Inside the Courtroom: Blood Evidence, Hospital Testimony & a Jury Fieldtrip | Lindsay Clancy Day 4

Hello, Hidden Gems. New backdrop, same plant because we took the plant with us to the new hotel. Don’t worry, we bought the plant. We didn’t steal the plant. Plant purchased at Target, brought it with us to the next hotel. Here we are. And we were in court today. And by we, I mean me and my amazing producer Grayson for quite a few witnesses.

It’s actually quite incredible what they are packing in each day for the Lindsay Clancy trial. And we are in the courtroom for every bit of it because today they actually started off with a field trip. It’s not every day that jurors do field trips, right? But the jury, the lawyers, and the judge headed out for the Clancy home for a site visit.

Media was not allowed inside the house. They were allowed outside of the house. So, we all had to wait until they got back to enter the courtroom. We chose not to come. But Nate Eaton’s producer, Grace from East Idaho News, courtroom insider, she was there and she got some video. It looks like if we can play that. This was the police presence there.

Source, Nate Eaton, East Idaho News, or courtroom insider. So, there you go. That’s what it looked like. And I might add, I tried to explain it yesterday because we have gone to the house that it looks a lot different than the January photos because of all the greenery. So, you can see there exactly sort of what I am referring to.

They also, by the way, went to CVS as well as the three V restaurant. And they took the exact route that Patrick took. That’s what the prosecution wanted them to do. And then not all of the jurors went into the house at the same time. They went in about six at a time. But once they returned to the courtroom, we were there.

And the prosecution continued to call witnesses. I mean, what a day, right? So, the Commonwealth the first Excuse me. The first witness of the day was Mark Anthony Maffei. And Buckingham handled the questioning for the state for Officer Maffei. Buckingham did not have her bow in today. She had a bun instead. The hair bow was missing.

Maffei explained that he worked for the Duxbury Police Department, had been a police officer for 12 years. And he said he had spent time in Rockland before joining Duxbury Police Force. And he had been with Duxbury though for about nine of those years. Back in January of 2023, he was assigned as detective.

He was not scheduled to work on January 24th, that horrific day. But he was called in and he said that Detective Sergeant Jamali contacted him and told him to head to Summer Street in Duxbury. So, when he arrived, the scene was still very active. Ambulances, first responders, everything. He didn’t go inside the house at that point.

He was told that one of the parties was being taken to South Shore Hospital, so that’s where he was sent. He was sent there. He already knew who he was going to meet though. It was Lindsay Clancy. He later learned that the home was Patrick and Lindsay’s and that they had three children. He said that he was told where the kids were and where Patrick was.

And at first there had been some confusion. They thought Patrick was also being transported to Southshore, but that ambulance actually ended up being redirected to Beth Israel in Plymouth. And so when Mafieo got to Southshore Hospital, he had a chance to see Lindsay. He said, “She looked sedated. She was unconscious with several lacerations on both her arms and her neck.”

The Commonwealth walked through photographs exhibits 110 through 113. He identified Lindsay in each one and confirmed that the injuries shown were the same ones that he saw that very day. Cuts on her neck, cuts on her arms, all consistent with what he observed.

“110 through 113? Um sir, if I could just draw your attention to the screen beside you. I’m showing you now what’s been marked as exhibit 110. Um and it was the individual depicted in this photograph?”

“Lindsay Clancy.”

“And is uh those are the injuries that you observed that day of her on her neck?”

“Correct.”

“And showing you on the screen what’s been marked as exhibit number 111. Again, um is that Lindsay Clancy?”

“Yes.”

“And the injuries that you observed on January 24th on her neck?”

“Correct.”

“And 112, exhibit 112. Um in the middle of this photograph uh with an arm extended, there are some cuts in in um a cut in the middle. Did you observe those on January 24th as well?”

“I did.”

“And finally, exhibit 113. That would be the other um arm. Did you observe those cuts to that arm?”

“Yes.”

“Uh at South Shore Hospital, did you um do anything to collect um potential evidence that day?”

“I did.”

“And what did you do?”

“I gathered I believe they were already had been removed from the hospital staff um clothing, pants, shirt, I believe it was a scarf and wedding bands.”

“Okay.”

[snorts]

“Can I approach you again?”

[clears throat]

“I’m just going to show you seven photographs if you could take a look at those. Are those images consistent with the knife that you recovered there? Did you recover it? It’s which we want.”

[clears throat]

“Um”

“Thank you, Madam Reporter.”

