Lindsay Clancy Juror Slams Holdout Juror’s "Disgusting" Moment
Lindsay Clancy Jurors Break Silence on Mistrial in Murder Case
New details are emerging from the deliberations during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial.
After the judge declared a mistrial on Sept. 4, juror Nick Dargie shared his experience inside the jury room, calling out the one unnamed male juror who prevented a unanimous verdict following seven days of deliberations.
“It was definitely frustrating,” Dargie told ABC News about the juror in an interview that aired on Good Morning America Sept. 10. “Mainly frustrating when he explicitly said, ‘You know, I don’t know if the prosecution or the defense proved their case.’”
While Lindsay admitted to killing her and then-husband Patrick Clancy’s children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, in 2023, she pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder and strangulation. Her attorneys argued she couldn’t be held criminally responsible for their deaths because the former labor-and-delivery nurse wasn't in her right mind due to postpartum psychosis.
Dargie recalled a particularly upsetting moment from the deliberations when the unnamed juror allegedly picked up the exercise band Clancy had used to kill her children.
"He took the exercise band out of the bag, grabbed an empty water bottle, and tied the band around the water bottle and pulled it," Dargie said. “I was shocked. It didn't make any sense to me.”
“We're not in here to play detective or it's not a game of Clue. This is serious,” he explained. “I asked him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ It’s disgusting.”
The 25-year-old also expressed his frustration that the juror was unable to provide a reason as to why he didn’t agree with the rest of the jury, who were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity, according to the foreperson.
"There wasn't a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was, which is why we ultimately sent in that note," he said, referring to a note the jury foreperson gave to Judge William Sullivan about the holdout juror. "Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with somebody having a completely opposite opinion. That would be a hung jury. That is our justice system."
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But according to Dargie—who was serving in the military overseas at the time of the murders—the one juror often didn’t even attempt to engage with his fellow jurors and was sometimes “scrolling on his phone” when they tried to talk to him.
Ultimately, Dargie “felt defeated” by the outcome, adding, “We spent seven weeks on this trial, almost two months of all of our lives dedicated to it.”
The time spent certainly left its mark on him, as he shared many aspects of the trial that still haunt him, especially the 911 call Patrick made after finding his children. While the call was played in the courtroom, Judge Sullivan ordered it not to be shared publicly.
“I’ve never heard something like that, like a scream like that come out of someone's mouth,” he said. “It's horrifying.”
The call also helped him solidify his thoughts regarding Patrick and the conspiracy theories that he was responsible for his children’s deaths, saying, "I think if everyone heard that 911 call, they would change their mind."
As for the defendant, Dargie believes that if she is tried again, she would not be found criminally responsible for her children’s deaths.
"I think if they tried the trial again the way they did, I think nine times out of 10, I think a jury would come back with not guilty by reason of insanity," he said. "No doubt in my mind."
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Dargie’s recollection came just days after his fellow jurors Roni Carlson, Kellie Farina and Paula Devlin shared their own experience, with Devlin saying the hold out juror was “very arrogant.”
"He really did not take anything that anybody said,” she told NBC10 Boston in an interview published Sept. 8. “He tried to ask a question about the medications, and we went back to the report from South Shore Hospital.”
According to Carlson, who served as the jury foreperson, “He had reasonable doubt. He admitted he had reasonable doubt after we watched that video of the interview—I think that's when it was. I started filling out the forms. I was so excited."
But as soon as she began completing the paperwork for the verdict—even adding her signature—the lone juror said, “’But I'm still not going to say that she's not guilty by reason of insanity.'"
For more information regarding Lindsay Clancy’s case, keep reading.
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Patrick Clancy Says Lindsay Clancy Told Him She Thought About Suicide and Harming Their Kids
Lindsay Clancy's now-ex-husband was the first witness called to testify during her murder trial, which began July 27 in Plymouth Superior Court.
