Lindsay Clancy broke down in court on Wednesday when a medical examiner was testifying about the autopsy of her 5-year-old daughter.
Not long after medical examiner Dr. Barbara Olson took the stand and began describing the autopsy of Cora Clancy, Lindsay Clancy, the 5-year-old’s mother, broke down and began sobbing.
“I can’t do this,” Clancy said.
Clancy faces first-degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of her three children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan.
Clancy, 32, took the lives of her three children before attempting suicide on Jan. 24, 2023.
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Clancy does not dispute that she killed her children. Instead, her defense contends she was suffering from severe postpartum depression brought on by being overmedicated on prescriptions.
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According to evidence and testimony presented in court, five doctors prescribed Clancy with the following medication before she killed her three kids:
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Following Clancy’s breakdown, Judge William Sullivan ordered a recess and excused the jury from the courtroom.
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Two women could be seen appearing to console Clancy while she was crying inside the courtroom.
Sullivan was also forced to call a break on Wednesday after Clancy began crying while a different medical examiner, Renee Stonebridge, gave testimony about her examination of some body parts of Clancy’s three kids.
