A personal and procedural look at the Lindsay Clancy case, examining the forensic inconsistencies raised by the defense alongside the deeper question of what happens when a mother's documented fight for mental health treatment becomes evidence used against her. Written through the lens of my own experience with postpartum depression and anxiety, it explores the tension between compassion and accountability, and makes the case for why postpartum education can't stop with mothers alone.

I used to fall asleep to true crime podcasts while writing documentation for a living. Somewhere along the way, that turned into something closer to a research habit, and I stopped trusting documentaries the moment I started watching actual trials. This is where that story starts.

Bryan Kohberger filed a post conviction petition two days before Netflix dropped a documentary about the crime he pleaded guilty to. The internet called it a change of heart. I called it a calendar. Here's what the actual filing deadlines say, and why the timing isn't nearly the coincidence it looks like.