LIVE: MA v. Lindsay Clancy - Day 16| Accused Killer Mom Trial

8/19/2026 @ 9:00 AM

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Opening statements begin Monday for Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy after she killed her three young children inside the family's home in January 2023 before attempting to take her own life. Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, were found with exercise bands around their necks. Prosecutors contend Clancy intentionally strangled the children, while her defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum depression and psychosis that left her unable to understand her actions. Jurors are expected to hear testimony from medical experts, investigators, and family members as they determine whether Clancy is criminally responsible for her children's deaths.

✨✨Previous Day & Recap

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8
• Day 9
• Day 10
• Day 11
• Day 12
• Day 13
• Day 14
• Day 15

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🚨✨More Info/Documents for Lindsay

• 📸Court TV - Evidence Photos
• CW Witness List: https://fromsmash.com/clancylindsayCWwitlist-0817
• Defense Witness List: https://fromsmash.com/Clancylindsaydefensewitnesslist-0902
• Lindsay Clancy Timeline - Crime Timeline

RECAP

I. ADMINISTRATIVE

• Judge announces delay; sidebar held.
• Court recesses briefly.
• Jury brought in at ~53:42.
• Case called: Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy.
• Defendant present.
• Defense: Attorney Kevin Reddington.
• Commonwealth: ADA Jennifer Sprague, ADA Shannon Buckingham.
• Judge conducts juror‑exposure questions.
• Judge states defense witness from prior day will resume.

Citation:
“(54:59) We have a continuation of the jury trial in the matter of Commonwealth versus Lindsay Clancy.”
“(56:00) There was a witness on the stand who was testifying on behalf of the defense.”

II. OUT‑OF‑JURY PRESENCE (OJP)

• Early sidebar regarding scheduling.
• Later OJP to discuss next witness timing before afternoon recess.

III. WITNESSES

A. DEFENSE WITNESS — PSYCHIATRIC EXPERT (REDIRECT, PARTS 1–2)

Start: 56:18
Called by: Defense
Examination Type: Redirect

November 29, 2022 — NP Gelada Visit

• Symptoms: unstable mood, depression, dissociation, flattened affect, derealization.
• Living in Duxbury with husband and three children.
• Husband working for Microsoft from home office.

December 2, 2022 — South Shore Perinatal Clinic

• Worsening condition.
• Complaints: brain damaged, suicidal ideation, hopelessness.
• Thought broadcasting; fear children would be removed.

Early December — Intrusive Thoughts

• “Bad and intrusive thoughts,” not her own.
• Content: kill herself, brain damaged, never get better.
• Persisted.

December 4 — Suicide Hotline

• Hotline declined intervention; no plan.
• Second call mid‑December; again no help.

Mid‑December — Psychosis and Paranoia

• Paranoid psychosis; increased depression.
• Fear of DCF and police.
• No prior police involvement.

Medications (Mid‑December)

• Seroquel, Remeron, Klonopin.
• Complaint: felt “like a zombie.”
• Anhedonia present.

December 15 — Rhode Island Partial Program

• No improvement.

Mass General ER Visits

• December 15 and December 30.
• Husband transported her to multiple appointments.
• Declined inpatient admission.

Dec 30–31 to Jan 5 — McLean Hospital

• Voluntary admission.
• Discharged Jan 5, 2023.
• Not AMA.
• Desired to attend daughter’s birthday Jan 7.

January 2023 — Post‑Discharge

• Tapering Seroquel and Klonopin.
• Intrusive thoughts and paranoia continued.

Intrusive Thoughts Defined

• Ego‑dystonic, unrelenting.
• Voices telling her to kill herself.

Citation:
“(1:06:51) They don't stop. (1:06:53) They're what we call egos dystonic.”
“(1:07:15) They were getting worse and they were telling her to kill herself.”

January 24, 2023 — Pediatric Appointment

• She drove daughter to pediatrician.
• Expert states psychotic individuals can perform familiar tasks.

