From 911 call to mistrial: Here's how the Lindsay Clancy case unfolded

<p><a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/05/mistrial-declared-in-lindsay-clancy-child-killings-case-as-jury-deadlocks/" target="_blank">A mistrial was declared</a> in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home.</p> <p>Judge William Sullivan declared the mistrial on the seventh day of deliberations after jurors sent a note saying: “It is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to.”</p> <p>The emotionally charged case has sharply divided many Americans and generated intense interest for over a month as it's drawn attention to issues around maternal mental health after childbirth.</p> <p>Clancy, 36, never disputed that she killed her children. But her attorney said she had a rare condition called postpartum psychosis when she strangled her kids, the youngest just 8 months old, then tried to take her own life in 2023.