Lindsay Clancy will remain in custody at a mental health facility after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in the mother’s high-profile triple-murder case.
“I’m going to declare a mistrial at this point,” Judge William Sullivan announced in court on Friday, September 4, before granting Clancy’s defense team one hour to file an emergency appeal. The appeal was ultimately denied and the deadlocked 11-1 jury was dismissed.
Clancy was on trial for the murder of her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — before attempting to die by suicide. The mother has admitted to strangling her children to death, but argues she should not be held responsible due to her well-documented mental health issues, including postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder.
The prosecution representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts claims that despite her mental health issues, Clancy was aware of her actions and acted in a premeditated manner when she killed her children.
As both the prosecution and the defense prepare for the likelihood of a retrial, a GoFundMe for Clancy’s parents, Michael Musgrave and Paula Musgrave, has increased its overall goal to $3 million as the mother remains in custody and under psychiatric care at Tewksbury State Hospital.
Learn more about the facility where the Clancy will stay as she awaits her fate below:
Where Will Lindsay Clancy Stay After the Mistrial
Clancy will remain at the Tewksbury State Hospital located in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, where she has remained since her 2023 arrest.
What Is Tewksbury State Hospital?
Tewksbury State Hospital is a comprehensive mental health care facility located on a 700 acre parcel of land capable of housing 370 patients at one time. The main hospital is 700,000 square feet, per the website, and features 12 patient care units. There are 41 buildings in total, equalling 1.1 million square feet of facility space.
In 2017, the facility housed, on average, 361 patients every day.
The facility is also a Joint Commission accredited hospital, per the facility’s website, meaning it adheres to a globally established gold standard for healthcare quality and patient safety, including rigorous international benchmarks focused on patient rights, access to care, facility safety, medication management and more.
The facility focuses on providing health care for those struggling with both physical and mental ailments.
What Type of Care does Tewksbury State Hospital Provide?
According to the facility’s website, the Tewksbury State Hospital provided “a broad range of services” to patients, including “a physician on site at all times, around-the-clock nursing care, rehabilitation services including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, psychology services, social services, nutritional services and an on-site dialysis clinic.”
The facility also boasts a slew of speciality services for patients who need additional care, including a neurologic rehabilitation unit, a Huntington’s Disease program, substance abuse disorder and High Risk Services, staff with Department of Corrections backgrounds and a “multidisciplinary staff provides psychiatric, psychological, and neurobehavioral care to patients with both significant mental health issues and complex medical needs.”
The hospital’s website also dedicates a section to detail how it provides care to what it describes as its “challenging patients.”
“Tewksbury Hospital provides services to individuals who are not able to receive services in other settings,” the website reads. “The average patient admitted has been denied placement by 3 or more health care facilities because of behavioral issues and/or due to a high risk history which necessitates increased resources to provide a safe environment.”
In order to provide a high standard of care, the facility also works with five separate Massachusetts state agencies: Department of Health, Department of Mental Health Regional Offices, MassHealth Department of Medical Assistance, Department of Public Safety and the Mass Emergency Management Agency (MEMA).
Does Tewksbury State Hospital Allow Visitors?
Yes, the facility does host visitation hours for its patients, though circumstances and hours can vary depending on a patient’s needs.
Suggested hours for family or friends to visit patients obtaining physical health care are Sunday through Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm. For patients in need of mental health care, suggested visitation hours are Monday through Friday, 1 pm to 4 pm and 6pm to 8pm.
When speaking to the press following the mistrial, Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington reiterated that his client has been visited by a number of nurses and a chaplain since her arrest.
“She had people who would meet her, nurses who would know her and visit with her,” Reddington said at the time. “A chaplain who never knew her, who went for three years and continues to visit with her because of the type of person she is.”
If you or someone you know is pregnant or just had a baby and is in crisis, help is available. Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline for free, confidential support 24/7 in English and Spanish at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262).
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