Lindsay Clancy built a seemingly idyllic life with her husband and three young children—all under the age of 6—in Duxbury, Massachusetts. However, prosecutors allege that image was shattered in January 2023 when Clancy brutally strangled her kids to death.

Clancy, 35, is accused of three counts of first-degree murder, with her highly anticipated trial now underway. Jury selection began on July 20, with opening statements and testimony beginning a week later on July 27.

Clancy faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of the murder charges.

While prosecutors claim her actions were deliberate, Clancy has pleaded not guilty to all charges and her defense team contends she suffered from undiagnosed postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings. Now, a jury will ultimately decide the mother’s fate.

On January 29, 2022, at 6:03 am, John O'Keefe, an officer of the Boston Police Department, was found unconscious on the front lawn of fellow Boston police officer Brian Albert in Canton, Massachusetts, United States. O'Keefe's girlfriend, financial analyst Karen Read, had dropped him off at a party at the Albert household shortly after midnight and returned early that morning to find his body after he failed to return home. O'Keefe was declared dead at 7:59 am at a local hospital. An autopsy performed two days later found that he had died of impact injuries to the head, although his manner of death was undetermined.

Read was subsequently arrested and charged with manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision causing death. Prosecutors alleged that she had killed O'Keefe by backing into him with her car after dropping him off. Read's defense team alleged that O'Keefe was murdered inside the Albert household, and that police officers involved in the case used their resources to taint the investigation and frame Read. Following a grand jury indictment, Read's charges were upgraded to second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of personal injury and death.

On February 4, 2021, Birchmore's colleagues at Sharon Public Schools alerted the police after she missed days of work. Police found her body in her apartment that day. First responders believe she had been dead for days. Surveillance videos from February 1 show Birchmore walking in and out of the apartment in the afternoon and Farwell walking into the building in the evening and leaving after about 30 minutes. When she was discovered, she was wearing the same clothes she wore on February 1.

In 2022, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey's Office released a statement saying the investigation "found no evidence of foul play" in Birchmore's death. Her death was initially ruled as a suicide by asphyxia.

Birchmore's family has questioned the official ruling, saying she was not suicidal at the time of her death. They filed a wrongful death lawsuit naming Matthew Farwell, his twin brother William Farwell, and their supervisor Robert Devine. They believe all three men were involved in sexually assaulting her when she was in the explorer program, and accused the Town of Stoughton and its Police Department of negligent hiring and supervision, which caused Birchmore emotional distress.

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