CORRECTION Lindsay Clancy Trial
Lindsay Clancy grabs a tissue after witness Elaine Rossi, the nanny to the Clancy children, testified during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. CORRECTION: Source is The Boston Globe, not The Boston Herald.
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Months before Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, the family's former nanny said she saw her deal with significant weight loss, insomnia, and postpregnancy mental health issues. However, Elaine Rossi told the jury at Clancy's murder trial Wednesday that she never saw the Massachusetts mom as a danger to her kids. Clancy's defense doesn't dispute that she killed the children in January 2023, but argues she was overwhelmed by postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that affects women's hold on reality after childbirth. Prosecutors contend that Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, acted intentionally and is criminally responsible. If convicted, she faces life in prison without parole.
The jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy saw autopsy photos of the youngest of three children, who she has admitted strangling in January 2023. The photos prompted Clancy to breakdown in repeated sobs. The defense doesn’t dispute that Clancy killed the children but argues she was overwhelmed by postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that affects women’s hold on reality after childbirth. Prosecutors contend that Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, acted intentionally and is criminally responsible. If convicted, she faces life in prison without parole.