{"id":2647570,"date":"2026-08-20T20:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsay-clancy-blamed-a-male-voice-for-ordering-her-to-kill-her-children-court-testimony\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T00:41:11","slug":"lindsay-clancy-blamed-a-male-voice-for-ordering-her-to-kill-her-children-court-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsay-clancy-blamed-a-male-voice-for-ordering-her-to-kill-her-children-court-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy Blamed &#8216;A Male Voice&#8217; for Ordering Her to Kill Her Children: Court Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flindsay-clancy-blamed-a-male-voice-for-ordering-her-to-kill-her-children-court-testimony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2647570&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children in Massachusetts. Two witnesses testified that Clancy claimed a male voice instructed her to kill her children and herself. Clancy, suffering from postpartum psychosis, attempted suicide after the killings. Her lawyers argue she was not responsible due to her mental health condition, while prosecutors contend she understood her actions. The trial features testimonies from mental health professionals, including a psychologist who visited Clancy in the hospital and reported her claims of hearing voices, and a chaplain who stated Clancy mentioned hearing a male voice that persisted and ordered her to act. Some investigators suggest there was an attempt to suggest Clancy lied about hearing voices, but witnesses deny this. The case has gained significant public attention, including social media discussions and fundraising efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two witnesses in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy say she told them a male voice told her she needed to kill her children and herself.<\/p>\n<p>Clancy, 36, is on trial for killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in the family home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. After killing the children, she tried to kill herself by slashing her wrists and neck and leaping from a second-floor window. She was paralyzed from the waist down, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/08\/18\/metro\/lindsay-clancy-said-that-she-heard-male-voice-ordering-herto-kill-her-children-psychologist-tells-jurors\/\">The Boston Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clancy\u2019s attorneys claim she was not responsible for the killings because she suffered from postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors say she knew what she was doing.<\/p>\n<p>The case has spurred a surge of interest on social media and is even the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gofundme-lindsay-clancy-family-skyrockets-clancys-mom-reveals-daughter-begged-sleep-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraising campaign<\/a> to raise money for Clancy\u2019s parents, Mike and Paula Musgrove.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Women on TikTok: \u201cLindsay Clancy is innocent!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Clancy\u2019s attorney: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8D9eU3xQsH\">pic.twitter.com\/8D9eU3xQsH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Santa Carla \ud83e\udd87 (@TheOnlyDSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheOnlyDSC\/status\/2090261192052785532?\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, psychologist Paul Zeizel, a defense witness, testified that he visited Clancy while she was hospitalized after the January 2023 crimes. He said she called her husband, Patrick, and Zeizel listened to the conversation on speakerphone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told Patrick that she loved him very much,\u201d Zeizel testified. \u201cShe said that she heard a male voice ordering her, telling her that she didn\u2019t have any choice, but she had to kill her children and then kill herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dr. Paul Zeizel, a clinical and forensic psychologist, took the stand on Tuesday, testifying that Clancy said she heard a male voice \u201cordering her \u2026 to kill her children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zeizel visited Lindsay Clancy in the hospital following her children\u2019s deaths. He also testified that\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YreroKczcP\">pic.twitter.com\/YreroKczcP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBSNews\/status\/2089957147001926112?\">August 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The trial included allegations from a state trooper who testified that a theory had emerged among prosecutors that the claim of hearing voices originated with Zeizel, who told Clancy to lie.<\/p>\n<p>However, the trooper later admitted there was nothing to support that allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Clancy\u2019s attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked Zeizel if he told Clancy to lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d Zeizel said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Day 17 of the trial, Sheila Cavanaugh, a chaplain at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, testified along similar lines, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2026\/08\/20\/chaplain-says-lindsay-clancy-reported-hearing-voice-after-killings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had heard me for a couple of days, we had prayed together,\u201d Cavanaugh said, referring to Clancy\u2019s initial arrival when she had a breathing tube inserted that prevented her from speaking.<\/p>\n<p>Cavanaugh said that on her first visit when Clancy could speak, \u201cHer emotional state was very neutral, a flat affect, but I remember vividly the first thing she said to me,\u201d Cavanaugh said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/GMA\/News\/lindsay-clancys-defense-rest-thursday-attorney\/story?id=135803895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had been praying together, and so when I went in on Tuesday the 31st, she said to me as I held her hand to comfort her, \u2018I am so glad my children are safe,\u2019\u201d Cavanaugh said.<\/p>\n<p>She said her reply was, \u201cLindsay, your children are safe. They\u2019re safe in heaven with God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I held her hand throughout that conversation, and we prayed for them,\u201d Cavanaugh testified.<\/p>\n<p>Cavanaugh testified that Clancy talked several times about hearing a male voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voice, according to Lindsay, told her that if she did not follow the command, neither she nor her children would be safe,\u201d Cavanaugh said. \u201cShe alluded to the fact that it was a male voice, and it was persistent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chaplain said that she met with Clancy more than 200 times, according to the Boston Herald. 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