Record 01 · Commonwealth v. Lindsay ClancyCurrent through 2026-09-0463 sources cited on this page

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Everyone named in the corpus, with role and where they appear. Trial witnesses are also in 04-witnesses.md; experts in 05-experts.md.

The family

Name	Role	Notes	Sources
Lindsay Marie Clancy, nee Musgrove	Defendant	b. 1990-08-11, Wallingford CT; MGH labor and delivery nurse, nine years; paralyzed from the sternum or chest down; held at Tewksbury State Hospital since 2023-05-02	[S12][S151][S172]
Patrick Clancy	Ex-husband; father; first Commonwealth witness	Married December 2016; divorced after the deaths; remarried; lives in New York; sold the house January 2024; filed a wrongful death suit 2026-01-21	[S12][S129][S141][S85]
Cora Clancy	Victim, 5	b. December 2017	[S12]
Dawson Clancy	Victim, 3	b. September 2019	[S12]
Callan Clancy	Victim, 8 months	b. May 2022; died 2023-01-27	[S12][S82]
Paula Musgrove	Lindsay's mother; defense witness	Funded the defense with her husband	[S39][S43]
Allison Ozga	Lindsay's sister; defense witness		[S39]
Christopher Clancy	Patrick's father; Commonwealth witness	The dinner invitation	[S10][S44]
Susan Clancy	Patrick's mother; first defense witness	Former labor and delivery nurse; the mortal-sin question	[S43][S105]

The court

Name	Role	Sources
Hon. William F. Sullivan	Plymouth Superior Court; presided; 69, turns 70 on 2027-06-15	[S1][S119]
Hon. John A. Canavan III	Plymouth District Court; 2023 arraignment and the Zeizel order	[S175][S178]
Hon. John Coffey	Lowell District Court; May 2023 Section 18 commitment	[S174]
Hon. Dalila Argaez Wendlandt	SJC Associate Justice; denied the 09-04 emergency petition	[S122][S124]
Hon. Shelby M. Smith	District Court; Dawn Light's arraignment	[S49 search summary]

Prosecution

Name	Role	Sources
Timothy J. Cruz	Plymouth County District Attorney	[S1][S82]
Jennifer Sprague	Second Assistant DA; lead trial prosecutor; closing	[S1][S160]
Shanan Buckingham	ADA; opening; the mortal-sin question to Susan Clancy	[S6][S43]
Amanda Fowle	ADA named on the 2023 arraignment release	[S82]
Nicole Piacentini	ADA; Dawn Light arraignment	[S21]
Beth Stone	DA's office spokesperson	[S82][S99]

Defense

Name	Role	Sources
Kevin J. Reddington	Lead defense counsel	[S1]
Dana Goldblatt	Potential federal appellate counsel	[S1]
Rosemary Scapicchio	Civil counsel for Lindsay Clancy	[S62]

Patrick Clancy's counsel and the New Yorker

Name	Role	Sources
David Meier	Todd and Weld; the impoundment motion; the post-mistrial statement	[S144][S129]
Howard Cooper	Todd and Weld; the defamation warning	[S66]
Eren Orbey	New Yorker writer; subject of the subpoena	[S87][S88]
Jonathan Albano	Conde Nast's attorney on the motion to quash	[S87]

Retained experts

Name	Side	Affiliation	Sources
Dr. Paul D. Zeizel	Defense	Clinical and forensic psychologist, Newton	[S15][S178]
Dr. Phillip Resnick	Defense	Forensic psychiatrist; Yates, Dahmer, Unabomber, Anthony	[S9]
Dr. Donald Condie	Defense	Harvard-trained forensic psychiatrist, psychopharmacology	[S105][S118]
Dr. Elizabeth Laposata	Defense	Brown; former Rhode Island chief medical examiner	[S105]
Dr. Margaret Spinelli	Defense, listed, not called	Postpartum psychosis expert; civil-suit evaluation	[S111][S157]
Dr. Avram Mack	Commonwealth rebuttal	Park Dietz and Associates; resigned from Nemours 08-24	[S94][S97]
Dr. Kirk Heilbrun	Commonwealth rebuttal	Drexel; Park Dietz and Associates	[S94][S106]
Dr. Gregory Saathoff	Commonwealth rebuttal	FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit; UVA	[S107]
Dr. Margarita Abi Zeid Daou	Commonwealth, listed; grand jury	UMass Chan Medical School	[S111][S114]