January 24 — Afternoon Activities

• Built snowman with two children.
• Googled directions to restaurant.
• Texted husband about dinner and CVS (Pedialax).
• Remembered doctor’s instruction.

Evening of January 24

• Expert confirms this is the night the children were killed.

Psychological Testing

• MMSE.
• HARE Psychopathy Checklist.
• Result: no antisocial personality disorder.

Collateral Contacts

• Interviews with family, friends, social circle.

Postpartum Psychosis Symptom Review

• Depression, flat affect, tearfulness.
• Anxiety, nervousness.
• Withdrawal.
• Fatigue, heaviness.
• Difficulty caring for children.
• Poor hygiene.
• Auditory hallucinations.
• Dissociation.
• Hypomania.
• Racing thoughts, “busy brain.”
• Confusion, belief brain was damaged.
• Restlessness, agitation.
• Severe insomnia.

Criminal Responsibility Opinion

• Bipolar disorder with postpartum psychosis.
• Mental disease or defect.
• Unable to conform conduct to law.
• No appreciation of wrongfulness.

B. COMMONWEALTH CROSS‑EXAMINATION — PSYCHIATRIC EXPERT (PARTS 2–3)

Start: 1:18:22
Called by: Commonwealth
Examination Type: Cross

Expert Background

• Has testified for Commonwealth and defense.
• Former qualified examiner for DOC.
• Last sexually dangerousness evaluation July 2, 2026.
• Paid ~$340k (FY 2024) and ~$300k (FY 2025) by CPCS.
• Longstanding relationship with Attorney Reddington.

Professional Scope

• Clinical psychologist; not prescriber.
• Not forensic psychiatrist.
• Familiar with ABA and APA forensic guidelines.
• Agrees evaluators must be impartial.

Case Timeline

• Involved since Feb 4, 2023.
• Multiple reports: July 2025 update; June 2026 evaluation.
• July 2025: medication‑stabilized; hoped transfer to Worcester Recovery; still at Tewksbury now.

Evaluation Hours

• ~45 hours of meetings; ~37 hours evaluation; ~60 total meetings.

February 4, 2023 — Initial Visit

• Visited her in ICU at Brigham & Women’s.
• She had been extubated Jan 28.
• She communicated verbally.
• Provided husband’s phone number from memory.
• Left voicemail expressing love.

February 6 — Second Call

• She did not ask about children.
• Expert unaware she changed health care proxy.

Post‑Incident Voices

• Expert states she has not heard voices since 2023.

Auditory Hallucination Record Gaps

• She did not report voices to providers Sept 2022–Jan 23, 2023.
• She told expert she heard a male voice only on Jan 24, 2023.
• Prior intrusive thoughts: no identified voice.

Medication Clarifications

• Klonopin last taken Nov 27, 2022 per journal.
• Expert confabulated Trazodone vs. Zoloft.
• Nursing‑school meds: Prozac, Wellbutrin, Propranolol.

December 15 vs. December 20

• Dec 15: Mass General ER.
• Dec 20: Women & Infants program.

Record Review

• Expert skimmed 7,001 pages of Tewksbury records; not all read.

Tewksbury Hospital Observations (2023–2026)

• Commonwealth reads multiple entries: wheelchair use, phone use, visits with parents, ADLs, groups, no SIB.
• Expert does not dispute accuracy.

Confirmation Bias Discussion

• Expert acknowledges risk.
• Must avoid clinging to early diagnoses.

Therapeutic vs. Forensic Role Conflict

• APA warns against dual roles.
• Expert wrote letter referring to defendant as “my patient.”
• Expert appeared at arraignments with defense.
• Expert participated in Feb 8, 2023 news conference.

Citation:
“(2:27:00) providing essential clinical findings regarding the transportation of my patient, Lindsay Clancy.”
“(2:29:04) Yes… I participated in a news conference.”

C. DEFENSE REDIRECT (PART 3)

• Expert states he spent 35 hours evaluating only one other defendant.
• Only one other defendant he “cared deeply for.”
• No other press conferences.
• Suicide ideation (SI) at Tewksbury requires constant one‑to‑one monitoring.
• Expert visits lockup during trial to ensure competence and stability.
• She has made no self‑harm attempts since Jan 24, 2023.

