Patrick Clancy and new wife hold hands amid murder trial
Patrick Clancy and his new wife, infertility specialist Rachel Danis, were photographed holding hands and smiling in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, as his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy’s high-profile murder trial entered its final stages in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The outing came while a jury deliberated charges tied to the deaths of the couple’s three young children.
Key Takeaways
- Patrick Clancy and new wife Rachel Danis were seen hand in hand in New York on Sept. 2, 2026.
- Lindsay Clancy, 36, faced trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, over the alleged strangling of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, on Jan. 24, 2023.
- A 12-person jury (nine women, three men) sent deadlock notes Tuesday and Wednesday before further instructions from Judge William Sullivan.
- Patrick’s trial testimony about Lindsay’s mental health decline became a focal point for the defense, according to legal analysts.
- Coverage later reported the case ended in a hung jury and mistrial after an appeal was denied.
Where were Patrick Clancy and his new wife seen?
According to the New York Post, Patrick Clancy and Rachel Danis were photographed walking together in the Big Apple earlier this week. He wore a red Patagonia jacket and sneakers; she wore a white jacket with black leggings.
Oxygen also reported the pair smiling while out in New York City amid Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial. The images circulated as national attention remained fixed on the Plymouth Superior Court proceedings.
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What was happening in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial?
While the couple walked in New York, Lindsay Clancy awaited a verdict in Plymouth. Jurors were deciding whether to convict her of fatally strangling the former couple’s three children in January 2023.
The panel sent its first deadlock note Tuesday and a second impasse note Wednesday. Judge William Sullivan then invoked the Tuey-Rodriguez charge, telling jurors to keep deliberating. Related reporting later said the trial ended in a hung jury and mistrial after the Massachusetts Supreme Court denied a defense appeal.
Why did Patrick Clancy’s testimony matter so much?
NewsNation reported that Patrick’s testimony was central to the defense’s effort to show Lindsay’s state of mind in the weeks before the children’s deaths. The couple met in 2013, married three years later, and started a family. He divorced her shortly after the tragedy but publicly asked people to forgive her and described her as a victim, not a murderer.
On the stand, he said her mental health worsened after their third child. He testified she began Zoloft in September 2022 for anxiety and returning to work, then struggled with severe insomnia, including nearly 48 hours without sleep. He linked a “big spiral” to Seroquel in early December 2022.
He also told jurors that a week after the killings, Lindsay called from a hospital bed and said she heard a man’s voice urging her to act. Analysts called that account critical to how jurors weighed psychosis claims against the prosecution’s theory of motive.