Lindsay Clancy accused of murdering her two children and injuring third
A mother has been accused of murdering two of her children and attempting to kill another in a tragedy that has rocked the US.
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A mother allegedly strangled her two children before attempting to kill herself in a horror tragedy that left a third child in the hospital.
Lindsay Clancy, 32, was named as the suspect in the murder of her two children - Cora Clancy, five, and Dawson Clancy, three - after police found them dead in their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, The Sun reports.
Police raced to the scene on Tuesday night at around 6pm (local time) after a man reported that a woman had tried to harm herself.
The man reportedly said it was a suicide attempt but police have not confirmed this.
When authorities went inside the home, they found three children upstairs who were “unconscious, with obvious signs of trauma,” Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said.
Cora and Dawson died at the hospital and the third child, a seven-month-old boy, was flown to a hospital in Boston where the mother was employed as a midwife, Massachusetts General Hospital, officials said.
“We are shocked and saddened to learn of this unthinkable tragedy,” the hospital told the Boston Globe.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to all those affected by these devastating events.”
Although Cruz said Cora and Dawson appeared to be strangled, their autopsies have yet to be conducted.
Mr Cruz said authorities on Wednesday were “seeking and obtaining an arrest warrant out of Plymouth District Court charging Lindsay Clancy, the mother of these children, with their homicides.”
He said that “we will be arraigning her on the two charges of murder in the death of her children,” as soon as possible.
Clancy is currently being treated at a Boston hospital.
The mother injured, according to a dispatcher.
“She’s conscious,” a dispatcher reportedly said.
The mother sustained back injuries and neck lacerations.
Neighbour John Sullivan told The Globe that his son called him on Tuesday night and told him a woman “was laying down in the backyard.”
When Mr Sullivan went to his neighbour’s house, he saw first responders performing life-saving measures on a baby outside.
Donna Jesse, who identified herself as an aunt of the children, told The Globe: “They were beautiful, beautiful children.”
“It’s pretty shocking,” said Rita Musgrove, who identified herself as the children’s great-grandmother.
Jesse and Musgrove were seen visibly emotional as they left a bouquet of roses outside the home, where others had left flowers in honour of the children.
Tom McGrath, who lives nearby, was shocked: “It’s sort of like, how can this happen around here?”
While Mr Sullivan said he didn’t know the family well, he never saw any red flags coming from the home.
This story was published by The Sun and reproduced with permission.
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