“Now, sir, uh the items that you then collected, you said that they were provided to you. Who gave them to you?”

“Uh it was one of the hospital staff.”

“Okay. And so, in um examining those, you would agree that the those items have been cut off of the individual.”

“Correct.”

“Um and [clears throat] so, after taking custody of those particular items, um did other law enforcement arrive at South Shore Hospital?”

“Yes.”

“And who arrived?”

“Uh Trooper Lawler from the Mass State Police and Officer Lepard from the Duxbury Police.”

“And again, you had been at the scene at 47 Summer Street, correct?”

“Correct.”

“And then you went to South Shore Hospital. Or”

So, during the time that Mafia was at the hospital, he didn’t speak with Lindsay. She wasn’t responsive. When asked if she was in custody, he said yes and explained that when someone is in custody, an officer stays with them. So, in this case, that was his role until Officer Lepard relieved him. Once the hospital scene was secured, Mafia left and went back to the house on Summer Street. He helped secure the scene there as crime scene services arrived.

He was present when state police detectives executed a search warrant later that night into the early hours of the 25th. And then Reddington stood for cross-examination. Reddington showed him additional photographs. He actually had like a board with photographs. He used the same board during opening statements. And he asked whether they matched Lindsay’s condition when he saw her.

Mafia actually said that he did not recall injuries on her legs, but otherwise, yes. He confirmed the photos of her face were accurate and that she was unconscious at the time. He confirmed the cuts on her wrists and neck on both sides. Reddington asked about exhibit 112, pointing out the wrist area, and Mafia agreed. Exhibit 111 showed the neck injuries. Again, he agreed.

“Is that what Lindsay’s condition was when you went in the hospital and saw her up in the bed?”

“I don’t recall those being on her leg.”

“What?”

“I’m not 100% sure of it, but other than that, yes.”

“Other than that, yes.”

“Correct.”

“So, [clears throat] I would ask for that if I could.”

“Any objections?”

“Uh may we approach?”

“Sure, yeah. All right. sure you have to do that.”

“You would at some point have a chance to take a look at her um face, I imagine, sir.”

“Correct.”

“Is that fair and accurate depiction? Um”

“Yes.”

“And she was unconscious at that point, was she not?”

“That’s correct.”

“What about this gentleman?”

“All right, that may be admitted.”

“And uh this you said that there was some cuts on her uh wrist. Is that a fair and accurate depiction?”

“Correct.”

“And cuts on the the neck as well.”

“Correct.”

“And um the other side of the front.”

“Yes.”

“Okay. Thank you, Judge.”

“All right, all right, those photos may be admitted.”

“Thank you. Um and I’m just showing you another exhibit. This would have already been introduced into evidence, and this would be um exhibit 112. And this would also depict the area of the uh of the wrist. Is that correct?”

“Correct.”

“And that was um likewise, exhibit 111 also shows the cuts on the neck. Is that correct?”

“Correct.”

I mean, that looks pretty bad to me. Let me know what you guys think of those injuries because clearly this is a big division with the prosecution, the Commonwealth, and the defense whether these are simply superficial wounds or very severe life-threatening ones. Anyway, Redington then switched to Maffei’s role.

Maffei said that he was a detective at the time and that he worked alongside the State Police. He was one of several Duxbury’s detectives. Redington brought up the clothing again. In fact, that Lindsay’s clothing had actually been cut off. Maffei confirmed that too. Redington kept walking Maffei through more photos.

He showed him an item of Lindsay’s clothing and asked if it looked accurate. Maffei said yes. When asked whether he saw blood on that particular piece, he said he didn’t see any. Redington asked him if there was any paint or residue, but Maffei did not recall anything like that. He didn’t remember blood on the jeans either.

And on top, the top she wore, he didn’t see any blood. But, he did remember a bra that had been cut off, and he agreed that blood had seeped through the clothing and into the bra. That blood would have come from the outside of the clothing and then into the bra underneath. He agreed there was blood on both the interior and exterior of what she had been wearing.

“Yes. Okay. Well, I don’t know that, so I’m just going to just make sure it’s in. That’s all. Does that show that there’s blood on that item of clothing?”

“Not that I see.”

“Okay. Um Was there some type of residue of paint or something on the clothing if you recall?”

“I don’t recall, no.”

“No. Um Did you notice on the pants any blood on the jeans? Well, if you recall”

“I don’t recall now.”

“How about the I guess it would be the top that was worn. Do you notice any blood on that?”

“No.”

