# Court Filings & Docket

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Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.249Z

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- Keyword: Filings
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### Summary

Public indictments, warrant affidavits, procedural rulings, and access limits.

### Overview

Evidence cards distinguish what a record is from what a party or observer infers from it. Open a source beside each claim and use the connection panel to follow the evidence thread.

### Connections

- Case Overview: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/case-overview (Charges and posture come from public court and DA records.)
- Source Library & Methodology: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/source-library-methodology (Filings are linked directly and affidavit allegations remain labeled.)

### Evidence cards

#### Card #01: Current posture — August 11, 2026

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/1
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/1.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.133Z
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Summary:

The live procedural status at this archive's cutoff.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/
- https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf
- https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2026/07/09/lindsay-clancys-strangulation-charges-dropped-ahead-of-murder-trial/

Attachments:
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#### Card #02: Indictment

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/142
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/142.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.249Z
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Summary:

The charging document, not evidence of guilt.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf
- https://plymouthda.com/news/2023-press-releases/duxbury-woman-indicted-on-charges-that-she-murdered-her-three-children/
- 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

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/36
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/36.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.160Z
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Summary:

Why act evidence and responsibility evidence remained in one trial.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-denies-lindsay-clancys-request-to-split-trial-in-2-phases/

Attachments:
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#### Card #04: 177-page warrant packet

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/143
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/143.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.249Z
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Summary:

Probable-cause allegations and collection returns.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf

Attachments:
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#### Card #05: Initial warrant return

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/37
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/37.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.163Z
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Summary:

The principal item inventory.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf

Attachments:
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#### Card #06: Recorded interview summaries

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/144
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/144.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.249Z
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Summary:

A filing itself warns about precision.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3oGUuSo7JQ

Attachments:
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#### Card #07: Devices collected

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/42
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/42.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.167Z
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Summary:

The public inventory and later requests.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ol0huRYsso

Attachments:
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#### Card #08: Pretrial responsibility and evidence rulings

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/145
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/145.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.249Z
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Summary:

The legal shape of the trial.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-denies-lindsay-clancys-request-to-split-trial-in-2-phases/
- https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-fights-voodoo-forensics-in-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial/
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/lindsay-clancy-911-call-allowed-evidence/71773039

Attachments:
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#### Card #09: January 25 · early morning

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/55
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/55.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
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Summary:

Initial residential search.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf

Attachments:
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#### Card #10: Media restrictions

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/146
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/146.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.249Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

Public access is not identical to courtroom access.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/07/24/jury-selected-lindsay-clancy-opening-statements-murder-trial
- https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lindsay-clancy-911-call-photos-ruling/3986717/

Attachments:
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#### Card #11: February 7, 2023

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/58
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/58.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

District Court arraignment.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://plymouthda.com/news/2023-press-releases/duxbury-woman-arraigned-in-murder-of-her-three-children/

Attachments:
- No approved attachments on this card.

#### Card #12: Docket materials not obtained

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/147
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/147.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.249Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

The archive's filing gaps.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-trial-opening-statements-set-for-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-children/
- https://www.insideedition.com/sites/default/files/inline-files/Linday%20Clancy%20Search%20Warrant.pdf

Attachments:
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#### Card #13: September 15, 2023

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/59
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/59.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

Grand-jury indictments.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf
- https://plymouthda.com/news/2023-press-releases/duxbury-woman-indicted-on-charges-that-she-murdered-her-three-children/

Attachments:
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#### Card #14: October 26, 2023

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/60
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/60.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

Superior Court arraignment.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://plymouthda.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LClancySUPARR.pdf

Attachments:
- No approved attachments on this card.

#### Card #15: January 17, 2024

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/61
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/61.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

DNA swab order.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/hearing-held-for-massachusetts-mom-accused-of-killing-her-3-kids/

Attachments:
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#### Card #16: May 28–November 18, 2025

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/63
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/63.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

Expert records, venue, and continuance.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/lindsay-clancy-hearing-weighs-psych-records-and-reporters-notes/
- https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-refuses-to-move-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial-to-boston/

Attachments:
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#### Card #17: March 31, 2026

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/65
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/65.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

Bifurcation denied.

Body:

[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/)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-denies-lindsay-clancys-request-to-split-trial-in-2-phases/

Attachments:
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#### Card #18: June 18–29, 2026

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/66
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/66.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.172Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

Pretrial evidence rulings.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-fights-voodoo-forensics-in-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial/
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/lindsay-clancy-911-call-allowed-evidence/71773039

Attachments:
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#### Card #19: Court and counsel

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/75
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket/card/75.md
- Topic: Court Filings & Docket
- Updated: 2026-08-12T03:37:55.183Z
- Comments: 0

Summary:

The courtroom decision-makers at the current trial.

Body:

[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)

Links:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9vz_Nw3lE

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