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boston.com
Lindsay Clancy doesn’t deny she killed her children. So why are online conspiracy theories spreading like wildfire?
“If people followed the case ... that he did it,” McLean said. <strong>Lindsay Clancy, now 36, does not deny she strangled 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan.</strong>...
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newsnationnow.com
Patrick Clancy: Attorney says no evidence ties him to kids’ killings
(NewsNation) — Online theories suggesting Patrick Clancy was somehow involved in the deaths of his three kids have spread during his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, even though <strong>the defense does not dispute she is the one who killed them</strong>.
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bostonglobe.com
Conspiracy theories abound in the Lindsay Clancy case: Why online observers are spreading baseless claims - The Boston Globe
But many online commenters were fixated on details that are irrelevant to that case, including what shoes Patrick Clancy was wearing when Lindsay Clancy asked him to pick up takeout and stop at CVS the evening of Jan. 24, 2023. He returned to find the homicide scene and called 911. Investigators quickly used surveillance footage and phone records to corroborate his account, including that he wasn’t home when the children were strangled — and that Lindsay Clancy was.
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abc7ny.com
Lindsay Clancy trial today: 911 call from husband Patrick after finding children dead brings tears to courtroom - ABC7 New York
-- Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court Wednesday as jurors listened to the anguished 911 call her then-husband made <strong>after re</strong>turning from an errand to find she'd strangled their three children in their Massachusetts home.
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hindustantimes.com
Evidence against Patrick Clancy? Wild claims raise questions if Lindsay's ex-husband will take stand again in trial | Hindustan Times
Wild claims made online have pointed to ‘evidence’ against Patrick Clancy, as his ex-wife, Lindsay, faces trial after being accused of killing their kids. Lindsay allegedly strangled Cora, Dawson, and Callan with exercise bands on January 24, 2023. Patrick Clancy, the father of Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy, looks on from the stand during Lindsay Clancy's murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (REUTERS) Her lawyers, during the trial in Massachusetts, have not refuted that she killed the children but have argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was overly medicated, and thus not fully aware of her actions.
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slate.com
The wild Lindsay and Patrick Clancy conspiracy theories are hiding a darker truth.
You can easily make the argument that <strong>Patrick was a disengaged husband and a negligent caregiver to the woman who had three of his children</strong>. That isn’t criminal, but it is creating a very particular wave of true-crime obsession.
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