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Massachusetts midwife strangles her kids, five and three – cops reveal her husband called 911 when he returned from work and found her outside the house and his children dead inside

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Patrick Clanc<strong>y&comma; 34&comma; returned home from on Tuesday to find his wife lying unconscious outside their home in Duxbury&comma; Massachusetts <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong><strong>He went upstairs to find his three young children unresponsive<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong><strong>His wife allegedly&comma; had<&sol;strong> strangled her two kids&comma; five and three&comma; and tried to suffocate the seven-month-old infant son<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Mother-of-three Lindsay Clancy&comma; 32&comma; is accused of killing Cora&comma; 5&comma; and Dawson&comma; 3&comma; before jumping from the upper floor of their home in a suicide bid <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Their seven-month-old baby<strong> survived the murder attempt<&sol;strong> and is being treated at hospital <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Lindsey Clancy&comma; a 32-year-old labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital&comma; was detained and taken to a local hospital for treatment<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>She will be arraigned once she is released from hospital <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;302525&semi;font-size&colon;15px"><strong>Potential charges include two counts of homicide&comma; three counts for strangulation&comma; three counts assault and battery with a deadly weapon <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Lindsay-Clancy-and-Patrick-Clancey-right-with-their-children-Cora-and-Dawson-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428827" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"531"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Massachusetts midwife Lindsay Clancy&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; has been accused of strangling her kids Cora&comma;5&comma; and son Dawson&comma; 2&comma; to death&period; She also tried to suffocate her infant son inside the family home before plunging from the second-floor window&period; Her husband&comma; Patrick&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; found her lying unconscious outside their home in Duxbury&comma; on Tuesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Police in Massachusetts are investigating the possibility that a local midwife who has been charged with strangling her two young children to death and attempting to kill her seven-month-old baby before trying to take her own life was suffering from postpartum anxiety&period;<br>Lindsay Clancy&comma; 32&comma; allegedly strangled her daughter Cora&comma; 5&comma; and son Dawson&comma; 3&comma; to death and tried to suffocate her baby son inside the family home before plunging from the second-floor window of their home in Duxbury&comma; Massachusetts&period;<br>Her husband&comma; Patrick&comma; 34&comma; discovered the mother-of-three lying unconscious outside their home when he returned from work at around 6pm on Tuesday and called 911&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Dawson-Clancey-and-Cora-Clancey-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428850" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"895"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Cops said Cora&comma; 5&comma; and Dawson&comma; 3&comma; were strangled to death by their mother who then tried to suffocate her baby son inside the family home before plunging from the second-floor window of their home&period; Mother and infant survived the fall <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The mother and her seven-month-old son survived the apparent murder-suicide attempt and they are both being treated in hospitals in Boston&period; Lindsey who is under police custody&comma; will be arraigned on homicide charges after she is released&period;<br>Investigators are looking into the possibility that Lindsey Clancy was suffering from postpartum anxiety&period; She was on leave from her job as a midwife Massachusetts General Hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Clancy-family-home-in-Duxbury-MA-2-&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428879"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Lindsay Clancy allegedly&comma; strangled her children Cora and Dawson&comma; five and three&comma; to death and tried to suffocate her baby son inside the family home before plunging from the second-floor window of their home &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; in Duxbury&comma; Massachusetts  <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Officers arrived at the family home on Tuesday after a frantic Patrick had discovered his wife unconscious on the ground below a second-floor window&period;<br>They discovered the three young children &&num;8216&semi;unconscious&&num;8217&semi; upstairs &&num;8216&semi;with obvious signs of trauma&&num;8217&semi;&period; It appears they had all been strangled Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said&period;<br>Five-year-old Cora and three-year-old Dawson were pronounced dead on arrival to hospital while the seven-month-old baby was flown to Boston&&num;8217&semi;s Children&&num;8217&semi;s Hospital where he is alive and being treated by medics&period; Witnesses said the baby had been given CPR at the scene&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re all heartbroken right now&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Lindsay Clancey&&num;8217&semi;s father-in-law&comma; Christopher Clancy&comma; told the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bostonglobe&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;25&sol;metro&sol;woman-investigated-suspect-deaths-two-children-ages-5-3-duxbury-officials-say&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Boston Globe&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Lindsey-Clancey-with-daughter-Cora-Clancey-as-a-baby-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428841" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"832"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Lindsey Clancy&comma; seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; with her daughter Cora as a baby&comma; is a midwife at Massachusetts General Hospital&period; She survived her suicide attempt and was placed under police custody&period; She will be arraigned on homicide charges after she is released <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Lindsey Clancy&comma; a 32-year-old labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital&comma; was detained and taken to a local hospital for treatment&period; <br>She will be arraigned once she is released from hospital on charges including two counts of homicide and three each for strangulation and assault and battery with a deadly weapon for the deaths of her two children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Lindsay-Clancy-and-Patrick-Clancey-right-with-their-children-Cora-and-Dawson-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428842" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"845"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong> Patrick and Lindsay Clancy with their older children &&num;8211&semi; Cora&comma; in her father&&num;8217&semi;s arms &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Dawson &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; in 2021&period; Officers arrived at the family home on Tuesday after a frantic Patrick had discovered his wife unconscious on the ground below a second-floor window<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Duxbury-Police-work-at-the-scene-where-the-two-children-were-found-dead-and-an-infant-injured-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428846" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"537"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Duxbury