“Was there a bra that was kind of off if you recall seeing”

“Yes, there was.”

“And the blood seeped through the clothing into the into the bra itself. Is that correct?”

“Correct.”

“And that would be obviously from outside the clothing and then into the bra that was being worn, right?”

“Correct.”

[snorts]

There we go.

So, Redington moved to the backyard and he asked if Mafia saw blood directly underneath the window. Mafia said, “Yes, on the ground, the snow, and the leaves.” He explained that a lot of people had been walking around, so you couldn’t see everything clearly, but the blood was there.

He also saw blood on the second-floor windowsill, a hand mark on the ledge, and he saw blood on two shingles below that window. And then they talked about the search warrant. Mafia confirmed that the state police got one and that he was there while they searched. It was a group effort, Duxbury officers, state police, crime scene services.

Redington then asked about pill bottles. Mafia said pill bottles were seized, but he didn’t know why. He didn’t seize any himself. He was in the house, but not in the room where they were taken. Well, Redington pushed him on that, pointing out that Mafia had just said he was there when they were seized.

Mafia clarified. He was in the house, but not physically present in the room when the bottles were collected.

“That was seized were pill bottles, is that right?”

“Correct.”

“Do you know why they were seized?”

“I do not.”

“Uh, did you seize any pill bottles?”

“I do not.”

“Were you there when the state police seized the pill bottles?”

“I was.”

“Do you recall that the pill bottles were seized from uh for example in the kitchen? You opened up a cabinet and they were right on a bunch of them lined up on a shelf.”

“I can’t attest to that. I wasn’t present for that.”

“ask you this. Where did they get the pill bottles from?”

“You’d have to ask them. I wasn’t there when they seized the bottles.”

“You weren’t there when”

“I wasn’t in that room. We were in multiple rooms at a time.”

“So I may be I may stand corrected. I’m sorry if I thought I asked you if you were there when the state police was seizing the bottles and I thought you said you were.”

“I was in the house, correct.”

“In the house, but you weren’t there when they were seizing anything.”

“Right.”

“How about up in the bedroom? Did you go up in the bedroom?”

“I did.”

“Did you observe the blood on the floor?”

“I did.”

Well, Reddington asked if you went into the bedroom. Mafia said he did. He remembered how cold it was because the window was open. Remember, Massachusetts, January. It’s dark. Reddington Well, but not necessarily but Reddington showed him photos of blood drops on the floor. Mafia said they looked accurate. He said there was blood next to the boots on the right side of the bed. He confirmed the nightstand photo, two cups, a knife, a jar, maybe a clock and blood drops.

Do we have those photos by the way to show? We’re going to pull some of those up to show them. So there you go. That’s These are the the the the blood that he is showing and then there was one Oh, okay. There was also one with a very large knife. It was certainly when when it comes to a kitchen knife, I’ll just say this, it wasn’t a steak knife.

Another photo showed that knife, the cup and a bottle labeled deep sleep pillow spray. Maffia said, “Yes, that was all on the nightstand.” More photographs showed clothing on the floor, a headband, a charging wire, and more blood. Another showed the bed and the area near the window. Redington asked about a full-length mirror, but Maffia said he did not recall a full-length mirror, which is interesting, right?

“Does this appear to be a fair accurate rendition of the floor, blood drops on the floor”

“It does. Yes.”

“Is this a indication of the bed itself, the right side of the bed, additional blood that was located on the floor next to the boots?”

“Yes.”

“Does this appear to be the nightstand that was next to the bed?”

“It does.”

“And do you see what’s on top of the nightstand?”

“Yes.”

“What’s on top of the nightstand?”

“There’s two cups, a knife, looks like a jar of something, and maybe a clock.”

“Okay. Also blood drops?”

“Correct.”

“This is a additional photograph moving farther down towards the right side of the bed.”

“Correct.”

“This is a close-up of the the knife that was on the nightstand as well as the little cup that was there and something that says deep sleep pillow spray. You see that?”

“Yep.”

“And that was on the on that top of the furniture, correct?”

“Correct.”

“And this again is an area depicting various items of clothing. Looks like a little headband. A wire, perhaps to charge a phone, and blood on the floor.”

“Correct.”

“And this shows the location of the bed. Additional photograph of the blood towards the end of the bed and also the area of the window, right?”

“Correct.”

“What about these pictures?”

“Your Honor, back to that photograph.”

Redington circled back to the pill bottles. Maffei said again that he had nothing to do with seizing them. He didn’t remember journals or notebooks in the kitchen, either. He said his involvement that night was limited, but he did find a laptop in a hallway closet, which the state police seized.

