Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer just read an excerpt from prosecutor Shanan Buckingham’s opening statement and asked the prosecution expert if he thought the statement was true.
“I think that statement that you read really minimizes what [Clancy] was going through,” answered forensic psychiatrist Dr. Gregory Saathoff.
Saathoff was the last prosecution witness to be called in Clancy’s five-week trial before jurors are expected to start deliberating tomorrow.
Here is the statement that Reddington read from Buckingham’s opening statement from July 27:
“Lindsay made a calculated decision. She was a woman who no longer liked the life she thought she wanted. It was getting harder and harder for her to control and when she saw the opportunity to escape she made the selfish choice to take it and to take Cora, Dawson and Callan first before attempting to take her own life. She chose to manipulate her providers, seek out a quick and easy fix when she was feeling depressed and anxious and when she didn’t get what she expected she chose the alternate route. She would seek a different doctor, she would change medications after days, she disengaged from treatment when she didn’t like the plan. After only four months in treatment, she made a choice, a deliberate and intentional decision, that she did not want to try anymore and because no one could take care of her kids the way she wanted them to, she had to take them with her too.”
