PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The psychiatrist who treated Lindsay Clancy in the months before she allegedly killed her three children returned to the witness stand Monday as testimony resumed in her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court.
On the stand, Dr. Jennifer Tufts defended her diagnosis of Clancy and explained the reasoning behind prescribing certain medications.
Julie Paul, a psychiatric nurse practitioner who saw Lindsay Clancy at South Shore’s Perinatal Behavioral Health Program, took the stand late Monday afternoon and spoke about her treatment of Clancy.
Court is expected to resume tomorrow, beginning with the judge determining whether the third witness called by the defense is competent to testify on their behalf.
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August 10, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
Testimony is finished for the day. We will be back tomorrow morning. #lindsayclancy @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
Paul: #LindsayClancy seemed like a good candidate for our program. Intake interview was done the next day. @boston25 Major concern: "I could not sleep"
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Paul from South Shore Perinatal Clinic was referred to #LindsayClancy through Susan Clancy, Patrick's mother.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
In initial screening 11/22, Paul said Clancy reported no suicidal or homicidal ideation. no hallucinations, no delusions. @boston25
August 10, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
Julie Paul, psychiatric nurse practitioner is next witness in #LindsayClancy murder trial. @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
After some heated back and forth with Dr Kevin Reddington, Dr. Tufts is excused from witness stand. #LindsayClancy @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
It's been a long day of testimony, courtroom is warm. But Jurors all seem attentive, some are taking notes. The jurors I can see appear to be paying attention to testimony. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 2:46 p.m.
On 1/23/23, day before killings
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
DA to Dr. Tufts: did she ever says she would harm herself or the children?
Dr. Tufts: no
DA If she did, what would you do:
Dr. Tufts: Response would inc. hospitalization or call to police. I would address promptly @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
Dr Tufts said #LindsayClancy could advocate for herself: schedule appointments, communicate concerns, presented self to ER.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
DA: Could you call family to talk to them about treatment
Dr. Tufts: We dont have HIPPA permission to do that. @boston25
August 10, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
In redirect, after eliciting response of characteristics of psychosis.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
DA Sprague: Did you see any sign of psychosis in any of your interactions with Lindsay Clancy?
Dr. Tufts: No. @boston25 #truecrime #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
We are now in a lunch break.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Back at 2pm.
DA expected to call next witness when we return. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
Dr. Tufts last saw #LindsayClancy on 1.23.23, day before the killings.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Reddington: she told you she was feeling numb, no emotion for 17 days, you didn't reach out to her family. pushed her over the edge, didn't it?
Dr. Tufts: I don't think so.
@boston25
August 10, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
Reddington: Did you know around that time (mid-Dec) she told her husband Patrick she had thoughts of harming the children?
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr. T: if i heard that I'd be very concerned, might call DCF.#linsayclancy @boston25
August 10, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
Reddington: Did she have bipolar?
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Tufts: no. I assessed that with her. she never had mania. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
Dr. Tufts (after #LindsayClancy said she wasn't getting better with new prescriptions from South Shore) told her she still had options and there was a reason to hope.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Reddington: did you ever tell her you shouldcome see me?
Dr Tufts there was no need. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
Dr. Tufts, we considered Zulresso, IV treatment, 60 hour infusion over 2.5 days for postpartum depression. I couldn't recommend, only avail at Women and Infants in RI, not in MA. I had no access to that facility @boston25 #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 11:46 am.
After a break, we are back in session. Kevin Reddington is still crossing Dr Jennifer Tufts. #lindsayclancy @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 10:59 a.m.
Reddington: she was afraid of the drug. She wasnt doctor shopping, she was asking you for help. She was afraid to take the drugs and told you
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr Tufts: she said she was afraid to take the buspar.#lindsayclancy @boston25
August 10, 2026, 10:44 a.m.
Reddington: Would it surprise you to know she called suicide hotlines not once, but twice and was turned away?
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr Tufts: it does surprise me, yes. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 10:41 a.m.
Reddington: Did she tell you about suicidal thoughts (in 11/22 ?
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr. T: yes
R: what did she tell you
Dr Tufts: She denied having them Wasn't having them at our meeting, but was close to having them. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
Reddington: Why would you provide Zoloft to a person with post-partum, anxiety, can't sleep. You provided that medicine knowing it could give her trouble sleeping
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr. Tufts: People have varied responses. Zoloft is a first line, safe medication @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
Reddington: Why did you give her Zoloft?
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr. T: It's a very effective drug for generalized anxiety disorder. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
Reddington: What therapy did you do for #LindsayClancy?
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr. Tufts: I listened to her, listened to her concerns, provided hope. I tried to provide her w/hope that eventually things would work out. @boston25
August 10, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
Reddington is now aiming at how all 14 visits #LindsayClancy had with Dr. Tufts were telemedicine.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
R: Until you came in this courtroom, you never saw #LindsayClancy in person.
Dr. Tufts: yes.
R: Were you ever concerned about her mental health as a person? @boston25 #truecrime
August 10, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
Reddington is taking aim at Dr. Tufts advertisement in which she mentioned interest in post partum treatment.
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
R: you advertised as an expert in post partum with a month's experience. Isnt that negligence?
Dr. Tufts: I dont believe I was negligent. @boston25 #lindsayclancy
August 10, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
Reddington: how many people with postpartum depression did you treat in that month and a half at Aster before you met #LindsayClancy?
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr. Tufts: Maybe a couple. But many in the Residency before that. @boston25 #truecrime
August 10, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
Reddington: You were practicing as a psychiatrist for little more than a month (before meeting #lindsayclancy
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Dr. Tufts: I was practicing independently for about a month.
R: Only a month
Dr T: The training (in residency) is immense before that.@boston25
August 10, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
In cross, Dr. Tufts said she treated about 50 people with post partum during her 4 yr residency at Boston Medical Center. #lindsayclancy @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
Kevin Reddington is beginning his cross of Dr. Tufts by having her detail when she became a doctor, did her residence, got bd certification. Dr. T said she began practicing at Aster 8/22, weeks before she met #LindsayClancy @boston25
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026, 9:12 a.m.
Good Monday Morning. Im back in Plymouth Superior Court as #LindsayClancy murder trial resumes. We will begin with defense attorney Kevin Reddington's cross of Dr. Jennifer Tufts who treated Lindsay from 9/22-1/23/23, the day before the killings. @boston25 #truecrime
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) August 10, 2026
Get caught up on what happened Friday:
Jurors have already heard that Clancy struggled with anxiety and depression and that doctors considered whether she may have had bipolar disorder. However, testimony so far has not included any diagnosis of psychosis.
Weeks before the killings, Clancy admitted herself to McLean Hospital for five days of mental health treatment. A psychiatrist from the hospital testified that Clancy wanted to be weaned off an antipsychotic medication because she was having trouble sleeping and said no signs of psychosis were observed during her treatment.
As court resumes for a third week of testimony, Tufts’ continued testimony is expected to focus on Clancy’s treatment history, medications, and mental health condition in the months leading up to the January 2023 deaths of her kids, Cora, Dawson, and Callan.
Criminal defense attorney Elyse Hershon, who is not involved in the case, said treating physicians could face scrutiny because Clancy’s family has also filed a malpractice lawsuit related to her care.
“It is in their best interests, these doctors, to get on the stand and to assert that she was stable, that she was fine and she was properly medicated because it serves them,” Hershon said. “So we call that a bias in their testimony... that would be fodder for cross-examination potentially.”
Clancy faces three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of her children. If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison.
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