The 35-year-old former nurse has not denied killing daughter Cora, 5, and sons Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, but has pleaded not guilty of murder, the defense attributing her actions to postpartum psychosis.
Patrick Clancy testified that Lindsay struggled with her mental health after giving birth to Callan in May 2023, according to CNN.
She also sought treatment after Dawson was born in 2019, he said, "but it didn’t last very long.”
Lindsay's "big spiral," as he referred to it, occurred in December 2023 after she started taking a new medication, one of several she'd been prescribed since September, Patrick said. He testified that Lindsay told him she had "intrusive thoughts" about harming their children and herself.
He didn't worry about the kids' safety, he said, because she didn't seem to have "any intention” of actually hurting them.
On Dec. 31, Patrick said, Lindsay went to the E.R. at Massachusetts General Hospital "because she was still talking about thoughts of suicide. She was admitted to an affiliated psychiatric facility, and when she was discharged Jan. 5 she seemed "much better."
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Patrick Clancy Describes Last Time He Saw Their Children Alive
On Jan. 24, 2023, Lindsay "was having one of her best days," Patrick testified, per CNN, recalling that his then-wife built a snowman in the yard.
"She was playing with the kids," he said, "and she seemed in a good mood."
That morning she had taken Cora to a doctor's appointment and he had texted her a picture of Dawson after he "dressed himself completely for the first time."
Patrick told the court he had felt "hopeful" since his wife's release from the hospital. “Her mood seemed better,” he said. "She was more active, and she was able...to partake in more things.”
Before he left to pick up dinner and medication for Cora, he said he kissed one of the kids on the head and told them he'd "be right back."
Prosecutors allege Lindsay sent Patrick on errands to get him out of the house on purpose. Then, Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham said in her opening statement, she strangled the children with exercise bands "deliberately and meticulously."
Patrick testified July 29 that no one told him he shouldn't leave Linday alone with their kids, telling the court, "I didn't know what psychosis was until after this happened."
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What Patrick Clancy Told 911, Cops After Finding His Children Unresponsive
In the audio recording of Patrick's seven-minute 911 call that was played in court July 29, according to the Associated Press, he's heard telling the dispatcher, who repeatedly asks what happened, "She killed the kids!"
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Lindsay Clancy Wrote in Her Diary That She Wanted Help
Lindsay wrote about her struggles, including that she felt "incredibly sad and guilty" about not breastfeeding Callan, according to journal excerpts read to jurors Aug. 5.
"I want help," she wrote in an entry read by her attorney. "I want to be well."
In another, she said, "I have crazy brain fog. I feel like I can't make a plan. I live moment to moment waiting for the next nap time. I'm terrified of Cal getting overtired now because I feel can't help him."
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Toxicologist Details Medication Found in Lindsay Clancy's System
When Lindsay was hospitalized after killing her children and allegedly tried to take her own life, she tested positive for the antidepressant mirtazapine, the mood stabilizer lamotrigine, the antidepressant trazodone and quetiapine, a drug used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression, forensic toxicologist Justin Brower testified Aug. 5.
He said, per The Guardian, that his lab found that only the level of quetiapine in her blood was slightly elevated, but it wasn't at a "toxic" or "suicidal concentration." He further described the levels in her blood as "not consistent" with someone who takes a bunch of pills before trying to end her life.
Under defense cross-examination, Brower also said that toxicology results "don’t tell the entire story."
Lindsay's attorney Kevin Reddington said in his July 28 opening statement that she has bipolar disorder and medication worsened her condition.
On the day she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan, Reddington said, she heard a voice telling her, "'This is your last chance. Kill the children so you can kill yourself.'"
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Family Nanny Calls Lindsay Clancy a "Wonderful Mom"
The Clancy family's nanny Elaine Rossi testified Aug. 5 that she had no concerns about Lindsay's fitness as a mother.
“I observed a wonderful mom who loved her kids," Rossi said. "She was concerned about their safety, and Callan eating and sleeping. She was a wonderful mother.”
