Baby boy dies days after mum charged with murdering her two other children
A baby boy has died just two days after his mom was accused of strangling her two other children to death and trying to take her own life by jumping out of a window.
Lindsay Clancy, 32, was charged with two counts of murder after her husband Patrick returned to their Massachusetts home to find their three children unconscious, a friend claimed.
Cora, aged five, and three-year-old Dawson were pronounced dead at hospital. Although an official cause of death is yet to be determined, authorities say they appear to have been strangled.
Seven-month-old Calen died yesterday after being airlifted to hospital in a critical condition, confirmed the Plymouth District Attorney's Office.
A statement said: "[On Friday], at approximately 12.30pm, the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner contacted Massachusetts State Police assigned to our office to report that at 11.18am, the third Clancy child was pronounced deceased at Children’s Hospital in Boston."
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Clancy's husband Patrick returned home to find their three children unconscious, a friend claimed (@Lindsay Marie Clancy/Facebook)Detectives are looking into whether Clancy, who was on leave from work at Massachusetts General Hospital, was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
A friend of the couple said: "Her husband was working from home instead of going in to work to be able to try and support her daily while she went to a program 5 days a week for postpartum depression.
Detectives are looking into whether Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis (@Lindsay Marie Clancy/Facebook)"And in the 25 minutes it took him to pick up take-out, the unthinkable happened."
The mum - who is recovering in a Boston hospital - was charged with two counts of murder, said Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz on Wednesday.
He said: "I cannot begin to fathom the pain, the depths of pain they must be feeling. I want to further commend the professionalism and the work of the Duxbury First Responders and the Mass state police.
Clancy had previously posted pictures of her family on social media (@Lindsay Marie Clancy/Facebook)"I'm sure many of them will not forget what they saw last evening and I think we should all be grateful to the men and women that put a uniform on that are willing to do this difficult and challenging job.
"When something like this happens there are obviously usually more questions than there are answers as we proceed forward we will give answers as we can."
Clancy worked as a midwife at Massachusetts General Hospital.
In a statement the hospital said: "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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