New York Post
· collected 2026-09-11 · by Alex Oliveira, Daniel Cody, Priscilla DeGregory
Lindsay Clancy's ongoing treatment at Tewksbury Hospital is estimated to cost Massachusetts taxpayers at least $620,500 per year. The state-run hospital charges the government between $1,700 and $1,850 per day for each resident psychiatric patient, depending on their classification as chronic or non-chronic. Clancy, who faces a bipolar diagnosis and has been under suicide watch since her attempt to take her own life, may qualify for the higher rate of $1,850 per day. Her long-term care could cost taxpayers millions in the future if she is found not guilty by reason of insanity and spends years or even decades in a state-run hospital.
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In January 2023, Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse from Duxbury, Massachusetts, killed her three young children: Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months). The case has been ongoing for five weeks with more than 70 witnesses called by prosecutors and 10 by the defense at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts. Clancy did not testify but pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, arguing that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time.
Much of the trial centered on expert testimonies from psychologists and psychiatrists who offered conflicting opinions about Clancy's mental state during the killings. Dr. Gregory Saathoff, an FBI psychiatrist, testified against her defense’s claim that a voice instructed her to kill the children, suggesting instead that she had control over her actions. The jury is now deliberating on whether Clancy will be found guilty of first-degree murder or if she can be declared not criminally responsible due to mental illness.
Outside the courtroom, Clancy's supporters, primarily women, have gathered daily to show solidarity and highlight systemic failures in maternal health care and mental support for new mothers. The case has sparked nationwide debate about legal inadequacies in dealing with such tragic scenarios under Massachusetts law. Jurors are deliberating over options including not guilty by reason of insanity or first-degree murder charges. As of the latest updates, a supporter was arrested for allegedly filming jurors outside the courthouse during their deliberations. The jury remains deadlocked as they continue to deliberate on the verdict.
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Lindsay Clancy is costing Massachusetts taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars a year — and millions in the long run — as she faces ongoing medical treatment after her mistrial.
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Clancy’s care likely costs at least $620,500 per year while she remains at Tewksbury Hospital, where she’s been receiving treatment for most of the three and a half years since killing her children and attempting to take her life in Jan. 2023.
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The state-run hospital north of Boston charges the government at least $1,700 a day for every resident psychiatric patient, which Clancy — facing a bi-polar diagnosis and other psychological needs like PTSD — would likely qualify as.
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But Clancy — who was left paralyzed and wheelchair-bound by her post-murder suicide attempt — could also qualify as a “chronic patient,” which the hospital bills at $1,850 per day and at least $675,250 per year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s latest figures.
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And Clancy’s daily costs could be even higher — she has been under stringent suicide watch since the murders, which requires her to have an attendant with her 24-hours a day.
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It remains unclear exactly what her care would cost, however.
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The Department of Public Health did not respond to request for comment.
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Clancy, 36, claimed she was suffering from severe post-partum depression after the birth of her third child in the months leading up to Jan. 24, 2023, which she said culminated in hallucinations of a frightening voice urging her to carry out the murders.
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The problem was exacerbated by a cocktail of medications her various healthcare providers had prescribed, which she claimed led directly to her strangling the kids — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month Callan — before slashing her throat and jumping out a bedroom window.
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Whether she was really legally insane was the crux of her six-week trial — prosecutors argued that decisions she made, including laying plans for the murders and asking her husband to run an errand before committing them, indicated she knew what she was doing and was criminally liable for the deaths.
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Most jurors agreed with the prosecutors and wanted to find her not guilty by reason of insanity, but one hold-out refused to agree and brought about a mistrial on Sept. 4 after a grueling week of deliberations.
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That means Clancy will head to court again sometime in the future — and if she succeeds at being found not guilty by reason of insanity would likely spend years in a state-run hospital similar to Tewksbury.
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Clancy would be eligible for release if doctors deem her not a danger to herself or the public, but Judge William Sullivan told jurors before deliberations she could “remain committed for the duration of her life.”
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Massachusetts criminal defense attorney Peter Elikann agreed with Sullivan’s assessment, telling The Post “she may never see the light of day, or she could possibly be released decades from now.”
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One hospital she could wind up spending that time in is Bridgewater State Hospital, a facility south of Boston, which spends about $367,007 per patient each year — meaning her care could cost taxpayers tens of millions over the years.
And if she were found guilty the costs of her care would also be high, though not as severely.
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Massachusetts prisons’ annual per-patient costs typically run around $100,000 and $250,000 per year.
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Lindsay Clancy's murder case ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4, leaving her future in limbo until it goes to court again.
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Tewksbury State Hospital, north of Boston, where Clancy has been living and being treated since the murders.
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Bridgewater State Hospital, south of Boston, where Clancy may be sent if found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Clancy with her three children, who she strangled to death in 2023.
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