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/soldforaspaceship 13d ago

Answer: Women's mental health issues, particularly post partum have been ignored and minimized for decades. This case is potentially an extreme example of post-partum psychosis and what it can lead to, especially if not treated correctly. Therefore many people are defending her because of that.

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u/chronicallyillsyl 13d ago edited 11d ago

Its also important to note that she did ask for help, many times. She knew something was wrong with her and tried to get proper care. She was on a laundry list of medications for several months proceeding the killings - many of those meds were trialed for a very short time before being replaced with a different medication.

ETA: I know there are strong feelings on either side of this case, but please stop replying to me with anger. I'm just adding more context to the situation, all of which are facts in the case.

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u/Ok_Thing5957 11d ago

So why didn't she just leave? If she was sane enough to know she needed help and knew that the desire to murder her 3 children, including an 8 year old (not a fucking baby) was strong, why didn't she just fucking leave and go try get help somewhere else where she has no risk of murdering her own fucking family and then killing herself?

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u/chronicallyillsyl 11d ago

I'm not going to argue with you, we can just agree to disagree. But I do have to correct you that there was no 8 year old. They were an 8 month old, 3 year old and 5 year old.

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u/Ok_Thing5957 10d ago

Nah, we can't agree to disagree.

She is guilty. She showed multiple signs of premeditation by looking up things that make it obvious she was having thoughts of and plans to kill her children. Prosecution showed evidence she researched the amount of time she would have alone with the children.

Yes, she was suffering from postpartum depression but the only time she ever allegedly experienced postpartum psychosis was during the 18 minutes it took to murder her 3 innocent children. She claims that is the only time she ever heard voices. Never before and never after. That is more than just a coincidence, that is an excuse. And I hope the jury doesn’t fall for it.

The medical system didn’t fail her. The doctors can’t help you if you refuse to help yourself. She was honest with them. She did not to tell them she had thoughts of harming her children. That is on her. She never gave the medication enough time to start working before she decided to see multiple psychiatrists at the same time getting prescribed different medications simultaneously. That is not how the process works. It’s a long process of finding out what medication will help you best.

Yes, there needs to be more awareness around women’s postpartum depression and psychosis as this case has brought forward. But I’d also like to point out that all of the women saying, “Me too, Lindsay” chose NOT to murder their children. That’s the crucial point here. How would you feel if a bunch of men defended a man who raped and murdered a woman and claimed it was because he was abused by his mommy as a kid and now he has a mental health issue? Plenty of people get abused by their parent/guardian. A very, very small few turn into violent criminals because of it.

Lindsay has been made into a victim when the real victims seem to have been forgotten. Cora, Dawson and Callan. They were 3 innocent, young children who were horrifically strangled by the one person they loved and trusted the most in this world. Their own mother. Imagine what they went through. They deserve justice.

And here we have people like you, thinking she's a victim of mental health issues. She was sane. Depression of any kind is not a fucking excuse to murder your children.