Lindsay Clancy’s trial for the murders of her three children in Massachusetts resumed Thursday with a 13th day of testimony. You can watch the trial live from Plymouth Superior Court on CBS News Boston in the embedded video or on YouTube when court is in session. Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Kyle Pavao, who once worked in the cybercrimes unit, was the prosecution’s first witness on the stand. His testimony began around 9:45 am. He examined the Microsoft Surface Pro taken from Clancy’s home in early 2023. He was asked: “Did your initial review of the removal show a visit to a website titled ‘suicide methods’ on August 23, 2022?” “That’s how it was,” Pavao responded. Pavao also testified that the site mentioning suicide was accessed through a series of clicks on the Wikipedia page of singer-songwriter Tom Hall, who committed suicide. Pavao said someone had Googled Tom Hall after listening to him on Spotify. The prosecution concluded its questioning and Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, began his cross-examination shortly after 10 am. Reddington questioned Pavao about whether someone else could have logged into Clancy’s account on the computer and said that Clancy’s husband at the time, Patrick Clancy, “loved Tom Hall.” “That search wasn’t actually based on suicide methods; it came from Tom Hall’s link,” Reddington said. “You don’t know if it was Lindsay Clancy who used the computer to record Tom Hall.” Pavao concluded his time on the stand shortly before 10:30 a.m. after a reorientation and re-examination. Notes and texts by Lindsay Clancy Timothy Chiappini, a former Plymouth County State Police detective, took the stand after Pavao. He currently works as a unit commander of the State Police’s critical investigations team. He testified that he was asked to do a forensic analysis of Clancy’s iPhone. Chiappini read entries from Clancy’s Notes app on October 25, 2022. “I’m sad and depressed because I can’t raise my third child like my first. I want to treat each of my babies like my first. But I know that’s not a feasible possibility. I’m sad that I stopped breastfeeding. Now I don’t feel as connected to Cal. I think I kind of resent my other kids because they keep me from treating Cal like my first baby. And I know that It’s not fair to them. I know. I felt really depressed last night when Cora and Dawson came home from school. I know they had a late night, so I still don’t want Cal to be the last one, but I have a lot of things to figure out. “I’m thinking about starting a new medication for anxiety and depression. I just want to feel happy and be able to relax and take care of my children. And when they go to bed at night, I want to relax deeply and hang out with Pat and then fall asleep for 8 hours, get up and do my best for an hour and a half. “I want to be able to give her all the love she deserves,” Chiappini said. The prosecution also asked Chiappini about text messages and calls from Clancy’s phone between her and Patrick on Jan. 24, 2023, the day her children died. Chiappini read several messages between the two in which Patrick and Clancy talked about ordering takeout for dinner at a restaurant called ThreeV. She also testified that the two had exchanged several phone calls after 5 p.m., two from Patrick that Clancy didn’t answer and one from Clancy where they talked for about 14 seconds. Reddington began his interrogation of Chiappini around 12 noon, where he asked Chiappini about Clancy’s phone calendar and search history. Reddington asked if Chiappini remembered several searches on Clancy’s phone, including “How to cut your throat to die?” Chiappini told Chiappini that Clancy searched for those questions, but Chiappini did not locate them during the forensic analysis of his phone. “Do you remember, sir, that there was also a search for schizophrenia?” asked Reddington. “Not specifically,” Chiappini replied. Did she also search for psychosis?” “There’s a keyword search and a Google search,” Chiappini said, referring to documents provided by Reddington. Chiappini was also questioned about text messages between Clancy and Patrick in which Clancy sent a photo of two of the children with a snowman. “Do you remember Pat saying something like ‘Oh wow, you’re a good mom’?” Reddington asked. “I don’t remember the text,” Chiappini said. Lindsay trial Clancy Lindsay Clancy in Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Aug. 12, 2026. Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald Via AP, Pool Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in her Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023. Prosecutors Jennifer Sprague and Shanan Buckingham said Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt. Reddington said she admits to killing her children, but noted that she should not be held criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis. Several jurors were seen crying Wednesday as autopsy photos were shown. Judge William Sullivan sent the jury out of the courtroom twice Wednesday afternoon as Clancy sobbed loudly during testimony about her children. testimony on Friday. Sullivan said the jury could break early Thursday and there will be no testimony on Friday, so the jury will be closer to the end of their list. Clancy faces life in prison without parole if she is convicted of first-degree murder. If the jury finds that she was not criminally responsible for her children’s deaths, she will be sent to a state psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or in a suicidal crisis, you can contact 988. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. You can also chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline here For more information about mental health care resources and support, you can contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email info@nami.org. More information from CBS News at:
