The lawyer of a Massachusetts mother accused ofstrangling her three young children to deathon Jan. 24 before trying to kill herself says she is now paralyzed.
Lindsay Clancy, 32, isfacing two counts of homicide and three counts each of strangulation and assault and batterywith a deadly weapon for the death of her 7-month-old son Callan, her 5-year-old daughter Cora and her 3-year-old son Dawson.
Callan initially survived the strangulation but later died at the hospital, according toMass Live.
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According to the outlet, Clancy is accused of strangling her three children with exercise bands before jumping out of a window of her family home.
Her defense attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, sharedin a conversation withThe Boston Globethat she is now paralyzed from the waist down and “will be forever,” citing medical records and his discussion with doctors.
Clancy’s next court date has been postponed to July 25,reports WCVB, after being transferred to Tewksbury State Hospital.
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Reddington has also argued themultiple medications doctors prescribedto treat her depression and anxiety following the birth of her third child are to blame for her “postpartum depression, as well as the possibility of postpartum psychosis.” Clancy was reportedly on leave from her job as a labor and delivery nurse atMassachusetts General Hospitalat the time of the incident.
Clancy’s husband, Patrick (who was not home during the incident),spoke outabout the tragedy in a Jan. 28 post ona GoFundMe page launched for his family, asking for people to forgive his wife.
“I want to ask all of you that you find it deep within yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have,” he wrote. “The real Lindsay was generously loving and caring towards everyone — me, our kids, family, friends, and her patients. The very fibers of her soul are loving. All I wish for her now is that she can somehow find peace.”
source: people.com
