Charista Snell 🦅

wife, mountain dweller, patriot, independent journalist 🇺🇲

[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Big day in the #lindsayclancytrial #lindsayclancycase #trialcoverage #fyp #independentreporting

[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

@French_Friezed Correct. Doesn't matter if its denied. He will argue it and continue to put doubt into the jurys mind about this case like he has been the entire time. The jury can say there is not enough evidence to support it.

[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

RED JUST BROUGHT UP THE BOWDEN DEFENSE.

He is directly arguing that the investigation was inadequate, that critical leads were never pursued, questions were never answered, and the jury should be able to consider those failures when deciding whether the Commonwealth proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

And he explicitly wants ACQUITTAL on the table.

This is HUGE.

Because this is the exact theory I have been laying out throughout this case: the investigation itself matters, the unanswered questions matter, and failures to investigate can matter to reasonable doubt. Hearing Red put that framework directly in front of the jury just validated the core of what I’ve been saying all along.

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[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

@dersyders3 I was in the court room during the charge case today. He literally said aquital. Stop talking about things you dont know

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@settingitfree Court TV

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Reddington is now drilling into something I think is extremely important:

How much of Dr. Saathoff’s opinion is actually based on independently verified evidence, and how much is based on what Patrick told him?

Saathoff acknowledged that his understanding that Lindsay said “I tried to kill myself” came from Patrick, not from the 911 audio, where Saathoff says he heard only guttural sounds from Lindsay.

Then Reddington moved to the glass with apparent crushed medication residue.

Was it tested?

No.

So how does Saathoff know it was medication?

Again: Patrick’s recollection.

That doesn’t mean an expert cannot rely on witness statements. They can.

But if those statements are being used to support conclusions about Lindsay’s intent, behavior, consciousness and criminal responsibility, Reddington is making sure the jury understands which “facts” were actually verified, and which ones Saathoff accepted because Patrick said they happened.

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[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Jury has been excused until tomorrow morning for closing arguments and legal instructions and jury will begin deliberations.

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[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Evidentiary phase has been completed in the #lindsayclancytrial #lindsayclancycase #trialcoverage #fyp #independentreporting

[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Reddington’s cross of Dr. Saathoff went straight at the foundation of his opinion.

He established that Saathoff entered this case nearly 3 years after the deaths, interviewed Lindsay over Zoom only months ago, and had already reviewed extensive case material before ever speaking with her. Then Reddington started separating what Saathoff actually knew from what he had been told.

Saathoff acknowledged that his understanding Lindsay said “I tried to kill myself” came from Patrick, he did not hear her say that on the 911 call. What he heard from Lindsay on that recording were guttural sounds.

The alleged crushed medication? Never tested. Saathoff acknowledged that his understanding of the powder/residue as medication also came from Patrick’s recollection.

Reddington then attacked how Saathoff interpreted Lindsay’s inconsistencies. Saathoff agreed that psychosis can cause false or inaccurate memories. Lindsay told him she slashed the window screen when the physical evidence showed she had not, yet Saathoff said that did not mean she was malingering.

And when Reddington moved directly into malingering, Saathoff acknowledged that the formal testing administered to Lindsay did not indicate malingering. He also agreed that Dr. Resnick is highly respected in this area and familiar with the research surrounding genuine auditory hallucinations.

That became especially important after Saathoff spent direct emphasizing how “atypical” Lindsay’s reported voice was. Reddington pushed him on research showing hallucinations can present in different ways, including internally or externally.

Reddington also narrowed Saathoff’s enormous résumé: extensive government, prison, forensic, threat-assessment and national-security work, but comparatively limited direct experience treating postpartum psychosis.

And then he ended with one of the most striking exchanges of the cross.

Reddington read Saathoff the Commonwealth’s own opening-statement characterization of Lindsay, that she made a “selfish choice,” manipulated providers, sought quick fixes, switched doctors, disengaged from treatment and ultimately made a deliberate decision because she did not want to go on.

Saathoff’s response?

That characterization “minimizes what she was going through.” That is the Commonwealth’s own psychiatric expert distancing himself from the prosecution’s characterization of Lindsay’s decline. Saathoff still believes she was criminally responsible.

But Reddington made damn sure the jury heard how many assumptions, third-party accounts, untested pieces of evidence and psychiatric complexities sit underneath that conclusion. Prosecution is rehabilitating Dr. Saafoth.

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[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Oh look its Cam Higby reporting false facts again! Kevin never once said they werent true. He literally said "Ive got enough to deal with with Lindsay" when prompted further he says "im going to defer on that one" meaning the question someone asked him if there is any credibility to the theories around Patrick. He NEVER stated anything about the rumors actually, he said I AM DEFERRING THAT QUESTION FOR NOW. Sheesh. Make reporting HONEST again.

[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Reddington’s cross of Dr. Saathoff is off to a very deliberate start.

Before touching his ultimate opinion, Reddington is dissecting who this expert is, who hired him, when he entered this case, and what information he had before ever speaking to Lindsay.

So far, he’s established:

• Saathoff wasn’t brought into the case until Jan./Feb. 2026 — roughly 3 years after the deaths.
• His interviews with Lindsay occurred over Zoom in May and June.
• He had already reviewed extensive case materials before interviewing her.
• UVA is being paid for his work for the DA, but Saathoff says he does not know his hourly rate or how much the Commonwealth has paid the university.
• Reddington is walking through Saathoff’s extensive history working with the Bureau of Prisons, corrections, prosecutors and other government agencies, and clarifying what those roles actually involved.

Then Reddington finally asked:

“Fair to say you’re a government man?”

Immediate prosecution objection.

Reddington hasn’t even seriously attacked Saathoff’s psychiatric conclusions yet. He’s attacking the lens through which Saathoff reached them.

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[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Saathoff just called Lindsay’s suicide attempt “very, very serious.”

He testified that even though the cuts to her arms and neck were not deep enough to cause death, superficial lacerations are still common in serious suicide attempts.

The prosecution then clarified his opinion: she was trying to kill herself, but was struggling with the capability to successfully carry it out.

That is an important distinction.

An ineffective or poorly executed act does not, in Saathoff’s own analysis, mean the underlying intent wasn’t genuine.

I’m very interested to see whether Reddington comes back to that logic on cross.

[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Saathoff just testified that the voice Lindsay reported hearing did not tell her where to kill the children or exactly how to do it, appearing to use that as evidence that she supplied those decisions herself.

But let's break that down.

A command hallucination does not have to give someone step-by-step logistical instructions to still be a command hallucination. “Kill them” is still a command.

So the real question is not whether the voice picked the room, the method, or every detail. The real question is whether her mental state left her with the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of what she was doing or conform her conduct to the law.

I’ll be very interested to see whether Reddington presses Saathoff on that distinction during cross.

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[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Live from Plymouth MA ⚖️🫶🏻

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Day 20 (yesterday) of the #lindsayclancytrial from Plymouth MA! #lindsayclancycase #trialcoverage #independentreporting

[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

I’m officially in Plymouth, Massachusetts. 🎙️⚖️

Today, I’ll be covering the #lindsayclancytrial as credentialed press, from inside the courtroom.

I’ve spent weeks following the testimony, digging through the details, separating what’s actually been said in court from what’s been repeated online... and now I’ll be reporting it firsthand.

I’m here. I’m credentialed. And I’ll be bringing you everything I can directly from the courtroom.

Day 21. Let’s go.

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[Charista Snell 🦅 @charistasnell]

Day 19 (a little late due to me traveling to Plymouth) of the #lindsayclancytrial

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