D. COMMONWEALTH CROSS — FINAL QUESTIONS (PART 3)

• Confirms no self‑harm attempts in three years.
• No further questions.

E. COURT ADMINISTRATIVE — MIDDAY RECESS

• Jury excused until 2:00 p.m.
• Court addresses witness scheduling.

F. VOIR DIRE — EMILY THORNDIKE (PART 4)

Start: 3:34:36
Called by: Defense
Examination Type: Voir Dire

Background

• Licensed independent clinical social worker.
• Owns Wise Mind Therapy Practice (virtual).
• Former McLean Hospital employee (2014–2021).
• Worked as mental health specialist and later social worker.
• Familiar with STU (short‑term unit) North and South.

McLean STU Operations

• STU staffing: mental health specialists and nurses; ratios consistent over years.
• DMH regulations govern staffing and safety.
• Social workers typically Monday–Friday; none on Jan 1–2, 2023.

Viewing Trial Prior to Sequestration

• Watched livestream until instructed to stop.
• Saw Patrick Clancy’s testimony.

TikTok Video

• She posted emotional TikTok reacting to perceived misleading portrayal of STU services.
• Clarified:
– Weekend/holiday doctor visits brief (1 minute).
– One doctor covers entire unit.
– No individual therapy on weekends/holidays.
– Groups include coloring, clay (“model magic”), music and mandalas.
• Felt testimony overstated available care.

Defense Contact

• Private investigator contacted her after TikTok.
• She agreed to speak with judge.

Staffing Consistency

• No significant change between her 2021 departure and defendant’s 2022 admission.

Commonwealth Voir Dire

• Confirms she watched trial until sequestered.
• Confirms she did not review nurse/patient interaction records.
• Confirms she cannot speak to specific content of Lindsay’s interactions.

IV. EXHIBITS (ADMITTED / REFERENCED)

• Google search records.
• Text messages between Lindsay and husband.
• Psychological test references (MMSE, HARE).
• July 2025 and June 2026 expert reports.
• Tewksbury Hospital record excerpts (2023–2026).
• Expert’s November 13, 2025 letter.
• Video clip of Feb 8, 2023 news conference.
• McLean staffing records.
• Wish Vase (Hawaii honeymoon item).

V. END‑OF‑DAY ADMINISTRATIVE

• Jury excused.
• Court prepares next witness.
• Day 16 concludes.

📜TRANSCRIPT⌨️📑

https://fromsmash.com/MA-v-Lindsay-Clancy-Day-16-0902

Derek Chauvin files petition to vacate state murder conviction in death of George Floyd

By 

Riley Moser

Updated on: August 18, 2026 / 10:37 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is once again seeking to overturn his state murder conviction in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

Chauvin is looking to have his conviction vacated and the charges dismissed.

In the petition, Chauvin's legal team is requesting a court order declaring that the assignment of authority of the case to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was "illegitimate" and a violation of his due process rights. Additionally, they're asking for a court order declaring that the failure of the Hennepin County District Court to convene a grand jury before any charging decision and the failure of prosecutors to secure an indictment also violated Chauvin's due process rights.

WCCO has reached out to the Minnesota Attorney General's Office for comment.

Chauvin has been in federal prison since 2021 and is simultaneously serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights and a 22 1/2-year state sentence for second-degree murder. Chauvin has been serving out the concurrent sentences in a federal prison in Big Spring, Texas. 

Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is White, used his knee to pin Floyd's neck to the ground for nine and a half minutes. The killing, captured on bystander video, sparked protests in 2020 as part of a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice.

In 2022, Chauvin appealed his conviction to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, claiming the jury had been "intimidated by excessive pre-trial publicity." A three-judge panel affirmed the conviction in a 50-page decision. The Minnesota Supreme Court declined to review the case. Chauvin's lawyers also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction, but it too declined.

