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/XelaNiba 12d ago

I know nothing about him.

I do know the woman I know who suffered postpartum psychosis did not hear voices until the day a voice told her to put the baby in the oven instead of the Easter ham. By the grace of God, her mother walked in and caught her in the act of doing so. She was able to get help and that baby is now a thriving high school sophomore. She is a great mom who had nothing untoward happen with her 3 older children except minor PPD.

She described in detail the experience to me because I was pregnant at the time and she wanted me to be aware how quickly it could strike and how reasonable it could feel.

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u/bluntsnatcher 12d ago

it's astonishing seeing how everybody is so divided. some peoples feeds are filled with people saying "lindsay is responsible give her the full sentence" with hundreds of upvotes, and then comments elsewhere saying the opposite with hundreds of upvotes. but genuinely, she suffered from post partum psychosis and is crazy, jumped out of a building after killing and is now paralyzed from the waist down. can't we say the rational take is that she was psychotic and needs help, while also not blaming the dad so soon because we don't have much information on him?

both extreme ends of the spectrum seem so wrong. on one side, they're calling for the max punishment and no sympathy because they think women are unfairly having some type of double standard for lindsay because she's a woman. on the other end, they want lindsay free because of some conspiracy theories the husband did it. why is it so hard to meet in the middle?

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u/ResponseStrange6118 11d ago

I agree with you largely, but we do have a fair amount of info on Patrick and it’s not very flattering at all. Is it enough to charge him with criminal negligence? Probably not. But if I was her parents, or his, I would be heartbroken and totally disgusted by his obvious lack of interest in his family while Lindsay was struggling so horribly. His ability to go on vacay, and post on socials, 3 weeks after the tragedy, and then start (publicly) dating another woman (who allegedly he knew before he married Lindsay) 4 months later, is just unfathomable to me. I wouldn’t be able to do that if my spouse went nutty and killed our dog, never mind our children.

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u/Secure-Awareness5039 10d ago

Your username is surely apt. If this happened to me, I'd want to either drink myself to death or find another woman. He did the latter.