Aug 27, 2026
Editor’s note: Testimony in this trial may be graphic and difficult for some viewers to hear. What to KnowThe Lindsay Clancy case is now in the hands of the jury, after defense and prosecution attorneys gave closing arguments in the murder trial.Testimony finished Wednesday with FBI forensic ps ychiatrist Gregory Saathoff. After he finished, the jurors were dismissed for the day so the attorneys and judge could discuss plans for jury instructions and closing arguments.Prosecutors say Lindsay strangled her children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — on Jan. 24, 2023, in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home after sending her then-husband Patrick out for some errands. She then jumped out of the home’s second-story window and was paralyzed from the waist down in the fall. The defense says she was in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible.Watch a full recap of each day on Commonwealth Confidential at 7 p.m. ET. You can also download the Commonwealth Confidential podcast. The prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments Thursday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, and the case is now in the hands of the jury. They will consider whether to find her guilty of first-degree murder or involuntary manslaughter, or not guilty by reason of insanity, meaning she was not criminally responsible for her actions. Here’s what happened in court on Thursday: ...read more read less
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