A GoFundMe campaign for the parents of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children to death in 2023, has raised more than $700,000. Michael and Paula Musgrove are the beneficiaries of The Musgrove Family Fund, which seeks $2 million total.
According to the campaign description verified by GoFundMe, the funds are intended to help cover travel, lodging, and living costs the parents have incurred over the past three years, as well as expenses related to supporting their daughter through the ongoing trial. The couple, originally from Connecticut, relocated to Massachusetts to be close to Clancy and attend her court proceedings.
Clancy pleaded not guilty to charges connected to the deaths of Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan in January 2023. While Clancy has not denied killing the children, the trial is expected to determine whether she was legally responsible for her actions.
Prosecutors have argued that Clancy acted intentionally, introducing evidence that included internet searches for suicide methods, psychiatric medications, and psychosis made on the family computer in the months before the killings. Her cellphone contained searches on "Can you treat a sociopath?" and notes about depression and exhaustion. Notes introduced as evidence included entries from October 2022 expressing concerns about her relationship with her youngest child and an entry created just before the killings stating that "prescription medication stole me from my own body."
Clancy's defense argues she suffered from postpartum psychosis, a rare condition that can cause delusions and hallucinations. Her ex-husband Patrick Clancy, the first witness called to testify, supported her claim, describing her deteriorating mental health at the time and saying she "kept getting worse and worse." During trial on Aug. 4, Clancy stipulated to the facts presented, confirming her agreement to Massachusetts Superior Court Judge William Sullivan.
