Public indictments, warrant affidavits, procedural rulings, and access limits.
Evidence Cards
Card #01: Current posture — August 11, 2026
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/1
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: Indictment
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/142
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 #03: Bifurcation ruling
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/36
Why act evidence and responsibility evidence remained in one trial.
[VERIFIED FACT] Judge Sullivan denied bifurcation because witnesses and evidence bearing on the acts and criminal responsibility substantially overlapped; compelled-examination statements were limited to rebuttal after the defense placed responsibility in issue. [Court TV ruling](https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-denies-lindsay-clancys-request-to-split-trial-in-2-phases/)
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Card #04: 177-page warrant packet
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/143
Probable-cause allegations and collection returns.
[VERIFIED FACT] The packet contains affidavits, warrants, returns, item inventories, surveillance timestamps, interview summaries, and later device requests. [Public warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
[ALLEGATION] Affidavit assertions are statements offered to establish probable cause and are not verdicts or automatically authenticated trial facts. [Public warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
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Card #05: Initial warrant return
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/37
The principal item inventory.
[VERIFIED FACT] The initial return lists exercise bands or belts, a blood-covered kitchen knife, medication containers, clothing, journals, electronics, treatment paperwork, takeout materials, and numerous stain swabs. [Warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
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Card #06: Recorded interview summaries
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/144
A filing itself warns about precision.
[VERIFIED FACT] The January 24 Patrick interview was audio-recorded, while the affidavit presents a summary rather than a verbatim transcript. [Warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
[UNKNOWN] Differences between a summary and exact words should be checked against the recording or sworn testimony before being treated as contradictions. [Warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf) · [Trial Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3oGUuSo7JQ)
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Card #07: Devices collected
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/42
The public inventory and later requests.
[VERIFIED FACT] Police collected a bedroom phone, two laptops, an external hard drive, and a shared tablet; warrants also sought phones, cloud accounts, smart cameras, baby-monitor data, and computer records. [Warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf) · [Trial Day 5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ol0huRYsso)
[UNKNOWN] A warrant's authorization does not prove that responsive data existed, and the complete native extractions were not publicly produced. [Warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
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Card #08: Pretrial responsibility and evidence rulings
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/145
The legal shape of the trial.
[VERIFIED FACT] The court denied bifurcation, permitted a limited jury view, reviewed blood-pattern reliability, and admitted the 911 call with restrictions and a limiting instruction. [Bifurcation ruling](https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-denies-lindsay-clancys-request-to-split-trial-in-2-phases/) · [Forensics report](https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-fights-voodoo-forensics-in-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial/) · [911 ruling](https://www.wcvb.com/article/lindsay-clancy-911-call-allowed-evidence/71773039)
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Card #09: January 25 · early morning
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/55
Initial residential search.
[VERIFIED FACT] Police obtained and executed a residential warrant. The return lists smart-home equipment, phones and computers, journals, treatment paperwork, medication bottles, exercise bands, a knife, clothing, the takeout receipt, Pedia-Lax, and numerous stain swabs. [Warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
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Card #10: Media restrictions
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/146
Public access is not identical to courtroom access.
[VERIFIED FACT] The 911 audio and autopsy photographs could be used in court but were restricted from media dissemination. [WBUR report](https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/07/24/jury-selected-lindsay-clancy-opening-statements-murder-trial) · [NBC10 Boston report](https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lindsay-clancy-911-call-photos-ruling/3986717/)
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Card #11: February 7, 2023
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/58
District Court arraignment.
[VERIFIED FACT] Clancy pleaded not guilty by hospital video to murder, strangulation, and assault-and-battery charges and was ordered held in a medical facility pending treatment and later bail review. [DA arraignment release](https://plymouthda.com/news/2023-press-releases/duxbury-woman-arraigned-in-murder-of-her-three-children/)
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Card #12: Docket materials not obtained
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/147
The archive's filing gaps.
[UNKNOWN] A complete MassCourts export, all written motion orders, raw expert reports, full autopsy reports, complete device extractions, and full forensic laboratory files were not openly obtained for this version. [Court TV trial tracker](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/) · [Warrant packet](https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf)
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Card #13: September 15, 2023
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/59
Grand-jury indictments.
[VERIFIED FACT] A Plymouth County grand jury returned three murder and three strangulation indictments in Superior Court case 2383CR00198. [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/)
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Card #14: October 26, 2023
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/60
Superior Court arraignment.
[VERIFIED FACT] Clancy pleaded not guilty at Tewksbury State Hospital and was held without bail. [DA Superior Court release](https://plymouthda.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LClancySUPARR.pdf)
[ALLEGATION] The DA's descriptions of premeditation and extreme atrocity were prosecution allegations, not findings by the arraignment court. [DA Superior Court release](https://plymouthda.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LClancySUPARR.pdf)
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Card #15: January 17, 2024
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/61
DNA swab order.
[VERIFIED FACT] The court allowed the Commonwealth to obtain a DNA buccal swab from Clancy. [Court TV hearing report](https://www.courttv.com/news/hearing-held-for-massachusetts-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-kids/)
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Card #16: May 28–November 18, 2025
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/63
Expert records, venue, and continuance.
[VERIFIED FACT] The court addressed expert-source records and reporter material, later denied a motion to move the trial to Boston, and continued trial to July 2026. [Psych-record hearing](https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-hearing-weighs-psych-records-and-reporters-notes/) · [Venue ruling](https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-refuses-to-move-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial-to-boston/)
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Card #17: March 31, 2026
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/65
Bifurcation denied.
[VERIFIED FACT] Judge Sullivan denied a defense request to split the trial, finding substantial overlap between evidence about the acts and criminal responsibility. [Court TV ruling](https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-denies-lindsay-clancys-request-to-split-trial-in-2-phases/)
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Card #18: June 18–29, 2026
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/66
Pretrial evidence rulings.
[VERIFIED FACT] The court permitted a limited jury view, required reliability review before a blood-pattern demonstration, and allowed the 911 call with a limiting instruction. [Forensics hearing](https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-fights-voodoo-forensics-in-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial/) · [911 ruling](https://www.wcvb.com/article/lindsay-clancy-911-call-allowed-evidence/71773039)
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Card #19: Court and counsel
Canonical URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/75
The courtroom decision-makers at the current trial.
[VERIFIED FACT] Judge William F. Sullivan is presiding; prosecutor Shanan Buckingham and defense attorney Kevin Reddington delivered the parties' opening theories. [Trial Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE)
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