DONORS RAISED $830K FOR LINDSAY CLANCY’S PARENTS
A GoFundMe for Lindsay Clancy’s parents, Paula and Mike Musgrove, had raised more than $830,000 by August 17, 2026, with donors writing in from as far away as Belize, Australia and the U.K., Fox News reported. The money goes to the couple, not to their daughter, and is meant to cover what they spent traveling, staying in hotels and attending court while she faces three first-degree murder charges over the deaths of her three children.
The GoFundMe page was created on August 11, 2026, with a $2 million goal. Donor messages came from around the world. One read, “Sending love from Belize, Central America.” Another said, “Sending love from Australia,” and a U.K. donor wrote, “Sending support.”
What the fundraiser says it is for
The page names Michael Musgrove as the beneficiary and says Mike and Paula receive the funds directly. A GoFundMe representative told CT Insider that Mike Musgrove authorized the fundraiser. It is run by Brandee Mulligan, who said she is not related to the Clancy or Musgrove families.
According to the description, the couple spent years drawing down savings to stay close to their daughter. That included relocating from Connecticut to Massachusetts. Mulligan told CT Insider the goal was to “rebuild the financial stability they have sacrificed over these past three years.”
The page also tried to keep the case out of it. “Nothing about this fund asks anyone to share their view of Lindsay or the criminal case. It asks donors to recognize the extraordinary financial burden her parents have carried simply by continuing to be present,” it said.
It added: “The case will eventually reach its conclusion. Whatever that outcome is, Mike and Paula will still have to pick up the pieces of the lives they have put on hold to be there for their daughter. They should not have to face that future without the financial foundation they spent decades building.”
The case behind it
Prosecutors allege Clancy killed her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months old, at the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023. Fox News reported she admitted strangling them. Her defense argued she was not criminally responsible because of postpartum psychosis and other mental illnesses, which it said were worsened by medications prescribed to her. Our earlier report covered what Clancy texted her family hours before the killings.
The trial ended in a mistrial on September 4, 2026, after seven days of jury deliberations and repeated deadlock reports. A jury forewoman wrote to the judge, “It is with a heavy heart that we cannot come to a decision and will not be able to,” BBC News reported.
CNN reported the jury was split 11 to 1. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington blamed a holdout juror, and Reuters reported that on September 10, 2026, he asked Judge William Sullivan to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. He argued prosecutors had not proved she knew the killings were wrong.
Where the money and the case stand
The fundraiser kept growing after the mistrial. On September 6, 2026, Mulligan said the goal had been raised to $3 million, and that GoFundMe rules prevent the money from being used for Clancy’s legal fees. By October 29, 2026, the page showed $1,256,263 raised.
Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said he had not decided whether to seek a retrial. The charges have not been dismissed.
On October 28, 2026, prosecutors filed a motion opposing dismissal and asking to continue pursuing the case, CBS Boston reported. They wrote that they want to “pursue justice for Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy.” The Patriot Ledger reported that prosecutors argued the mistrial was properly declared after repeated jury deadlocks. The case is due back in court on November 2, 2026.
