Psychiatrist questions Lindsay Clancy's hallucination claim, says she thought killing her kids would protect them

New testimony has raised questions about Lindsay Clancy's hallucination claim. As per the recent reports, a forensic psychologist, Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, was called to the witness stand on August 24 by the prosecution in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, where he testified that, in his view, Clancy was not suffering from acute psychosis at the time of the killings.

Clancy is accused of taking the lives of her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, in January 2023 with exercise bands. As per the reports, she did the same after asking her husband to pick up takeout. When he returned, he found his children dead, and Clancy also told him that she tried taking her own life. Lindsay had reported hearing voices in her head that told her to kill her children before taking her own life.

Kirk Heilbrun was one of the psychiatric experts who evaluated Clancy in April. Speaking about Clancy's hallucination claims, Heilbrun said she told him that she said, "Go to God, baby. Go to God," while killing the children. He explained that this shows that she believed she and her children would be together in heaven with God, and she thought it would protect her kids.

The Lindsay Clancy trial raises questions surrounding her hallucination claim

Dr. Kirk Heilbrun testified for the prosecution after defense experts said Lindsay Clancy's postpartum psychosis played a role in the killings. Heilbrun said Clancy described hearing a voice she had never heard before and experiencing a hallucination that she has not had since. He added this would be a very "unusual" way for this kind of hallucination to occur.

Forensic psychiatrist Kirk Heilbrun also reportedly said that he diagnosed Lindsay Clancy with bipolar II disorder, a condition that can cause depression along with hypomania. He also noted that reaching this diagnosis was difficult because of:

"All the diagnoses in the records and all the symptoms that she experienced"

While Heilbrun questioned Clancy's claim about the hallucination, another expert, Dr. Phillip Resnick, gave a very different opinion of what he believed was happening to her at the time of the killing. He testified that Clancy was "clearly psychotic" when she killed her three children. He also said that Clancy was almost like a puppet at the time, as if someone else was controlling her actions.

A note Clancy wrote months before the killings, in October 2022, is also gaining attention. In the note, according to ABC News, she said she is scared that something might happen to her children or that she might make mistakes that could affect their "development." She also wrote about how constantly reading and thinking about parenting had become overwhelming for her.

Lindsay Clancy has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the killing of her three children, Cora, Callan, and Dawson. She pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. As stated by Clancy's defense, she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she decided to take her life after taking the lives of her three children.

Clancy could face life in prison without the possibility of parole if she is found guilty of murdering her three children.

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