Verdict watch in a mother's murder trial. A firefighter's killer wife. Plus, extraditions 101.

September 3, 2026

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The jury in the Lindsey Clancy murder trial twice told the judge they were deadlocked before he sent them back to deliberate a third time. Clancy is the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children in January 2023 and then attempted suicide. Her defense argues she was suffering from undiagnosed postpartum psychosis and overmedicated by doctors. The prosecution says she planned the murders deliberately. The case has drawn national attention to how the legal system treats women in mental health crisis.

The Clancy trial: Two portraits of a mother

Lindsey Clancy was a labor and delivery nurse, a devoted mother to Cora, Callen, and Dawson, and a woman who "did nothing wrong with her life," according to her defense attorney Kevin Reddington. In closing arguments, Reddington held up two poster boards side by side: one showed a happy family photo from social media, the other showed Clancy lying in a hospital bed after the deaths. "Turn into this because of the damn medicine and the lousy medical care that she received," Reddington told the jury. He highlighted entries from Clancy's journal where she described "horrible thoughts, no motivation, deeply depressed," and noted that the journal entries stopped in January 2023. "Because her mind was gone," he said.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:21) **Episode Open & Docket** - Lester Holt previews the top stories: the Lindsey Clancy verdict watch, the sentencing of Yolanda Meroti, a Tupac Shakur verdict, an update on Bryan Kohberger, and a primer on extradition law.
2 (03:23) **Verdict Watch: Lindsey Clancy Trial** - Dateline correspondent Blaine Alexander reports from outside the Plymouth County Courthouse as the jury deliberates in the murder trial of a mother who killed her three children.
3 (07:56) **Prosecution's Closing & Jury Deadlock** - Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague argues Clancy was in control of her care and deliberately planned the murders, while the jury sends a note saying they are deadlocked.
4 (12:46) **Yolanda Meroti Sentencing** - The show shifts to San Diego County, where a woman is sentenced to 36 years to life for stabbing her wife, a California fire captain, to death.
5 (22:34) **Roundup: Tupac Shakur Verdict** - Field producer Alex Lowery reports on the guilty verdict in the trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur.
6 (26:52) **Roundup: Singer David Arraignment** - An update on the case of David Anthony Burke, the rapper known as "Singer David," who is charged with the murder of a 14-year-old girl.
7 (28:38) **Roundup: Bryan Kohberger Update** - The latest in the case of Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to killing four University of Idaho students but now wants to withdraw his plea.

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Guests on this episode

Kevin Reddington Jennifer Sprague

Show Notes

In Massachusetts, a jury is deliberating the fate of Lindsay Clancy, a mother who says she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children. After California fire captain Rebecca Marodi was stabbed to death by her wife, Yolanda, investigators uncovered Yolanda's troubling past. In Dateline Round Up, there's a verdict in the murder trial of Duane "Keefe D" Davis, accused of orchestrating the 1996 Las Vegas shooting that killed rap legend Tupac Shakur. Courtroom surprise in the case of singer D4vd, accused of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. And updates in the case of Bryan Kohberger, the man convicted of killing four University of Idaho students. Plus, expert breaks down the extradition process.

This episode discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for more resources.

Listen to season 5 of the Dateline: Missing in America podcast: https://swap.fm/l/miafdlw.

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