A jury is to determine whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She was being treated for postpartum mental health issues when she killed the children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, who was 8 months old. Plymouth County Superior Court Judge William Sullivan is presiding over the jury trial, which began on July 27 and is expected to last six to eight weeks.
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Lindsay Clancy's lawyer acknowledges she killed her children, but he says she is not criminally responsible for premeditated murder because she was in a postpartum psychosis. To counter this, prosecutors are trying to show jurors that she was not experiencing severe problems in the weeks before the killings. Jennifer Sprague, an assistant district attorney in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, asked Clancy's sister in cross-exam today about her comments to police on Jan. 25, 2023, one day after Clancy killed 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan at their home in Duxbury. "Do you recall telling them that you saw Lindsay two weeks prior to the 24th, roughly around the birthday party time, and that she seemed okay?" Sprague asked. "Yes," Allison Ozga answered. "Do you recall telling the police that you spoke to her in phone calls many times after she was discharged to McLean, and that her tone and tone of voice in those calls seemed better?" Sprague asked. "I did not speak to her on the phone. Most of our communication was via text," Ozga answered. "So you don't recall saying that to the police that the tone of Lindsay's voice in our phone conversations was better the last couple weeks since she had been released from the hospital?" Sprague asked. "I believe when I said that, I meant her tone, her tone via her text messages," Ozga answered. "And so her tone in her text messages were was better?" Sprague asked. "A bit," Ozga answered. "And do you recall telling police that you spoke to Lindsay on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, and she seemed okay?" Sprague asked. "Yes," Ozga answered. "And that was a phone call, correct?" Sprague asked. "That was text message," Ozga answered. Ozga said Clancy "seemed okay." Ozga said she "reached out and called" but "did not visit her at her home," then said, "I'm sorry. Let me backtrack. I I can't recall whether I made a phone call." "I can recall the majority of our communication between January 1 and January 24 was via text message," she said. "So there could have been some phone calls?" Sprague asked. "I cannot recall any phone calls," Ozga answered. Sprague confirmed Ozga is a licensed social worker and "mandated reporter" for suspected child abuse and endangerment. "And at any point in time between January 1st, 2023, and January 24th, 2023, did you have enough concern about the safety of the kids or the safety of your sister to file a report as a mandated reporter?" Sprague asked. "No," Ozga answered.