Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy to be charged with homicide after deaths of 2 children - CBS Boston

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Investigators volition complaint parent with murdering her 2 children

Investigators volition complaint parent with murdering her 2 children 02:56

DUXBURY – Prosecutors said the parent of 2 children who were found dormant wrong a Duxbury home Tuesday nighttime volition beryllium charged with their murders. A 3rd kid was earnestly wounded and remains hospitalized.

Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz said connected Wednesday that an apprehension warrant has been sought for 32-year-old Lindsay Clancy.

Police were called to the location connected Summer Street conscionable aft 6 p.m. Tuesday. The children's begetter came location and discovered the his woman first, reporting she had tried to instrumentality her ain life. She was taken to a hospital.

Inside the home, constabulary recovered a 5-year-old miss and 3-year-old lad suffering from "obvious signs of terrible trauma" aft they were allegedly strangled. They were rushed to an country infirmary but did not survive.

A 7-month-old lad was besides recovered unconscious. He was taken to a Boston infirmary by MedFlight and remains hospitalized.

Sources told the WBZ-TV I-Team that investigators are looking astatine the anticipation that Lindsay Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis.

She is inactive being treated astatine the infirmary and volition beryllium arraigned arsenic soon arsenic she is physically able.

"Our assemblage is of people reeling from the tragic events of past night," said Duxbury Town Manager René Read.

Flowers extracurricular Clancy's location Wednesday are a tiny motion that conveys the grief the assemblage is feeling including neighbour John Sullivan. "Everybody is successful a authorities of disbelief, it is tragic, the full vicinity is trying to process this full thing," Sullivan said.

Local curate Rev. Bill Ferguson of the Pilgrim Church says the assemblage is trying to find ways to help. "How bash you? Especially erstwhile children are involved. Mental wellness issues if those are immoderate of the reasons wherefore this happened, we conscionable don't know, it's the unknowable," Ferguson said.

First responders who rushed to the location are besides grieving, coming upon a country that has near them devastated and successful request of enactment of their own.

"To each those who responded we attraction astir you," said Duxbury Fire Chief Robert Reardon. "If you oregon a workfellow is successful request of support, delight scope out."

"It's a challenging event," said Cruz. "I deliberation being a constabulary officer, being a archetypal responder, has ne'er been much challenged, and I deliberation we should each beryllium thanking them for their efforts and we should proceed to commune for the family."

Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed Wednesday that Clancy is an MGH employee.

"We are shocked and saddened to larn of this unthinkable tragedy. We widen our deepest sympathies to each those affected by these devastating events," a spokesperson said successful a statement.

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