 3 Killings as Prosecutors Press Criminal Responsibility
Updated
Updated · Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News · Aug 25

FBI Psychologist Says Lindsay Clancy Heard Voice Urging 3 Killings as Prosecutors Press Criminal Responsibility

3 articles · Updated · Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News · Aug 25

Summary

  • Dr. Gregory Saathoff told jurors Tuesday that Lindsay Clancy said a male voice ordered her to kill her children and herself on the night of the January 2023 deaths.
  • Saathoff said Clancy reported hearing the voice only during the killings and that it stopped immediately afterward, a pattern he testified he had not seen before.
  • Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, another prosecution expert, said Clancy had a mental health issue but still understood killing her children was illegal, concluding she was criminally responsible on Jan. 24.
  • Heilbrun also testified Clancy was driven by a suicide plan and believed her children were better off dead than living without her; Saathoff resumes Wednesday and closings are expected Thursday.

Insights

What happens when forensic experts clash over whether a killer's internal voices were true psychosis or calculated deception?
If her actions were methodical, does that rule out madness or reveal a much darker systemic healthcare failure?