Watch Live: Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumes with testimony from Massachusetts State Police investigator
Lindsay Clancy's trial for the murders of her three children in Massachusetts resumed Thursday with a 13th day of testimony.
You can watch the trial live from Plymouth Superior Court on CBS News Boston in the embedded video or on YouTube when court is in session.
Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Kyle Pavao, who once worked in the cybercrime unit, is the first prosecution witness on the stand. His testimony began around 9:45 a.m. He examined the Microsoft Surface Pro taken from Clancy's home in early 2023.
He was asked, "Did your initial review of the extraction show a visit to a website entitled 'suicide methods' on Aug. 23, 2022?" "It did," Pavao replied.
Pavao also testified that the site mentioning suicide was accessed through a series of clicks on the Wikipedia page for singer-songwriter Tom Hall, who died by suicide. Pavao said that someone had searched for Tom Hall on Google after listening to him on Spotify.
The prosecution concluded their questioning and Lindsay Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, began his cross-examination just after 10 a.m.
Reddington questioned Pavao about whether or not someone else could've been logged in to Clancy's account on the computer and said that Clancy's husband, Patrick Clancy, "loved Tom Hall."
Pavao concluded his time on the stand just before 10:30 a.m. after a re-direct and recross-examination.
"That search was not actually methods of suicide; it was from the Tom Hall link," Reddington said. "You don't know if it was Lindsay Clancy who used the computer to search Tom Hall."
Judge William Sullivan said the jury may break early Thursday and there will be no testimony on Friday, so the jury will get the day off. Sixty-nine witnesses have testified so far as the prosecution gets closer to the end of its list.
Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, in their Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023.
Prosecutors Jennifer Sprague and Shanan Buckingham said Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt. Kevin Reddington, Clancy's defense attorney, said she admits to killing her children, but noted she should not be held criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.
Several jurors were seen crying Wednesday as autopsy photos were shown. Sullivan sent the jury out of the courtroom twice Wednesday afternoon as Clancy sobbed loudly during testimony about her children.
Clancy faces life in prison without parole if she's convicted of first-degree murder. If the jury finds that she was not criminally responsible for the deaths of her children, she will be sent to a state psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts.
If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. You can also chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline here.
For more information about mental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email info@nami.org.
