What Happened In Duxbury? Is Lindsay Clancy Paralyzed? Where Is Lindsay Clancy Now?
by Samina
Updated Feb 02, 2023
What Happened In Duxbury?
The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office confirmed the death of a 7-month-old Duxbury boy whose mother allegedly injured him and killed his two siblings earlier this week.
The DA's office identified the boy as Callan Clancy, who died at Boston Children's Hospital at 11:18 a.m. Friday.
Lindsay Clancy, 32, is accused of strangling her children on Tuesday before jumping out a window in a suspected suicide attempt, according to authorities. After discovering the scene, Clancy's husband reportedly returned home and dialled 911. The couple's two older children, Cora, 5, and Dawson, 3, were taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. Callan, the infant, was airlifted to Children's Hospital and treated for traumatic injuries. Callan later died.
Is Lindsay Clancy Paralyzed?
Clancy, 32, of Duxbury, was hospitalised in police custody on Jan. 25 after allegedly strangling her 5-year-old daughter Cora and 3-year-old son Dawson and leaving her infant severely injured before attempting suicide.
She is now facing additional charges after her 8-month-old son, Callan, was pronounced dead at Boston Children's Hospital two days later.
Clancy, who was on leave from her job as a labour and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital at the time of the tragedy, had previously shared on social media about her struggles with anxiety in new motherhood.
Clancy was diagnosed with postpartum depression, according to NBC Boston, but family members did not respond to questions about whether she also experienced psychosis. Clancy wasn’t paralyzed but it does seem like she suffered from postpartum depression.
Where Is Lindsay Clancy Now?
Clancy, who was also hospitalised and is being held by police, has been charged with two counts of homicide as well as three counts of strangulation and assault and battery with a deadly weapon. The district attorney's office has not announced any new charges. While no motive has been identified by authorities, Clancy's case has sparked speculation and discussion about postpartum mental illness in new mothers. Community members gathered in Duxbury on Thursday for a vigil, still reeling from the shocking tragedy. As of Friday afternoon, a GoFundMe campaign to assist Clancy's husband with medical bills, legal aid, and funeral services had raised more than $400,000 in donations.
“It’s incomprehensible that such a tragic thing would happen in a family anywhere, but here we are,” the Rev. Bill Williams of Holy Family Church said at the vigil.
What Is Postpartum Psychosis?
Postpartum psychosis (PPP) is a rare, treatable, but "severe" mental health condition that can affect women after giving birth, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Hallucinations and delusions, as well as mood changes, depersonalization, and agitation, can all be symptoms.
"They'll have hallucinations where the baby's face isn't their baby anymore," Kylie Chaffin, a licenced mental health counsellor with Perinatal Mental Health, said of some PPP patients' hallucinations.
While those with a history of mental health conditions such as bipolar syndrome or major depressive disorder are more likely to develop PPP, the Cleveland Clinic also lists other risk factors such as sleep deprivation or hormonal changes. PPP is less common than postpartum depression, which affects about 15% of women, according to Postpartum Support International, and affects about.1% to.2% of births.
What Happened In Duxbury- FAQs
Former Connecticut resident Lindsay Musgrove Clancy was likely suffering from postpartum psychosis — an intense mental illness — when she strangled her three children to death before attempting suicide in Massachusetts last week, according to a psychology experts.
Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mom, was charged with the murder of her three children. Experts speculated Clancy could have suffered from postpartum psychosis.
Clancy, who was also hospitalised and is being held by police, has been charged with two counts of homicide as well as three counts of strangulation and assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
Postpartum psychosis (PPP) is a rare, treatable, but "severe" mental health condition that can affect women after giving birth, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Hallucinations and delusions, as well as mood changes, depersonalization, and agitation, can all be symptoms.