Texas mom, 42, accused of fatally shooting her 2 sons; cops found victims in separate bedrooms — both were shot in the head

Another crime case of a mother killing her children! Did one case (Lindsay Clancy) inspire the other case like copycat?

Texas mom, 42, accused of fatally shooting her 2 sons; cops found victims in separate bedrooms — both were shot in the head | Blaze Media "The victims' father reportedly said he had just celebrated his younger son's birthday with him at a lake days before the killings."

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Patrick Clancy, new wife break silence in first interview post mistrial

Clancy is the ex husband of the triple infant murderer.

He married again quickly.

"Patrick Clancy is speaking out for the first time since he took the stand in his ex-wife’s triple murder trial. ..."

Patrick Clancy, new wife break silence in first interview post mistrial (behind paywall)

We have to thank this one male juror in the Clancy triple infanticide case who would not acquit the defendant

Update of 9/11/2026: "The revelation Friday morning that the one holdout Lindsay Clancy juror was a black man on an otherwise all-white jury has made news ... That one juror reportedly wanted to convict Clancy of first-degree murder ... it was nine women [???], three men ..." (Source) Why the heck were there so many women jurors in this case?

I blogged here about some the grave issues surrounding this case.

Presumably, the the three prosecutors in this case were not sharpest knives in the kitchen!

Assistant District Attorneys Jennifer Sprague. She looks tame to me! (Source)

District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz. He was overseeing the case. (Source, official photo)

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks President Trump to pardon killer of her three children. Really!

That is a cheap publicity stunt or a setup for President Trump before the midterm elections!

Presumably, the prosecutor will go for a retrial. Hopefully, this time, the husband will be indicted too if possible.

It is appalling! It is far too early in the process to ask for a presidential pardon! The attorney could have waited until a verdict is announced!

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks President Trump to pardon mom

What went wrong with the triple infanticide by mother in 2023 aka the Clancy murder case in Massachusetts

A lot! The news reporting about this case was incompetent and atrocious! Very lazy journalism!

Caveat I am not familiar with the details of the case. I did not follow the case very closely.

Here are some of the issues:

• Why did the prosecutor not indict the husband as well? What did the husband know and what did he do about it? My guess is the prosecutor in this case was a dilettante!
• Was it a postpartum depression or a postpartum psychosis? Which one was confirmed?
• When did the claimed postpartum psychosis first occur in the defendant? Only after the birth of the third child? If it occured after the first child, why did she have two more children?
• It appears an acute postpartum psychosis (was it acute or chronic ) usually occurs within the first two weeks of child birth. The youngest child of Clancy was 8 months old.
• What kind of suicide attempt was it that the defendant committed? Very few news reports mentioned this at all that she cut her wrists and jumped out of the window after the infanticide.

I think, the news media did a very lousy job reporting about this triple homicide. Caveat I read only a few articles.

How likely is it that a mother with acute postpartum psychosis kills her children?

"Research estimates that untreated postpartum psychosis is associated with an approximately 4% risk or rate of infanticide.

Key Facts and Statistics
Frequency of the illness: Postpartum psychosis is a rare medical emergency that affects about 1 to 2 out of every 1,000 women after childbirth. ..." (Google Search)

Do mothers with acute postpartum depression kill her children and then commit suicide?

"Mothers who harm their children and attempt or commit suicide are typically suffering from postpartum psychosis, rather than acute postpartum depression alone. 

While severe, acute postpartum depression involves deep sadness, exhaustion, and sometimes suicidal thoughts, a mother generally maintains her grip on reality." (Google Search)

Lindsay Clancy Trial: Jurors ask to examine knife, pill bottles she used to slit her throat and wrists

What? So the killer of her three children did not only jump out a window after the killing? So she also cut her throat and wrists as well? How did she survive, but not her children?

Why did she have three children with postpartum psychosis? When did the alleged postpartum psychosis begin, only after the third child? Postpartum psychosis appears to be very rare, only 1-2 women in 1000 after delivery are affected by it.

It strikes me again that if a woman commits a horrific crime then she must be crazy fallacy applies here again. Women are angels and men are brutes. In the age of gender equality such bias should be dismissed.

What did the husband know and do about it? I am not aware of news reporting on about the husband in this case. Strange!

This case is weird in several respects!

Caveat I am not familiar with the details of the case.

Lindsay Clancy Trial: Jurors ask to examine knife, pill bottles (behind paywall)

Lindsay Clancy Jury Asks to See Bloody Knife, Prescription Pill Bottles as 2 Days Pass Without Verdict

Forensic Psychiatrists on both sides agree the mother heard voices the day she killed her three children. Really!

How is that even possible? Seems to be junk headline! The forensic psychiatrists did not agree, they just heard the same story from the killer.

What did the husband know and what did he do about it?

"Forensic psychiatrists for both the defense and prosecution agree that Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy was hearing voices on the day she strangled her three children but disagree on whether that makes her culpable for their murders.

