AUTOMATED SUMMARY
In the final days of Lindsay Clancy's Massachusetts murder trial, prosecution witness Dr. Gregory Saathoff, a forensic psychiatrist affiliated with the FBI, testified that Clancy gave inconsistent accounts of the voice she claims ordered her to kill her three children in January 2023. Clancy does not dispute killing Cora, Dawson and Callan, but argues she is not criminally responsible because she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis; prosecutors say she acted deliberately and knew right from wrong.
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FACTS
A prosecution expert testified that he found key parts of Clancy's account of hearing a voice unusual, noting she had never reported hearing voices to any mental health provider before the killings. FOX NEWS
Saathoff called it "very unusual" that, by her account, the voice stopped as soon as she strangled her youngest child, Callan, after which she tried to take her own life. FOX NEWS
Forensic psychologist Kirk Heilbrun, another prosecution witness, testified that parts of Clancy's account of hearing voices showed "exaggerated or fabricated hallucinations." FOX NEWS
Clancy's attorney has acknowledged that she did strangle her three children to death. THE FEDERALIST
Clancy's defense team is relying on the insanity defense to argue she was not criminally responsible because of her mental state. DAILY WIRE
Saathoff interviewed Clancy in May and June of this year about the voice she said told her to kill her children. CBS NEWS
According to Saathoff, Clancy said the voice repeated, "This is your last chance, you have to kill your kids and then you have to kill yourself." CBS NEWS
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