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Lindsay Clancy Wasn't Planning to Return to Work, According to Former Colleague
Andrea Hennigan, who previously worked with the defendant at Massachusetts General, testified Aug. 6 that Lindsay told her at lunch after Callan was born that she didn't plan to go back to work as a labor-and-delivery nurse because she "was not in a mental state to take care of patients.”
“She talked about insomnia and not feeling herself,” Hennigan said, per the AP. “I believe she might have used the words brain fog or something like that.”
Lindsay texted her in January 2023, Hennigan said, that she was experiencing "bad or negative side effects" from medication.
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Lindsay Clancy Sobs as Prosecution Shows Autopsy Photos, Defense Accuses Prosecutors of "Hot Mic" Moment
The judge called for a brief morning recess Aug. 6 after Lindsay broke down in court while jurors viewed autopsy photos from the examination of 8-month-old Callan's body, according to the Patriot Ledger.
When they returned from their morning break the next day, Reddington told Judge Williams Sullivan he had an issue to raise.
Asked what he had to share, per the Ledger, the lawyer replied, "I want to tell you that [a prosecutor] got picked up on a hot mic saying 'shut her up' during the playing of their autopsy."
“This is not like Handmaid’s Tale," Reddington added. "You can’t tape her mouth shut."
Prosecution lawyers said in response that they reviewed footage of the moment in question and what appeared to have been said was, 'Shut it off,' indicating they should remove the autopsy photos from the screen.
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Lindsay Clancy's Final Texts to Husband Patrick Revealed
Lindsay's final text exchange with Patrick before, as he testified, he came home and found her lying in the yard and their children in the basement, appeared to be about dinner plans.
“Any chance you want to do take out from ThreeV,” she sent him at 4:53 p.m. on the evening of January 24, 2023, according to messages read in court Aug. 14 by prosecution witness State Trooper Timothy Chiappini, who analyzed Lindsay's cell phone. “I didn’t cook anything. It’s been a long day.”
Patrick replied, "Yeah," and she wrote back, "Okie dokie, check the menu when you can.”
Patrick then asked if Callan was up from his nap yet, and she replied, "It was just a short nap."
Also per the texts read in court, Lindsay said at 5:07 p.m. that she'd have a Mediterranean Power Bowl, while Patrick went with "scallops and pork belly risotto" a minute later.
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Lindsay Clancy's Search History and Apple Watch Readings Are Shared
Called to the stand on Aug. 17 by the prosecution, digital forensics expert Ian Whiffin testified that Lindsay made several online searches about various medications, including "how quickly does wellbutrin work for depression" and "ketamine for suicidal ideation" in the final days before her children were killed.
She also made searches related to postpartum psychosis five days before their Jan. 24 deaths. And on that day, she looked up "kids miralax" and "CVS pharmacy".
Whiffin also spoke on the data recorded by Lindsay's iPhone Apple Health app and her Apple Watch, that showed she had climbed two flights of stairs at 5:03 and 5:33 p.m.
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The Jury Was Suddenly Excused Due to "Unforeseen Circumstance"
Court was decidedly not in session in the later hours of Aug. 19 when Judge William Sullivan suddenly dismissed the 18 jurors due to what he called an "unforeseen circumstance."
Though he did not provide further details, Sullivan told the jury, per ABC News, "This is not something we saw coming, but you're not to speculate about what it is. You're not to hold it against either side. It's just something that we have to deal with."
E! News has reached out to Plymouth Superior Court for comment but has not heard back.
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Lindsay Clancy's Lawyer Alleges One Juror Is Holding Up Verdict and Should Be Replaced
Reddington argued in court Sept. 4 that one juror should be replaced, as they appeared to have a personal issue that was preventing them from following the law and was therefore preventing the jury from coming back with a not guilty verdict.
Judge Sullivan refused, saying, per NBC News, "the discharge of a deliberating juror is a sensitive undertaking, fraught with potential error.”
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