Lindsay Clancy motions seek 911 call in murder trial
Prosecutors filed last-minute motions ahead of lindsay clancy’s scheduled murder trial, asking a judge to let jurors hear Patrick Clancy’s 911 call. They say the recording shows how he found the three children in the Duxbury home basement and supports their claim that the killings were deliberate.
Patrick Clancy 911 call
Lindsay Clancy, 35, does not deny killing her three children, but she has argued in pretrial motions that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she strangled them and threw herself out of a second-story window. Prosecutors are trying to use Patrick Clancy’s call to counter that account and to place the jury inside the first moments after he found the defendant.
On the recording, Patrick Clancy can be heard yelling, “She killed the kids!” Prosecutors say the call captures the moment he discovered each child in the home’s basement, where each had been strangled with a separate exercise band.
Duxbury house viewing
The state also wants jurors to view three locations, including the house in Duxbury where the children were killed. Prosecutors said in a May hearing that the current homeowner objects to the viewing after the property was sold to a third party in January 2024.
They also said crime scene photos and videos do not provide a complete picture of the residence. Their proposed limit would allow only the attorneys, jury, and judge into the house.
Exercise band dispute
Prosecutors say the way the bands were wrapped around each child’s neck is a critical point in the case. They argue the bands were wrapped in a fashion that negates any theory that they were tied or knotted.
That issue matters because Mr. Clancy later told police and the grand jury that he believed the band was tied with a knot at the back of Cora’s neck and the same for Callan. He said he believed the bands were looped like you would tie a shoelace but came off easily.
He also said the band on Dawson was tighter and that he had to pull it over Dawson’s head. Prosecutors say the question of whether the bands were tied or looped goes to whether Lindsay Clancy tied the bands around each child and walked away or manually pulled the bands around each child’s neck until they died.
The motions were filed ahead of this summer’s scheduled murder trial, and Clancy appeared virtually at a court hearing on Nov. 18, 2025. The judge’s ruling will decide whether the 911 call and the house viewing become part of the evidence jurors hear and see.
