😳 Lindsay Clancy Trial Takes a Shocking Turn—She Begged a Crisis Line for Help TWICE, But Was Turned Away…

**”I Can’t Do It”: Killer Mom Breaks Down in Court as Medical Examiner Describes Daughter’s Painful Death**

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children, broke down in sobs Tuesday as a medical examiner testified that her 5-year-old daughter Cora likely felt pain before losing consciousness. Clancy, 35, is facing three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 deaths of Cora, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan.

According to court testimony, medical examiner Barbara Olson said that Cora’s death by strangulation would have involved a component of pain until she lost consciousness—which could have happened within 10 to 30 seconds. Clancy, who was visibly weeping, told her defense attorney Kevin Reddington, “I can’t do it,” prompting the judge to call an immediate break.

The emotional scene unfolded as the jury also heard that Clancy had reached out for help multiple times before the tragedy—but was reportedly turned away. Counselor Latiesha Dukes testified that Clancy called the crisis hotline ASPIRE twice, including once in early December 2022, but was told she didn’t meet the criteria for inpatient treatment because she had no plan to act on her suicidal thoughts.

“Two times she contacted ASPIRE, not once. Both times they told her there was nothing they could do for her?” Reddington asked Dukes.

“Correct,” she replied.

The jury also learned that Clancy was sleeping only two to four hours a night and had lost ten pounds in the weeks before the killings. Dukes said Clancy expressed constant worry that something bad would happen to her children and recommended a higher level of care at a program for postpartum moms. However, when Clancy went to Women and Infants Hospital on Dec.

20, 2022, she was reportedly referred elsewhere.

Meanwhile, a state trooper admitted under questioning that a theory about a psychiatrist allegedly telling Clancy to claim she heard voices was “speculation.” Trooper Daniel Lawlor confirmed that lead investigator Joshua McKelligan discussed the idea that Dr. Paul Zeizel might have planted the defense strategy, but Lawlor acknowledged there was no investigative basis for that claim.

Clancy’s defense argues she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and is not criminally responsible for the deaths. The prosecution says she should be held accountable for first-degree murder.

As the trial continues, one question lingers: could more have been done to stop this tragedy before it ever reached that basement?