Warrant issued for Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury mom accused of killing 2 of her kids

Police outside of 47 Summer Street in Duxbury on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Duxbury police and fire were called to the home by a man who reported that a woman had attempted to kill herself at the residence. Police discovered the bodies of two deceased children in the house. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Prosecutors said Thursday that they had issued a warrant for the arrest of a Duxbury mother expected to face murder and strangulation charges following the deaths of two of her three children earlier this week.

Lindsay Clancy, 32, is charged with strangling her 5-year-old daughter, 3-year-old son and 7-month old son at their Duxbury home Tuesday night before attempting to take her own life.

The two eldest children — Cora Clancy, 5, and Dawson Clancy, 3 — were killed, while the infant boy and Lindsay Clancy were hospitalized, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz.

On Thursday, a few hours after Cruz identified Clancy as a suspect in her children’s deaths, his office said officials were seeking her arrest on two counts of homicide, three counts of strangulation and three counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Clancy is in police custody at a hospital, Cruz said Wednesday.

According to Cruz, the Duxbury Police Department received a call around 6 p.m. on Tuesday from Clancy’s husband, who returned to his home at 47 Summer St. and reported what officials suspect was an attempted suicide by his wife.

First responders found the three children unconscious and traumatically injured, Cruz said. Cora and Dawson Clancy were brought to a local hospital, where medics pronounced both children dead. The 7-month-old boy was flown to Boston Children’s Hospital, where he was alive and being treated as of Wednesday afternoon when Cruz addressed reporters in Duxbury.

“This is an unimaginable senseless tragedy,” Cruz said Tuesday night. On Wednesday, he extended his sympathies to the Clancy family, saying he could not “begin to fathom” the pain they must be going through.

An investigation into the incident is being conducted by Duxbury police, the Massachusetts State Police and Cruz’s office.

“As I’ve often said at these terrible events, this is a slow and steady process,” Cruz said. “We’re not here to do it quick. We’re here to do it right.”

According to her Facebook page, Clancy is employed as a labor and delivery nurse at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. A hospital spokesperson confirmed her employment in an email to MassLive, adding: “We are shocked and saddened to learn of this unthinkable tragedy. We extend our deepest sympathies to all those affected by these devastating events.”

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