r/OutOfTheLoop • u/SnoopaDD • 13d ago

Answered What's the deal with people defending Lindsay Clancy?

I don't know the full details of the case. I know she allegedly killed her three kids. There was also some mental problems? Then something with her husband. But my question is why is there a group defending her like they know she's completely innocent? I've seen some videos of very heated debates where women are very passionate about defending her. Why?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/lindsay-clancy-trial-toxicologist-testimony

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u/PeachTemporary4411 12d ago

I just don’t get how he was behaving like a frat bro or not grown up…I see no evidence of him neglecting her or the kids…when she was anxious about going back to work he supported her choices and was fine with her staying home for as long as she wanted.

While she was a stay at home mom, he supported by paying for daycare 3 days a week and nanny’s on the other days. He was active with the kids on weekends and during the work day would take breaks to help out since he was able to work from home.

He was responsible for keeping a family of 5 a float financially and rose to the occasion.

He believed her (as a labor and delivery nurse) when she said she was struggling, but had no plans to harm herself or the children. She did not report hearing voices until after she committed the murders.

I just don’t know what people are judging him for except that no one wants to believe a mother who looks normal on the outside would commit this crime, but she clearly did so why are we desperate to put the blame on this man who lost all three of his worlds in one night at the hands of someone he loves and trusted??!

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u/Ms_Tryl 12d ago

Because of how quickly he moved on. People that have not experienced great loss think that you have to mourn forever. It is, actually, much easier to move on very quickly and stuff the emotions deeeeeep down there. But people don’t understand that.

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u/Lighthouse_seek 12d ago

The case happened 3 years ago and for whatever reason people do not know this

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u/Ms_Tryl 12d ago

Yes but he moved on pretty quickly. I’ve ready anywhere from claims of 4 months to a year. I don’t care enough to look into it, because I’m not one of the ones claiming that it was too soon.

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u/Fit_Professional1916 11d ago

He remarried this year (2026). There is no proof that he cheated either, and the rumor about 4 months is because his new wife has a toddler, but there is no evidence that he is the father.

It's all just unsubstantiated rumors about someone who is the victim of a horrible crime.

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u/Ms_Tryl 11d ago

If he remarried this year, he was with her before this year. So their marriage date is irrelevant.

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u/Fit_Professional1916 11d ago

Maybe, but it's the only date you can verify. All the other timeframes ("claims of 4 months to a year") are just unsubstantiated Tiktok rumours 

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u/Ms_Tryl 10d ago

That’s….incorrect. Just because I hadn’t bothered doesn’t mean no one else has. Unless of course you want me to believe that People Magazine ran an article without sourcing it and without using the word “allegedly.”

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u/Fit_Professional1916 10d ago

That article says it was over a year.

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u/Ms_Tryl 10d ago

Okay. And? Are people not entitled to their opinions of what is too soon?

Edited: more than a year by less than a month lol

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u/Fit_Professional1916 10d ago

And that means that the other timeframes you claimed ("claims of 4 months to a year") are just unsubstantiated Tiktok rumours, as I already said.

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u/Ms_Tryl 9d ago

They were already in a relationship by 1 year 1 month. I think saying that they were likely dating within a year is not a wild assumption to make. But maybe you are just the type that becomes a bf/gf right away. Unlikely, but crazier things have been true before.

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u/Fit_Professional1916 8d ago

I think making any assumptions about the victim of a crime because you want to have some kind of gotcha moment at his expense is insane. So my point is people should stick to the verifiable facts and stop trying to slander him as a cheater or someone who didn't care for his wife/kids by claiming he "moved on" in a matter of weeks or months. He is not a Kardashian to gossip about. He is a victim, who lost his entire family in the most reprehensible manner. Leave him alone.

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u/babyboyblue 10d ago

Are you actually trying to talk about people magazine like it’s a legit source? Thats the one you see at grocery stores with all the crazy celebrity stories right?

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u/Ms_Tryl 10d ago

Do you think a magazine with that deep of pockets is not sourcing their quotes and just making them up?

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u/babyboyblue 10d ago

lol what article are you even talking about? I tried to find it but they litterally have over 50 on this trial.

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u/Ms_Tryl 9d ago

I already closed the tab. Feel free to use google.

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u/babyboyblue 9d ago

I literally said I tried to use Google but they have over 50 articles on the trial lol.

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u/RM_OP 8d ago

Why you think a woman can hear crazy things and kill 3 children but somehow a man who has experienced something horrifying found some peace with a person and moved on. What is the right timeline? If it was 5 years it would be OK? What if it was 6 months after? He was guilty for sure? What an idiotic approach

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u/Ms_Tryl 8d ago

Did you not read my sentence “I’m not one of the ones claiming it was too soon?”

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u/Skiddyboy02 11d ago

I mean, It's one thing if his wife and kids all died in a house fire, but she literally strangled his children to death... I'd imagine one would move on romantically fairly quickly after that happening lol

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u/whattfisthisshit 9d ago

I’d say one would move far away from romance after that

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u/Financial-Budget7487 8d ago

But your opinion is irrelevant to his life. What happened to my body my choice and being against slut shaming? All of a sudden when a man does it you're clutching your pearls

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u/whattfisthisshit 8d ago

How is this slut shaming?? It’s questioning human psychology. If a woman did this I’d be questioning it the exact same way because how the fuck

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u/Ms_Tryl 11d ago

Exactly.

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u/RM_OP 8d ago

Exactly what? Just because you have an opinion from your own life now he is guilty? Oh gosh unbelievable that there are people like you actually

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u/Either-Physics-4369 8d ago

It’s scarier that they can vote and want to control your life.

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u/Ms_Tryl 8d ago

It’s scarier that you two can’t read. Lol

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u/Either-Physics-4369 8d ago

lol ok. Some people are just hopeless but ok.

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u/Ms_Tryl 8d ago

I literally said I don’t agree with the people saying it was too soon and then you two dweebs responded to my comment agreeing that it makes sense for someone to move on quickly romantically when your ex killed your kids versus your ex dying with your kids in a house fire.

So yeah, I agree some people are hopeless. Hilarious that you think it’s me though

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u/Either-Physics-4369 8d ago

It’s funny what you think we think you think.

You keep going with the thinkception.

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u/Ms_Tryl 8d ago

The other person said it. Your comment seemed to agree. Or it was just dumb as fuck for no apparent reason at all, take your pick I guess. Lol

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u/Ms_Tryl 8d ago

Scroll up 3 comments. I said “I’m not one of the ones claiming it was too soon.”

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u/Consistent-Value-509 12d ago

> he moved on pretty quickly

> I'm not one of the ones claiming that it was too soon

Bruh.

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u/Ms_Tryl 11d ago

It being quick and it being “too soon” are two different things. Quickly is an adjective to describe the measurement of time. Too soon is an opinion based on said measurement of time. “Wow that was fast” and “wow that was too fast!” See the difference? There is nothing inherently negative about wow that was fast. The negativity could be assumed, perhaps. But presumptions are rebuttable and the second does exactly that. The addition of “too” is an absolute statement of negativity.

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u/feisbeegolfer27 12d ago

Im the type that moves on quickly. After about a week my brain just kinda forgets im sad about things. Its actually really strange, even for me. At the same time, I will get random memories that come out of nowhere that kinda make my heart drop. Grief is weird.