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Courts · Sunday, September 6, 2026

The jury hung. Judge Sullivan called a mistrial.

The File desk · Sep. 6, 2026, 10:14 a.m. ET

Confirmed4 primary sources

Status

Confirmed from Reuters and BBC in the Plymouth courtroom. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4. No Plymouth docket PDF was fetched. The murder charges stand, from the indictment and the Plymouth district attorney.
A Plymouth jury sat about seven days and could not agree. On Friday, Judge William Sullivan called a mistrial. Lindsay Clancy, 36, does not deny killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in January 2023. District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not said whether he will try the case again. A hearing is set for Sept. 29.
A Plymouth jury sat about seven days and could not agree. On Friday, Sept. 4, Judge William Sullivan called a mistrial.
Lindsay Clancy is 36. She does not deny strangling her children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — at the house in Duxbury in January 2023.
Her lawyer, Kevin Reddington, said postpartum psychosis and insanity. Prosecutors said she knew what she was doing. They said she appreciated the wrongfulness of the killings.
Sullivan told the jury: “At this point, I'm going to declare that the jury is deadlocked and I'm going to declare a mistrial.” Jurors had sent several notes saying they were stuck.
That morning Reddington asked Sullivan to remove a holdout juror. Sullivan said no. Reddington went to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The high court said no.
District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not said whether he will try the case again. “There will be no decisions made today,” he said. A hearing is set for Sept. 29.
Clancy, a former nurse, “remains in custody at a state hospital” and “is due in court for a follow-up hearing on September 29,” Reuters reported. The BBC wrote that she “will remain held on the same murder charges and continue to stay in the mental health facility in which she is currently housed.”
There is no verdict. The juror votes are not public. This desk did not open a Plymouth Superior Court docket PDF.
How we know

What is still unknown or disputed

  • No verdict.
  • Exact juror votes are not public.
  • Retrial decision pending.
  • No Plymouth docket PDF fetched.

Primary sources

Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.

  1. Source 1

    Lindsay Clancy trial over killing her children ends in mistrial

    Reuters · September 4, 2026

    Judge declared mistrial Friday; Cruz undecided on retrial; hearing Sept. 29.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/deadlocked-jury-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial-deliberate-seventh-day-2026-09-04/

  2. Source 2

    Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder case, after jury deadlocks

    BBC News · September 4, 2026

    Sullivan declared jury deadlocked and mistrial; SJC denied emergency appeal; Cruz said no decision today.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwlrj2je1po

  3. Source 3

    Commonwealth v. Lindsay M. Clancy, true bills (Plymouth Superior Court)

    Plymouth Superior Court (WBUR copy of the indictment PDF) · September 15, 2023

    Six true bills returned Sept. 15, 2023. Three charge murder under G.L. c. 265 § 1 in the deaths of Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy.

    https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/09/clancy-indictment.pdf

  4. Source 4

    Duxbury Woman Arraigned On Charges That She Murdered Her Three Children

    Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office · October 26, 2023

    Lindsay Clancy was arraigned on three counts each of Murder and Strangulation and pleaded not guilty.

    https://plymouthda.com/news/2023-press-releases/duxbury-woman-arraigned-on-charges-that-she-murdered-her-three-children/