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Cops Probe Whether Mom Accused of Strangling Kids Had Postpartum Psychosis

Lindsay Clancy is also accused of throttling her baby before jumping from a window in an apparent suicide attempt.

Cops in Massachusetts are probing whether a mother suffered from postpartum psychosis before she strangled her two young kids and tried to murder her baby on Tuesday, reported CBS Boston, citing law enforcement sources. Lindsay Clancy, 32, of Plymouth, jumped from a window in her house in an apparent suicide attempt after the killings, the local district attorney said. Clancy, who worked as a labor and delivery nurse but was on leave at the time of the incident, is now recovering at a Boston hospital in police custody. Postpartum depression, not to be confused with the more common “baby blues,” is a severe mental condition when a mother experiences hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thoughts, confusion, and bizarre behaviors in the weeks and months after giving birth. Clancy’s oldest kids, 5-year-old Cora and 3-year-old Dawson, were rushed to a hospital but declared dead there. A 7-month-old baby boy was flown to Boston Children’s Hospital where he remained as of Wednesday.