{
  "id": 857165,
  "title": "Lindsay Clancy's chilling search results days before killing kids: ‘Can you turn airbags off’, ‘Can you treat sociopath’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/lindsay-clancys-chilling-search-results-days-before-killing-kids-can",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T09:50:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/lindsay-clancys-chilling-search-results-days-before-killing-kids-can-you-turn-airbags-off-can-you-treat-sociopath-101786699658920.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lindsay Clancy, the mother accused of killing her three children, had expressed disturbing thoughts on the day before the murders, according to search results on her phone. Five days prior to the tragic events, she Googled symptoms of psychosis and hallucinations. The search results were presented to jurors during the trial. State Police Trooper Timothy Chiappini testified about the contents of her phone, noting notes dated October 23 and modified on November 3, 2022.\n\nIn her entries, Lindsay had written about her struggles with parenting her third child, feeling resentful and unable to treat him like her firstborn. She also disclosed a desire to have more children and sought help in finding a good therapist. On January 20, 2023, four days before the killings, she searched for methods to harm herself, including \"How to slit your throat to die.\" Additionally, she searched for ways to disable airbags in a KIA Sorento and whether it was possible to treat a sociopath.\n\nHer husband, Patrick Clancy, discovered her in the backyard after she attempted suicide by jumping out of the window. The children were found in the basement, strangled with exercise bands. Prior to the murders, Lindsay had searched for various topics, including baby food, children's movies, coloring pages, cartoons, and recipes for slime. She also inquired about medications and mental health conditions like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.\n\nText messages between Lindsay and her mother revealed her fluctuating mental state. Initially, she expressed feeling better after being in a mental hospital, but later admitted to hanging in there and waiting for a return to her normal self. These insights into Lindsay's mindset, along with her attorney's insanity defense, offer a glimpse into the mind of the accused as she stood trial for her children's deaths.",
  "summary": "Lindsay Clancy Googled about psychosis symptoms and hallucinations five days before she killed her three children and then tried to kill herself.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "How soon did Patrick Clancy remarry? Lindsay Clancy divorce date, Rachel Danis relationship details in focus amid trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/how-soon-did-patrick-clancy-remarry-lindsay-clancy-divorce-date",
        "published": "2026-08-14T05:42:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Lindsay Clancy's journal entries read in court after emotional moments in murder trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/lindsay-clancys-journal-entries-read-in-court-after-emotional-moments",
        "published": "2026-08-14T12:49:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}