Procedural posture, charges, trial status, and the archive's evidentiary boundaries.
Evidence Cards
Card #01: Current posture — August 13, 2026
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The live procedural status at this archive's cutoff.
[VERIFIED FACT] Commonwealth v. Lindsay M. Clancy, Plymouth Superior Court No. 2383CR00198, remained mid-trial after completed Day 12. The Commonwealth had not rested, and there was no verdict or sentence. [Court TV trial tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[UNKNOWN] Trial Day 13 was scheduled to begin after this archive's 8:26 a.m. Eastern cutoff; no Day 13 witness, ruling, exhibit, or testimony summary had yet been authoritatively reported. [Court TV trial tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[VERIFIED FACT] Three murder counts remained for the deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan. Prosecutors entered nolle prosequi on three strangulation counts in July 2026 as redundant to the murder counts. [Indictment](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf) · [July 9 filing report](https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2026/07/09/lindsay-clancys-strangulation-charges-dropped-ahead-of-murder-trial/)
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Card #02: What the parties agree and dispute
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The trial's central legal divide.
[VERIFIED FACT] Defense counsel conceded that Lindsay Clancy physically caused the children's deaths; the defense contests criminal responsibility, not identity. [Defense stipulation report](https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-lindsay-clancy-willing-to-stipulate-to-her-involvement-in-kids-deaths/) · [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE)
[ALLEGATION] The prosecution argues that the errands, communications, timing, and scene show intentional and planned killings by a criminally responsible actor. [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE)
[DISPUTED CLAIM] The defense argues that severe mental illness and medication effects left Clancy legally unable to appreciate wrongfulness or conform her conduct to law. Defense experts had not testified by the completed Day 12 cutoff. [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE) · [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
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Card #03: Evidence-label key
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How to read status stamps in this archive.
[VERIFIED FACT] A VERIFIED FACT label is reserved for an official record, authenticated exhibit, stipulation, surveillance record, or undisputed procedural event; it does not automatically validate a party's interpretation. [Source methodology](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[SWORN TESTIMONY] A SWORN TESTIMONY label means the statement was made under oath; credibility and weight remain for the jury. [Courtroom record](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[UNKNOWN] UNKNOWN means the necessary record was not publicly obtained or authenticated by this cutoff. Absence from the public record is not proof that something did or did not occur. [Public warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
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Card #04: Publication boundaries
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Materials deliberately not hosted here.
[VERIFIED FACT] The court restricted media dissemination of the 911 audio and autopsy photographs while allowing their courtroom use. This archive does not host, reconstruct, or extract them. [WBUR pretrial report](https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/07/24/jury-selected-lindsay-clancy-opening-statements-murder-trial) · [NBC10 Boston ruling report](https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lindsay-clancy-911-call-photos-ruling/3986717/)
[VERIFIED FACT] The archive links to official Court TV courtroom streams and public filings; it does not republish licensed news photography or graphic child-death evidence. [Court TV evidence gallery](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-see-the-evidence-from-court/)
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Card #05: Opening theory
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The Commonwealth's theory is argument, not a verdict.
[ALLEGATION] The Commonwealth argued that Clancy acted deliberately and rationally, arranged errands to remove Patrick, killed the children during the absence window, and remained criminally responsible. [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE) · [WBUR opening report](https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/07/27/lindsay-clancy-trial-father-testimony)
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Card #06: Opening theory
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The defense's legal claim at trial.
[DISPUTED CLAIM] The defense argues that bipolar illness or postpartum psychosis, worsened by medication and fragmented care, deprived Clancy of criminal responsibility when she killed the children. [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE)
[UNKNOWN] Defense experts had not testified by the completed Day 12 cutoff, so the full evidentiary basis and cross-examination record were not yet public. [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
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Card #07: Procedural status
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What the docket establishes.
[VERIFIED FACT] Clancy has pleaded not guilty and remained on trial on three murder counts at the August 13 procedural cutoff. [Indictment](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf) · [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
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Card #08: Trial Day 11 · August 11
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Paul cross-examination and Rebecca Jollotta.
