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Lindsay Clancy Charged With Murder in Duxbury Deaths of Three Children

Prosecutors allege Clancy strangled her three children in January 2023; she has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and the case remains at the charging stage.

3 reports on this incident · first at Sep 4, 2026, 11:47 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Sep 4, 2026, 3:22 p.m. ETUpdated Sep 10, 2026, 2:52 p.m. ET
Lindsay Clancy has been with murder in the deaths of her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, at her Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023, according to the Daily Mail and KZTV10. The brought the murder charge, the Daily Mail reported. The case is at the charging stage and has not been resolved; Clancy has not been tried and is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Prosecutors said Clancy acted deliberately when she strangled five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan Clancy with exercise bands on January 24, 2023, according to the South China Morning Post and KZTV10. The government claimed Clancy killed her three children at her Duxbury home in January 2023 and that she knew what she was doing at the time, the Daily Mail reported. Prosecutors said Clancy had the capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions and could follow the law, according to KESQ. NJ1015 reported that Clancy admitted strangling the children at her Duxbury home in 2023 but pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis, the Daily Mail reported. The date the charges were announced is reported differently: the Daily Mail reported September 4, 2026, while TMZ reported September 10, 2026. The sources disagree and neither outweighs the other.

Earlier reports

  1. Sep 5, 2026, 3:53 a.m. ET

    Lindsay Clancy Charged With Murder in Deaths of Her Three Children

    Lindsay Clancy has been charged with murder in the deaths of her three children, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney. The charge was announced on September 4, 2026. The case is at the charging stage and remains undecided; Clancy has not been tried. As with any charge, Clancy is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

  2. Sep 4, 2026, 11:47 p.m. ETFirst report

    Lindsay Clancy Charged with Murder in Deaths of Her Three Children

    Lindsay Clancy has been charged with murder in the deaths of her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney, as reported by DailyMail.com. The charges were announced on September 4, 2026.

    The government alleges that Clancy killed her children at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023, and that she knew what she was doing at the time. The case is at the charging stage, and Clancy is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

    The investigation is ongoing, and the cause of the children's deaths has not been determined.

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Revision history

  1. Version 310 Sept 2026, 18:52current

    Added the conflicting announcement dates reported by the Daily Mail (September 4, 2026) and TMZ (September 10, 2026), and added the KESQ and NJ1015 accounts of the prosecution's allegations.

  2. Version 26 Sept 2026, 17:25

    Updated to reflect the charging stage and presumption of innocence, and added attribution for the deliberate act allegation.

  3. Version 15 Sept 2026, 03:52

    First published.

  4. Version 15 Sept 2026, 03:47current

    First published.

  5. Version 15 Sept 2026, 07:53current

    First published.

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