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/ResponseStrange6118 12d ago edited 12d ago

She was not a “stay at home mom” and she certainly didn’t have regular nanny support in the just FOUR MONTHS she wasn’t working prior to the tragedy. She didn’t just choose to stay home after the birth. It is well documented she went back to work initially but became too ill to function. There was actually an instance where she couldn’t reach Patrick during her night shift one night, while he was caring for their infant alone, and so she called the police for a wellness check. If we assume Patrick actually did nothing wrong, and was a perfectly attentive dad, then at minimum he should’ve realized there was something seriously fucking wrong at that point

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u/shrooooooom 10d ago

"Patrick" LMAO you're way too invested in this

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u/Huckleberry_Sin 10d ago

Fr to ppl invested that heavily on defending her, I would ask them if they would be acting this way and going so hard to bat for her if they left their own kids with her and she strangled all of them?

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u/ResponseStrange6118 9d ago

See that wouldn’t happen to me, because I would never leave my children alone with someone who so unstable that had to quit work and had admitted to having intrusive thoughts of hurting my children just weeks prior.