Killer mom Lindsay Clancy was suffering from drug withdrawal and had 'worst side effects,' says friend
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DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS: A friend of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom accused of killing her three children, has said Lindsay was suffering from benzos withdrawal and had the "worst side effects" before the murders. The bodies of the two children allegedly killed by Clancy, 32, were found in the basement of their home. Clancy pleaded not guilty to killing the children — Cora, five, Dawson, three, and seven-month-old Callan, who died later in the hospital.
Two days before the murders, the family went to visit a friend of Clancy's husband, Patrick. The college friend, Kyle Carney, confirmed that the family came over for dinner, according to Boston.com. Carney told police Clancy seemed quite normal that day.
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Lindsay Clancy struggled with benzodiazepine withdrawal
After the murders, Carney revealed Patrick told him Clancy was prescribed medications he believed were not working, according to The US Sun. Clancy was said to have been battling postpartum psychosis in the months leading up to her children's murders. Patrick reportedly also told Carney that Clancy was dealing with benzodiazepine withdrawals about a month-and-a-half before the murders. She had "the worst side effects possible," Carney said.
Clancy faces two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of strangulation and suffocation, and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon following the slayings. While she is accused of killing Callan, she does not face charges in connection with his death at present.
How the children were found
Clancy's children were found lying in the basement of their house and were discovered by Patrick. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague explained Patrick came back after he went out to get takeout food for the family in Duxbury, and found his bedroom door locked, according to WCVB. However, he managed to get in and subsequently found that his wife had allegedly slit her wrists and jumped out the second-story window.
"He called 911. During this time, he asked the defendant [Clancy], ‘What did you do?’ She responded to him, ‘I tried to kill myself and jumped out the window'," Sprague told the court. She added, "During the 911 call, Patrick can be heard asking the defendant, ‘Where are the kids?’ He later told police that she replied 'in the basement'."
Patrick then headed downstairs to the basement and reportedly screamed as he found Cora, Dawson, and Callan on the ground. All the children had an exercise resistance band around their necks that was used to strangle them, Evie Magazine reported. Clancy is now being treated for spinal injuries. She has been left paralyzed from the waist down.