“...treating this killer of children as a conquering hero, it’s as sick as it gets”
I’m not sure the people who have investigated the incident are heroizing her. That’s being done by the media. But those people possibly do have a question as to what is being done.
They are trying her for murder and the media is painting it as a vile act she performed. It should have been a cut and dry case if not for one important fact that most do not know. She has a history of mental problems and at the time of the act was on 18 psychotic medications perscribed by 5 different doctors. I am willing to bet that is what is forcing the jury to continue deliberation and not finalize.
Whereas she did do the act, no one ever questioned that, was she of right mind when she did? So it isn’t a matter of it being done, but why. And if she was drugged out and unable to cope with herself it might have been contributory to the act. And she did try to kill herself during the act cutting her wrists and throat. Not a real sign of a murderer but as a sick person. The media is playing one side against the other. So capital punishment in leau of institutionalising is the real question. And the evidence is there to need an answer to the question.
And the work of the doctors was atrocious and they should be reviewed by their state board to revoke their licenses.
wy69
Your words are contraindicated by her researching the selected method and deliberately removing the father from the situation - and tracking his whereabouts - while she killed them. To be not guilty by reason of insanity, she had to not have the ability at the time to know what she was doing was wrong. The research and subterfuge says she did know, in my view.
I have also read that she had doctor shopped for her meds.
We disagree, but I appreciate your calm and rational approach to the debate.
The evidence presented at trial indicates at least six prescribing providers. The Boston Globe counted more than 30 prescriptions for 13 different psychiatric drugs between September 2022 and January 2023
Date Prescriber / facility Prescription or change What was happening
Sept. 15, 2022 Dr. Jennifer Tufts, psychiatrist Zoloft 25 mg → 50 mg Beginning of documented psychiatric drug treatment in this four-month period.
Oct. 21 Tufts Ativan 0.5 mg Added for anxiety.
Oct. 26 Tufts Ativan ↑ to 1 mg Dose changed five days later.
Oct. 26 Tufts Benadryl 25 mg Added as a sedating medication.
Oct. 26 Tufts Buspirone 5 mg Another anxiety medication added the same day.
Nov. 2 Tufts Ativan ↓ to 0.5 mg Dose reduced again.
Nov. 9 Tufts Buspirone 5 mg, another prescription Globe notes this second prescription came before the original 30-day supply should have run out.
Nov. 16 Dr. Kayvon Izadpanah, South Shore ER Trazodone 50 mg New prescriber enters the picture during an ER visit for severe insomnia.
Nov. 21 Julie Paul, NP, South Shore perinatal program Prozac 10 mg Another new provider and another antidepressant.
Nov. 25 Paul Ambien 5 mg Added for sleep.
Nov. 25 Paul Remeron Added antidepressant/sedating drug.
Nov. 25 Paul Klonopin Another benzodiazepine introduced.
Nov. 29–30 Rebecca Jollotta, psychiatric NP, South Shore Seroquel begun Jollotta took over as Paul was leaving the clinic.
Early Dec. Jollotta Seroquel repeatedly adjusted; benzodiazepine strategy changed At various points Clancy wanted off Seroquel, was told she could stop it, then was told to increase it again.
Dec. 6 onward Jollotta Valium introduced as part of benzodiazepine taper Jollotta testified she wanted to move her off the shorter-acting benzodiazepines using Valium.
Dec. 7–13 Jollotta Seroquel + Valium continued/adjusted Clancy reported that the combination helped her sleep but that she felt fatigued and depressed during the day.
Dec. 15 Massachusetts General Hospital evaluation Evaluation; inpatient treatment considered Yet another institution becomes involved. She then entered a Women & Infants program.
Dec. 20 Jollotta, after Women & Infants Continued managing medication Clancy told Jollotta that Women & Infants staff recommended getting off Seroquel. Jollotta also refilled Valium.
Dec. 31–Jan. 5 McLean Hospital psychiatrists Inpatient psychiatric treatment She saw multiple psychiatrists there; testimony says she met two psychiatrists on January 1 alone.
Jan. 5, 2023 Dr. Alia Goodheart, McLean psychiatrist 14-day Ativan + 14-day trazodone prescriptions Discharge medications. No Seroquel prescription was given by Goodheart.
Jan. 6 Tufts Took outpatient management back immediately after McLean discharge Clancy was then taking trazodone, Ativan and melatonin and remained depressed.
Jan. 9 Tufts Changed Ativan → Valium Tufts cited rebound anxiety and the greater ease of tapering diazepam.
Jan. 12–13 Tufts Trazodone increased/prescribed at 150 mg Another sleep/antidepressant adjustment.
Jan. 16 Tufts Valium 2 mg + amitriptyline 10 mg Another antidepressant was introduced while Valium was being tapered.
Jan. 23 Tufts Amitriptyline increased to 20 mg This occurred the day before the killings. Tufts testified Clancy was reporting racing heart, no motivation and emotional numbness.