The distraught husband of the woman who is accused of killing their three children has revealed the chilling response she allegedly gave when he asked why she did it.
Patrick Clancy, 33, had left his family home in Duxbury, Massachusetts on January 24, 2023, to pick up dinner and medication for one of his three children.
Patrick told the New Yorker that he was at the CVS store when he suddenly got a feeling that something was amiss and called his wife Lindsey.
Lindsey didn't pick up at the first ring so she called her husband back and told him to pick up Pedia-Lax for Cora.
The father-of-three revealed to the the publication that his wife sounded normal during the call, which took place on the day of the tragedy, but "seemed to be in the middle of something".
Once Patrick returned home after being out for less than an hour, he discovered his master bedroom locked. He forced his way inside and found blood spattered on the floor, a bloody knife on the nightstand, and a window open.
He then took a closer look and saw his barely conscious wife lying in their backyard after allegedly trying to take her own life by jumping out their home’s second-story window.
Patrick asked his partner "What did you do?” after finding her on the ground and she allegedly said: “I tried to kill myself.” He then asked where their children were, and she responded: “In the basement.”
He soon discovered his three children: Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, in the basement with exercise bands still around their necks, and attempted to resuscitate them.
Despite his best efforts to save them, Cora and Dawson were pronounced dead while Callan tragically passed away a few days later.
Lindsay was left paralyzed from the waist down after she reportedly attempted to take her own life. She has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, three counts of strangulation, and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, per Daily Mail.
The mom-of-three, who worked as a labor nurse, suffered from anxiety and was institutionalized in the months before the horrific incident.
The heartbroken father revealed that he asked his wife several questions after the tragedy, such as whether she planned to kill his children.
“I think one of the first things I asked was, ‘Did you plan this? Is that why you sent me out?’" he told the outlet. In response, Lindsay allegedly made it clear that the deaths were not something she'd planned.
“She said, ‘No, it just was, like, a snap of the fingers,'" Patrick said, adding that she had Googled "ways to kill" for herself before she was feeling "suicidal for two months".
The grieving father said he has chosen to speak out to stop “lies and misinformation” that have come out due to the interest around Lindsey's forthcoming murder trial.
Looking back on his relationship with his wife, Patrick said that he "wasn't married to a monster," but was instead married to "someone who got sick".
A date for Lindsey's trial has not yet been set.
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