Haunting unearthed Lindsay Clancy footage gives rare insight into nurse before horror

Haunting unearthed Lindsay Clancy footage gives rare insight into nurse before horror A haunting old video shows Lindsay Clancy as a newly qualified maternity nurse, passionately discussing caring for mothers and babies years before she confessed to killing her three children Throughout her abandoned trial for murder, Lindsay Clancy's voice was rarely heard. But an unearthed video of the mum - who killed her three children in an alleged episode of postpartum psychosis - has revealed a side to the former nurse before the tragedy. The video, recorded when she was a newly qualified maternity and labour nurse, has resurfaced on social media after the trial collapsed without a verdict. The court will reconvene at the end of the month to decide what happens next. It is a glimpse of Lindsay before marriage and motherhood, before the birth of three children of her own and, ultimately, before the horrific events that would leave all three dead. At the time, it was simply a piece of nursing advice from a woman at the beginning of her career. But watched now, after everything that happened, the footage is deeply sad. But before she was a murder defendant, Lindsay was a nurse who spent years caring for mothers at one of Boston's most prestigious hospitals. In the video, Lindsay is smiling, bright-eyed and full of enthusiasm as she talks about caring for mothers and babies. She sits in front of a camera, speaking passionately about the benefits of "couplet care and rooming" - keeping mothers and newborn babies together rather than sending the baby to a nursery. In the 44-second clip, the young nurse talks about how her research shows that couplet care helps with breastfeeding and the mum's sleep and anxiety. She enthusiastically describes the tiny details of caring for a new baby, including knowing when they need feeding, changing or simply comforting. "I'm Lindsay Musgrove, I'm a new graduate nurse," she begins, introducing herself by her maiden name. "I'm a new graduate nurse, and I recently did a lot of research about couplet care and rooming in, and I found that all of the leading paediatric and osteopathic foundations support this practice. "So there are a lot of benefits for both mother and baby. For the mother, you can start forming a routine with your baby. You learn to sleep in chunks as your baby naps, you have less anxiety about your baby being out of your sight, so you actually are able to sleep better and deeper than when you send your baby to the nursery. "This is a great way to have successful breastfeeding, you're always there with your baby, you can learn your baby's cues and needs, when they need to feed, when they need diapering." Lindsay, 36, is at the centre of one of America's most talked about murder trials. She killed her five-year-old daughter Cora, three-year-old son Dawson and eight-month-old son Callan at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023 before jumping out of a second floor window. Lindsay survived but is now paralysed from the waist down. Earlier this month, her seven-week long murder trial ended in a hung jury. Prosecutors argued that she deliberately killed her children, while her defence posited that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury was discharged after failing to reach a unanimous verdict, ending a trial that not only divided the court, but also people around the world. She remains in a psychiatric hospital and faces the possibility of being tried all over again. Prosecutors have not yet said whether they will seek a retrial, with a hearing scheduled for September 29 to determine the next steps. The medic had trained through the Massachusetts General Hospital nursing programme and went on to spend nine years working in labour and delivery at the hospital. In the days after the killings, former colleagues remembered her as a woman who loved her job. One colleague, Margaret Hamp, described her in court as compassionate, an advocate and "the kind of nurse you wanted taking care of you". Another former colleague told The New Yorker that Clancy had been a "ray of sunshine" and a "positive light" on the ward. She was also, by all accounts, desperate to become a mother herself. Lindsay's own mother told the trial that her daughter had "always wanted to be a mother and have many children". Cora was born on Christmas Eve 2017, followed by Dawson about 18 months later and then Callan in May 2022. People close to Lindsay described her as someone who threw herself into motherhood. She read about attachment parenting and baby-led weaning, sought advice from other mothers and colleagues and meticulously organised her children's lives. After having Cora, she went part-time at Mass General, often working night shifts. During breaks she would check a video feed of her own babies on her phone. One fellow nurse wrote in a character letter that Lindsay would watch her children sleeping while she took breaks to pump breast milk. After the birth of her first two children, she is said to have struggled with the transition back to work. Following Cora's arrival, she gradually returned to nursing rather than immediately going back to full-time hours. After Callan's birth, she appeared to be doing well. In July 2022, while on maternity leave, she wrote that she had stayed "dialled in" to exercise, nutrition and personal development and that it had made all the difference. But as the end of her leave approached, things began to unravel. The court heard how she became increasingly anxious about returning to the ward and ultimately postponed her start date. What followed was a rapid deterioration in her mental health. She suffered extreme insomnia, anxiety, loss of appetite and increasingly frightening thoughts. She sought help from multiple healthcare professionals and was prescribed a succession of psychiatric medications. Her former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, was also a labour and delivery nurse and was close to Lindsay. When Lindsay contacted her in November 2022 saying she "felt unwell", Susan helped connect her with a perinatal behavioural health programme. "She was begging for help," Susan later told jurors. She described her former daughter-in-law as "very nurturing, very loving" and said the family was deeply concerned about her. But the treatment did not stop the spiral. According to testimony during the trial, Clancy had been prescribed 13 different psychiatric medications in the four months before the killings. Her defence argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and that her deteriorating condition was compounded by the treatment she received. Prosecutors disputed that account. They acknowledged that Lindsay had mental-health problems but argued that she nevertheless understood what she was doing and had deliberately killed her children. They pointed to evidence that she had sent her then-husband Patrick, to collect food and medication before the killings, arguing that this showed planning. The defence, meanwhile, said she was experiencing a psychotic episode and heard a male voice telling her to kill the children and herself. On January 24, 2023, Patrick returned to find Lindsay lying on the frozen ground outside, badly injured after cutting herself and jumping from a second-floor window. She had survived but suffered a devastating spinal injury that left her paralysed from the waist down. Inside the basement, he found Cora and Dawson dead. Callan was still alive but critically injured, dying in hospital three days later. Patrick Clancy, who has since remarried, is thought to be devastated over a retrial. "The prospect of reliving this tragedy through another trial is extraordinarily painful - for Patrick, for his family, and for all us," his attorney, David Meier, said Friday afternoon. Despite their divorce in January 2023, Patrick has remained supportive of his ex-wife, describing her as a "dedicated" mother. He also has a wrongful death lawsuit pending against several mental health care providers who treated Lindsay in the weeks before their children's deaths. On Sunday, Patrick is set to give his first TV interview since the murder trial collapsed. In a sit-down chat with CBS' 60 Minutes, the father is expected to discuss memories of his three children, his grief and the rampant conspiracy theories that have been rife on social media since his ex-wife's murder trial began. In a preview snippet of the interview, Patrick tells CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat that he still talks to his deceased children Cora, Dawson and Callan 'all the time'. When asked about what he says to them, he replies: "Help me. All the time". The segment is due to air at 7pm E.T, midnight UK time. Following the mistrial, Patrick released a furious statement to conspiracy theorists who have been baselessly claiming he was somehow involved in the deaths of the couple's children, warning "there will be consequences." His lawyer, Howard Cooper, said: "Over the past months, Patrick Clancy and his family have been subjected to a relentless, escalating and destructive defamation campaign. "This campaign of misinformation has been launched and promoted by minor celebrities, so-called influencers and outright conspiracy theorists who appear intent on boosting their own social media profiles and potential profit by publishing what they know to be outright falsehoods that Patrick was somehow involved in the death of his young children and other vile claims. "This campaign, now fueled by insatiable media coverage, remains at a fever pitch and has resulted in real life threats to his reputation, livelihood, and life. "Patrick has no choice but to address this situation - with the clear goal of stopping injurious behavior, creating accountability for lies that are self-serving to the perpetrators, and being able to return his attention to what matters: preserving the memory of Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy and supporting other women facing perinatal mental health challenges. "Enough is enough - this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop. Those responsible should understand that there will be consequences, and every appropriate measure will be pursued to hold them accountable, including legally. Law enforcement has been notified." The same day the statement was issued, Lindsay's lawyer Kevin Reddington gave his first TV interview after the mistrial verdict. Asked about cruel social media conspiracy theories that have accused Patrick of having been involved, Mr Reddington painted a devastating picture of the family before the tragedy, revealing how happy they'd been. "My reaction to that is what I've said from the beginning. I represent Lindsay. I have an obligation to Lindsay, Dave Meier represents Patrick. But the bottom line is that this couple, they were a family, they had the children," he told ABC's Good Morning America. "As a family they were very, very happy in that summer of '22. It was the top of the world for them and the children.... and then she had the postpartum depression that struck at the end of September into October." Lindsay's fatal error, Reddington claims, was turning to allegedly inexperienced doctors for help - a move he believes led to her being over-medicated. "[It was] the worst thing she could have done, because she was then placed on all of these medications," Mr Reddington said. "She explained on a number of occasions to her mother, to her father, to her husband, that she was suffering, and she was suffering horribly. She called suicide hotlines twice. She went to a women and infants hospital in Rhode Island and was turned away because of the drugs that were prescribed to her. This girl's life was ruined... She kept saying, 'I am not well' but was ignored." If you are affected by anything in this article and need support, contact Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) at www.app-network.org, call the The Association for Post Natal Illness on 020 7386 0868 or visit their apni.org, or contact the Samaritans on 116 123, email them at [email protected] or visit samaritans.org to find your nearest branch