"Patrick Clancy has not been charged with child neglect or abuse because investigators found no evidence of a conscious or reckless failure to protect his children," McLean says. "To bring formal criminal child abuse or neglect charges in Massachusetts, the prosecutor must establish probable cause showing that a crime occurred and that the caregiver was responsible. For a parent to be criminally charged with neglect or endangerment resulting in death, the state must prove a reckless disregard for human life or an awareness of an imminent, deadly threat. Because Patrick had no reason to believe his children's lives were in danger at that moment, he lacks the necessary criminal intent or mens rea (meaning guilty mind)."
Lindsay Clancy attends her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth on July 29, 2026.David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
She highlights that Lindsay was "actively under the care of multiple mental health providers and specialists" and that her then-husband "relied on the assessments of these medical experts, who never instructed him that she could not be left alone with the children."
McLean goes on to point out that Lindsay was discharged from McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, 19 days before the murders of her three young children—Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months—and if medical experts felt it was "safe" to release her, Patrick "would have a strong argument that as a layperson he could not have known that she could cause harm to herself or others." Moreover, Patrick had "no reason to anticipate violence" given that he recalled that his then-wife was having one of her "best" days before he left the house to run errands.
As the trial continues, Patrick remains a central figure—but not as a defendant. Instead, his testimony has become a key part of both sides’ arguments as the jury weighs one of the most difficult questions in the case: whether Lindsay's actions were the result of a criminal decision or a devastating mental health crisis.
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