Patrick Clancy, whose ex-wife Lindsay is on trial in Massachusetts for killing their three children, has stayed away from the courthouse and remained in New York City as jurors struggle to reach a verdict. The jury of nine women and three men was sent home on Tuesday after failing to agree following four days of deliberation, raising fears of a mistrial, while Patrick has kept a low profile in Manhattan, where he lives with his new wife, fertility expert Rachel Danis. His absence matters because it comes amid online conspiracy theories wrongly implicating him in the deaths, and relatives and a criminologist say he is deliberately shielding himself from public hostility.

Lindsay Clancy, 36, has admitted strangling five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan with fitness bands at their Duxbury home in January 2023, but argues she is not guilty of murder due to severe postpartum psychosis. Jurors at Plymouth Superior Court must decide between murder, voluntary manslaughter, or a finding of not criminally responsible due to mental illness; Lindsay has been held at Tewksbury Hospital since May 2023. Patrick, 38, who has not appeared at the trial since testifying in late July, divorced Lindsay, moved to New York in May 2023 and sold the family home in 2024; he is also suing the healthcare providers who treated Lindsay before the killings, alleging their failures contributed to the tragedy.