Patrick Clancy’s First Television Interview After Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial

On September 20, 2026 Patrick Clancy appeared with his wife, Dr. Rachel Danis, on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” The interview was his first on-air discussion of the 2023 killings of his three children—Cora, Dawson and Callan (8 months)—and the mistrial in his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy’s murder case on September 4, 2026. In the preview clip, Clancy told correspondent Ross Douthat that he still “talks to them” and asks, “Help me… all the time.” Danis defended the couple against online conspiracy theories and recalled how they met while jogging in Central Park.

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Lindsay Clancy, a former labor-and-delivery nurse, admitted to strangling the children in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts home on January 24, 2023 and then attempting suicide, leaving her partially paralyzed. Her defense argued severe postpartum psychosis and sought a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict; the prosecution maintained premeditation. Judge William Sullivan declared a hung jury after seven days of deliberation, resulting in the mistrial.

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• Children killed: Cora, Dawson, Callan (8 months).

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• Jury: 12 members (nine women, three men).

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• Split: eleven jurors favored not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity, one voted for criminal responsibility.

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• Upcoming hearing: September 29 to decide if prosecutors will seek a retrial.

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The case has heightened national focus on postpartum mental-health issues and the legal standards for insanity defenses. Clancy’s discussion of his grief and the conspiracy theories aims to shift attention toward perinatal mental-health resources. His attorney warned that online harassment could chill victims’ families.

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• Both accounts agree the trial ended without a verdict, but descriptions of the majority’s position differ.

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• Future prosecution: No outlet has confirmed whether the District Attorney will file a retrial; the September 29 hearing will determine the next steps.

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• “Enough is enough -- this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop. Those responsible should understand that there will be consequences, and every appropriate measure will be pursued to hold them accountable, including legally. Law enforcement has been notified,” — Howard Cooper, attorney

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• “I don’t understand how the story’s been so twisted,” — Dr. Rachel Danis, fertility doctor

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• “Patrick Clancy is grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment, and their perseverance. The loss of Patrick’s children is something from which he will never recover and from which there will never be closure. The prospect of reliving this tragedy through another trial is extraordinarily painful -- for Patrick, for his family, and for all of us.” — David Meier, attorney

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