Was She Mad or Murderous | Dover News

Dover News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 7, 2026 · 1m

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is turning on her psychiatric hospital stay—where she reportedly told doctors she had no intent to harm herself or others—just weeks before she allegedly killed her three young children. Prosecutors paint her as a former nurse who orchestrated her husband’s exit and then murdered her kids, while her defense argues she was severely mentally ill, misdiagnosed, and worsened by medication—claiming she shouldn’t face criminal responsibility due to psychosis and auditory hallucinations. Her discharge from McLean Hospital, where she planned to return home for a child’s…