- Lindsay Marie Musgrove [married name Clancy] was born on August 11, 1990.
- The couple [Lindsay and Patrick Clancy] married on December 3, 2016, and later settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, where Lindsay worked as a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital.
- The Clancys’ first child, Cora, was born on December 4, 2017, after which Lindsay began working part-time.
- Their second child, Dawson [Clancy], was born on September 30, 2019.
- The family’s youngest child, Callan [Clancy], was born on May 26, 2022.
- [Jennifer] Tufts prescribed Ativan for her [Lindsay Clancy] on October 21 [of 2022].
- On October 26 [of 2022], Lindsay [Clancy] reported that Ativan reduced her anxiety but not her insomnia and said she was using Benadryl as a sleep aid. [Jennifer] Tufts prescribed Buspar, but Lindsay was afraid to try a new medication and did not take it.
- On November 8 [of 2022], Lindsay [Clancy] posted in a Facebook support group for postpartum depression and anxiety. She said that although Ativan had helped her feel normal again, she was concerned about becoming addicted and asked for alternatives.
- On November 15 [of 2022], she [Lindsay Clancy] sought treatment at an emergency room after reportedly going two days without sleep. A physician prescribed trazodone, but Lindsay found it ineffective.
- On November 20, Lindsay’s mother-in-law, a nurse, contacted Julie Paul, a psychiatric nurse practitioner at her hospital’s perinatal clinic. Paul called Lindsay later that day. Paul prescribed Prozac but, a few days later, Lindsay said she could not tolerate it.
- On November 25 [of 2022], [Julie] Paul asked her [Lindsay Clancy] to discontinue both Prozac and Ativan, offered a one-time dose of Ambien to help her sleep, and prescribed Remeron and Klonopin.
- [Rebecca] Jollotta prescribed Seroquel, an anti-psychotic, on November 29 [of 2022].
- At a December 6 meeting with both Lindsay and Patrick, Jollotta suggested Lindsay had bipolar disorder. Jollotta testified that Patrick responded: “My wife is not bipolar.” Jollotta increased the Seroquel dosage and recommended hospitalization.
- On December 15 [of 2022], Lindsay [Clancy] visited an emergency room due to suicidal thoughts but declined inpatient treatment.
- [Jennifer] Tufts prescribed Lamictal, a mood stabilizer, the following day [after Lindsay Clancy visited an emergency room due to suicidal thoughts].
- On December 20, Lindsay [Clancy] joined a day program for postpartum depression at Women & Infants. The hospital discharged her after one day.
- On December 31, 2022, Lindsay returned to the emergency room because of persistent suicidal ideation.
- The next morning [on 1 January 2023], she [Lindsay Clancy] voluntarily began inpatient treatment at McLean Hospital.
- Lindsay left McLean on January 5, 2023, with prescriptions for Ativan and trazodone.
- At a virtual appointment the following day [on January 6, 2023], [Jennifer] Tufts described [Lindsay] Clancy as “deteriorating” and discussed further medication changes.
- [Jennifer] Tufts saw her [Lindsay Clancy] again on January 9 [of 2023]
- Tufts […] prescribed amitriptyline on January 16 [for Lindsay Clancy].
- At an appointment on January 23 [of 2023], the day before the killings, Tufts testified that Clancy appeared depressed and said she had to force herself to get out of bed. Clancy denied having suicidal or homicidal thoughts, and Tufts observed no signs of psychosis.
- While her husband [Patrick Clancy] was gone, Lindsay [Clancy] strangled their three children one by one with exercise bands in the basement.
- According to Patrick [Clancy], on the morning of January 24, 2023, Lindsay [Clancy] told him that she had slept “pretty well” and was feeling good.
