Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is nearing jury deliberations after closing arguments, with the central dispute being whether she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when her three young children were killed in January 2023. A former prosecutor in the Susan Smith case said the defence had not demonstrated that Clancy experienced a decisive “break with reality”, though he also noted that the alleged lack of an apparent motive distinguishes the case from Smith’s.

Clancy, 36, faces three first-degree murder charges over the deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan, all aged under six, who were found strangled at the family home. Prosecutors highlighted evidence of her everyday actions and planning as relevant to her mental state, while forensic psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff testified that financial strain, insomnia and Clancy’s sense that she had become a burden were possible contributing stressors.