This is the third time Chauvin's counsel has filed for postconviction relief. The first petition was dismissed in late 2025 and the second one was dismissed in May.

Oxford Center Safety Director pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter charge

August 18, 2026

By Sarah Wright

TROY — Late last month, Oxford Center Safety Director Jeffrey Mosteller pled no contest to one count of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper due to a hyperbaric chamber explosion.

The incident occurred Jan. 31 while Cooper was undergoing treatment in the chamber, which is prescribed for children and adults with a variety of health conditions, including autism, ADHD and autoimmune diseases. The hyperbaric chamber caught fire from within and exploded.

Following Cooper’s death, prosecutors considered charges of either second-degree murder or involuntary manslaughter against Mosteller, as well as Tamela Peterson — the owner of the Oxford Center — and Gary Marken, its primary management assistant. 

In addition, the chamber’s operator, Aleta Moffitt, was charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of intentionally placing false information on a medical records chart. 

Per the plea and sentencing agreement submitted to the 6th Circuit Court, Mosteller will be sentenced in the range of 19 months to 15 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Kwamé Rowe on Aug. 31. Mosteller’s attorney, Alona Sharon, was reached for comment but did not respond by press time.

Marken is next scheduled to appear before the court Sept. 1 for a pretrial hearing, while Peterson’s case is currently stayed by order of the court with her next appearance not yet scheduled. She was recently arraigned in Howell’s 53rd District Court on nine counts of health care fraud — false claim, following allegations that she knew of and benefitted from fraudulent practices such as billing for services not provided. 

As for the hyperbaric chamber explosion, a statement by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office noted there are strict safety protocols in place that must be followed prior to the operation of the machine, established by both the manufacturer and the National Fire Protection Association. 

Dana Nessel, the attorney general, said those protocols were ignored by Mosteller.

“A young child lost his life in a completely preventable tragedy because this defendant allowed an outdated device to operate in defiance of safety standards,” Nessel said in a statement. “While no outcome can reverse this loss, it is my hope that this conviction provides a sense of justice to Thomas’s family.”

https://www.candgnews.com/articles/police-courts-fire/oxford-center-safety-director-pleads-no-contest-to-involuntary-manslaughter-charge/

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The article states:

&gt;>which is prescribed for children and adults with a variety of health conditions, including autism, ADHD and autoimmune diseases<<

This is not correct, hyperbaric chambers are NOT prescribed for autism, ADHD, or autoimmune disorders. This facility was doing it for these conditions but in those cases, it is snake oil sales. This company was gouging people. Hyperbaric chambers do not assist with those particular disorders. It's a great treatment for some disorders, but not those. It's similar to treating mental retardation with oxygen, it just isn't going to help.

The last article I posted on this person, it did not say what the plea deal was, this article does tell us it is 19 months to 15 years.

This case is so outragious and greedy, I hope all 4 people get the maximum possible sentences.

Does anyone know who Kevin Reddington spoke to in the gallery right before the jury was brought in for Day 13. I’m behind in watching but didn’t recognize who these people were. He leaned over to speak with the woman with white hair and the men next to her leaned in to listen.

If you missed the original post with news story and video that post is here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CasesWeFollow/comments/1vq6bro/az_v_minor_13_yo_boy_for_assault_w_dodgeball/

New in the comments the mother left:

1. The girl was sufficiently injured the day OF and visited the school nurse.
2. There was video reviewed by the school - the video was overwritten, before police could procure it
3. This girl was in fact, admitted/hospitalized from the E/R.
4. This mother is getting a fair amount of pushback, I’ve included her much longer comment she left that I didn't see yesterday. Plus various other comments and her further comments scattered through responding to people.
5. Clearly, the final comment about advising avoiding media etc - that commenter did not put it together in her head that this Dodgeball/Dodge Responsibility Mother is the SOLE REASON this is even in the news or her 13 year old kid’s name, face, is on the internet and he did the media interview.

Prediction: if we never hear another word, then we will know her precious loving boy ended up convicted of his Misdemeanor Assault charge at his trial by the Judge.