Father of three kids strangled by their mom gives emotional tribute to them as he crosses Boston Marathon finish line: ‘They had short lives – but they had good lives’
The father of three children who were allegedly strangled by their mother has paid an emotional tribute to them after they crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
“They had a short life, but they had a good life,” said Patrick Clancy after completing the famous 26.2-mile course through the Massachusetts capital while raising more than $75,000 for the hospital that treated them.
‘I love my children, they are wonderful people. They had a lot of friends, everyone loved them,” Clancy, 33, added as he finished the iconic race in 3:59:19 on Tuesday.
The marathon was a form of therapy for the devastated father. His partner, depressed midwife Lindsay Clancy, is said to have murdered their three children in January 2023.
She is accused of strangling Cora, five, Dawson, three, and baby Callan with exercise bands in the basement of their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, after Patrick briefly left the house to pick up a takeaway.
Patrick Clancy (pictured), the father of three children allegedly strangled by their mother, has paid an emotional tribute to them after they crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon
Patrick decided to raise money for Boston Children’s Hospital, where the couple’s youngest, Callan, spent his last months before dying at the age of seven months.
Lindsay was charged with the children’s murders after they were discovered in the basement of their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts on January 24, 2023. (Image: mother in court)
Lindsay then attempted suicide, slit her wrists and jumped from her upstairs bedroom window. She survived, but was paralyzed from the waist down and is still receiving treatment.
Patrick forgave his wife for the alleged atrocities last year, citing her struggle with postpartum psychosis.
“In the short time I was here, my children brought me so much joy and couldn’t have made their father more proud,” Patrick said. donation page which has raised more than $75,000.
“In a lot of ways, I’m just trying to be more like them. Their passion for life was contagious.”
“With Cora, Dawson and Callan in mind, see you at the finish,” he said in an update just before the marathon started on Monday.
Patrick said the money raised through his fundraiser will go toward the “best medical care, groundbreaking research and essential support services for sick children and their families.”
In October, Lindsay was held without bail and admitted to psychiatric care because she was “at immediate risk of self-harm,” a judge ruled.
Judge William F. Sullivan ordered Lindsay to receive psychiatric care at Tewksbury Hospital for six months during a hearing held via Zoom.
Dr. Karin Towers, a forensic psychiatrist, reported during the arraignment that Clancy “experiences unbearable depression and struggles to get through every day.”
She pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and strangulation.
The marathon was a form of therapy for the devastated father (pictured hugging a friend at the finish line on Tuesday). His partner, depressed midwife Lindsay Clancy, is said to have murdered their three children in January 2023
“They had a short life – but they had a good life,” Patrick Clancy said after completing the famous 26.2-mile course through the Massachusetts capital, raising more than $75,000 for the hospital that treated them.
Patrick Clancy completed the race in 3:59:19, crossing the finish line around 3:15 p.m. He is shown in an old photo running with his children
Lindsay was arraigned from her bed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on February 7. Her next court hearing is scheduled for May 28
Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague provided additional details about the events of Jan. 24, in which a fitness watch tracked Lindsay’s path from the basement — where she allegedly strangled her children — to the second floor.
Investigative affidavits revealed that the mother cut her wrists and neck before jumping out of the second-floor window.
Sprague said the cuts were “superficial” and did not require stitches, casting doubt on the severity of Lindsay’s suicide attempt. She added that the wounds were not bleeding by the time her husband found her.
Sprague said Clancy seemed to know who she is, and emphasized that there were “no hallucinations or delusions” in Clancy’s notes, in which she documented her life and the lives of her children.
A court document obtained by DailyMail.com revealed that she had reportedly researched murder methods before taking the lives of her children and attempting to commit suicide.
The mother, a labor and delivery nurse, was previously seen addressing the court from her hospital bed wearing a face mask.
Investigators found bottles of diazepam, amitriptyline and trazodone, all antidepressants, in the family home on January 25. All three had been prescribed to Lindsay 16 days before the traumatic incident.
An unsealed affidavit revealed that Patrick was in the basement when police arrived to check on Lindsay and knew “something was wrong because his kids wouldn’t wake up.”
Participants raising money for Boston Children’s Hospital during the Boston Marathon are seen in a group photo. Patrick has raised over $72,000 on his donation page
Patrick forgave his wife for the alleged atrocities last year, citing her struggle with postpartum psychosis
Postpartum psychosis is defined by the National Institutes of Health as a serious form of mental illness. (Photo: Lindsay Clancy with her child)
He approached the police and started shouting: ‘She killed the children!’ While making the discoveries, he found two of his children with a band around their necks, turning their faces “blue and purple.”
Postpartum psychosis is defined by the National Institutes of Health as a serious form of mental illness.
It is characterized by extreme confusion, loss of contact with reality, paranoia, delusions, disorganized thought process and hallucinations.”
The disease usually occurs within the first six weeks after delivery and “ensures immediate medical and psychiatric attention and hospitalization if there is a risk of suicide or filicide.”
Lindsay was arraigned from her bed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on February 7. Her next court hearing is scheduled for May 28.