Lindsay Clancy's trial is wrapping up its second week, though some people who are following the case have been left with more questions than answers.
As evidence is being presented in front of a Massachusetts jury, there are some things that have stood out to the public, causing confusion. One piece of evidence in particular has caused a stir on social media, as forensic testimony revealed that Clancy's fingerprints were not found on the exercise bands that the prosecution says she used to strangle her three young children. Moreover, her fingerprints were also not recovered from a knife that the prosecution says she used to cut herself before jumping out of her bedroom window.
Parade reached out to retired FBI agent Jason Pack for some insight.
Pack explains that some people are confusing DNA with fingerprints. In this case, Clancy's DNA was found on the exercise bands.
"My understanding is that Lindsay Clancy’s DNA was in fact found on the exercise bands. I believe both sides agreed to that in court," Pack says.
"What investigators could not get were usable fingerprints, off the bands or off the knife in the bedroom. Those are two very different things, and I think they have gotten blended together in the coverage. In my experience, that is not surprising at all," he added.
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Why Weren't Lindsay Clancy's Fingerprints Found on the Exercise Bands or the Knife?
"I want to be clear I am not a lab guy. My background is working scenes on an FBI Evidence Response Team, not sitting at a bench," Pack says before explaining further.
"Fingerprints are fragile. You need a smooth surface and the right kind of contact. Rubber exercise bands are stretchy and textured, and that whole family had handled them for months," he tells Parade. "A knife gripped hard and covered in blood tends to leave a smear, not a ridge pattern."
Pack says that since Clancy has admitted to killing her children, neither side is using this evidence to prove that Clancy didn't commit the act. Because of this, a "missing fingerprint is not a crack in the case."
Why Is Lindsay Clancy on Trial?
Clancy is a former labor and delivery nurse who worked at Massachusetts General Hospital. On Jan. 24, 2023, Clancy admits to killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, inside their Duxbury, Massachusetts, while her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, was out running errands.
The prosecution alleges that Lindsay was of sound mind and that she knowingly murdered her children while the defense argues that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time of the murders. The defense is fighting to prove that Lindsay was not criminally responsible for her actions.
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