The father of three children who were allegedly strangled by their mother has given an emotional tribute to them after crossing the Boston Marathon finish line.
‘They had short lives – but they had good lives,’ Patrick Clancy said as he completed the famous 26.2-mile course through the Massachusetts capital while raising more than $75,000 for the hospital which treated them.
‘I love my kids, they’re wonderful people. They had a lot of friends, everybody loved them,’ Clancy, 33, added after he accomplished the iconic race in 3:59:19 Monday.
The marathon was a form of therapy for the devastated father. His partner, depressed midwife Lindsay Clancy, allegedly killed their three kids 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, MA, after Patrick left the house momentarily to pick up a takeaway.
Patrick Clancy (pictured), the father of three children who were allegedly strangled by their mother has given an emotional tribute to them after crossing the Boston Marathon finish line
Patrick decided to raise money for Boston Children’s Hospital, where the couple’s youngest, Callan, spent his last months before he died when he was seven-months-old
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. (Pictured: the mother in court)
Lindsay tried to kill herself afterwards, slashing her wrists and jumping out of an upstairs bedroom window. She survived, but was paralyzed from the waist down and is still undergoing treatment.
Patrick forgave his wife for the alleged atrocities last year, citing her struggle with postpartum psychosis.
‘In the short time there were here, my kids brought me so much joy and couldn’t have made their dad prouder,’ Patrick said on his donation page for Boston Children’s Hospital.
‘In many ways, I’m just trying to be more like them. Their passion in life was infectious.’
‘With Cora, Dawson, and Callan in spirit, see you at the finish line,’ he said in an update just before the marathon kicked off on Monday.
Patrick said that the money raised through his fundraiser is set to go toward the ‘very best medical care, breakthrough research and vital support services for sick kids and their families.’
In October, his wife Lindsay was being held without bail and committed to psychiatric care because a judge ruled she was ‘at imminent risk of self-harm’.
Judge William F. Sullivan ordered that Lindsay had to be held on psychiatric care at Tewksbury Hospital for six months during a court hearing conducted via Zoom.
Dr Karin Towers, a forensic psychiatrist reported during the arraignment that Clancy was experiencing ‘unbearable depression and trouble getting through each 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, allegedly murdered their three kids in January 2023
‘They had short lives – but they had good lives,’ Patrick Clancy said after he completed the famous 26.2-mile course through the Massachusetts capital while raising more than $75,000 for the hospital which treated them
Patrick Clancy completed the race in 3:59:19, crossing the finish line at around 3.15pm. He is shown in an old photograph, running with his children
Lindsay was arraigned on February 7 from her Brigham and Women’s Hospital bed. Her next court date is scheduled for May 28
Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague provided additional details about the events of January 24, 2023, during which a fitness watch tracked Lindsay’s path from the basement where she allegedly strangled her children to the second floor.
Investigative affidavits showed the mother sliced her wrists and neck before jumping from the second-floor window.
But Sprague said the cuts were ‘superficial’ and did not require stitches, carrying doubt on how serious Lindsay’s suicide attempt was.
She added that the wounds were not bleeding by the time her husband found her.
Sprague mentioned that Clancy appeared to know who she was, emphasizing that there were ‘no hallucinations or delusions’ in Clancy’s notes, where she documented her life and the lives of her children.
A court document obtained by DailyMail.com revealed that she allegedly researched methods of killing before she took her children’s lives and attempted to take her own.
The mother, a labor and delivery nurse, was previously seen addressing the court from her hospital bed with a face mask on.
Investigators found bottles of diazepam, amitriptyline and trazodone, all antidepressants, from 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 had arrived to check on Lindsay and knew ‘something was wrong because his children would not wake up.’
Participants raising money for Boston Children’s Hospital during the Boston Marathon are seen in a group picture. Patrick has raised more than $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 severe form of mental illness. (Pictured: Lindsay Clancy with her child)
He approached the police and started screaming: ‘She killed the kids!’ as he made the discoveries, finding two of his children with band around their necks, turning their faces ‘blue and purple.’
Postpartum psychosis is defined by the National Institutes of Health as a severe form of mental illness.
It is characterized by extreme confusion, loss of touch with reality, paranoia, delusions, disorganized thought process, and hallucinations.’
The illness usually occurs within the first six weeks after giving birth and ‘warrants immediate medical and psychiatric attention and hospitalization if the risk of suicide or filicide exists.’
Lindsay was arraigned on February 7 from her Brigham and Women’s Hospital bed. Her next court date is scheduled for May 28.