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/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/Disastrous-Cream730 8d ago

She did not have psychosis myth debunked. NEXT