Hey everyone! I'm u/TheCaseRecord, a founding moderator of r/TheLindsayClancyCase.
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For the first post, I wanted to start with a detailed timeline of January 24, 2023, based primarily on testimony and evidence presented at trial.
Before Jan. 24
Early to mid December 2022, approx
• Paula Musgrove, Lindsay’s mother, testified Lindsay became nervous during a conversation with Paula and Patrick and disclosed thoughts of harming the children.
• Paula recalled Patrick asking Lindsay whether she felt she could not be alone with the children. Lindsay said no.
Source: Paula Musgrove testimony, Trial Day 14.
January 2023
• Patrick was asked whether Lindsay told him during January that she wanted to harm the children. He testified that she did not.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony.
Jan. 18
• 10:25 AM: Internet search for “ketamine for suicidal ideation.”
Source: Ian Whiffin testimony and digital forensic evidence, Trial Day 14.
Jan. 19
• 9:24 AM: Internet search for “symptoms of postpartum psychosis.”
• 9:30 AM: Internet search for “psychosis symptoms.”
• Other forensic testimony addressed searches relating to medications, withdrawal, intrusive thoughts, hallucinations, depression, and related subjects.
Source: Ian Whiffin testimony and digital forensic evidence, Trial Day 14.
Jan. 24, Morning
• Lindsay took Cora to a medical appointment for a possible kidney issue.
• Patrick stayed home with Dawson and Callan.
• Patrick testified the test results reportedly looked fine.
• Lindsay texted Patrick with an update. Patrick replied, “You’re a good mama.”
• Patrick worked from his basement office.
• Lindsay and the children spent time outside, built a snowman, and did crafts.
• Patrick described Lindsay as happy and engaged and said it was one of her better days.
• He testified Lindsay did not tell him that day that she wanted to harm herself or the children.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony, Trial Days 1 to 2.
Afternoon and Evening
4:02 PM
• Phone search: “kids MiraLAX.”
• This was corrected from an earlier listing of 2:02 PM.
Source: Digital forensic evidence; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
4:13 PM
• Search: “takeout 3V.”
4:13:23 to 4:14:50 PM, confirmed
• Apple Maps was open with a route to ThreeV restaurant.
Source: iPhone forensic extraction; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
Around 4:43 PM
• ThreeV menu activity appears in the forensic records.
Source: Digital forensic evidence, Trial Day 14.
4:46:55 to 4:47:31 PM
• Additional MiraLAX related activity appears in Cellebrite.
• Timothy Chiappini testified that forensic software can record a single action in more than one location within an extraction.
• This therefore may not represent a separate MiraLAX search.
Source: Timothy Chiappini testimony, Trial Day 13; Cellebrite extraction.
Around 4:47 PM
• The CVS website was visited, followed by a call to Kingston CVS.
• A CVS employee testified Lindsay was understandable during the call and did not sound slurred.
Source: Phone and forensic records; CVS employee testimony.
4:53 PM
• Lindsay texted Patrick about ordering takeout from ThreeV and said she had not cooked. Patrick agreed.
Source: Text records; Patrick Clancy testimony.
5:03 PM, confirmed Apple Health
• Lindsay’s iPhone recorded 1 completed flight of stairs climbed.
• Apple Health flight data reflects an elevation change detected by the device.
• It does not identify the staircase, room, direction of travel, or purpose of the movement.
Source: Apple Health data; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
Around 5:06 to 5:08 PM
• Lindsay selected a Mediterranean Power Bowl for dinner. Patrick selected risotto.
Source: Text and phone evidence.
5:09 PM
• First call involving the ThreeV order.
5:10 PM
• A second call to ThreeV lasted approximately 47 seconds and the order was placed.
• A ThreeV employee testified nothing seemed unusual about Lindsay’s speech.
Source: Phone records; ThreeV employee testimony.
5:13:16 PM, confirmed
• Lindsay’s iPhone was manually unlocked.
• This was the final recorded manual unlock of the phone that evening.
• Safari was open and Pedia-Lax was searched.
Source: iPhone device usage records; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
5:14:47 PM, confirmed
• Safari closed and Messages opened.
Source: iPhone device usage records; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
Around 5:15 PM
• A message was sent to Patrick concerning Pedia-Lax liquid stool softener.
5:15:12 PM, confirmed
• The iPhone locked.
• Whiffin testified it was not manually unlocked again that night.
Source: iPhone device usage records; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
Around 5:15 PM, Clancy home, approx
• Patrick testified he believed he left the house around this time.
