After Lindsay Clancy killed her 3 children, first responders tell a jury what they found

After Lindsay Clancy killed her 3 children, first responders tell a jury what they found

Ten first responders testified Thursday in Plymouth Superior Court, describing a chaotic scene at a Duxbury, Massachusetts, home where Lindsay Clancy killed her three children on Jan. 24, 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and faces the possibility of life in prison without parole.

The testimony provided a granular look at the immediate aftermath of the killings. Duxbury police officer Stephen Hall, the first witness on Thursday, testified that he found Clancy on the ground outside the Summer Street home with cuts to her neck and both wrists after she had jumped from a window. Shortly after his arrival, Hall heard a loud scream from inside the house. Patrick Clancy, the couple's then-husband, had entered the basement and discovered the children.

Officer Brian Josephine testified that he was standing near the injured Clancy when he heard Patrick Clancy screaming from the basement. Josephine reported that upon seeing officers, Patrick Clancy looked up and screamed She killed the f-----g kids.

Inside the home, the scene remained gruesome. Duxbury fire captain and paramedic PJ Hussey testified that he ran into the basement and saw Patrick Clancy unwrapping something from a child's head. Investigators determined that Clancy used exercise bands to strangle the children: 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan. Due to the extent of the scene, Hussey issued an all call for all Duxbury personnel to return to the area to assist and cover the rest of the town.

Medical personnel detailed the desperate attempts to save the children. Paramedic Jennifer Stratton testified that she found Callan and Cora on the ground, immediately requesting additional ambulances via radio before carrying Callan to a truck. Duxbury firefighter and paramedic Patrick Dwyer described Cora as being pale upon arrival. Fire Capt. Keith Nette testified that he performed chest compressions on Dawson, who was receiving CPR in an ambulance.

Loring Chuck Nudd, a firefighter and EMT, testified that Dawson was not breathing when he arrived. Nudd later drove the ambulance transporting Dawson to Plymouth Hospital.

The court also heard about the treatment of Lindsay Clancy. Robert Costanzo of the Pembroke Fire Department treated her after her jump from the window. Costanzo testified that Clancy was agitated and reaching out her arms but never woke up, even after he administered Narcan to reverse a potential drug overdose.

During cross-examination, defense attorney Kevin Reddington questioned whether Costanzo knew at the time that Clancy had suffered an adverse fracture of the vertical spine. Reddington also challenged the prosecution's description of the injuries to Clancy's neck and wrists as superficial. In response, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague argued that Costanzo saw no blood pooling or flowing from those wounds during 18 minutes inside a well-lit ambulance.

This testimony followed an emotional Wednesday session where jurors heard a 911 call from Patrick Clancy. In the recording, he can be heard saying, She killed the kids! and urging his wife to stay awake. Patrick Clancy testified that he had been sent to a CVS and a takeout restaurant by Lindsay, which prosecutors argue was an effort to give her time to commit the murders. He further testified that during a phone call a week after the deaths, Clancy told him she heard a man's voice telling her that if she didn't act then, she would lose her chance.

The defense contends that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis and severe postpartum depression. If the jury finds her not criminally responsible, she will be sent to a Massachusetts state mental health facility.

Judge William Sullivan dismissed the jury shortly after noon on Thursday, stating that the proceedings are ahead of schedule and that attorneys needed to resolve some issues. On Friday, the judge, attorneys, and jurors are scheduled to visit the Summer Street home, as well as the CVS and restaurant where Patrick Clancy stopped while running errands.

A court order specifies that the parties may visually inspect the exterior and the interior—including the basement and all rooms on the first and second floors—but are forbidden from opening closet doors or touching any items within the premises.