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https://apnews.com/article/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-what-to-know-775003a75689cfde13750257849187ae
For those unfamiliar with the case the link above is a very brief overview.
I honestly don’t know what to think about this case, if I was on the jury I’d have so much trouble figuring out which I would do. I am a big advocate for mental health, and I truly believe giving the benefit of the doubt, but there is some stuff that makes me pause. I think that it honestly was a mix. I think she knew what she was doing, and knew it was wrong, but wasn’t fully able to comprehend her actions. I think she should be granted life in a psychiatric ward, maybe with a possibilty of parole. I’d say guilty and not guilty aren’t proper terms in this case, because both of them are too absolute. I think there should be a mix of both outcomes, more lenient than a guilty verdict, but more strict than a not guilty. Maybe this trial could start a new law revolving around case like this.
What do you guys think about this case?
That’s one facet of the case….. the health system failed her… her family failed her…… if she was desperate enough to get herself admitted to a psychiatric hospital….. her family should have understood at the very least that she was struggling and suffering terribly….
should’nt have left her alone with the kids at all
You see…., there are some things that make me suspicious of whether she was even the killer (and no I’m not saying patrick is…. but there could be someone else……. which is once again confusing cuz no dna evidence was found)
let me just list them out
- lets go over the weak points first — like how she decided to kill her children sending her husband outside ( his errand would have taken 30-40 min) why would she put herself in such a time crunch when he leaves her alone with the children and ofter goes out to hangout with his friends
(this was one of the points that showed that if she did it… it was not planned)
- remember her fall from the window….. the investigation was not done pronto…. the window mark…. the blood there… even the theory of the way she slid down might not acc be the truth (done a few months later…. which is wilddddd)
-also talking about blood…. the scene is too clean for someone who has just cut her hands and is going to throw her self out…… blood should have been transferred to many places like the curtains and windows (there is blood but not in the amount you’d expect from a bloody hand)
- someone on the internet pointed out two circular blood drops below the furniture…… like yess blood can flow below stuff but that would have different pattern….. bringing us to the conclusion that the furniture was moved….. which is kinda not possible for linsay to do nor then there would have been footsteps in the blood… which there are not ( she could have very well pushed it unknowingly or whatever but I want explanation)
-Her core body temperature being 82 that too at the hospital after primary care in the ambulance is wildddd….. like even with a spinal injury and very cold temp on the outside….. attaining that temp in 15-20 minutes just doesn’t seem plausible
- some thing that make this even more confusing is patrick
Let’s not talk about him being neglectful rn…… bug how could he move in with another lady 4 months after such a gruesome incident…… who btw looks 90% similar to his first wife…… and rn they have a one year old child and got married in 2026 (which is just wildd to me…. cuz if your 3 children where murdered by your wife under postpartum psychosis…… I think having a baby would have been the last think you’d do…. that too soo soon)
Also about how he made a same headstone for the children….. when the youngest actually passed a few days later but even that is not mentioned…. also apparently they’re catholic…. now Idk much about the religious beliefs but I had read that the orthodox ones wouldn’t cremate the body… and even if they do cremate….. at the very least they dont mix the ashes……… they could argue that they wanted the siblings together in afterlife….. but Idk….. like its not telling but just kinda shows that Patrick didn’t care much
Also that one year later the incident the house was sold to the prosecutor? of the case… that too quite cheap……. now yk how hard it is to sell a house where such a thing happened…… so it’s just weird how someone bought the house and that someone was involved in the case
Oh and he went on a trip to Costa Rica not too long after the incident and during the same timeframe Rachel was there too….. no photos suggesting they were together but coincidence? I doubt that
About the nyc apartment too….. ppl have dug out that…. the apparent was taken by company under rachel (2nd wife’s) father 2 days before the murder………
These points don’t make him guilty but he’s just suspiciously innocent
Yeah.. it’s a tragic case :( She seemed to genuinely love her children, yet still ended up killing them, and she had already tried to seek help too. It’s honestly heartbreaking..
That’s why at first I kept thinking, why did nobody notice it? But then I thought, maybe it’s not that simple. I guess it’s not always that obvious when you’re actually in the situation, and by the time everyone realizes just how serious it was, it can already be too late.
I’ve come to realize that mental health isn’t something we can just brush off or assume will pass. People change, generations change, and so do the mental health issues we face, I guess.
And for cases involving severe mental illness like this, just like you said, I don’t think everything can always be put into a simple guilty/not guilty. There should be a system that protects the public while also treating the person as someone who may be seriously ill, instead of making everything about punishment :((
If you guys want to know more I suggest you listen to the five 48 hours episodes on this
i think that its really sad that she was mentally ill.
but murdering her children is unforgivable.
but that being said- her husband also was a part of this case-
because SHE clearly stated that she was mentally ill and suicidal.
and her husband told/did nothing about it?
he KNEW that.
he still decided to LEAVE HER ALONE AT HOME WITH THE CHILDREN?!
while he hung out with the “bros”?
and then weeks after his children’s murder. and his wife’s sentencing. He gets remarried?
he went on business trips and left his mentally ill and suicidal wife alone with the children.
i cant elaborate all the thoughts in my head- but i can clearly see that Patrick Clancy is not the innocent and grieving husband that the world makes him out to be
he knew all of this and he couldve prevented this tragedy- but HE DIDNT
im js saying. he’s not innocent of all crimes.
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