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Commonwealth v. Clancy, July 27, 2026
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Opening statements, then the Commonwealth's first witness. Court did not sit the following day; testimony resumed Wednesday.
Key points
- Commonwealth theory stated: deliberate and meticulous, not psychotic at the time.
- Defense theory stated: psychosis at the time; suicide attempt caused partial paralysis.
- Patrick Clancy called first; described disclosures of suicidal ideation and thoughts of harming the children in the months beforehand.
Witnesses (1)
Patrick ClancyCommonwealth
Husband of the defendant; father of the decedents
Direct: Buckingham
- Called as the Commonwealth's first witness, immediately after openings.
- Described his wife's struggle following Callan's birth.
- Testified that in the months before January 2023 she told him she was having thoughts of suicide.
- Testified she also disclosed thoughts of harming the children.
- His evidence was expected to continue when court resumed.
Procedural
- morningADA Buckingham opened for the Commonwealth: the killings were deliberate and meticulous; the defendant was not in the throes of psychosis but acted intentionally, rationally and swiftly toward a specific goal.
- morningReddington opened for the defense: she was suffering from psychosis; her subsequent suicide attempt left her partially paralysed; she and her husband had tried hard to get help.
- -Both sides warned jurors that some testimony would be difficult to hear.
- 28 JulNo sitting. Court resumed Wednesday July 29.