Her uttering “Go to God” as she killed her children, one expert argued, suggests the mom knew what she was doing was wrong. ..."

"... [forensic psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack] said Clancy recounted the killings to him, saying she heard a loud male voice telling her to kill the children so she could kill herself. She recalled strangling the children and saying "go to God" as she did so, he told jurors. ..."

Psychiatrists agree Lindsay Clancy heard voices the day she killed her children: 'Go to God' "The defense rests its case that she is not criminally responsible"

Hundreds of women rally outside courthouse to show support for woman accused of murdering her 3 children. Really!

Did the killer have postpartum psychosis only after her third child? Why did she have three children?

What did the husband know or do about it?

Caveat: I am not familiar with the case.

"Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink clothing emblazoned with phrases such as "Believe," "She Needed Help" and "Peace For Lindsay," gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. ..."

Hundreds of women rally outside courthouse to show support for woman accused of murdering her 3 children | Blaze Media

Women rally in support of Lindsay Clancy at her trial

My abusive mother was not a victim — and neither is the three children murderer Lindsay Clancy (a former labor and delivery nurse)

Update: A female Chaplain says Lindsay Clancy reported hearing 'voice' after killings. The killer heard voices after the killing? I did not know until now that the killer jumped out of the window after the crime and became paralyzed and wheel-chair bound.

Food for thought!

Was the children murderer Lindsay Clancy abusive to her children before she killed them? For how long and how abusive? What did her husband know about it and/or what did he do about it?

"Postpartum psychosis is a [very] rare, severe psychiatric emergency affecting about 1 to 2 in 1,000 women after childbirth." (Google Search) And how many women suffering from it become abusive or murderers of their own children?

P.S. My late mother was not abusive, on the contrary!

"... Then I witnessed the extraordinary outpouring of female sympathy for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother who killed her three children in 2023.

Some Clancy girls now claim Lindsay’s poor husband, Patrick, actually killed the kids and framed her. How do they know this? Astrology of course.

Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, is now on trial for murder. Her children were Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, eight months old.

There is no dispute about who killed them. Clancy's defense admits she strangled all three children with exercise bands in the basement of the family's home while her husband, Patrick, was out picking up medicine and takeout. The question for the jury is whether she was criminally responsible when she did it.

Her lawyers say she wasn't. They argue that Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder and that psychiatric medications worsened her condition. Prosecutors say she deliberately arranged to get her husband out of the house and knew exactly what she was doing. ..."

My abusive mother was not a victim — and neither is Lindsay Clancy | Blaze Media (partially behind paywall) "We have a dire, immediate, society-wide problem of women identifying with evil, sympathizing with evil, and financially supporting evil."

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Grim Old Days: Anne-Marie Kilday’s History of Infanticide in Britain

This appears to be a new book review of a book that was published in 2013!

The book is a grim reminder that human civilization and human dignity are still very young that only began after the Industrial Revolution!

For thousands of years, children were often exploited and they were often dispensable despite high infant mortality.

"... Across many different cultures, “the enduring and persistent nature of the killing of newborns throughout history” is well-documented. “Certainly, infanticide can be traced back to prehistoric epochs and the very beginnings of recorded history, as archaeologists and anthropologists have offered strong evidence to suggest that Palaeolithic parents practised new-born child murder on a fairly regular basis.” Among the ancient Mesopotamians, Greeks, Romans, as well as the Vikings, Irish Celts, Gauls, and Phoenicians, practicing infanticide was “commonplace.” The same was true of Ancient Egypt, China, and India. In fact, infanticide was once almost universally accepted and is recorded in “nearly every civilisation, culture and continent across the globe.” The rationales varied: “In some cultures children were killed as an offering to the gods in order to secure an abundant harvest, or some other good fortune, as it was believed that their bodies could transfer growth and fertility. Other infants were slain for medicinal purposes as it was held that the blood and flesh of neonates could confer health, wellbeing and even youthfulness to the recipient. In various primitive societies twins were considered evil and condemned to be destroyed immediately after parturition.

Many societies eventually outlawed infanticide, which is forbidden in faiths such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. But even where infanticide was illegal or violated the prevailing religious tradition, it was often nonetheless common and widely tolerated, with laws against the practice ignored or only sporadically enforced. ..."

Grim Old Days: Anne-Marie Kilday’s History of Infanticide in Britain "The history of infanticide exemplifies the brutality of the laws, beliefs, and social norms of humanity's not-so-distant past."

Only 3 Senate Democrats Vote to Protect Babies Who Survive Abortion

Shame on the many Dimocrats in the U.S. Senate! Two sensible laws to protect the unborn or just born life and only three Democrat Senators voted for them!

Three presidential candidates proved to be cowards! None of them is fit to be president!

"Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; did not vote on either bill."

Only 3 Senate Democrats Vote to Protect Babies Who Survive Abortion: "This body ought to be able to stand 100 to zero against that barbarism,” Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., says of allowing babies who survive abortion to die.