Jury visits Duxbury home as Lindsay Clancy murder trial continues

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial walked through the Duxbury house where her three children were killed, a visit ordered by Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan so they could better understand the layout of 47 Summer St. The current owners were directed to allow access for the jury view, and the tour came as the case increasingly centered on whether Clancy acted intentionally or was too impaired by mental illness to be held criminally responsible.

Clancy is accused of killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, on Jan. 24, 2023. Prosecutors say she strangled the children, while the defense argues the former labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital was suffering from severe postpartum depression and psychosis and could not understand her actions. Coverage in the case has also said Clancy attempted to die by suicide by jumping from a second-story window after the killings.

The home visit on Day 4 also reportedly included other places tied to the night of the killings, including a CVS and a restaurant where Patrick Clancy stopped while running errands. That broader view was meant to give jurors a clearer picture of the movements and sequence of events the prosecution and defense are asking them to weigh, not just the physical space inside the Duxbury home.

The trial has already featured emotional testimony. On the prior day, first responders described what they found when they entered the scene, and Patrick Clancy testified about arriving to what he described as a chaotic and horrific discovery, including blood in the home and the couple’s children missing. Jurors have also heard a 911 call made by Patrick Clancy, as the parties continue to frame the night around sharply different theories of what Lindsay Clancy understood and intended.

The case began with opening statements in late July 2026 after jury selection earlier that month, drawing national attention as it revives debate over postpartum psychosis, severe maternal mental illness, and how courts decide criminal responsibility in child-killing cases. With the home tour complete, the jury will return to testimony in Plymouth Superior Court with the competing narratives of intent and impairment now squarely in front of them.