Lindsay Clancy makes HER case after enduring three weeks of punishing testimony at hands of prosecutors over killing of her three young children: Live updates

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Updated: 09:43 EDT, 18 August 2026 Lindsay Clancy kicked off her defense with testimony from her mother and sister about her deteriorating mental health after the prosecution spent three weeks making its case.Clancy, 36, is on trial for the murders of her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 2023.She strangled her children with exercise bands and then allegedly attempted to kill herself, but her efforts failed and left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair for life.The prosecution rested its case against Clancy on Monday after using the first three weeks of the trial to argue the killings were intentional and well planned, not the work of someone who had lost control.Clancy has admitted to killing her children but pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis, and is also suing her former healthcare providers for medical malpractice and negligence.Her sister, Allison Ozga, testified on Monday that she had a 'gut feeling' something was off with her the month before she killed her three children.Clancy’s mother, Paula Musgrove, revealed that she had admitted to having thoughts of harming the children in December 2022.If you or someone you know needs help, please call or text the confidential 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the US on 988. There is also an online chat available at 988lifeline.orgFollow along for live updates...