Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law says she was "begging for help" as murder trial continues

Lindsay Clancy's former mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, took the stand Tuesday to offer testimony as Lindsay Clancy stands on trial for the killings of her three children. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul has more.

Ms. Clancy, who is on trial for murder in the deaths of her three children, tried to find treatment for her deteriorating condition, her ex-husband’s mother testified.

Prosecutors asked Lindsay Clancy's Catholic mother-in-law if murder is a mortal sin, attempting to prove Clancy knew right from wrong in Duxbury case.

Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” as her mental health deteriorated in the months before she killed her three children, her former mother-in-law testified at her Massachusetts murder trial

Susan Clancy’s testimony echoed emotional accounts the day before from Lindsay’s mother and sister

Lindsay Clancy has admitted killing her daughter and two sons but has pleaded not guilty to murder, saying she was experiencing postpartum psychosis.

Susan Clancy told jurors Tuesday that Lindsay was struggling with insomnia and anxiety and feared she had become dependent on medications she was taking.

Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” in the months leading up to killing her three children and attempting to end her own life, Clancy’s former mother-in-law testified for the defense Tuesday in the fourth week of her murder trial.

Trial centres not on whether Clancy killed her children, which her lawyers do not dispute, but on her state of mind at the time

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In Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, her former mother-in-law Susan Clancy testified about Lindsay's struggle with postpartum mental health.

The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has entered its fourth week as the prosecution rests.

Lindsay Clancy (right) is accused of murdering her three young children at the family home in Duxbury, Massachusetts (Pictures: Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger) Lindsay Clancy told her mother that medication was ‘destroying’ her mind and admitted having thoughts of harming her children in the months before she killed them

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A fellow nurse Lindsay Clancy worked with in labor and delivery recounted Monday at her murder trial how Clancy cried when she learned about Andrea Yates, who drowned her five kids in 2001.

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