PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are hearing more difficult testimony Thursday as state medical examiner Dr. Kimberly Springer took the stand, revealing specific details on how the Duxbury mother’s three young children died.
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Aug. 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
Judge ordered a break after Springer's testimony. #LindsayClancy was inconsolable. As far as I could see, Lindsay was not seeing the autopsy photos of Callan at the defense table. Some jurors seem to have an emotional response to the images. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Aug. 6, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Springer said Callan's cause of death is complications of mechanical asphyxia. Complications because he died days after the incident. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Aug. 6, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Springer said Callan's cause of death is complications of mechanical asphyxia. Complications because he died days after the incident. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Aug. 6, 2026, 9:39 a.m.
Jurors are looking at autopsy photos on screens in front of them. Big screen facing us is turned off. One juror is wiping her face with a tissue. Jurors are paying very close attention to this testimony. Lindsay is weeping. #lindsayclancy @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Aug. 6, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
Jury is being shown photos of autopsy of Callan Clancy. Lindsay is crying, head in hands. I cant see the photos, monitor facing us is turned off. Medical examiner is describing Callan's injuries. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Aug. 6, 2026, 9:32 a.m.
Linday Clancy is openly sobbing at defense table as ME describes condition of Callan when she first encountered him. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Aug. 6, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
Dr. Kimberly Springer, MA ME called to testify in #LindsayClancy triple murder trial @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Aug. 6, 2026, 9:22 a.m.
Good Thursday Morning. I'm back in Plymouth County Superior Court for Lindsay Clancy triple murder trial. There is a sidebar now. It's possible medical examiner and autopsy results will be presented today. I'll be careful with my posts. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 6, 2026
Family nanny testified Wednesday
Day 8 of the trial comes after jurors on Wednesday heard emotional testimony Wednesday from a former family nanny who described life inside the Clancy household in the months before prosecutors say Clancy killed her children.
Elaine Rossi, who worked for the Clancy family for about three months in 2022, testified that Lindsay Clancy appeared devoted to her children while privately struggling with postpartum issues and sleep difficulties.
Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, is charged in the January 2023 deaths of her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan. Her defense team argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and is not criminally responsible for their deaths.
During Rossi’s testimony, Clancy was visibly emotional in the courtroom. She was seen crying several times while the former nanny spoke and remained emotional even after the testimony concluded.
Rossi told jurors she worked three days a week caring for newborn Callan Clancy from September through Thanksgiving 2022 as Lindsay prepared to return to work.
According to Rossi, Clancy confided in her that she was experiencing postpartum struggles. Rossi also testified that she was aware Clancy had difficulty sleeping and was taking prescription medications.
The testimony offered jurors a glimpse into the family’s day-to-day life months before the deaths.
Prosecutors have portrayed Clancy as controlling, manipulative and overwhelmed, arguing she wanted to escape her circumstances. But Rossi pushed back on that characterization, describing a mother who cared deeply about her children.
Rossi testified that Clancy kept a notebook with instructions about the children’s care, which she said contained nothing unusual.
When asked by defense attorney Kevin Reddington whether she considered the detailed instructions overbearing or controlling, Rossi responded that she did not.
“Did you find all of that to be overbearing?” Reddington asked.
“No, not at all,” Rossi replied.
“You didn’t find that controlling, that she was trying to get control over you?” Reddington continued
“Not at all,” Rossi said.
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