He came home with dinner. She was in the backyard. The children were in the basement.

Part 1 of our five-part series on the Lindsay Clancy case begins exactly where the story begins — the night of January 24th, 2023 in Duxbury, Massachusetts — and doesn't let you leave until you understand why four more chapters are necessary to tell it right.

Cora was five. Dawson was three. Callan was eight months old. Lindsay Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse at one of the most respected hospitals in the country, allegedly strangled all three children with exercise bands before attempting to take her own life. She survived. She has been paralyzed from the chest down ever since, held at Tewksbury State Hospital while her case moves toward trial.

She has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege she planned every detail of that night with deliberate intent. Her defense maintains she was in a state of active psychosis, hearing command hallucinations she could not control — the result of a serious illness the medical system allegedly failed to identify or treat. Those two arguments will go to trial in July 2026.

In the days immediately after the deaths, Patrick Clancy released a public statement forgiving his wife. That one decision — that choice — split the country and launched a debate that still hasn't settled. This is where it started.

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