Procedural posture, charges, trial status, and the archive's evidentiary boundaries.
Evidence Cards
Card #01: Current posture — August 11, 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 Day 11. 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/)
[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 Day 11 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 August 11, 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 11 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: 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 Day 11 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)
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Card #10: 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 were future events at the August 11 cutoff. [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 #11: 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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