BREAKING: Jury in Clancy case asks to see pill bottles, knife as deliberations continue

On Friday morning, the jury in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with killing her three children, returned a request to the judge to view the pill bottles and knife that had been entered into evidence in the case. Deliberations began on Thursday afternoon.

The jury submitted the note on Friday morning, prompting a sidebar with the judge and attorneys. Judge William Sullivan did not publicly read out the question from the jurors or explain what they had requested. He was seen at one point during the sidebar holding two clear Ziploc bags. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington revealed after the sidebar that the jury had requested to see the two bags of pill bottles and the knife, per LA Magazine.

Jurors had been shown during the trial the bloody knife that Clancy had used in an attempt on her life before she jumped out of a window of the home, leaving herself paralyzed. Reddington had held up a bag of empty pill bottles during his closing arguments on Thursday, saying he found them in Clancy’s nightstand. He accused police of not thoroughly investigating and questioned why the bottles weren’t seized for evidence. 
 

“I was able to grab this,” he told the jury. “Why wouldn’t the police have grabbed this? You can see they’re all empty. You can see when they were prescribed. You can see what they are. You can see what she took.”

Deliberations began shortly after 12:30 pm on Thursday, with the jury consisting of nine women and three men. They deliberated for around three and a half hours on Thursday before breaking for the evening, not coming to a conclusion.

Clancy has been charged with killing 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, actions that she has admitted to. The jury has been instructed on multiple possible verdicts: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, not guilty by reason of insanity, or not guilty.