No health data was recorded on Lindsay Clancy’s watch or phone after 5.38pm on January 24, 2023, when the user went up two flights of stairs, digital forensics expert Ian Whiffin testified.
This information shines a light on the possible timeline of the killings.
If 5.38pm was the moment that Clancy had reached the second-floor bedroom and begun harming herself, after climbing up the first flight of stairs from the basement to the first floor, then this would mean she had already strangled the children by that time.
Patrick left the home sometime after 5.15pm.
So this would suggest that Clancy immediately began killing the three children almost as soon as he left the home, which could support the state’s argument that it was premeditated.
However, her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, pointed out that there is no data after 5.38pm so Whiffin, who was being cross-examined, cannot know what happened after that time. Clancy’s phone or watch could have been put down or the battery died, while she could have still been going up and down stairs, the expert acknowledged.
Reddington also argued that on January 25, 2023, the morning after the killings, Clancy’s devices recorded 47 meters of movement between 7am and 8am.
He pointed out that, at that time, Clancy was bedbound in hospital and the Apple Watch was found days later in a bedside drawer – casting doubts on the accuracy of the data.
However, under redirect, the expert said that the data could have come from the watch or phone, and the phone could have recorded movement being handled by investigators.
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