Biggest Bombshells From Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Tuesday
Paul Zeizel says Clancy heard a male voice ordering her to kill her children and herselfClinical and forensic psychologist Paul Zeizel gave the most striking testimony of the day, telling jurors that Clancy described hearing a male voice commanding her to kill her children and then herself. Psychologist let Clancy call her husband while she was cuffed to a hospital bedZeizel also revealed that he used his own cellphone to let Clancy call her husband, Patrick, while she was restrained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital under court order. He said she told Patrick she loved him and was confused, frightened and unsure where she was.The moment is significant because prosecutors have suggested a doctor encouraged Clancy to fabricate hallucinations.
- ▪Paul Zeizel says Clancy heard a male voice ordering her to kill her children and herselfClinical and forensic psychologist Paul Zeizel gave the most striking testimony of the day, telling jurors that Clancy described hearing a male voice co
- ▪Psychologist let Clancy call her husband while she was cuffed to a hospital bedZeizel also revealed that he used his own cellphone to let Clancy call her husband, Patrick, while she was restrained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital under court
- ▪He said she told Patrick she loved him and was confused, frightened and unsure where she was.The moment is significant because prosecutors have suggested a doctor encouraged Clancy to fabricate hallucinations.
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By Amanda CastroAssociate News Editor0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Tuesday’s hearing in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial delivered some of the most dramatic and consequential testimony yet, with experts clashing over forensic evidence, new revelations about Clancy’s mental state and fresh scrutiny of the care she sought in the months before her children’s deaths.A clinical psychologist described in detail the auditory hallucinations Clancy reported—including a male voice ordering her to kill her children and herself—while a forensic pathologist defended a head‑first fall reconstruction that prosecutors argued was inconsistent with the lack of visible head…
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