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Lindsay Clancy is reportedly preparing to admit to her role in the deaths of her three children.
Clancy is accused of killing her children in January 2023 at the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Prosecutors allege that while her husband, Patrick Clancy, was out running errands, the children — Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months — were murdered. When Patrick returned, he discovered all three children dead.
Authorities have alleged that Clancy strangled the children using an exercise band. She has been charged with three counts of murder, three counts of strangulation, and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Although she has entered not-guilty pleas, Clancy is now said to be willing to formally acknowledge involvement ahead of her trial, which is scheduled to begin on July 20.
Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, has filed a motion asking the court to reconsider holding the case as a bifurcated trial, arguing that Clancy is prepared to stipulate in writing to the actions connected to the children’s deaths.
“The defendant states that the issue of the actions that resulted in the death of the decedents in the indictments at the bar is not a live issue and the defendant is willing to stipulate formally in writing to her involvement,” reads the new motion, per a copy of that was obtained by PEOPLE.
The filing follows an earlier decision in which a judge rejected a request from the defense to split proceedings into two phases. Reddington had sought an initial trial focused on guilt, followed by a separate trial to determine whether Clancy was criminally responsible for her actions.
In December, it was reported that the defense intended to pursue an insanity defense, with Reddington arguing that Clancy was experiencing postpartum depression at the time of the killings.
According to PEOPLE, Clancy is expected to undergo a forensic psychological evaluation later this week after Reddington told the court she plans to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Patrick Clancy has also spoken publicly in the aftermath of the children’s deaths, saying he does not blame his wife for what happened.
He penned on a GoFundMe page: “The real Lindsay was generously loving and caring. All I wish for her now is that she can somehow find peace.”
Patrick further told The New Yorker: “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was married to someone who got sick.”
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