The Lindsay Clancy Trial Mini Series: The Aftermath

25 Aug 2026 · 6 min

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Following the devastating events of January 2023, the fallout of the Lindsay Clancy case left a family shattered and a public desperate for answers. In part two of our mini-series tracking the trial, we explore the immediate aftermath of the killings, including Lindsay’s initial hospital assessments, psychiatric evaluations, and the care she has received in the three year lead up to the trial. We also discuss what Patrick Clancy's life looked like in the years leading up to the trial from establishing a foundation in honour of Cora, Dawson, and Callan, to running the Boston Marathon in…

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Speaker 1:Hi, I'm Jemma Bass, host of True Crime Conversations, and welcome to our mini series unpacking the trial of Lindsay Clancy in Massachusetts. The case the entire world can't take their eyes off. We're updating you multiple times a week in this feed as the court proceedings continue to unfold. Just a warning, this episode contains descriptions of violence against children and suicide. In our last episode, I detailed the events that led up to the deaths of the Clancy children from Patrick's testimony, including his chilling words to nine one one. In today's episode, we delve into Lindsay and Patrick's lives in the lead up to the trial. During his testimony, Patrick Clancy was asked about all three of his children, Cora five, Dawson three, and eight month old Callen.

Speaker 2:Cora's into princesses, and she had a lot of friends, and she just liked taking care of people. He was in the firefighters and trucks, and he liked parpetrol. Allen correct, he had.

Speaker 1:Many Lindsay and Patrick named Cora after the first baby Lindsey delivered as a nurse. Patrick described his ex wife as a dedicated mum. Prior to the killings. As emergency services arrived on the scene and took in the horror that was in front of them. Lindsay was rushed from one hospital to the next. Due to the severity of her trauma, she needed intensive surgical and medical treatment. Children were also rushed to local hospitals, but none of them survived.

Speaker 1:A few days after the killings, Patrick received a voicemail from Lindsay.

Speaker 2:She said she heard a man's voice telling her that if she didn't do it now, she would lose her chance, or something like that.

Speaker 1:She was assessed on January twenty sixth, two days after the killings. Incubated in the ICU, psychiatric staff gave her paper to write her answers on. When asked how she was feeling, she wrote down horrified. Then do I have an attorney? When asked if she had questions for the psychiatric team, she said.

Speaker 3:She asked, is my body broken? Are my legs street? She then asked about can she have visitors? And you know where her family is.

Speaker 1:In another assessment, it was raised that Lindsay wanted to change her health care proxy from her husband to her parents. The next day, it was determined she had the medical decision making capacity to do so. Eventually, she was transferred to a psychiatric facility where she was being held. She continues to receive medical treatment and remains partially paralyzed. Her sister and her mother have continued to support her. During her mum's testimony, she said.

Speaker 4:Lindsay was a very loving mother. She was dedicated to her children. She was a fun mother. I was always doing things for her kids. She always wanted to be a mother, have many children, and I felt it was the best thing that ever happened to her, and she would do anything for her children. She was just a loving mother.

Speaker 1:After the killings, a friend of the family started a GoFundMe on Patrick's behalf, which raised just over a million dollars with the intention of helping cover medical bills, funeral services, and legal help. In the description of the GoFundMe, thanked those for contributing. Since the deaths of his children, he's been actively involved in charitable endeavors, including the Herd Foundation, which was created by him alongside his sisters in twenty twenty four. The charity's core mission is to build a dedicated treatment center where parents can heal with dignity and support and foster a culture of kindness and connection so no one struggles alone. It's been reported that Patrick went on solo trips to both Europe and Latin America in the months after his children were killed, before relocating to New York. In the May of twenty twenty three, he sold the family home in Duxbury and rented an apartment in the Upper East Side of New York and started a new job working for Microsoft. At the time, he filed for divorce from Lindsay and began dating again. In February twenty twenty four, he was in a confirmed new

Speaker 1:relationship with doctor Rachel Danis. The pair moved in together in twenty twenty five and were married in April twenty six in New York's Central Park, just a few months prior to Lindsay's trial. Patrick has continued to center his children in his life after running the Boston Marathon in tribute to them, he shared in a statement shared by the Boston Children's Hospital, Callen spent his last moments in my arms before he passed at Boston Children's Hospital. They gave me a little more time with my boy, and I'll forever be grateful for that, He shared. This with reporters after crossing the finish line.

Speaker 3:I love my kids.

Speaker 2:There are wonderful people. They had a lot of friends. Everybody loved them, and they had short lives, but they had really good lives.

Speaker 1:In the next episode of this mini series exploring the Lindsay Clancy trial, we're unpacking the key points the prosecution of presented at trial. Thank you for listening to True Crime Conversations. We'll be back soon.

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