The defense concluded its case in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial in Massachusetts on Friday. Phillip Resnick, who was a significant witness in the Andrea Yates case following the tragic deaths of her five children in Texas in 2001. Jurors listened to testimony from forensic psychiatrist Dr.
Resnick stated that Yates experienced severe postpartum psychosis. Clancy , 36, has entered a plea of not guilty to first-degree murder concerning the deaths of her three children: 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan, which occurred in their Duxbury residence on January 24, 2023. Resnick provided testimony for the defense during the 2006 trial of Andrea Yates, who was ultimately found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Clancy informed him that she heard a “loud” voice repeatedly instructing her to “kill” the children “so you can kill yourself,” as per Mack. Subsequently, she killed Dawson while uttering, “go to God,” a phrase she repeated during all three murders, he stated. The psychiatrist noted that Lindsay seemed “somewhat matter-of-fact, but she was still grieving” the loss of her children.
The prosecution commenced calling rebuttal witnesses before the closing arguments of the trial, following the established protocol for cases involving an insanity defense.
Dr Avram Mack, who is also a forensic psychiatrist, testified that Clancy remembered instructing the children to “go to God” while she was in the act of strangling them.
