Lindsay Clancy murder trial becomes social media obsession as TikTokers, sleuths debate controversial case

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"It's benignant of a taste obsession," said Boston-based transgression defence lawyer Peter Elikann.

The Massachusetts parent astatine the halfway of an ongoing execution proceedings for the killings of her 3 children is captivating the net and societal media.

Lindsay Clancy, 35, faces 3 counts of first-degree execution aft her 3 children, Cora, Dawson and Callan – each nether 6 years aged – were recovered strangled to decease successful the family's Duxbury location successful 2023.

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Defendant Lindsay Clancy listens during her execution proceedings astatine Plymouth Superior Court successful Plymouth, Mass., connected Thursday, July 30, 2026. (CJ Gunther/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

She doesn't contradict sidesplitting them; Clancy and her defence squad support she was suffering from ongoing postpartum psychosis astatine the clip of their deaths. She entered a plea of not blameworthy by crushed of insanity.

"This isn't a lawsuit of having the blues, being down successful the dumps and being depressed," Elikann, who is not progressive successful the trial, told Fox News Digital.

Lindsay Clancy and children successful divided photo

Jurors instrumentality a court-supervised presumption during Lindsay Clancy’s execution proceedings connected Friday, July 31, 2026. (Josh Reynolds for Daily Mail /Pool | Instagram)

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He explained that the satellite is conscionable opening to recognize the impacts of postpartum psychosis – which differs from postpartum depression.

He referenced the Andrea Yates lawsuit from the aboriginal 2000s successful Houston, Texas wherever the parent drowned her 5 children successful a bathtub and was recovered not blameworthy by crushed of insanity.

"This psychosis is truly benignant of an emerging field," helium says.

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Some TikTokers and societal media sleuths are jumping to Clancy's defense, processing conspiracy theories and claiming she did not person the enactment she needed.

Clancy's lawyer is hoping to person 1 TikToker testify, asking the justice to let Emily Thorndike, a erstwhile McLean Hospital objective societal worker, to beryllium added to the witnesser list. Thorndike had publically accused witnesses of spreading "lies and misrepresentations" astir the psychiatric installation wherever Clancy was treated weeks earlier she killed her 3 children.

Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, said helium tracked down Thonrndike aft she posted astir the lawsuit connected TikTok.

"I saw her video saying that she could not basal for, and I quote, ‘the lies and the misrepresentations from that witnesser basal astir McLean Hospital’," Reddington said.

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Split photograph of Lindsay and Patrick Clancy with their kids and Lindsay successful court

Lindsay Clancy attends her execution proceedings astatine Plymouth Superior Court successful Plymouth connected July 29, 2026. Lindsay and Patrick Clancy with 2 of their 3 children successful this undated photo. (Lindsay Marie Clancy/ Facebook; David L. Ryan/Pool)

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Speaking astir the precocious involvement connected societal media, Elikann said, "It's benignant of a taste obsession and radical consciousness that they're portion of immoderate benignant of community."

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Elikann went connected to say, "With the advent of not conscionable the internet, but present societal media, it's similar connected steroids now, and everybody's an expert."

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While unsubstantiated claims and speculation circulate online astir what led to the killings, Elikann emphasized the value of pursuing authoritative facts implicit societal media speculation.

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He mentioned 1 affirmative astir the societal media obsession.

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"The nationalist is getting educated arsenic to this contented of postpartum psychosis and trying to recognize however a supposedly loving mother—who ever indicated large involvement successful her children, was blessed with her life, liked her job, liked her marriage, lived successful this large assemblage by the h2o southbound of Boston—why she would suddenly, retired of the blue, perpetrate this horrific, monstrous nightmare of an incident," Elikann said.