Colleen Cronin

Colleen Cronin covers cops, court and crime for the Boston Herald. She was previously a Report for America corps member in Rhode Island working at ecoRI News. Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and People Magazine. When she isn't reporting, she loves to read and play chess.

Lindsay Clancy tries to hold back tears in court.

Lindsay Clancy Trial: Jurors to enter fourth day of deliberations

August 31, 2026 at 7:51 p.m.

Clancy is accused of killing her three children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months.

Lindsay Clancy and Kevin Reddington sat at Plymouth Superior Court Wednesday. (Amanda Sabga/Boston Herald)

Doctor testifies that Lindsay Clancy is not criminally responsible for kids’ deaths

August 19, 2026 at 7:02 p.m.

A forensic psychologist testified that Lindsay Clancy was suffering from a mental disease or defect when she killed her three children and is not criminally responsible for their deaths.

Lindsay Clancy and her defense attorney Kevin Reddington listen to testimony from her former mother-in-law in court Tuesday. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

Psychologist said Lindsay Clancy told her husband about hearing voices after killings

August 18, 2026 at 7:14 p.m.

Forensic psychologist Paul Zeizel testified Tuesday to the first time he met Lindsay Clancy at the hospital after she killed her children, then tried to kill herself.

Lindsay Clancy, during during her murder trial, Thursday. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy googled psychosis, hallucinations days before killings

August 13, 2026 at 7:09 p.m.

She searched, “How to slit your throat to die," “Can you turn airbags off on KIA Sorento," and, "Can you treat a sociopath?"

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