Mack testified Friday that Clancy had neither bipolar disorder nor psychosis
Forensic psychologist Kirk Heilbrun testified Monday in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial that he diagnosed her with bipolar disorder, telling jurors she had been experiencing anxiety, depression, insomnia and suicidal thoughts in the weeks before she killed her three children.
Heilbrun said he examined Clancy over three days this year, according to the Associated Press. Both experts were called by prosecutors in rebuttal. Heilbrun acknowledged in his testimony that he reached a different conclusion than forensic psychiatrist Dr. Avram Mack.
Mack testified Friday that Clancy neither had bipolar disorder nor psychosis. The two diverging diagnoses come at a key phase of the trial as closing arguments approach later this week.
The case centers on Clancy’s mental state in January 2023, when she strangled her three young children before jumping from a second-story window.
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