Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy showed extreme atrocity and cruelty when she killed her three kids with exercise bands, prosecutors argued on Thursday.
Evidence from the scene suggested that these killings were savage and deliberate, as per prosecutors. Patrick was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher when he finally discovered Cora, Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan inside the basement. And as the police headed down the stairs, they heard crying. 'She killed the kids'- as per court papers.
Every child had an exercise band around their neck, but by the time first responders got to the basement, each band was lying next to every child, the filing mentioned.
Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and strangulation. Her defense plans to mount an insanity defense, arguing that she was experiencing serious post-partum psychosis and was overmedicated by a failing healthcare system.