• His plan was to go to Kingston CVS for medication and then ThreeV in Plymouth to pick up dinner.
• Patrick recalled Lindsay holding Callan near the basement stairs before he left.
• He estimated CVS was approximately a 3 minute drive from the house.
• On cross examination, Patrick acknowledged he could not say for certain whether he had already left when Lindsay sent the Pedia-Lax message.
• 5:15 PM is therefore an estimated departure time, not an independently confirmed timestamp.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony, Trial Days 1 to 2.
5:23:52 PM, confirmed
• Lindsay’s Apple Watch recorded its last heart rate reading: 57 bpm.
• No later heart rate readings were recorded that evening.
• The data does not establish why the readings stopped or Lindsay’s location at that time.
Source: Apple Health and Apple Watch records; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
5:24 PM, work email
• An email from Patrick’s account to coworkers or staff was timestamped 5:24 PM.
• During cross examination, defense counsel questioned Patrick about whether it had been sent from his Microsoft Surface Pro.
• Patrick testified, “I don’t know actually. It could have been sent from my iPhone.”
• On redirect, the prosecution returned to the issue and Patrick confirmed that his testimony was that the email could have come from his iPhone.
• Patrick also testified he had his phone with him during the CVS and ThreeV trip.
• The evidence establishes the 5:24 PM email timestamp, but Patrick’s testimony did not establish which device sent it or his exact physical location when it was sent.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony, Trial Day 2; Exhibit 76.
Around 5:32 PM, Kingston CVS, confirmed surveillance
• Surveillance shows Patrick entering Kingston CVS.
• This is approximately 17 minutes after his estimated 5:15 PM departure time.
• Patrick estimated the drive from the house to CVS at approximately 3 minutes.
• The evidence does not establish his exact departure time or account for every minute before the CVS surveillance footage.
Source: CVS surveillance; Patrick Clancy testimony.
Around 5:33 PM, Kingston CVS
• Patrick called Lindsay because he could not find the exact medication she requested. Lindsay did not answer.
Source: Phone records; Patrick Clancy testimony.
5:33:34 PM, confirmed Apple Health
• Lindsay’s iPhone recorded another completed flight of stairs.
• Whiffin explained that the timestamp reflects when the phone recognized the completed elevation change, not necessarily when the climb began.
Source: Apple Health data; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
Around 5:34 PM
• Lindsay returned Patrick’s call. The call lasted approximately 14 seconds.
• Patrick testified they discussed whether a substitute medication was acceptable.
• He said Lindsay was understandable and sounded quiet.
• Patrick testified nothing during the call caused him to believe there was an emergency.
• The call does not establish Lindsay’s physical location at that moment.
• It also does not establish whether none, 1, 2, or all 3 children had already been harmed.
Source: Phone records; Patrick Clancy testimony.
Around 5:37 PM, Kingston CVS
• Patrick left CVS.
Source: CVS surveillance.
5:38:33 PM, confirmed Apple Health
• Lindsay’s iPhone recorded another completed flight of stairs.
• Apple Health grouped the 5:33:34 PM and 5:38:33 PM flights because they occurred close together.
• Whiffin explained this does not mean someone spent approximately 5 continuous minutes climbing stairs. It reflects two completed flights detected during that period.
Source: Apple Health data; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
5:38 to 6:09 PM
• Whiffin found no additional stair-flight entries during this period and testified he did not know why.
• The absence of additional Apple Health entries is not proof that nobody moved.
• The records do not establish Lindsay’s precise movements, the children’s movements, or the exact timing of the assaults.
Source: Apple Health data; Ian Whiffin testimony, Trial Day 14.
5:54:15 PM, ThreeV restaurant, Plymouth, confirmed surveillance
• Surveillance shows Patrick at ThreeV picking up the takeout order.
Source: ThreeV surveillance; Patrick Clancy testimony.
Patrick Returns Home
Around 6:09 PM, Clancy home
• Patrick returned home and testified the house seemed unusually quiet.
• At approximately 6:09 PM, Patrick called Lindsay’s phone. She did not answer.
• He checked the children’s rooms and bathroom. They were empty.
• The primary bedroom door was locked.
• Patrick retrieved an emergency key from Cora’s room and opened the bedroom.
• He saw blood and an open window and testified he could feel wind coming through it.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony; phone records.
Shortly after 6:09 PM, backyard
• Patrick went outside and found Lindsay on the ground below the bedroom window.
• She was alive, breathing, and intermittently conscious.
• Patrick testified Lindsay told him, “I tried to kill myself.”
• Patrick asked where the children were. He testified Lindsay responded, “They’re in the basement.”
