Blood evidence takes center stage in Lindsay Clancy trial

Prosecutors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are focusing on blood evidence and prescription medications found inside the Massachusetts home where her three children were killed.

Clancy, 35, has admitted to killing her three children but pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, were strangled with exercise bands in the family’s basement.

A blood-spatter expert testified that the blood found throughout the home did not appear to have been caused by arterial bleeding. Instead, the drips and puddles were more consistent with someone standing still while blood flowed onto the floor.

The defense has argued that Clancy attempted to take her own life after killing her children, cutting her neck and wrists before jumping from a second-floor window. Prosecutors, however, have questioned whether her injuries were consistent with a genuine suicide attempt.

Investigators also recovered multiple prescription medications from the home, including lorazepam, sertraline, buspirone, hydroxyzine and clonazepam. The defense has argued that Clancy sought help for worsening mental health symptoms but was allegedly overmedicated rather than properly treated.

The trial is expected to continue for several more weeks.