PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy resumes Tuesday with additional members of her medical team taking the witness stand in Plymouth Superior Court.
The healthcare providers are among those who treated the Duxbury mother in the weeks and months before prosecutors say she killed her three children in January 2023.
Rebecca Jollotta, a psychiatric nurse from South Shore Health’s Perinatal Clinic, treated Clancy starting in November of 2022. She was on the stand for the majority of Tuesday’s testimony.
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August 11, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
Court is over for the day. Testimony will resume on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
August 11, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
Prosecution asks if Clancy ever articulated a plan or any intent on suicide, Jollotta said no. Clancy indicated she was safe. Jollota said intrusive thoughts were normal for someone with postpartum depression. Prosecution asks if she ever thought Clancy was experiencing psychosis and she said no. Witness then steps down.
August 11, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
Prosecution asks if her diagnosis and medical treatment of Clancy came after trying out different medications, etc. She said yes. Prosecution asks if she gave her resources and a plan for tapering when she went on vacation. Jollotta said yes. Prosecution asked if she reached out about issues with the taper, Jollota said Patrick reached out about a higher level of care on December 30.
August 11, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Prosecution asks if the information that comes from Women and Infants would have to come through the patient because they’re not affiliated, and Jollota said yes. Prosecution asks if Clancy was forthcoming about what happened at Women and Infants regarding Seroquel and tapering her off of it, which Jollotta said she followed.
August 11, 2026, 3:28 p.m.
Prosecution brings up if Jollotta prescribed her different amounts of medications to try things out and adjust the dosages. Jollota said yes. Prosecution asks if she also includes instructions on how to follow taking the medications. Jollotta said yes.
August 11, 2026, 3:26 p.m.
Prosecution shows her record of medications, and that she never prescribed her any medications in January. She agrees.
August 11, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
Prosecution asks if Clancy ever suggested talking to her psychiatrist. She said no, and she also did not have access to her records.
August 11, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
Prosecution is now recrossing the witness.
August 11, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
Reddington asked if she talked to anyone at Women and Infants after she was referred. Jollotta said no. Reddington asked if she knew what happened to her after she saw her for the last time. She knew she went to McClean. Reddington asked if it was important for her to find out what the diagnosis was if she was caring for her, and Jollotta said yes. Reddington asked if she did that and she said no, she also never asked her to sign a HIPPA release.
August 11, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
Jollotta said she thought Seroquel and Valium worked out because she slept well. Reddington asked if Clancy still said she had symptoms of postpartum despite sleeping well, and Jollotta said yes. Reddington asked if she knew she stopped driving and Jollotta said she was not aware.
August 11, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
Reddington asked if Patrick said she had intrusive thoughts. Jollotta said Patrick did say she had intrusive thoughts. Jollotta said she was safe, but they were intrusive suicidal thoughts that were documented several times throughout her treatment.
August 11, 2026, 3:13 p.m.
Patrick and Lindsay were on the next call with her. Reddington asked if Patrick was now speaking for her. Jollotta said she couldn’t remember who was speaking and not speaking.
August 11, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
Reddington asked if Jollotta told Lindsay to “toughen it out” instead of tapering the Valium. Jollotta said she asked if she could hold off so she could do it with her.
August 11, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
Dukes wrote her note that her symptoms had gotten worse since starting the medication. Jollotta said Patrick was concerned about the medications she was taking. Reddington asked if he was pissed off. Prosecution objects. Judge overrules. Reddington asks again and Jollotta said he was concerned.
August 11, 2026, 3:06 p.m.
Dukes wrote in her notes that she called Aspire, Mental Health Support twice and was not given any help at all. Reddington read from Duke’s note that she was not meeting the criteria for the program because she didn’t have an SI plan. Jollotta said she couldn’t speak to it.
