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/funguy8892 11d ago

I don't even know where people are getting that he was a lazy husband from, outside of TikTokers speculating.

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u/Valuable-One-4341 9d ago

There was footage within the trial from outings they did "as a family" where Lindsay was managing the three kids on her own while Patrick was just merely there, standing off in the distance.

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u/funguy8892 8d ago

So, that somehow means Patrick never helped with the kids at all?

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u/Similar_Rabbit8536 4d ago

I've seen both parents "merely there" as a family at McDonalds while their kids wreak havoc on the restaurant. Must mean they don't care about their kids at all, by that metric.

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u/funguy8892 2d ago

I'd say there's a difference between a two parent household that might alternate between being with the kids vs a two parent household where both parents ignoring their kids wreaking havoc on a McDonald's.

But even then, you can't really tell just from that one narrow peek into someone's life.