A juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial has shared new details about the lone holdout whose position resulted in a mistrial.
Nick Dargie, one of only three men on the 12-person jury, told ABC News on Sept. 9 that the male holdout would not explain the reasoning behind his differing view of the case.
“There were several times I would ask him to show us, like, evidence or, you know, describe a witness testimony that helped to prove what he was saying, and he couldn’t,” the 25-year-old said. “There wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was, which is why we ultimately sent in that note.”
Dargie said he had no issue with a juror reaching a different conclusion, adding, “Otherwise, there’s nothing wrong with, like, somebody having a completely opposite opinion. That’s, you know, that would be a hung jury. That is our justice system.”
The holdout at one point said he did not know “if the prosecution or defense proved their case,” Dargie said. He also allegedly declined at times to engage with fellow jurors, according to Good Morning America.
Juror Nick Dargie Describes “Horrifying” 911 Call From Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial
Dargie was stationed overseas with the military in January 2023 when Clancy killed her three children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, by strangling them with exercise bands before attempting to take her own life. Her defense team did not dispute that she killed the children, but argued that postpartum psychosis meant she was not guilty by reason of insanity.
He entered the trial with no prior knowledge of the case. After the judge declared a mistrial and he turned his phone back on, Dargie told ABC News, he became aware of the continuing conspiracy theories surrounding Clancy’s husband, Patrick Clancy.
Dargie said he does not believe those theories would persist if the public had heard the 911 call that was played for jurors.
“The 911 call—I’ll never forget that,” he said. “It was frightening. I’ve never heard something like that. Like a scream like that come out of someone’s mouth. It’s just—it’s horrifying.”
He added that the jury “felt defeated” after being unable to reach a verdict.
“We spent, you know, seven weeks on this trial,” he said, according to Good Morning America. “Almost two months of all of our lives dedicated to it.“
He admitted that the case continues to haunt him.
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“I can’t close my eyes without seeing those kids,” he said. “You know, sitting through all that evidence, sitting through all that witness testimony, I thought she was not guilty by reason of insanity.”
Jury Foreperson Says Lindsay Clancy Holdout Admitted to Having “Reasonable Doubt”
Dargie isn’t the only juror to have shared insight into the high profile case after the mistrial was declared Sept. 4.
Three female jurors including foreperson Roni Carlson, Kellie Farina and Paula Devlin also spoke to NBC’s Boston 10.
Carlson, a retired elementary school teacher, told the outlet the holdout had refused to listen to anyone else on the panel, even after admitting he did have reasonable doubt about Clancy’s guilt.
“He admitted he had reasonable doubt…and I started filling out the forms, I was so excited,” Carlson said, adding that he then told her, ”But I’m still not going to say that she’s not guilty by reason of insanity.”
Another juror described him as “very arrogant,” and said he did not take into consideration some of the evidence presented during trial.
“He tried to ask a question about the medications and we went back to the report from South Shore Hospital. We had the toxicology report. We could see exactly the amounts,” she added. “The nurses in the room spoke to that and talked to that …they spoke to that specific thing that was a question that he had and he just completely disregarded the information that he gave them.”
The three women added that they believed the prosecution lacked compassion during the trial and said that they found defense attorney Kevin Reddington’s style more authentic.
If prosecutors decide to retry the case, the three told the news outlet they plan to attend in support of Clancy.
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not yet announced whether he plans to retry the case.
“I appreciate the fact that there are strong feelings and opinions tied to this case,” Cruz said outside the courthouse, according to Good Morning America. “However, our job is to set aside our feelings and focus solely on the facts. The facts are Lindsay Clancy killed her three children and the evidence suggested to us that she was in control of her actions when she committed those homicides.”