Lindsay Clancy Trial: State Police Detail Blood Draws, Chain of Custody, and What Search Warrant Turned Up

**Mark Farioli** (0:00)
This is live courtroom coverage of the trial of Lindsay Clancy from the Hidden Killers podcast in True Crime Today. Now, back to the courtroom.

**Leah O'Connell** (0:12)
All right, good afternoon, sir.

**Mark Farioli** (0:14)
Afternoon, Your Honor.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:16)
Yes, please.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:17)
Good afternoon. Can you please state and spell your name for the record?

**Mark Farioli** (0:20)
I'm Detective Mark Farioli, F-A-R-I-O-L-I.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:25)
Where do you work?

**Mark Farioli** (0:27)
The Massachusetts State Police.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:29)
How long have you been a state trooper?

**Mark Farioli** (0:31)
Since 2005

**SPEAKER_4** (0:33)
And back in January of 2023, where were you assigned within the state police?

**Mark Farioli** (0:38)
I was assigned to the Plymouth County State Police Detective Unit.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:42)
And were you involved in a limited way in the investigation regarding Lindsay Clancy?

**Mark Farioli** (0:50)
Yes, I was.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:51)
And specifically directing your attention to January 27, 2023 Were you aware that a search warrant was obtained on that date to collect the blood and urine of Lindsay Clancy from South Shore Hospital?

**Mark Farioli** (1:05)
Yes, I was.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:06)
And then directing your attention to January 31, 2023, at 10.25 in the morning, did you go to the South Shore Hospital to collect the blood and urine of Lindsay Clancy?

**Mark Farioli** (1:19)
Yes, I did.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:19)
And where did you collect that from?

**Mark Farioli** (1:21)
The lab at South Shore Hospital.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:24)
And was that from the specimen process supervisor, Melissa Ockerdepain?

**Mark Farioli** (1:29)
Yes, it was.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:31)
And if you recall, how many vials you collected?

**Mark Farioli** (1:35)
In total, I collected seven vials.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:38)
And was that all blood or urine or both?

**Mark Farioli** (1:42)
Six were blood vials and one was urine.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:46)
And once you collected those vials, where did you bring them?

**Mark Farioli** (1:48)
I brought them directly to the Massachusetts State Lab in Lakeville.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:54)
And did you drop those off at the state lab at approximately 11:15 a.m. on January 31st, 2023?

**Mark Farioli** (2:01)
Yes, I did.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:02)
And do you recall who you gave the vials of blood and urine belonging to Lindsay Clancy to at the lab?

**Mark Farioli** (2:08)
Leah O'Connell.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:11)
Thank you.

**John Santos** (2:13)
Dr. Rankin.

**Kevin Reddington** (2:17)
We have stipulated to the train of custody for the blood.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:22)
Any questions?

**Kevin Reddington** (2:22)
No, I don't have. Thank you, sir. I have no questions.

**Mark Farioli** (2:24)
Thank you. Thank you.

**John Santos** (2:28)
Hi, good afternoon.

**Leah O'Connell** (2:30)
Good afternoon, sir. Council.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:33)
Thank you. Good afternoon. Can you please state and spell your name for the record?

**Leah O'Connell** (2:36)
My name is Leah O'Connell, L-E-A-H-O-C-O-N-N-E-L-L.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:42)
Where do you work?

**Leah O'Connell** (2:43)
Currently, I'm employed with the Massachusetts State Police as a trooper.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:47)
Back in January of 2023, were you also employed with the state police?

**Leah O'Connell** (2:51)
That was at the crime lab.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:54)
What were your responsibilities at the crime lab at that time?

**Leah O'Connell** (2:57)
I was a forensic evidence technician, so we received evidence submitted to the lab for testing.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:02)
Once you received that evidence at the lab, well, first of all, who would you receive that from? Would that be chemists? Would that be troopers? Who would it be from?

**Leah O'Connell** (3:11)
It was local, state, sometimes federal agencies, but there was also seen evidence gathered by chemists that we would have to log in to the system.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:21)
And so would it be your responsible ability to take that evidence, log it in to the system, and move it along for a process through the lab? Yes.
And were there tracking numbers or lab numbers that you would assign to evidence in order to keep track of it as it pressed through the lab?

**Leah O'Connell** (3:38)
Yes, every case gets its own number.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:40)
And directing your attention to January 31, 2023, at 11:15 a.m., do you recall receiving six vials of blood and one vial of urine belonging to Lindsay Clancy from Trooper Mark Farioli?

**Leah O'Connell** (3:53)
I did.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:54)
And when you received those items, did you log them appropriately into the system with her case number?

**Leah O'Connell** (3:59)
I did.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:00)
And how were they stored after that point?

**Leah O'Connell** (4:03)
So they go into a heat-sealed pack. So it's like a plastic bag that gets heat-sealed, initial and dated, and then it goes right into a fridge.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:12)
Thank you. Tree Rankton.

**Kevin Reddington** (4:17)
No questions. We stipulate to the Board, so.