Patrick Clancy and his new wife have announced that they are building a family together, about three and a half years after his former wife, Lindsay Clancy, strangled their three children with exercise bands at their Massachusetts home.
Patrick and Dr Rachel Danis discussed their plans in an interview with 60 Minutes—their first public conversation since the criminal case against Lindsay ended in a controversial mistrial.
The couple did not say whether Rachel is pregnant. However, when correspondent Ross Douthat asked if they were “starting a family,” Rachel replied, “yeah.”
Patrick and Rachel, who married in New York City in April, also said they intend to tell their child about Patrick’s late children, Cora, Dawson and Callan.
“I think every parent can agree, you have different relationships with your kids, but they’re all your kids. And I can’t wait to tell them about their brothers and sister,” Patrick said.
The interview came weeks after the case against Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial earlier this month.
Lindsay, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, who was eight months old. The children were killed inside the family’s home in the affluent Massachusetts town of Duxbury on January 24, 2023.
The labor and delivery nurse strangled the children with exercise bands in the basement after Patrick left the house to collect medicine from CVS and pick up a takeaway order from a nearby restaurant.
Patrick Clancy and his new wife, Dr Rachel Danis, met while running in Central Park, she revealed during her interview with 60 Minutes
Patrick remarried in April and now lives in New York City with his wife, Rachel Danis
Lindsay then attempted to take her own life by cutting her wrists and neck before jumping from a second-floor bedroom window. She survived but was left paralyzed from the waist down.
The mother of three has not denied killing the children. Instead, she pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, arguing that she was experiencing severe postpartum depression and psychosis at the time.
The six-week trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, prompted widespread discussion about postpartum mental illness and criminal responsibility, drawing intense attention in the United States and around the world.
After seven days of deliberations, the trial ended without a verdict when the 12-member jury could not reach a unanimous decision, leading the judge to declare a mistrial.
In an unusual development, it emerged during deliberations that one male juror, later identified as Michael P Desronvil, had refused to join the other 11 jurors in finding Lindsay not guilty by reason of insanity.
Several jurors later accused Desronvil of acknowledging reasonable doubt but declining to apply the legal standard. Desronvil, who has hired an attorney, rejected those allegations in a statement, saying he believed Lindsay “knew exactly what she was doing.”
Patrick was a central witness at the trial, where he described his then-wife’s deteriorating mental health and recounted finding the couple’s children dead.
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Friends and family say the newlyweds share a love of running and charitable work
Several months after the killings, Patrick relocated to New York City, sold the family home and filed for divorce.
The Daily Mail reported exclusively in July that the 38-year-old technology executive had later found love with fertility specialist Rachel and remarried.
The couple wed this April in an intimate ceremony at the historic Ladies Pavilion overlooking Central Park’s lake before celebrating with family and friends at Sarabeth’s restaurant.
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Speaking to 60 Minutes, Patrick and Rachel revealed that they met in January 2024 at a run club in New York’s Central Park.
Rachel soon learned what had happened to his children.
They had gotten coffee together and Patrick had pulled out his phone to pay, she said.
She noticed an ‘adorable photo’ of children as the wallpaper and asked: ‘Who are those cuties?,’ Rachel recalled.
When Patrick told her they were his children, she asked if they live in Massachusetts.
‘And Pat said, “They died.” And this is just at the cashier,’ Rachel told Douthat.
‘I guess I had so many questions, and yet at the same time I didn’t know exactly what to ask.’
Patrick, who shared in the interview that he felt suicidal after his children’s deaths, said that meeting Rachel had changed his life ‘in such a positive way.’
‘I always try to take some of the weight from Pat. I always want to strive to do that,’ Rachel said.
‘I know I can’t fix, I can’t bring his kids back. But if I can honor them and allow Pat to grieve but also just continue to honor them in the present, I guess that’s all I can do.’
The couple also spoke out about the vile, baseless accusations and rumors they have faced in recent months.
As Clancy’s trial drew attention all across the globe – with postpartum mental illness taking center stage and pink-clad supporters staging rallies outside the courthouse – with it came a groundswell of online conspiracies.
Patrick’s testimony was picked apart online with some going as far as to accuse him of possible involvement in his children’s deaths.
The 38-year-old’s attorney has since issued a warning to conspiracy theorists that ‘this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop’ or ‘there will be consequences.’
Speaking to 60 Minutes, Rachel hit out at the story becoming ‘so twisted’ as she described Patrick as the ‘most selfless father and supportive partner.’
‘I don’t understand how the story has been so twisted. I was just a girl that met a guy running in Central Park on a really cold Saturday. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that,’ she said.
While Patrick tries to rebuild his life with Rachel, Clancy’s criminal case now hangs in the balance.
Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz is yet to reveal whether or not his office plans to try her a second time – and whether on the same or lesser charges.
Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington has filed a motion asking the court to acquit her on all charges, arguing that the state did not present enough evidence in its case and so should not be able to retry it.
The motion will be argued when the two sides return to Plymouth County Superior Court for a hearing on September 29.
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