US mum's mental health was getting 'worse and worse' before her children's murders, ex-husband says

US mum's mental health was getting 'worse and worse' before her children's murders, ex-husband saysImage source, ReutersImage caption, Lindsay Clancy in the courtByBrandon DrenonPublished6 minutes agoWarning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicideLindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her three children, was "very depressed" with mental health that got "worse and worse" in the months before their deaths, a jury has heard.Patrick Clancy, her ex-husband and first witness in the trial, which is expected to last several weeks, told jurors that the month before the children's murders, "was really where her big spiral started".Prosecutors said Lindsay Clancy "knew exactly what she was doing" and made a "calculated" decision to kill her children. Her legal team argued she was "suffering from psychosis at the time". Clancy has pleaded not guilty but does not dispute she carried out the killings.Image source, Getty ImagesShe is being charged with three counts of first-degree murder over the January 2023 deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan. If convicted, she faces life in prison without parole. In the coming days and weeks, prosecutors will attempt to convince the 12-member jury that Clancy deliberately committed murder, while the defence will plead that she was not responsible and raise an insanity defence.On Monday, her ex-husband, Patrick, answered prosecutors' questions about Clancy's relationship with her children, her mental health, and his knowledge of her prescription drug use. He described her intermittently seeking help from doctors and taking a variety of medications, and he recalled her saying she was starting to have suicidal ideations."She kept getting worse and worse," Clancy testified.He said she switched psychiatrists because "it wasn't working" with a previous docto...