Sheila Cavanaugh
ON THE RECORD · 18 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“She alluded to the fact that it was a male voice and it was persistent,”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04
Cavanaugh testified that Lindsay Clancy alluded to hearing a persistent male voice.
“She said to me … ‘I’m so glad my children are safe’”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said 2023-01-31 · reported 2026-09-04
Cavanaugh testified about what Lindsay Clancy said to her at the hospital after the killings.
“not there to evaluate the patient”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04
During cross-examination, Cavanaugh explained why her notes did not mention the voice Lindsay claimed to hear.
“We had been praying together, and so when I went in on Tuesday the 31 [of January], she said to me as I held her hand to comfort her: ‘I am so glad my children are safe,’”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said 2023-01-31 · reported 2026-09-04
Cavanaugh recalled Lindsay Clancy saying she was glad her children were safe during a hospital visit.
“bear witness to their suffering”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04
Cavanaugh explained during cross-examination that her role was to bear witness to patients' suffering rather than evaluate them.
“Her emotional state was very neutral, a flat affect, but I remember vividly the first thing she said to me,”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04
Cavanaugh testified about Lindsay Clancy's emotional state when they first met at the hospital.
“according to Lindsay, told her that if she did not follow the command, neither she nor her children would be safe”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04
Cavanaugh testified that Lindsay Clancy said she heard a male voice telling her she and her children would not be safe if she did not follow commands.
“We prayed for them,”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh said she prayed with Clancy for her children.
“I replied theologically to Lindsay. I said, 'Lindsay, your children are safe. They're safe in heaven with God.' And I held her hand throughout that conversation and we prayed for them,”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh testified in court about her conversation with Lindsay Clancy at the hospital.
“I’m not there to evaluate the patient; I’m there to bear witness to their suffering,”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh responded to prosecutors' questioning about her lack of documentation.
“her emotional state was very neutral – a flat affect.”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh described Clancy's demeanor when she regained consciousness on 31 January 2023.
“She said to me, as I held her hand to comfort her, ‘I’m so glad my children are safe,’”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh recounted one of the first things Clancy said to her while comforting her.
“I replied theologically to Lindsay. I said, ‘Lindsay, your children are safe. They’re safe in heaven with God’.”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh described her theological reply to Clancy about her children being in heaven.
“She carries immense grief.”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh described Clancy's emotional state as carrying immense grief.
“She alluded to having heard a voice. And the voice, according to Lindsay, told her that if she did not follow the command, neither she nor her children would be safe,”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh described in court what Lindsay Clancy had shared regarding hearing a voice.
“talks frequently about her children”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh described her most recent visit with Clancy before the trial began.
“She loves them deeply,”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh spoke about Clancy's love for her children.
“She alluded to the fact that it was a male voice, and it was persistent.”
Sheila Cavanaugh · said 2026-08-20 · reported 2026-08-20
Cavanaugh testified about details of the voice Clancy allegedly reported hearing.