The doxxed “holdout juror” in the Lindsay Clancy case is reportedly a devout Catholic immigrant from Haiti, and a fundraiser in support of him has garnered more than US$250,000.
The juror, whose identity was uncovered against his wishes, refused to join the other 11 jurors in declaring Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, resulting in the trial being declared a mistrial on September 4.
In the days after the mistrial, some of the other jurors appeared on national and local media and criticised him for the resulting mistrial. Juror Paula Devlin described the holdout juror as “arrogant” and told Boston’s NBC10 that “he really did not take anything that anybody said”. Appearing on CBS Mornings, Devlin revealed to host Gayle King that the holdout juror was a Black man.
NBC10 later released details of the holdout juror’s criminal past, noting that he was previously arrested on domestic violence charges, which were then dropped, and had a restraining order against him, which expired. His full name was later published by the Boston Globe.
Since his identity was unmasked, the holdout juror’s family has been harassed by true crime fans, the juror’s brother told the New York Post. He claimed that his “family cannot leave the house” and that people are “leaving notes at my mother’s house. They won’t leave us alone and we don’t know anything”.
His brother and neighbours described the juror as religious and churchgoing, but his brother told the New York Post that he did not believe his faith had anything to do with how he behaved during jury deliberations.
Further, his brother said he had no idea he was part of the jury and that he “was shocked” to find out after the fact.
“He didn’t tell us anything.”
A fundraiser on the website GiveSendGo, titled “Support the Juror”, has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars as of the afternoon of September 16. The fundraiser praised the juror for refusing to vote “not guilty” and for refusing to cave to the pressure of his fellow jurors.
“If they come for him, and they will, this is to cover security, lawyers, and lost work,” says the fundraiser’s description.
This is the latest development in a case that has captured the attention of the American people for nearly two months, and sparked discussions about postpartum mental health and culpability.
Clancy, 36, was found by her then-husband, Patrick, bleeding and semi-conscious outside her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on January 24, 2023. She had slit her wrists and neck and jumped out of her bedroom window, sustaining a spinal cord injury, in an attempt to kill herself. Lindsay Clancy is now paralysed from the waist down.
While on the phone with emergency services, Patrick Clancy discovered his three children – Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months – unresponsive in their basement. Lindsay Clancy had strangled them with exercise bands while she had sent her husband out on an errand.
Cora and Dawson Clancy could not be revived. Callan died three days later. Neither she nor her lawyer disputed the fact that she was the one who killed her three children.
Lindsay Clancy was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of strangulation, to which she pleaded not guilty. She alleges she was in a state of psychosis during the crimes.
The case may be retried.
