A nurse practitioner who treated a “manic” Lindsay Clancy told a Massachusetts jury Tuesday that she suspected the struggling mother had bipolar disorder — but never diagnosed her with it.

On her “worst day,” Clancy told her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, and the NP that she had “persistent and intrusive thoughts of suicide” just one month before strangling their three young children in January 2023.

Clancy, 35, and her ex-husband have separately sued doctors and hospitals that treated her, claiming they “overmedicated” the anxious mother, and failed to diagnose Clancy with bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis — which the accused murderer says led her to kill Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in the basement of the family’s Duxbury, Mass. home.

The former labor and delivery nurse is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and faces life in prison without parole if convicted.

The defense argues Clancy is not criminally responsible for their deaths and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Lindsay Clancy called crisis hotline twice, both times was turned away: witness

Lindsay Clancy called suicide hotline two times but was turned away both times, jurors learned.

Clancy called the crisis hotline ASPIRE twice, including once over the weekend of Dec. 3 and 4, 2022, and both times was turned away.

“Two times she contacted ASPIRE, not once. Both times they told her there was nothing they could do for her?” Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, asked counselor Latiesha Dukes.

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington, left, clarifies notes with witness Latiesha Dukes, a mental health therapist, during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

“Correct,” Dukes said.

Clancy told Dukes — who wasn’t affiliated with the crisis hotline — during an appointment on Dec. 5 that she had a bad weekend with intrusive suicidal thoughts and she called the emergency number for help.

ASPIRE told her there was nothing they could do to help her because she didn’t have any plans to act on her suicidal thoughts.

“She had a difficult weekend, having intrusive thought that she wanted to die,” Dukes said earlier in her testimony during questioning by the prosecution. “She met with the clinician virtually and was told she did not meet the criteria for in-patient treatment due to not having suicidal ideation plan.”

Trial breaks for the day after emotional outburst from Lindsay Clancy during ME testimony

Judge William Sullivan just dismissed the jury for the day after the testimony of medical examiner Barbara Olson wrapped up.

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington, right, and Lindsay Clancy’s caretakers wheel Clancy out of the courtroom as she uncontrollably sobs during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Aug. 12, 2026.

Clancy wept the entire time Olson was questioned.

The jury is due back around 9:00 a.m. Thursday.

ME details painful strangling of Lindsay Clancy’s daughter

Medical examiner Barbara Olson testified that the way Lindsay Clancy’s daughter, Cora, died would have been painful.

Olson said the 5-year-old girl was strangled.

Dr. Barbara Olson testifies during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

“There is a component of pain present until loss of consciousness occurs,” Olson said.

She said the girl could have lost consciousness after 10 to 30 seconds.

Clancy has been crying throughout Olson’s testimony.

Source: https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/lindsay-clancy-trial-live-updates-aug-12/