Vigil held for Duxbury family after Massachusetts mother charged in deaths of children - WCVB Boston

A vigil was held Thursday evening successful Duxbury, Massachusetts, aft a pistillate was charged successful the deaths of her 2 children.Lindsay Clancy, 32, is accused of sidesplitting her 5-year-old daughter, Cora Clancy, and 3-year-old son, Dawson Clancy, successful their Summer Street location connected Tuesday. Her 8-month-old lad was injured and was flown to a Boston country hospital.The southbound enactment mother, who is charged with 2 counts of homicide and 3 counts each of strangulation and battle and artillery with a deadly weapon, jumped retired of a model of the Duxbury location and remains hospitalized successful constabulary custody.Hundreds of radical packed the Holy Family Church for the 7 p.m. candlelight vigil."During moments similar this we tin travel unneurotic arsenic a assemblage to commune for 1 another, to grieve with each different and to enactment our brothers and sisters. Join america arsenic we commune for the Clancy Family, their household and friends, the archetypal responders and each those truthful profoundly affected by the events of this week," the religion posted connected Facebook.The vigil was not conscionable for the family, but besides for the archetypal responders who were called to the family's location Tuesday and are inactive struggling with their ain emotions."It's incomprehensible that specified a tragic happening would hap successful a household immoderate where, but present we are," said the Rev. Bill Williams, of Holy Family Church. "It’s happened here."On Wednesday, District Attorney Tim Cruz said it appeared the children were strangled. Cruz would not accidental wherever successful the location the children were discovered."As soon arsenic able, we volition beryllium arraigning her connected the 2 charges of execution successful the decease of her children," Cruz said. According to the DA, archetypal responders discovered the 3 children unconscious wrong the location with evident signs of trauma.First responders rushed to the location astatine 47 Summer St. successful Duxbury conscionable aft 6 p.m. Tuesday aft receiving a 911 telephone from Lindsay Clancy's husband. Cruz said the antheral reported the attempted termination of his wife, who had jumped retired of a model successful the home. Cruz said the babe was being treated astatine a Boston hospital. An update connected his information was not available. Cruz said the main aesculapian examiner's bureau volition yet find the mode and means of the decease of the children. "This is an unimaginable, senseless tragedy, and it is an ongoing investigation," Cruz said. Authorities would not remark connected whether immoderate intelligence unwellness whitethorn person played a relation successful the homicides oregon if determination was immoderate intelligence wellness history.A spokesperson for Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed Clancy is an employee."We are shocked and saddened to larn of this unthinkable tragedy," the infirmary spokesperson wrote. "We widen our deepest sympathies to each those affected by these devastating events." Two relatives of the household stopped by the location Wednesday, bringing flowers and leaving them astatine the extremity of the driveway. Both were precise affectional and successful tears, saying they are struggling to recognize what happened. "They were conscionable beautiful, beauteous children," Donna Jesse said. "They had a beauteous life. I can't-- I can't process it." Neighbors successful the tiny assemblage are successful daze and reasoning of the family."It's benignant of like, however tin this hap astir here? But it's-- just-- you enactment yourself in, similar you said, the man’s spot and can’t ideate however devastating that is," Duxbury nonmigratory Tom McGrath said. "This is an isolated incident, and determination is nary further menace to the community," Duxbury constabulary main Michael Carbone said. "Duxbury constabulary detectives, on with the authorities constabulary detectives that are moving nonstop and volition proceed successful the days, weeks, months, oregon immoderate it takes to get answers," Carbone said.If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize is struggling with suicidal thoughts oregon intelligence wellness matters, delight telephone the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline astatine 988 oregon 800-273-8255 to link with a trained counselor, oregon sojourn 988lifeline.org.