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Lindsay Clancy was let down

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hds873banana · 14/08/2026 10:47

For those of you who may not know, Lindsay Clancy is an American mother who killed her three children (all under age 5) then tried to commit suicide by throwing herself out of a window, and is now wheelchair bound as a result. Her defence is she was in the throws of post natal psychosis.

You can watch the full trial on Court TV. The trial is ongoing now.

She was totally let down by the system, the doctors, maybe even her husband. I’ve never watched a full trial and been so appalled at what I am seeing and hearing. Kevin Reddington her lawyer needs an award.

It is interesting to me because I have a close relative who I’ve cared for for over a decade who is regularly in psychosis. The lack of understanding of psychosis generally is wild. I My relative can slip in and out of psychosis on a minute by minute basis some days.

I really hope Lindsay’s defence lawyer gets the best outcome for her even though her life is completely ruined whatever the outcome of the trial.

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frockandcrocs · 20/08/2026 21:56

BonaBona · 17/08/2026 09:03

Yes, convenient how the first time 'hearing voices' was mentioned was after the defence lawyer's doctor spoke to her. That's when she was lying the hospital bed having asked "Do I have a lawyer?". See, yes, she did it, yes it's terribly sad, and no I don't judge her because I can only begin to imagine that kind of stress. Legally, it comes down to if you believe she was not in control of her own mind when she did it. And I don't believe her there. All the evidence tells me she was at breaking point, but I've heard nothing about losing her mind completely. I know a bit from experiences about mental breakdown (unfortunately) and I'm afraid I just don't believe her, no matter what the shyster lawyer says in her defence.

She told healthcare practitioners that she was hearing voices.

She was put on medication that worsened her original symptoms, and then when she informed the prescriber, the dosage was increased. When she was finally taken off, she was given other medications of the same category that were contraindicated by the symptoms she presented with.

Quite honestly, the fact that you claim to be familiar with mental breakdown and ‘just don’t believe her’ is quite astonishing.

Sometimeswinning · 20/08/2026 21:48

toiletpaperthief · 20/08/2026 21:38

Police have all her phone and email conversations. if there was the slightest evidence she "had a new man" the DA would be using that as a weapon so not the case. She was a very loving mother and there's a lot of evidence of that. No one in her right mind does that to her children then jumps from a second floor on her head and breaks her back. She had a long history of mental illness and her body was a cocktail of medications. I'm shocked this has even gone to trial, my mind boggles when i hear people saying she is making this up. I suspect the real reason this has gone to trial is the huge $$$ lawsuit behind.

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You think 3 little children who were strangled to death don’t deserve a court case? You don’t think they deserve for someone to at least question what happened to them? She may have been insane but then she may have been a sociopath. It needs to be decided in a court of law.

Lindsay may absolutely belong in a hospital and not in jail. But that needs to be decided by the law and not just because she and her family say so.

I struggle to understand why LC deserves such special treatment over so many other women who have killed their children.

toiletpaperthief · 20/08/2026 21:38

BonaBona · 18/08/2026 10:31

Lori Vallow Daybell. Not legally insane, just wanted to run off with a new man.

Police have all her phone and email conversations. if there was the slightest evidence she "had a new man" the DA would be using that as a weapon so not the case. She was a very loving mother and there's a lot of evidence of that. No one in her right mind does that to her children then jumps from a second floor on her head and breaks her back. She had a long history of mental illness and her body was a cocktail of medications. I'm shocked this has even gone to trial, my mind boggles when i hear people saying she is making this up. I suspect the real reason this has gone to trial is the huge $$$ lawsuit behind.

Pullie · 20/08/2026 21:23

I am heartbroken for Lindsay. The poor woman was on her knees with postpartum depression. BEGGING for help.

I’ve never had anxiety in my life but after I gave birth I felt like I was in an extended anxiety attack. I tried many of medications Lindsay was given. For almost a year there was no relief. It was hell on Earth. I remember walking the streets at night when my husband was at work hoping I would be raped and murdered. Just so the pain would end. I’m still getting laser treatment on the self harm scars I sustained from that time.

Lindsay was very very ill. And let down by so many. And so were her children

Praying she granted the grace she deserves. Should never have come to this

PancakeCloud · 19/08/2026 18:38

UniquePinkSwan · 19/08/2026 18:15

Hate how on here when a woman murders her children she gets sympathy. Women can be evil as well.

Hate how on here understanding of mental illness is so poor.

Doubtanny · 19/08/2026 18:32

UniquePinkSwan · 19/08/2026 18:15

Hate how on here when a woman murders her children she gets sympathy. Women can be evil as well.

It's fucking crazy to see people coming out for a family annihilator

UniquePinkSwan · 19/08/2026 18:15

Hate how on here when a woman murders her children she gets sympathy. Women can be evil as well.

Sometimeswinning · 19/08/2026 17:58

iveseenthefilms · 19/08/2026 17:47

It’s so strange that her dna wasn’t on all murder weapons and he was happily married again within months of it!

I’m guessing you’re not watching the trial then? The amount of theories debunked just this week alone.

iveseenthefilms · 19/08/2026 17:47

MsKirby · 16/08/2026 06:53

Based on inconsistencies coming out, I don't think she did it. The husband is not coming across well at all.

