A Massachusetts mother who authorities allege strangled to death her three young children and then tried to kill herself is facing new criminal charges related to the slayings, Boston.com reports.
On Friday, 32-year-old Lindsay Clancy was indicted by a grand jury on three counts of murder and separate charges of strangulation in connection with the deaths of her kids earlier this year.
The children – 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan – were found dead in the basement of their family home on January 24 in Duxbury.
Investigators allege that Clancy tied exercise ropes around the children’s necks to kill them. She then cut herself and jumped out of a second-story window in a suicide attempt.
Authorities further say Clancy intentionally arranged for her husband, Patrick, to run errands so she would have enough time to commit the slayings, allegedly searching how much time it would take to pick up food from a restaurant, according to NBC Boston.
When Patrick returned home, he found the children unresponsive and Clancy outside with serious injuries. Cory and Dawson were later pronounced dead at a hospital, while Callan died the following day.
The woman’s defense attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, has argued that his client was mentally ill and overmedicated at the time on psychiatric drugs, adding that the case may involve “a component of post-partum depression,” CrimeOnline previously reported.
Clancy previously was charged with two counts of murder, three counts of strangulation and three counts of assault and battery, for which she had pleaded not guilty. In addition to the new charges, Friday’s indictment means that the case will now be prosecuted in the Plymouth Superior Court, according to Boston.com.
The young mother has been held without bail since the killings and is undergoing treatment at a medical facility.
Meanwhile, Patrick urged the seaside community south of Boston to forgive his wife.
“The very fibers of her soul are loving,” Patrick wrote. “All I wish for her now is that she can somehow find peace.”
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[Feature Photo:Facebook/Lindsay Clancy and youngest child]
