Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Makes Stunning U-Turn On Who Killed The Kids

Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney made a dramatic change in his arguments during a hearing on Tuesday, questioning whether there is any evidence that Clancy killed her three children.

During the hearing, which follows the triple-murder mistrial declared on September 4, Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, repeatedly asked, “Where is the evidence?”

Reddington specifically questioned whether Clancy had enough time to carry out the killings. He also claimed there was effectively no DNA evidence tying her to the crimes, and criticized what he described as a shoddy investigation. Clancy’s lawyer challenged the reliability of what seemed to be confessions from his client as well.

“Where is the evidence? Where is the evidence she did this?”

Reddington goes into what happened the night of the killings. Patrick comes home, puts food down. Goes upstairs and yells, the evidence is, he makes an observation that the window is open and there are blood drops on…

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The Commonwealth said Reddington’s arguments were “laughable” while rebutting his claims.

The suggestion that Clancy did not kill her kids marks a significant shift from Clancy’s five-week trial, when her defense focused on her criminal responsibility rather than disputing the killings, arguing that she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis when she killed the kids.

Moreover, Clancy herself has previously acknowledged killing her children. In a civil lawsuit she filed against her former medical providers, she described strangling Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, with exercise bands while claiming she was in a dissociative, “dream-like state.” Her defense also said before trial that she was willing to formally admit to her involvement in the children’s deaths if the trial were bifurcated. During the trial, Reddington said the defense was not contesting the Commonwealth’s main presentation of evidence in support of its case.

Reddington also went back to his request to bifurcate the trial. He argued that combining the questions of whether Clancy committed the acts and whether she was criminally responsible may have violated her due process rights, arguing that many people do not understand the distinction.

“Well, she did it, she admitted it,” Reddington said, describing how people view the case. “They go off on a tangent about all of these horrific allegations, that she’s a demon and she’s possessed and she should be executed. And this is coming from politicians, from President Trump all the way down.” Notably, President Trump did not call Clancy a “demon,” he called the case a tragedy and said there was “no winner there.”

The court heard arguments on a number of motions Tuesday, including Reddington’s renewed Rule 25 motion seeking a not guilty finding, the defense’s arguments over the mistrial, and whether Clancy’s trial should have been bifurcated. The defense also raised its double-jeopardy motion and request to preserve and review juror records. Judge William Sullivan has yet to issue rulings on these matters.

The court is scheduled to take up the double-jeopardy motion and juror-records request on November 2, when Sullivan is also expected to address other pending motions and potentially discuss a new trial date.