New testimony in the Lindsay Clancy trial has brought renewed attention to private communications between Clancy and a psychiatric nurse practitioner in the weeks before the deaths of her three children — revealing a troubling picture of emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, severe sleep problems and growing concerns about her treatment.

The testimony has become one of the most closely watched parts of the trial because it gives jurors a glimpse into Clancy’s mental-health struggles before the January 2023 tragedy.

According to testimony from psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta, Clancy repeatedly communicated about her worsening condition while receiving treatment through a perinatal behavioral-health program. The messages and clinical records are now being examined as prosecutors and defense attorneys present very different interpretations of what they meant.

One of the most disturbing aspects of the testimony concerns statements Clancy reportedly made about not wanting to live.

During Jollotta’s testimony, jurors heard that Clancy had expressed suicidal thoughts and described feeling emotionally overwhelmed. In one communication, she reportedly conveyed that she felt she could not continue coping with what she was experiencing.

Jollotta testified that Clancy was dealing with postpartum depression and anxiety while also suffering from significant sleep difficulties.

At the time, Clancy was reportedly sleeping only a few hours a night.

The combination of severe insomnia, anxiety, intrusive thoughts and suicidal thinking became an important part of the clinical picture presented to the jury.