[SWORN TESTIMONY] Jollotta described frequent messages, severe screening scores, insomnia, intrusive thoughts and suicidal ideation, medication changes, and repeated denials of an active plan, homicidal thoughts, hallucinations, or manic grandiosity. [Official Court TV stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46xTgh6BFoE) · [AP Day 11 report](https://apnews.com/article/1be4c6455e94da7931309171f1042876)
[VERIFIED FACT] The Commonwealth had not rested when court ended; no verdict existed. [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
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Card #09: Trial Day 12 · August 12
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Evidence collection, perinatal counseling, hospital access, and postmortem evidence.
[SWORN TESTIMONY] Sgt. Dan Lawlor described collecting Clancy's clothing and wedding band, checking Callan's status, documenting a home search and pill bottles, and later guarding Clancy's hospital room. [Official Court TV stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltlkNTXKO0) · [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[SWORN TESTIMONY] Latiesha Dukes described anxiety, insomnia, depression and passive suicidal ideation without an active plan, with temporary improvement observed at the final December 19 telehealth visit; Cameron Daley described a January 25 hospital watch with no outside visitor or attorney entering during his shift. [Official Court TV stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltlkNTXKO0) · [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[SWORN TESTIMONY] Dr. Renee Stonebridge gave autopsy-related neuropathology evidence concerning all three children; Dr. Barbara Olson testified that Cora and Dawson died from ligature strangulation. [Official Court TV stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltlkNTXKO0) · [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[DISPUTED CLAIM] Lawlor relayed a secondhand investigative theory that Dr. Paul Zeizel prompted the command-voice account, but Lawlor was outside the closed room, heard no conversation, and said no prosecutor had told him that theory. [Court TV report](https://www.courttv.com/news/lawyers-in-lindsay-clancy-case-get-heated-over-whether-she-was-instructed-to-claim-she-heard-voices/) · [Official Court TV stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltlkNTXKO0)
[VERIFIED FACT] The Commonwealth had not rested when Day 12 ended; no verdict existed. [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
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Card #10: Current evidentiary assessment
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The conclusion supported by the public record at this cutoff.
[UNKNOWN] The available public record does not establish that Patrick Clancy staged the scene, killed the children, or acted as an accomplice. [Court TV trial tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/) · [Indictment](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf)
[VERIFIED FACT] No public charge, admitted defense proffer, or trial theory through completed Day 12 identified Patrick as an alternate perpetrator; the defense expressly conceded Lindsay's physical acts. [Defense stipulation report](https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-lindsay-clancy-willing-to-stipulate-to-her-involvement-in-kids-deaths/) · [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE) · [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
[VERIFIED FACT] Day 12 added scene-search, chain-of-custody, hospital-access, and postmortem testimony but no evidence implicating Patrick or altering this staging assessment. [Trial Day 12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltlkNTXKO0) · [Court TV tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
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Card #11: Defense evidence and final trial record
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The case is not complete.
[UNKNOWN] The defense case, rebuttal, closing arguments, final jury instructions, deliberations, and verdict remained future events after completed Day 12. [Court TV trial tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/)
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Card #12: Indictment
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The charging document, not evidence of guilt.
[VERIFIED FACT] The September 2023 indictment returned three murder and three strangulation counts in Superior Court case 2383CR00198. [Six-page indictment](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf) · [DA announcement](https://plymouthda.com/news/2023-press-releases/duxbury-woman-indicted-on-charges-that-she-murdered-her-three-children/)
[VERIFIED FACT] The strangulation counts were later nol-prossed in July 2026, leaving the three murder counts. [July 9 filing report](https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2026/07/09/lindsay-clancys-strangulation-charges-dropped-ahead-of-murder-trial/)
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Card #13: Trial Day 13 · August 13
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Three State Police witnesses, digital and scene evidence, and a limited security-log ruling.
[VERIFIED FACT] Trial Day 13 concluded after testimony from Sgt. Kyle Pavao, Trooper Timothy Chiappini, and Trooper Joshua McKelligan. The Commonwealth remained in its case-in-chief; it had not rested, and there was no verdict or sentence. Court was dark Friday, August 14, with testimony scheduled to resume Monday, August 17 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern.
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Card #14: Day 13 source and freshness record
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A completed-day cutoff, primary-video priority, and explicit correction of secondary-source compression.
[VERIFIED FACT] This artifact is current through completed Trial Day 13 at 2026-08-13T23:31:30-04:00. Details were checked against two courtroom videos; reporting was used for names and context. The archive does not publish or infer the priest's identity.
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