In a one‑hour interview aired on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Patrick Clancy described the night in January 2023 when he returned home to find his three children—Cora, five; Dawson, three; and eight‑month‑old Callan—strangled in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts house and his ex‑wife, nurse Lindsay Clancy, paralyzed after jumping from a second‑story window.
Lindsay Clancy, who has been at the center of a national debate over postpartum mental health, is accused of using exercise bands to kill the children before attempting to take her own life. She was later charged with triple murder, and her trial earlier this month concluded with a mistrial; prosecutors have not yet indicated whether a retrial will be pursued.
Patrick said he initially hoped Callan might survive, noting that first responders did not give him full details of the infant’s injuries. He recalled seeing the doctor’s expression at the hospital and realizing the prognosis was grim.
He explained that he first noticed Lindsay’s mental‑health struggles in the fall of 2022, when she reported insomnia and later sought help for postpartum depression. By December 2022 she had admitted herself to McLean Psychiatric Hospital, but Patrick admits he “didn’t know how to manage a postpartum illness.”
The interview also revealed Patrick’s own battle with severe depression and suicidal thoughts after the tragedy, saying there was a period when he did not expect to live past his 35th birthday.
Since moving to New York City, Patrick has remarried Rachel Danis in April 2026. Danis, whom he met at a run club, says she tries to “take some of the weight” from Patrick while honoring his late children, whose memories fill his apartment in the form of photos, a baby sloth plush, and other keepsakes.
Patrick used the platform to defend Lindsay, calling the media labels “killer mom” and “monster” inaccurate, and attributing her actions to mental illness. He also condemned TikTok users and other online commentators who accused him of framing his ex‑wife, describing the rumors as “deeply harmful” to his children’s legacy and a distraction from perinatal‑mental‑health discussions.
While he expressed forgiveness toward Lindsay, Patrick said he believes he “did the best I could with what I had at the time” and continues to live with the outcome every day.