August 11, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Reddington asked if Jollotta ever asked Clancy to come in and she said she did meet with her in person. Reddington reads notes from Latisha Dukes, the social worker, that Clancy was losing weight, had heart palpitations, and was on script she didn’t want to be on in early December. Jollotta reads the note and says “yes.”
August 11, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Reddington is showing the mood chart. Jollotta said she printed the mood chart out, but she doesn’t recall her showing her the chart. She asked if she saw the notes from her visit with another nurse that the medications kept changing and Jollotta said it sounded familiar.
August 11, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
Jollotta said out of the 5 people she treated with postpartum psychosis only some of them heard voices. Jollotta indicated to Lindsay that her symptoms sounded like postpartum depression.
August 11, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
On December 3, Clancy said she had horrible intrusive thoughts. Reddington asked if she called her. Jollotta said Clancy told her that she took Ativan and the thoughts were gone. Reddington asked if she asked what the thoughts were. Clancy said she described the thoughts of not wanting to be here anymore.
August 11, 2026, 2:52 p.m.
A person who is not getting sleep but does not feel tired is a symptom of mania, which Lindsay felt, and Jollotta agrees with Reddington. Reddington asked if Patrick felt like Lindsay was being overmedicated, she said Patrick was concerned about her symptoms.
August 11, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Reddington is going through each visit Clancy had with Jollotta. Reddington asked if Jollotta knew that Lindsay ran a 5k a couple weeks after having Callan. He asked if it was important to know that, and she said it was something she would have considered. Reddington asked if she knew she was the only doctor who had considered Lindsay being bipolar. The prosecution objected.
August 11, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
Lindsay Clancy tested a 23 on the Edinburg Scale, a couple of days later she tested a 17. Reddington asked if Jollotta reviewed the nurse’s notes about Clancy feeling disconnected and out of body, she said yes. Reddington asked if she would have asked her what she meant by that in the next appointment. She said yes.
August 11, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
Reddington asked if it mattered why she didn’t get accepted to the program and if she cared. Jollotta said she did care. Reddington asked if she knew that Women and Infants expressed concerns that she was overmedicated. Jollotta said she couldn’t speak to that. Reddington asked if she knew Women and Infants tried to call her to wean her off of Seroquel. Jollotta said she never received a call.
August 11, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
Reddington asked why she wasn’t treated at Women and Infants. Jollotta said she didn’t want to assume. Reddington said she’s the one who referred her to the appointment, didn’t know what Tufts was doing with her although she knew she was seeing her. So, when Clancy was referred, she went because that’s what she was told to do, Reddington said. Jollotta told her she couldn’t speak to that assessment. Clancy was allegedly turned away.
August 11, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
Reddington asked if Jollotta was aware if she was googling all the medications 100 times a night. Jollotta said she was not aware.
August 11, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
There were prescriptions in January that were prescribed to Clancy that Jollotta denies prescribing to her.
August 11, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
Jollotta said she anticipated using Seroquel for sleep and anxiety but increased it for her mood stabilization. Reddington is going through the list of medications Jollotta prescribed to Clancy.
August 11, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
Jollotta said she was aware she was prescribed other medications. She said she did not have a hard time getting a list of other prescribed medications she was taking. She knew Tufts prescribed her Sertraline, Lorazepam, and other medications. She said she did review the medications Clancy was taking.
August 11, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
Jollotta agreed with Reddington Clancy was forthcoming on everything. Jollotta said she did not know how many times Lindsay saw Tufts. Reddington said Clancy saw Tufts a total of 17 times between Jollotta and Tufts.
August 11, 2026, 2:13 p.m.
Jollotta said Lindsay met with her a total of three times. Twice on telehealth and once in person. She knew she had a psychiatrist that treated her.
August 11, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
Defense Attorney Kevin Reddington is now cross-examining Jollotta.
August 11, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
Court is now in lunch recess.
