Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy is about to be arraigned at 2 p.m. Tuesday — however she might be Zoomed into the courtroom from her hospital mattress.
She is accused of strangling her youngsters — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 7 months — someday earlier than 6:11 on the night of Jan. 24, when her husband, Patrick, known as police to report that she had tried suicide.
Plymouth District Court Judge John Canavan is the presiding choose.
“The judge, clerk, prosecutor and defense attorney will be present in the courtroom, and the defendant will participate remotely through videoconference,” the state path courtroom mentioned Monday. A Zoom session will permit the 34-year-old mom to observe alongside.
Her lawyer, Kevin Reddington, advised the Herald Friday his shopper was a “zombie” on a number of drugs and the household was pleading for assist earlier than the night of Jan. 24, when her husband, Patrick, known as police to report that she had tried suicide. The youngsters had been all discovered inside.
Reddington says she was overmedicated and that’s positive to be the primary thrust of his protection.
Lindsay Clancy will even be examined by a forensic psychologist for proof of a post-partum temper dysfunction.
Reddington mentioned the mother was prescribed an “unbelievable” quantity of medicine {that a} toxicologist has already examined for him.
“It’s absolutely staggering. She had homicidal and suicidal ideations” that she couldn’t management, Reddington mentioned. “She was in a living hell and the husband did the best he could.”
“She was a very sweet, loving mother,” Reddington mentioned, including he’s been to the couple’s Duxbury home the place all the children’ rooms had been sweetly embellished as solely a mom can. “There is no doubt she was an incredible mother … she was so loved with all the nurses she worked with at MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital) who said she always talked about her kids.”
She was a labor and supply nurse on the high Boston hospital.
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