Lindsay Clancy jury sent home for the day due to 'unforeseen circumstance'

Lindsay Clancy jury sent home for the day due to 'unforeseen circumstance'

Jurors in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy were sent home for the day on Wednesday afternoon due to what Judge William Sullivan described as an 'unforeseen circumstance.'

Dr. Paul Zeizel, a clinical and forensic psychologist who met with Clancy about 60 times over three years, testified she suffered from bipolar disorder with postpartum psychosis.

"She was unable to conform her behaviors to the rule of law, and she had no appreciation for the wrongfulness of her act," Zeizel said.

"Currently, she has not heard voices since the event took place in 2023," Zeizel said.

"Hallucinations are like the waves at the beach: They come, go, they come and go," Zeizel said.

"This is not something we saw coming, but you're not to speculate about what it is," Judge Sullivan said. "You're not to hold it against either side. It's just something that we have to deal with."

Zeizel said Clancy told her husband she "heard a male voice ordering her, telling her that she didn't have any choice, but she had to kill her children and then kill herself." He said her symptoms "appeared genuine" and "she was not faking."