Redington asked if he saw the nightstand drawer opened with pill bottles inside, and Maffei said he wasn’t present for that. He didn’t recall anything about an Apple Watch, either. And then Buckingham came back for redirect. She asked whether medical staff at the hospital were actively treating Lindsey’s neck and wrist wounds when Maffei was there.

He said, “No.” She asked whether anyone entered the house before crime scene services arrived who didn’t need to be there, and he said, “No.” And that’s normal protocol. She asked if he was present when any of the photos shown by the defense were taken. He said he didn’t believe so. She clarified that his testimony about the photos was his best memory of what the scene looked like, and he agreed.

Buckingham asked about the search warrant execution, whether there were a lot of officers and troopers in the house. Maffei said, “Yes. Everyone had their own role, and he stayed in the area.” He confirmed again that the only thing he personally found was the laptop.

Redington stood again for a brief follow-up. He pointed out that Maffei did not have to stay in one area. He could move around and assist. Maffio agreed. Redington asked how many Duxbury officers were around the house, but Maffio said he didn’t know. Same with state police, he didn’t know the exact number.

Redington asked about the sheriff’s department. Maffio wasn’t sure if they were there. Redington suggested that between Duxbury and state police, there were probably more than 10 officers involved. Maffio agreed. He said there were multiple cruisers and yellow tape blocking off the area.

Redington asked if someone like him could just walk up and wander around the house. Maffio, he said, “No.” Only law enforcement until the scene was cleared. And then once the search warrant was executed and evidence was seized, then the home could be reopened. Maffio didn’t know when that happened.

And that ended his testimony. Well, the next witness was Richard Lippard, also from Duxbury PD. Buckingham asked how long he’d been an officer. Six and a half years. All of that time had been with Duxbury. He was a patrolman then and had been on patrol in January 2023. He was working on January 24th. At some point, he was asked to assist with the Summer Street investigation. He’d already finished his shift, but they called him back in. He went to the police department first, then was directed to South Shore Hospital.

And when he arrived, Detective Maffio was already there. His job was to over watch the person in custody, which he learned was Lindsay Clancy. He said she seemed sedated, not speaking, just lying there in the hospital bed. He never had any conversation with her.

Lippard continued describing what happened at South Shore. He said Lindsay stayed unresponsive the entire time that he was with her. So, not conscious. When asked if he remembered anyone coming to take photographs, he said he didn’t recall. Medical staff were attending to her and this was all happening in the emergency department.

Well, not longer after he arrived, doctors indicated that she was going to be transported somewhere else. She was going to be med-flighted to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. And other than law enforcement and medical staff, no one spoke with her at South Shore.

Lippard actually rode in the helicopter with Lindsay. And when they landed at the Brigham, she was taken straight into the emergency room. He stayed with her there along with Officer Broderick. Their job was simply to over watch her. He said she never woke up or responded at any point.

He stayed with her for about 15 to 16 hours through the night and into the next morning. At some point during the night, there was a medical code. He wasn’t sure what kind, but he and Broderick were outside the room when it happened. And the next morning, two other Duxbury officers relieved him and during all that time, he said no one besides medical staff and law enforcement interacted with her.

Then, Redington stood for cross-examination. So, he was back up. Yesterday, hardly any cross-exams. Today, a lot. He clarified that Lippard never went to the house. He went straight to South Shore Hospital. His role was to over watch, essentially guard an unconscious person who was in custody in the hospital. And Lippard agreed. He described her as bandaged, lying in the bed, not conscious.

“Well, your purpose was to, as you say, over watch. Well, that basically is she was in custody at that point, right?”

“Correct.”

“So, one of the your obligations was is to I guess guard the unconscious person and make sure what to do what? Just to stand there?”

“Correct.”

“Okay. Um and you did in the Southshore Hospital, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

“And you made your observations of her, [snorts] you know, bandaged or whatever laying in the bed and she was not conscious, correct?”

“Correct.”

“And at some point the decision was made medically that they were going to have her med-flighted to the Boston hospital, Brigham and Women’s, right?”

“Correct.”

“And that was by way of the helicopter.”

“Yes, sir.”

“You had a helicopter ride into Boston with her, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

“You were over watching her in the helicopter again, right?”

“Yes, sir.”

