{
  "id": 2014968,
  "title": "Lindsay Clancy was ‘begging for help’ and feared drug dependence in weeks before her children died, ex-mother-in-law testifies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/lindsay-clancy-was-begging-for-help-and-feared-drug-dependence-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:16:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/08/19/lindsay-clancy-was-begging-for-help-and-feared-drug-dependence-in-weeks-before-her-children-died-ex-mother-in-law-testifies/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lindsay Clancy approached the murder of her three children and attempted to take her own life in the weeks prior, according to testimony by her former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, during her defense in the fourth week of the murder trial. Susan Clancy testified that her daughter Lindsay was \"struggling\" and that the couple's community members were \"concerned.\" On the night of the murders, Lindsay and Patrick Clancy's children were found strangled in the family basement, after which Lindsay attempted to take her own life and was left paralyzed. The trial revolves around Lindsay's mental state at the time of the crimes, with her defense arguing that she should not be held criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to childbirth-related stress, sleep deprivation, and hormonal changes. Susan Clancy confirmed that Lindsay openly discussed her mental health issues with her, including concerns about potential benzodiazepine dependence, and mentioned her fears of sleeping alone and experiencing paranoid thoughts. Lindsay Clancy's sister, Allison Ozga, testified that Lindsay expressed suicidal thoughts almost daily in late December. A psychologist who visited Lindsay in the hospital described her as handcuffed to a bed, unable to move below her sternum, with a \"fuzzy and foggy\" memory of the events. Her attorney argues that Lindsay suffered from postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder, and that antidepressants prescribed after the birth of their third child exacerbated her condition.",
  "summary": "Susan Clancy told jurors her former daughter-in-law was \"struggling\" for months as the defense builds its postpartum psychosis case",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}