Treating clinicians and civil defendants

Name	Role	Sources
Dr. Jennifer A. Tufts	Psychiatrist, Aster Mental Health Inc.; telehealth from 2022-09-12; civil defendant	[S19][S37][S84]
Rebecca H. Jollotta	Psychiatric NP, South Shore Health perinatal program; civil defendant	[S11][S102][S84]
Julie Paul	Psychiatric NP; prescribed Prozac; civil defendant	[S102][S84]
Latiesha (Lateisha) Dukes	Therapist; testified 08-12; civil defendant	[S68][S84]
Dr. Alia Goodheart	McLean Hospital, inpatient 01-01 to 01-05; civil defendant	[S100][S84]
Dr. Zobeida Diaz	Civil defendant	[S84]
Dr. Elizabeth Madva	Civil defendant	[S84]
Dr. Sejal Shah	Brigham and Women's psychiatrist after the killings	[S32][S57]
Dr. Jhilam Biswas	Forensic psychiatrist; 2023-01-26 evaluation	[S57]
Rachelle Amede	ICU nurse, Brigham and Women's	[S32]
Sheila Cavanaugh	Chaplain, Brigham and Women's	[S15]
Dr. Lindsay Rosshirt	Pediatrician, South Shore Medical Center	[S10]

Hospital and emergency physicians

Dr. Michael Snyder (Cora), Dr. Mark Joseph Tenerowicz (Dawson), Dr. Benjamin Kaufman (Callan), Dr. Andrew Capraro (Boston Children's), Dr. Michael Vulfovich (Newton Wellesley, defense). [S31][S32][S104]

Medical examiners

Dr. Kimberly Springer (Callan), Dr. Renee Stonebridge (neuropathology), Dr. Barbara Olson (Cora and Dawson autopsies). [S10][S68]

Police and forensic witnesses

Off. Stephen Hall, Off. Brian Josephine, Off. Richard Lippard (Duxbury); PJ Hussey, Jennifer Stratton (Duxbury Fire); Det. Sgt. Andrew Chiachio, Sgt. Joshua McKelligan, Sgt. Kyle Pavao, Timothy Chiappini, Trooper Cory Melo, Captain John Santos, Trooper Jonathan O'Loughlin, Sgt. Dan Lawlor (MSP); Sherri Crook (MSP Crime Lab); Justin Brower (NMS Labs); Ian Whiffin (Cellebrite). [S18][S31][S10][S7][S185][S70][S38][S33][S25][S104]

Lay witnesses

Angela Krause (CVS Kingston), Sweeney Schelgren (ThreeV), Elaine Rossi (nanny), Kyle Carney, Sarah Carney, Andrea Hennigan, Bethany DeCollibus, Amy Bevins, Margaret Hamp, Susan Freone, Susan Bertolo, Stephanie Williams, Kimberlee Hardy. [S3][S10][S34][S100][S104]

Others

Name	Role	Sources
Emily Thorndike	TikTok creator, former McLean worker; heard outside the jury; barred	[S42][S43][S71]
Dawn I. Light, 56, Sutton	Charged with aggravated intimidation of jurors; retired RN; next date 10-15	[S49][S130]
Jennifer White	Light's attorney	[S21]
Rachel Danis	Patrick Clancy's current wife, per one report; not accused of anything	[S71 search summary]
Jessica Kenny	Plymouth County Sheriff's counsel; transport	[S154]

Commentators quoted in the corpus

Keith Halpern, Janice Bassil, Dr. David Rosmarin (McLean), Margaret McLean (BC Law), Kathryn Coduto (BU), Elyse Hershon, retired Judge Carol Erskine, retired Judge Jack Lu, Effie Blassberger, Jennifer Roman, Caroline Polisi, Jessica Levinson, Rebecca Roiphe, Sara Azari, Austin Dana, Susan Constantine, Michael Wagner (UW-Madison), Ken Corey, George Parnham, Milton Grimes, Jason Pack.