August 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Jollotta said they had been wondering if she would come back, and saw she had medications filled from Dr. Jennifer Tufts. She never came back to the clinic though. Jollotta said during her interactions she always had linear thinking, advocated for herself, and had knowledge of the medications. She never had a plan of killing herself or hurting anyone else, according to Jollotta.
August 11, 2026, 12:52 p.m.
Jollotta expressed reluctance for the taper but still sent the prescription along. The nurse sent along information on DBT groups. That was her last personal contact with her. On December 30, Patrick called a nurse and said Lindsay wanted to go to McClean and was looking to get the bed that was offered last time because he didn’t want to waste a day in the emergency department. It was the last time the Perinatal Health Clinic had contact with Lindsay Clancy.
August 11, 2026, 12:49 p.m.
Jollotta said her nurse would have been available to respond to her while she was on vacation. She got a response from Clancy and said more general mental health treatment and said she had other appointments with her other psychiatrist. She asked Jollotta how she could taper. Nurse called her to remind her of the risks.
August 11, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
Jollotta said she was not aware she was getting additional support other than herself and Dukes, the therapist, and her previous psychiatrist. If she was attending groups through the clinic, she would have known through her records.
August 11, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
Jollotta said she was concerned she was discharged. She said groups and therapy were maybe the route she needed. She was open to start a taper with her on the Seroquel, but she was going to be on vacation the next week so she wouldn’t be readily available to her, so she asked if she could correspond with her former psychiatrist.
August 11, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
She wanted to make sure she had an appointment scheduled and refilled the medication. The next day she was discharged from Women and Infants and wanted to taper off the Seroquel.
August 11, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
Clancy said she missed the call but hoped they would call her back. She spoke to the following Monday on December 19 via MyChart messaging and had an appointment that day with Latisha Dukes. Clancy indicated that she was starting the partial hospitalization program the next day and had to reschedule her appointment with Jollotta. She asked Jollotta for a refill of Valium since she was going on vacation and wouldn’t see her for 2 weeks.
August 11, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
Jollotta said Seroquel and Lamictal work well together. The last recommendation of medications was Lamictal, Seroquel, and Valium. She asked her if there was any luck hearing back from Women and Infants.
August 11, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
Clancy told her she saw her previous psychiatrist and told her she prescribed her Lamictal and asked her opinion. She said there was side effects like a rash but had prescribed it in the past.
August 11, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
Clancy told her the next day and said she was going to opt in for the partial hospitalization at Women and Infant’s after going to ER and recommended going up to 300mg of Seroquel.
August 11, 2026, 12:31 p.m.
At their next appointment, Clancy and her husband said it was the worst day yet for her. She recommended that she go to the emergency department and a higher level of care because she had persistent and intrusive thoughts of suicide.
August 11, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
Conclusion of the visit was 200mg of Seroquel and 2.5 of Valium, while engaging with other supportive resources. Jollotta sent her message later that day and wanted to send more resources.
August 11, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
Jollotta asked her further if she was having suicidal ideation, and she had no plan or intent. She said Lindsay had mentioned intrusive thoughts in her messages to her. Jollotta said Lindsay had intrusive thoughts of wanting to die but never had thoughts on harming her children.
August 11, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
Jollotta said she was still discussing tapering benzos. She recommended resources, and again, a partial hospitalization. She observed no signs of mania or psychosis and endorsed that she had thoughts of harming herself during the week but not at the visit.
August 11, 2026, 12:24 p.m.
During the visit, Clancy said she had improvement in her sleep, 7-9 hours on 200mg of Seroquel with 2.5 of Valium once daily at night. She said she still had symptoms of depression including of hopelessness and feeling numb, with a racing heartbeat.
August 11, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
Jollotta said she recommended Clancy come an in-person appointment. Had significant symptoms and wanted to touch base with her weekly. She had a virtual visit with her and went through a recent treatment timeline with her.
August 11, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
Jollotta said the fluctuating heart rate was normal for starting that medication. She had spoken to the nurse and told her she wanted to get off all the medications together, and Jollotta told her as long as she knows the risks. She said she strongly recommended a partial hospitalization program.
