Husband of midwife who 'strangled her two kids to death' had left for 25 ... trends now
The husband of the midwife charged with strangling her two young children to death and attempting to kill her seven-month-old baby had allegedly gone out to grab food before the apparent murder-suicide attempt.
A friend of nurse Lindsay Clancy told radio host John DePetro that husband Patrick had gone out on Tuesday night for food when he returned to find his wife unconscious after plunging from the second-floor window of their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Inside, daughter Cora, five, and son Dawson, three, were dead due to suffocation, with the Clancys' third child surviving and rushed to the hospital.
'In the 25 minutes it took him to pick up takeout, the unthinkable happened,' DePetro wrote on Twitter.
Investigators are now looking into the possibility that Lindsay was suffering from postpartum psychosis, as DePetro said she was attending an 'intensive' five-day-a-week program for Postpartum Depression (PPD), with the mother-of-three sharing online that she was struggling with postpartum anxiety.
Father Patrick Clancy was out for 25 minutes to grab takeout for his family when he found his wife, Lindsay, unconscious after dropping for their second-floor window. Inside their home, daughter Cora (left) and son Dawson (right) were dead
Friends said Patrick was working from home to help Lindsay, who was allegedly attending an 'intensive' postpartum depression program five days a week
Lindsay had shared that she was suffering from postpartum anxiety following the birth of her third child, who survived the apparent murder-suicide attempt
The friend who spoke with DePetro said Patrick was 'working from home instead of going in to work to be able to try and support [Lindsay] daily while she went to a program 5 days a week for PPD.'
Feelings of depression can be common after childbirth, according to the Mayo Clinic, but on rare occasions, they can lead to full postpartum psychosis.
In this extreme form of PPD, a mother can suffer from severe depression and hallucinations, and can lead her to harm herself, her children, or both.
While Lindsay appeared to be a proud mother on Facebook, she shared about struggling with postpartum anxiety after the birth of her latest child.
Last July, she wrote that six weeks after the child's birth, she was feeling 'dialed in' and sought to focus on exercise, nutrition and her mindset, which she claimed 'made all the difference.'
Sources told WBZ-TV I-Team that investigators are looking at the possibility that Lindsay was indeed suffering from postpartum psychosis.
She was on leave from her job as a labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The mother-of-three, who is under police custody, will be arraigned once she is released from hospital on charges including two counts of homicide and three each for strangulation and assault and battery with a deadly weapon for the deaths of her two children.
A memorial of flowers and toys was set up outside the home in Duxbury, Massachusetts
Lindsay, 32, (left) allegedly strangled her daughter Cora, five, (center right) and son Dawson, three, (center left) to death and tried to suffocate her baby son inside the family home. Her horrified husband, Patrick, 34, (right) discovered the scene
Five-year-old Cora and three-year-old Dawson were pronounced dead on arrival to hospital
Pictured: a well-wisher dropping off items on Wednesday for the memorial over the tragedy that befell the community
Officers arrived at the family home on Tuesday after a frantic Patrick had discovered his wife unconscious on the ground below a second-floor window.
They discovered the three young children 'unconscious' upstairs 'with obvious signs of trauma'. It appears they had all been strangled Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said.
Five-year-old Cora and three-year-old Dawson were pronounced dead on arrival to hospital while the seven-month-old baby was flown to