She

The decision was made to med-flight Lindsay to Boston and Lippard rode in the helicopter with her. She still had not gained consciousness. She was still not talking to anyone. She had tubes in her mouth, bandages, and was strapped into the gurney. And when they arrived at the Brigham, she was brought into a small emergency room filled with equipment, boxes, wires, tubes, buzzing monitors, lights, all the usual life-saving gear.

He said there was enough space for medical staff to move around, but it was tight. Two Duxbury officers over watched her, him, and Broderick. Reddington asked when state police arrived. Lippard said he didn’t recall seeing state police at the Brigham. He confirmed that he stayed in that emergency room for 16 hours and did not return after that.

He said the room was extremely busy, chaotic, like bedlam. He didn’t recall seeing internal hospital police either, maybe security, but he wasn’t sure. Reddington kept using that word, by the way, bedlam. So, I actually I had to look it up, honestly, and it means a place or a scene of loud noise, extreme confusion, chaos, and wild uproar.

Lippard said that officers were detailed to sit outside the room to guard the door. They were guarding against anyone trying to visit because no visitors were allowed. Around 2:24 in the morning, the medical code happened. He said that intensified the chaos, people running, the overhead system calling out the code and identifying the room.

Reddington asked if that meant she was dead or dying. Lippard said, “Yes.” And when asked if she was chained to the bed, he said he didn’t recall her being handcuffed. He left the Brigham around 10:00 the next morning. He was relieved by Officer Dally and Officer Johnson. He does not recall seeing any other law enforcement officers with them or coming into the room.

And that ended his shift. Next up was Dr. Mark Joseph Twarog. Questioned by ADA Sprague. So now we’re into doctors. We’re hearing from a doctor. Doctors are on the witness stand. So this doctor explained that he used to work as an emergency physician, but now does disability review work for the state of Rhode Island.

But back in January 2023, he was still practicing emergency medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth. He walked the jury through his background, always important. Undergrad at Trinity College, a medical degree from Brown, residency in emergency medicine for at UMass Memorial in Worcester. He worked in emergency medicine from 1997 until May 2025.

So Sprague asked about that day, January 24th, 2023. He said he was working that evening and treating a child named Dawson Clancy. Dawson arrived by fire department ambulance. Emergency personnel gave him a summary of Dawson’s condition. They told him Dawson had reportedly been strangled and was found without a pulse and not breathing.

When Dawson arrived, Dr. Tanerowitz saw that he had a breathing tube in place. Emergency responders had inserted an IO device into the bone of his leg to deliver fluids and medication. CPR was ongoing. Dawson was not breathing on his own. He had no pulse. He was not responding. He noticed some older appearing bruises on Dawson’s leg and ruptured blood vessels on his face.

He does not recall seeing anything specific on the neck. He described the treatment they gave. Continuing CPR, giving IV fluids, giving adrenaline to try to restart the heart. Confirming the breathing tube placement, treating pressured acid build up in the blood, giving calcium to help the heart beat effectively if it restarted.

He explained how they confirmed the breathing tube was in the right place. They were detecting carbon dioxide coming out of the lungs, so they were listening for breath sounds using a video to visually confirm the tube was between the vocal cords and doing an x-ray as well. Spriggs asked whether the breath sounds he heard were Dawson breathing on his own. He said no.

Someone was squeezing the bag valve mask. The breath sounds simply confirmed that the air being pushed in was reaching the lungs and carbon dioxide was coming out. Dawson wasn’t breathing spontaneously. Dr. Tanerowitz continued explaining what happened with Dawson. He said that while all of this was going on, he kept reassessing Dawson’s condition and every few minutes they would pause CPR just long enough to check for any sign of breathing, any sign of a pulse. And there was never anything. Toward the end, he used an ultrasound to see if Dawson’s heart was beating at all. And there was no movement. Here were his findings.

“And um based on your training and experience at some point in time, um did you make a determination that your your efforts weren’t going to be successful?”

“I did, based on the time from when resuscitative efforts started in the field by the paramedics and the time that we put in and the fact that despite the best resuscitative efforts we could, the fluids, the medicines, the CPR, breathing for him, um it did not look like his heart would ever start again.”

“Approximately how long did you and your team work on Dawson?”

“I believe we worked on Dawson about 40 minutes in addition to what the paramedics had done previously.”

[snorts]

“At any point in time did you try to use a defibrillator?”

“I did not.”

“And why is that?”

“He was unfortunately never in a heart rhythm that would have made defibrillation an effective treatment.”

“So the your heart has to be in a certain condition for a defibrillator to even work?”