It’s so strange that her dna wasn’t on all murder weapons and he was happily married again within months of it!

Valeriekat · 19/08/2026 17:40

You do realise that the job of her defence is to put her in a good light and to plant the seed of reasonable doubt?

BonaBona · 18/08/2026 10:31

NotsureifIwantsummertobeoverornot · 18/08/2026 09:17

But all this is crazy, if she did indeed do it, of course she was/is severely mentally ill, who would do that to their own children

Lori Vallow Daybell. Not legally insane, just wanted to run off with a new man.

ComtesseDeSpair · 18/08/2026 09:50

TheJuryIsOut · 14/08/2026 10:48

I'm not one for conspiracy theories but I'm actually starting to wonder if she did it at all. The husband is quite suspicious in what he says and has contradicted himself on a few occasions now.

Human memory is very fallible, and nobody expects to have to recall the detail what they thought at the time was going to be a banal trip to run errands, under pressure, and following severe trauma, almost three years later. I concede that he possibly wasn’t as engaged a parent as he could have been and probably found his wife’s mental health problems difficult to understand, and like all family members and friends of people who have committed suicide he no doubt lives with the wish that he’d done things differently or been able to predict what was going to happen.

Sparrowsandbudgies · 18/08/2026 09:32

NotsureifIwantsummertobeoverornot · 18/08/2026 09:17

But all this is crazy, if she did indeed do it, of course she was/is severely mentally ill, who would do that to their own children

I suppose there are lots of cases (eg Chris Watts) where people have killed their children and haven’t been mentally ill - ie wanting them gone, wanting a new life etc. You could argue that someone would have to be mentally unwell to even think that way but it’s not the same as being psychotic or having post natal mental illness.

NotsureifIwantsummertobeoverornot · 18/08/2026 09:17

But all this is crazy, if she did indeed do it, of course she was/is severely mentally ill, who would do that to their own children

BonaBona · 17/08/2026 09:03

NotsureifIwantsummertobeoverornot · 16/08/2026 01:48

But the husband said that she told him that a man’s voice told her to do it and now was her last chance?

Yes, convenient how the first time 'hearing voices' was mentioned was after the defence lawyer's doctor spoke to her. That's when she was lying the hospital bed having asked "Do I have a lawyer?". See, yes, she did it, yes it's terribly sad, and no I don't judge her because I can only begin to imagine that kind of stress. Legally, it comes down to if you believe she was not in control of her own mind when she did it. And I don't believe her there. All the evidence tells me she was at breaking point, but I've heard nothing about losing her mind completely. I know a bit from experiences about mental breakdown (unfortunately) and I'm afraid I just don't believe her, no matter what the shyster lawyer says in her defence.

Sparrowsandbudgies · 16/08/2026 10:08

Cheese55 · 16/08/2026 07:06

What channel is this on?

Court TV and other live court channels on you tube.

Cheese55 · 16/08/2026 07:06

What channel is this on?

MsKirby · 16/08/2026 06:53

Based on inconsistencies coming out, I don't think she did it. The husband is not coming across well at all.

ktopfwcv · 16/08/2026 04:51

TheJuryIsOut · 14/08/2026 10:48

I'm not one for conspiracy theories but I'm actually starting to wonder if she did it at all. The husband is quite suspicious in what he says and has contradicted himself on a few occasions now.

That's not a question. She did. It's an agreed fact.

ktopfwcv · 16/08/2026 04:50

Let down how pls?

NotsureifIwantsummertobeoverornot · 16/08/2026 01:48

BonaBona · 14/08/2026 15:34

Lindsay is very ill. It's sad. but legally I would have to say she knew what she was doing and carried on. She didn't hear voices, her lawyers told her to say that she did. LC refused inpatient care and told her husband she was ok with the kids when he put it to her that she might not be. She carried on trying to be Miss Perfect and control everything. The support was there for her to ask for a break and she didn't take it. And she wanted a 4th child! So unrealistic. She wasn't all there upstairs, but she wasn't legally insane. So guilty is the verdict for me.

But the husband said that she told him that a man’s voice told her to do it and now was her last chance?

hds873banana · 15/08/2026 12:00

BonaBona · 15/08/2026 10:37

Just saying if I don't believe she had diminished capacity. She knew. If I were on the jury, I haven't seen any reasonable doubt that I could credit outside of the defence lawyer trying hard to create some.

What is the evidence that she knew please?

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BonaBona · 15/08/2026 10:37

Just saying if I don't believe she had diminished capacity. She knew. If I were on the jury, I haven't seen any reasonable doubt that I could credit outside of the defence lawyer trying hard to create some.

hds873banana · 15/08/2026 08:27

Sometimeswinning · 14/08/2026 22:37

You can’t say she is innocent because of her lack of criminal responsibility either. Thats for the court to decide. A lot of people are projecting and giving their opinion.

No but there is ‘reasonable doubt’ which is what it all hinges on

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Sometimeswinning · 14/08/2026 22:37

hds873banana · 14/08/2026 20:15

The thing is you can’t say she was not insane. Nothing you’ve said here is anything but your opinion. People in psychosis can act rationally one minute, and irrationally the next. It’s the lack of real understanding of psychosis that is the problem here.

You can’t say she is innocent because of her lack of criminal responsibility either. Thats for the court to decide. A lot of people are projecting and giving their opinion.