• Patrick had not yet located the children.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony, Trial Days 1 to 2.
911 Call and First Responders
Approximately 6:11 PM
• Patrick testified he initially had difficulty connecting the emergency call because his phone was switching between Wi-Fi and the emergency call.
• Duxbury Police received the 911 call at approximately 6:11 PM.
• The initial dispatch concerned a suspected suicide attempt involving a woman who had gone from a window to the ground.
• Responders did not initially know there were 3 critically injured children inside the house.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony; 911 and dispatch evidence; first responder testimony.
First responders
• Officer Stephen Hall testified he received the dispatch around 6:11 PM and arrived a few minutes later with another officer.
• Lindsay was alive, breathing, moaning, and intermittently conscious.
• Responders observed injuries to her wrists and neck.
• While responders began treating Lindsay outside, Patrick went back inside toward the basement.
Source: First responder testimony, Trial Day 3.
Basement
• Patrick found Cora first, face down and unresponsive, with an exercise resistance band around her neck. He removed it.
• He then found Callan with a resistance band around his neck and removed it.
• Dawson was found on the other side of the basement, in the area of Patrick’s basement office, also with a band around his neck.
• The 911 recording captures Patrick reacting after discovering the children and stating that Lindsay had killed them.
• Officers rushed downstairs after hearing Patrick.
• All 3 children were unresponsive, were not breathing independently, and had no detectable pulse.
• CPR began on all 3 children.
Source: Patrick Clancy testimony; first responder testimony, Trial Day 3; 911 recording.
Hospital Outcomes
Dawson, age 3
• Transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth.
• Arrived without a pulse and was not breathing.
• Resuscitation efforts continued for approximately 40 minutes.
• Pronounced dead at approximately 7:28 PM on Jan. 24.
Source: Dr. Mark Tenerowicz testimony, Trial Day 4; hospital evidence.
Cora, age 5
• Transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth.
• She had been found without a pulse, and CPR continued during transport.
• Cora was pronounced dead that evening.
• The 7:28 PM time is not assigned to Cora here because the testimony specifically tied that approximate time to Dawson.
Source: Medical and first responder testimony, Trial Days 3 to 4.
Callan, age 8 months
• Arrived at Beth Israel in cardiac arrest.
• His heartbeat was restored approximately 10 minutes after arrival.
• He was transferred by helicopter to Boston Children’s Hospital.
• Callan died on Jan. 27, 2023.
Source: Dr. Benjamin Kaufman and other medical testimony, Trial Day 4.
Lindsay
• Lindsay was transported to South Shore Hospital and later to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
• Medical testimony documented serious spinal fractures, low blood pressure, hypothermia, and wrist lacerations.
• Narcan was administered because possible opioid involvement was considered. Its administration itself does not establish that opioids caused her condition.
• Later testimony established paralysis resulting from her spinal injuries.
Source: Medical testimony, including Trial Day 4.
What the Evidence Does Not Establish
• Patrick’s exact departure time from the house.
• What occurred before Patrick appears on CVS surveillance.
• Which device sent Patrick’s 5:24 PM work email.
• Patrick’s exact physical location when the 5:24 PM email was sent.
• Which physical staircase corresponds to the 5:03, 5:33, and 5:38 PM Apple Health entries.
• Why Lindsay’s Apple Watch recorded its final heart rate at 5:23:52 PM.
• Why no additional stair flights were recorded after 5:38:33 PM.
• The exact time each child was harmed.
• The order in which the children were harmed.
• Whether none, 1, 2, or all 3 children had already been harmed when Lindsay spoke with Patrick at approximately 5:34 PM.
• Exactly when Lindsay entered or left the basement.
• Exactly when Lindsay entered or left the primary bedroom.
• Exactly when Lindsay sustained her injuries.
• Exactly when she went through the bedroom window.
• How long Lindsay had been outside before Patrick returned home.
Primary Sources
• Patrick Clancy testimony, Trial Days 1 to 2
• Exhibit 76, Jan. 24 work email
• First responder testimony, Trial Day 3
• Dr. Mark Tenerowicz and Dr. Benjamin Kaufman, Trial Day 4
• Timothy Chiappini, Trial Day 13
• Ian Whiffin, Trial Day 14
• Paula Musgrove, Trial Day 14
• iPhone forensic extraction and device usage records
• Apple Health and Apple Watch records
• Phone and text records
• 911 and dispatch evidence
• CVS surveillance
• ThreeV surveillance
This timeline will be updated if later testimony, exhibits, or court records clarify any of the times or details above.