{
  "id": 1053183,
  "title": "Before Killing Her Kids, Lindsay Clancy Searched About Hallucinations, Psychosis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/before-killing-her-kids-lindsay-clancy-searched-about-hallucinations",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nursing/122624"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the weeks leading up to the tragic killing of her three children in January 2023, Lindsay Clancy searched online for information about hallucinations, psychosis, and side effects of various medications she was prescribed. The 36-year-old labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital also looked up suicide methods, bipolar disorder, and insomnia at the end of December 2022 and again in January. A detailed note dated October 2022 revealed her doubts about her parenting choices and second-guessing her decision to stop breastfeeding her 8-month-old.\n\nDefending her actions, Lindsay's attorneys argue that she suffered from bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that can distort a woman's sense of reality after childbirth. Forensic psychiatrist diagnosed her with these conditions following the killings. In her note, she expressed her fear of harming her youngest child and feeling overwhelmed by the amount of parenting information she had consumed over the past five years.\n\nDuring the trial, her husband, Patrick Clancy, expressed his support for Lindsay, and they were seen together in texts discussing their parenting routines. Prosecutors argue that Lindsay intentionally killed her children by getting her husband to leave the house and then strangling them with exercise bands. They also point to her search for information on suicide methods and postpartum depression as evidence of premeditation. If convicted of murder, Lindsay Clancy faces life in prison without parole. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.",
  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Editor's Note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Lindsay Clancy searched online about...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Patrick Clancy's wife Rachel Danis' patient reviews in focus amid Lindsay Clancy trial: ‘Been telling all my friends…’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/patrick-clancys-wife-rachel-danis-patient-reviews-in-focus-amid",
        "published": "2026-08-13T07:32:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Before killing her kids, Lindsay Clancy searched about hallucinations, psychosis and ways to die",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/before-killing-her-kids-lindsay-clancy-searched-about-hallucinations",
        "published": "2026-08-13T21:46:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Lindsay Clancy trial puts postpartum psychosis in focus: Why its more than the baby blues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/lindsay-clancy-trial-puts-postpartum-psychosis-in-focus-why-its-more",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:26:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}