“Yes, there are two heart rhythms, basically quivering of the heart, that if you use a defibrillator, you can restore a rhythm that makes the heart beat effectively. He was never in one of those rhythms.”

“And at some point in time, [clears throat] did you declare Dawson deceased?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. And do you recall when that was?”

“I believe from my review of the records recently, it was at 19:28.”

“At 19:28, would that be 7:28 p.m.?”

“That’s correct.”

“Thank you, doctor.”

[clears throat]

Reddington’s cross-examination was brief, but he did it. He got up. He asked about the older bruises on Dawson’s leg in the shin area. The doctor confirmed that. He also confirmed that they put an IO, the the needle inserted directly into the tibia, and that was it for Cross, and I want to just point out that learning about Dawson’s treatment, not just from the paramedics on scene, but learning that in the emergency room, once he was transferred to the emergency room, they spent another 40 minutes on him trying to restart that heart was it was incredibly touching, and I just want to say thank you to everyone who works to save lives. Um I know that it seems like Dawson that everyone worked very hard.

The next witness was another doctor. It was Dr. Benjamin Kauffman, and he was also questioned by Sprague. He said he was an emergency medicine doctor and had been doing that for about 12 years. He went to Boston University for medical school, trained at King’s County for residency, then did a fellowship in global emergency medicine at Columbia University. He worked at Beth Israel in Plymouth, and he was working there on January 24th, 2023. And that night, he treated Kaelen Clancy. Kaelen arrived with EMS and CPR already in progress.

EMS gave him the rundown. Kaelen’s heart had stopped. CPR was ongoing. He wasn’t breathing, and he was being ventilated with a bag valve mask. As soon as Kaelen came in, they placed a breathing tube and established an IV. The first thing they did was give epinephrine. The Dr. Kauffman said that with the ultrasound, he could look directly at Kaelen’s heart, and after that dose of epinephrine, that is when Kaelen’s heart it actually started beating again. Incredible, right?

They continued compressions and continued breathing for him through the tube. Plymouth Hospital didn’t have pediatric capabilities for a case this severe. So, they were immediately on the phone with Boston Children’s Hospital preparing Callan to transfer him for more definitive care. He said Callan regained a heartbeat about 10 minutes after arriving. But, he never regained the ability to breathe on his own at all.

Sprague asked about brain function. Dr. Kaufman said Callan never exhibited any. He explained the Glasgow Coma Scale a range from 3 to 15. 15 is someone who is awake, talking, functioning normally. Three is someone with no brain response and Callan, well, he was at a three the entire time. No brain response. They stayed in contact with Boston Children’s and eventually Callan was flown there by helicopter. ICU doctors were on the phone the whole time reviewing the case and giving recommendations. And from the moment he arrived at Plymouth until he reached Boston Children’s, Callan never breathed on his own.

There was no cross-exam for the first time of the day. The next witness was Melissa Arcade Payne. And she was questioned by Buckingham. She worked for South Shore Hospital as the supervisor of the specimen processing department in the lab. She’d been there over 20 years. Her job was overseeing the department where all specimens from inside and outside the hospital came in, blood, urine, everything.

They checked labels, made sure orders were correct, made sure samples were in the right tubes. She explained how samples from the emergency department usually arrived through a tube system. Nurses and techs collected the samples, labeled them, put them in the right vials, and sent them through the tube system to the lab. Her lab would check the samples, confirm labeling, confirm the correct tubes, and then process them. Sometimes they received several vials from one patient. They only ran tests ordered by physicians, and those tests didn’t always use the entire sample. So, leftover samples were often retained in case more testing was needed.

She was familiar with preservation notices, which are requests from law enforcement to hold specific samples for a particular patient. When they received one, they pulled those samples aside, put them in a specimen bag with a copy of the notice, and stored them in a separate bin inside the specimen refrigerator, so they wouldn’t be discarded.

She said she was aware that the preservation notice had been served for Lindsay Clancy’s blood and urine on January 24th, 2023. Those samples were collected and then placed in the separate bin. On January 31st, she interacted with a state trooper who came with a warrant to collect the specimens. She retrieved the samples from the bin, confirmed they were Lindsay’s, and handed them over. She remembered giving him samples, but she did not recall the exact number or type.

Buckingham noted that six vials of blood and one vial of urine were handed over. There was no cross-exam once again for those last two witnesses. Now, after that, there was a really long sidebar with white noise, and I was waiting and expecting that there would be another doctor to David, the doctor that treated Cora. It seemed like the natural progression of the way the day was going, right? But no, after the sidebar and the