Lindsay Clancy's diary excerpts read at trial: "I feel like I'm drowning"

The Lindsay Clancy trial resumed in Plymouth Superior Court on Monday after a week of emotional testimony in the case of the Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother who admitted to killing her three children. The day started with doctors who treated Lindsay Clancy and her children on the night of the murders taking the stand, and finished with the jury hearing excerpts from her diary.

Prosecutors allege that she made a calculated decision to strangle 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan on Jan. 24, 2023. The defense says she was overmedicated and committed the killings during an episode of extreme postpartum psychosis.

Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham read aloud from Lindsay Clancy's diary, which police seized with a search warrant. Clancy wrote that she was obsessed with her infant son's sleep schedule.

"Hearing him cry for one-plus hours and not intervening just about killed me. I even said the words 'I want to die' to Pat while he was crying," Clancy wrote.

Clancy also said she was "completely overwhelmed" trying to take care of her three kids.

In an entry dated Nov. 18, 2022, Clancy wrote, "It's like I'm so desperate to get a mental break from taking care of everyone that my mind is trying to make something physically wrong with me."

On cross-examination, defense attorney Kevin Reddington also read aloud some diary passages for the jury.

"I now have horrible insomnia and anxiety which is causing depression," Clancy wrote. "I have no appetite, I don't know what's wrong with me. I want help. I want to be well."

Clancy also wrote that she had "crazy brain fog" and worried about not being able to function when she returned to work, Reddington noted.

"I feel completely disconnected with my baby. I feel like I'm going through the motions every day," Clancy wrote.

Clancy also said she felt "horribly guilty" about her marriage with her now ex-husband Patrick.

"I want to connect with Pat again," she said. "I know he needs it, I need it."

Dr. Jhilam Biswas, a forensic psychiatrist at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, described visiting her for 20 to 30 minutes on Jan. 26, 2023. Clancy had just recently arrived at the Boston hospital after being transferred from South Shore Hospital.

Clancy was still intubated, partially paralyzed from jumping out of her second-story bedroom window, and Dr. Biswas gave her paper to answer questions. She asked Clancy how her mood was that day.

"She wrote, 'horrified,'" Dr. Biswas testified. "She seemed very anxious."

Dr. Biswas said one of the first questions Clancy asked was whether she had an attorne