August 11, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
Jollotta said Clancy was reporting sleeping better on Seroquel. In her next message, Clancy should have been on 400mg of Seroquel, but she reported being on 200mg and had symptoms of a fluctuating heart rate.
August 11, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
Jollotta continued her recommendation of Seroquel as she thought it was mixed manic, hypomanic state Lindsay was experiencing.
August 11, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Clancy indicated to Jollotta that she was afraid she was going to take Ativan. Jollota said she didn’t tell her to do that. She told her to engage at Women and Infants for a partial hospitalization program, but she had no plan for her suicidal thoughts.
August 11, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
Clancy said she did well the next day, had a few wake ups, but felt panicky, asked if she could taper slowly. Jollotta said she was hesitant to taper even slower.
August 11, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
Jollotta said they could add a different medication to the mix. Clancy said she wanted to do Seroquel with the Valium taper.
August 11, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Jollotta recommended increasing the Seroquel every single day by 100mg, she was concerned Clancy was manic and recommended a short taper of the benzos.
August 11, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Clancy said she did not feel tired despite not getting sleep. Jollotta said she would prescribe a short taper to get her off of benzos, and she said she was concerned that this was bipolar disorder even though she and her husband did not agree with her.
August 11, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
Jollota said she recommended a higher dose of Seroquel. She said in the back of her mind she thought she could have bipolar disorder.
August 11, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
Jollotta said she continued communication with Clancy. Clancy said she took the Valium and Melatonin and didn’t sleep. She said she took Benadryl because she was desperate and asked what to do.
August 11, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Jollotta recommended tapering off the benzos and taking Valium so she wouldn’t have rebound anxiety, which Clancy was worried about. She said she didn’t want to continue Seroquel and wanted to try Prozac.
August 11, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Jollotta said Clancy still had concerns about not sleeping and having an addiction to Ativan. Jollota said she didn’t think Clancy had an addiction, but a dependency. She tested Clancy for having any withdrawals on the benzos she was taking. She had minimal to no withdrawal.
August 11, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Jollotta saw Clancy at an in-person appointment and tested her for bipolar disorder. Jollotta said she considered she could be bipolar. Jollotta said her husband Patrick was at the appointment with her and said “my wife is not bipolar.”
August 11, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Rebecca Jollotta, a psychiatrist nurse from South Shore Health, is currently on the stand. She started to see Clancy in late November at the Perinatal Behavioral Health Program. Clancy’s care was transferred over from Julie Paul who was leaving the practice, who originally saw Clancy when she came to the program.
What happened on Monday?
On Monday, Clancy’s psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Tufts, spent a second day on the witness stand, facing an intensive cross-examination from defense attorneys. The questioning focused on the medications Tufts prescribed, her professional experience, and her familiarity with Clancy’s medical history.
Tufts testified that she wrote nearly half of Clancy’s approximately 30 prescriptions. Between September 2022 and the day before the children’s deaths, Clancy participated in 14 telehealth appointments with the psychiatrist.
According to testimony, Clancy’s anxiety and depression worsened during that period. Tufts said Clancy reported suicidal thoughts while doctors adjusted various medications in an effort to treat her symptoms.
Just weeks before the killings, Clancy voluntarily admitted herself to McLean Hospital for inpatient psychiatric treatment.
The defense has argued that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis and hearing voices when the children were killed, forming the basis of an insanity defense.
During testimony, however, Tufts said she had never treated a postpartum psychosis case before meeting Clancy. She also told jurors she did not observe signs of postpartum psychosis during her interactions with the defendant.
Defense attorneys pressed Tufts about her medical notes documenting Clancy’s symptoms, including severe anxiety, racing thoughts, sleep difficulties, and concerns about her children.
The defense is attempting to show that Clancy did not receive the mental health care she needed before the deaths.
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