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Trial begins for mother accused of killing children amid postpartum psychosis claims

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Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the murder of her three young children, with her defense team arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder. Phone data presented in court revealed that Clancy searched for information on psychosis, hallucinations, suicide, and postpartum depression in the weeks leading up to the January 2023 incident. Her attorneys contend she was mentally ill and heard voices, while prosecutors argue she intentionally killed the children after luring her husband out of the house. AI

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Trial begins for mother accused of killing children amid postpartum psychosis claims

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Michael Casey, The Associated Press ·

    Phone data: Mother on trial for killing her kids searched about psychosis, hallucinations, suicide weeks before stranglings

    The defense says she was in the grip of bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that can alter a woman’s sense of reality.

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