Updated
Updated · NBC News · Aug 30
Lindsay Clancy Sought Help From 13 Medications Before Killing 3 Children
Updated
Updated · NBC News · Aug 30

Lindsay Clancy Sought Help From 13 Medications Before Killing 3 Children

3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Aug 30

Summary

  • Three children were killed after Lindsay Clancy, who also tried to take her own life, spent months urgently seeking psychiatric help before the attack.
  • Thirteen medications were prescribed over four months as clinicians tried to treat persistent symptoms and adverse drug reactions that left her still struggling.
  • Psychiatrists, a suicide hotline and an emergency-room visit all figured in that search for help, but she was turned away from inpatient treatment.
  • The account sharpens focus on whether gaps in mental-health care and medication management preceded one of the most closely watched family-killing cases in Massachusetts.

Insights

How does a mother seeking help end up with 13 medications but no hospital bed before an unimaginable tragedy?
Will a jury blame a mother for a horrific crime, or the broken healthcare system that repeatedly ignored her pleas?