Police work at the scene where the two children were found dead and an infant injured on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The suspect&&num;8217&semi;s Facebook profile portrays a proud mother who often shared photos of her young&comma; smiling family&period;<br>She wrote in one 2020 post&colon; &&num;8216&semi;So unbelievably grateful for this family and life&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>But in July&comma; she wrote about her previous struggles with postpartum anxiety&comma; writing that six weeks after the birth of her third child she was feeling &&num;8216&semi;dialed in&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"2V-vG3UmTFk&quest;rel&equals;0&amp&semi;showinfo&equals;1&amp&semi;hl&equals;en-US" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;2V-vG3UmTFkrel0showinfo1hlen-US" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;2V-vG3UmTFkrel0showinfo1hlen-US&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;2V-vG3UmTFkrel0showinfo1hlen-US&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Lindsey Clancy was on leave from her job as a midwife&period; Sources told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;boston&sol;news&sol;duxbury-lindsay-clancy-homicide-summer-street&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">WBZ-TV I-Team<&sol;a> that investigators are looking at the possibility that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis&period;<br>On Wednesday&comma; two Plymouth women&comma; Donna Jesse&comma; who identified herself as an aunt of the children&comma; and Rita Musgrove&comma; who said she was their great grandmother&comma; left a bouquet of pink&comma; red&comma; and white roses outside the family&&num;8217&semi;s home&period;  <br>&&num;8216&semi;They were beautiful&comma; beautiful children&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Jesse told the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bostonglobe&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;25&sol;metro&sol;woman-investigated-suspect-deaths-two-children-ages-5-3-duxbury-officials-say&sol;&quest;event&equals;event12" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Boston Globe<&sol;a>&period;<br>Musgrove added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s pretty shocking&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>John Sullivan&comma; a neighbor whose yard is adjacent to the back yard at 47 Summer St&period;&comma; said he got a call Tuesday night from his son who told him a woman &&num;8216&semi;was laying down in the backyard&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Dawson-Clancey-and-Cora-Clancey-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428838" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"826"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Five-year-old Cora&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; and her two-year-old brother Dawson&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; smiling together&period; The siblings have been pronounced dead <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said he rushed to his neighbor&&num;8217&semi;s property where he saw first responders performing CPR on a baby outside<br>&&num;8216&semi;Everybody is in a state of disbelief&comma; it is tragic&comma; the whole neighborhood is trying to process this whole thing&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Sullivan told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;boston&sol;news&sol;duxbury-lindsay-clancy-homicide-summer-street&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CBS Boston<&sol;a>&period;<br>In a press conference Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I cannot begin to fathom the pain&comma; the depths of pain &lbrack;the family&rsqb;&comma; must be feeling&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;This is an unimaginable&comma; senseless tragedy&comma; and it is an ongoing investigation&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Lindsay-Clancy-and-her-seven-month-old-son-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428832" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"826"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Mother-of-three Lindsey Clancy is seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; with her seven-month-old son in September 2022&period; Lindsey and her infant survived the apparent murder-suicide attempt and they are both being treated in hospitals in Boston <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Duxbury Fire Chief Robert Reardon said the fire responders who rushed to the scene are also grieving&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;To all those who responded&comma; we care about you&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Reardon said&period; &&num;8216&semi;If you or a colleague is in need of support&comma; please reach out&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The district attorney warned &&num;8216&semi;nobody&&num;8217&semi;s here to speculate&&num;8217&semi;&comma; adding &&num;8216&semi;we&&num;8217&semi;re well aware of the fact that anybody charged with a criminal crime is presumed innocence until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>Cruz announced that reports fn autopsies to be conducted on the children will be made public when a death certificate is issued&period;<br>The hospital where Clancy works said in a statement&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We are shocked and saddened to learn of this unthinkable tragedy&period; We extend our deepest sympathies to all those affected by these devastating events&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Lindsay-Clancy-and-Patrick-Clancey-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-428835" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"831"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Lindsey Clancy pictured with her husband Patrick&comma; who called authorities after finding her lying unconscious outside their home on Tuesday evening<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In Duxbury&comma; the Rev&period; Bill Ferguson from the Pilgrim Church told Boston 25 television station that eight churches had opened their doors to offer support to those in the community who need it&period; He said the tragedy was &&num;8216&semi;hitting hard&comma;&&num;8217&semi; especially for those who are parents of young children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Advertisement<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Read more&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list">&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;masslive&period;com&sol;police-fire&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;what-we-know-about-2-young-duxbury-children-dead-with-mother-in-hospital&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">What we know about Duxbury mother facing murder charges after 2 kids strangled &&num;8211&semi; masslive&period;com<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bostonglobe&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;25&sol;metro&sol;woman-investigated-suspect-deaths-two-children-ages-5-3-duxbury-officials-say&sol;&quest;event&equals;event12" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Duxbury deaths&colon; Mother charged in deaths of two children&comma; ages 5 and 3<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;boston&sol;news&sol;duxbury-lindsay-clancy-homicide-summer-street&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy to be charged with homicide in deaths of 2 children &&num;8211&semi; CBS Boston<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bostonglobe&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;25&sol;metro&sol;woman-investigated-suspect-deaths-two-children-ages-5-3-duxbury-officials-say&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Duxbury deaths&colon; Mother charged in deaths of two children&comma; ages 5 and 3<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;

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