‘Shock and pain:’ Husband of Duxbury mother charged in children’s deaths gives statement - Boston 25 News

DUXBURY, Mass. — The hubby of Lindsay Clancy, a Duxbury parent charged successful the deaths of her children, is asking radical to forgive her.

“I privation to inquire each of you that you find it heavy wrong yourselves to forgive Lindsay, arsenic I have. The existent Lindsay was generously loving and caring towards everyone - me, our kids, family, friends, and her patients,” Patrick Clancy wrote successful a connection that was posted Saturday to a GoFundMe page that is taking donations for the family. “The precise fibers of her psyche are loving. All I privation for her present is that she tin someway find peace.”

Lindsay Clancy, 32, has been charged with 2 counts of murder, 3 counts of strangulation oregon suffocation, and 3 counts of battle and artillery with a unsafe weapon, according to the apprehension warrant. Emergency crews responding to a 911 telephone recovered her 3 young children unconscious and suffering from trauma successful the family’s location connected Tuesday night.

Her 2 eldest children, 5-year-old Cora Clancy and 3-year-old Dawson Clancy, were pronounced dormant astatine a infirmary soon aft being recovered astatine the home. The territory attorney’s bureau announced Friday that the couple’s 3rd child, 8-month-old Callan Clancy, has besides died.

Lindsay Clancy is nether constabulary custody successful a Boston hospital. In his connection Saturday, her hubby shared loving memories of his household and 3 children.

“My household was the champion happening that ever happened to me,” Patrick Clancy wrote. “I took truthful overmuch pridefulness successful being Lindsay’s hubby and a dada to Cora, Dawson, and Callan. I ever reminded myself that each time with them was a caller gift.”

Lindsay Clancy, 32, parent of Duxbury

“Callan usually woke up archetypal and would remainder his caput connected my enarthrosis for a fewer minutes arsenic helium adjusted to morning,” Patrick Clancy wrote. “Dawson typically sang oregon spoke his thoughts retired large for a portion earlier we’d spell get him. Cora was a large miss and would simply locomotion downstairs. I tin inactive vividly representation her coming into the surviving country each greeting with her hairsbreadth successful a mess, grin connected her face.”

The household “always started our days together, speechmaking books, cuddling up connected the couch, and playing with magnet tiles. I loved taking them places, whether it was scooting astatine Chandler elementary, vacation, skiing, retired connected the boat, oregon to Duxbury Beach, 1 of our favourite places connected earth. They gave maine intent and I ne'er took it for granted. There is present a monolithic void wherever that intent erstwhile was,” Patrick Clancy wrote.

Police responded to 47 Summer St. astir 6:15 p.m. Tuesday aft Patrick Clancy arrived location and called 911 to study his wife’s attempted suicide. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said Lindsay Clancy had jumped retired of a second-story window.

On Saturday, Patrick Clancy shared idiosyncratic details astir his children, and however they brightened up his days.

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His eldest, 5-year-old Cora, “had an infectious laughter and was stunningly beautiful. She was the cautious one, but it was truly due to the fact that she was truthful caring. She utilized to accidental she wanted to beryllium a doc and a mama erstwhile she grew up and she would signifier by giving Callan cheque ups,” Patrick Clancy wrote.

His mediate child, 3-year-old Dawson, “had beautiful, bold, brownish eyes that beamed with friendship. He was people humorous and generous beyond the norm of a emblematic toddler, ever consenting to stock his toys with others. For each the emotion helium received, helium ever gave backmost more,” Patrick Clancy wrote.

And the baby, 8-month-old Callan, “was our casual going child. I ever said it was due to the fact that helium was the 3rd kid - helium had to accommodate and helium did easily. He was calved with hardly immoderate fuss and was by acold our champion sleeper. He was conscionable an incredibly blessed and vibrant baby, perpetually smiling,” Patrick Clancy wrote.

“Callan died with tremendous courageousness contempt being truthful little. Maybe it was his mode of demonstrating what I request to bash to property forward. I’ll ever effort to gully inspiration from him,” Patrick Clancy wrote. “He’ll ever beryllium my small hero.”

Patrick Clancy besides shared intimate details astir his woman and their relationship, including however it was “love astatine archetypal sight” erstwhile they archetypal met.

“I privation to stock immoderate thoughts astir Lindsay. She’s precocious been portrayed mostly by radical who person ne'er met her and ne'er knew who the existent Lindsay was,” Patrick Clancy wrote. “Our matrimony was fantastic and diametrically grew stronger arsenic her information rapidly worsened. I took arsenic overmuch pridefulness successful being her hubby arsenic I did successful being a begetter and felt persistently fortunate to person her successful my life. I inactive retrieve the precise infinitesimal I archetypal laid eyes connected her and tin callback however flooded I was with the benignant of emotion astatine archetypal show you lone spot successful movies. It truly didn’t instrumentality agelong earlier I was definite I wanted to wed her.”

“We said “I emotion you” to each different aggregate times daily, arsenic if it were a reflex. We habitually started each greeting with a passionate hug, yielding a suspiration of alleviation similar we had each received the cleanable medicine,” Patrick Clancy wrote. “If excessively overmuch clip passed with retired a hug, she’d look astatine maine and ask, “did you forget?” We mutually understood the world that radical tin person atrocious days, but we stuck to the regularisation that erstwhile 1 of america got lost, the different was ever determination to bring them home, always. She loved being a nurse, but thing matched her aggravated emotion for our kids and dedication to being a mother. It was each she ever wanted. Her passionateness taught maine however to beryllium a amended father.”

The grieving begetter besides thanked the Duxbury community, archetypal responders, spiritual leaders and healthcare workers who person helped him and his household successful caller days.

“I committedness I’ll enactment each my vigor into healing and rediscovering my purpose,” Patrick Clancy wrote. “I beryllium that to each of you, Duxbury occurrence and police, our compassionate healthcare workers, our section religion leaders, the Microsoft community, and particularly Cora, Dawson, and Callan. I don’t cognize however oregon erstwhile I’ll beryllium capable to bash it, but your emotion and generosity volition assistance maine get started. I cognize that emotion ever wins.”

“Thank you each for your emotion and support,” Patrick Clancy wrote. ”The warmth I’ve received from the assemblage is palpable and your generosity gives maine anticipation that I tin absorption connected immoderate benignant of healing. I’ve seen each of your messages and contributions, including immoderate from radical I haven’t seen successful implicit a decennary and galore I’ve ne'er met. I spot and admit everyone of you.”

While an autopsy volition find the nonstop origin and mode of their deaths, Cruz, the territory attorney, said earlier this week that “Preliminarily, it appears the children were strangled.”

Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed that Lindsay Clancy is an worker there. The infirmary released a connection connected Wednesday that said: “We are shocked and saddened to larn of this unthinkable tragedy. We widen our deepest sympathies to each those affected by these devastating events.”

Cruz called the incidental “an unimaginable senseless tragedy” and noted that it didn’t hap randomly. He besides acknowledged the exigency crews who archetypal witnessed the tragic country erstwhile they responded to the home.

“I’m definite galore of them volition not hide what they saw past evening,” Cruz said Wednesday.

Hundreds attended Thursday night’s affectional candlelight vigil successful Duxbury at the Holy Family Church addressing intelligence health.

Lindsay Clancy is expected to beryllium arraigned aft she is released from the hospital.

State troopers assigned to Cruz’s bureau are assisting Duxbury constabulary with the execution investigation.

This is simply a processing story. Check backmost for updates arsenic much accusation becomes available.

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