SHE WAS JUST LOVELY: PATRICK CLANCY’S SISTER ERIN BREAKS HER SILENCE ON LINDSAY — HER FAMILY MEMORIES PAINT A STRIKINGLY DIFFERENT PICTURE OF THE WOMAN NOW FACING THE MOST DEVASTATING TRIAL OF HER LIFE, BUT ONE REVELATION ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAS LEFT PEOPLE STUNNED
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On Jan. 24, 2023, asked her then-husband to pick up takeout and a prescription. When he returned to their Duxbury, Mass., home, he found her on their lawn with serious injuries and their kids — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan — strangled in their basement.
Lindsay told Patrick that she had and then jumped from a second-story window, leaving her paralyzed. Following that tragic day, Patrick and his two sisters co-founded in 2024 as a way to help improve perinatal mental health care.
His family has also spoken about Lindsay’s mental health struggles, which have become central to her defense that she was suffering from and had been .
During her trial, his father, Christopher Clancy testified that she was “very mothering,” while his mother, Susan Clancy, described her as a “wonderful mother” who had been “begging for help,” per and .
Here’s what to know about Patrick Clancy’s parents and siblings.
Christopher and Susan raised Patrick in Massachusetts
Christopher Clancy in court; Susan Clancy in court.CBS Boston/Youtube; Associated Press/Youtube
According to , Christopher and Susan raised their three children on the South Shore of Massachusetts, in an area that’s sometimes referred to as the Irish Riviera.
His father is a retired plumbing contractor, and his mother worked as a nurse practitioner at South Shore Hospital for nearly 40 years, per the and .
Susan described her son as a gentle child, telling The New Yorker that he “doesn’t like to be angry.”
“He doesn’t like hostility,” Susan said of Patrick. “He’s always been that type, since he was very little, to just give the benefit of the doubt.”
Patrick has two sisters
Patrick grew up with two sisters, Erin Donahue and Laura Sullivan.
Though both of his siblings have mostly maintained their privacy during Lindsay’s highly publicized case and trial, Erin spoke to The New Yorker about the continued questions surrounding the tragedy.
“Because Lindsay is still alive, there are all these questions, and this simmering anger,” she said. “We don’t get to say what a great person she was without also saying, ‘But why?’ ”
During his testimony at Lindsay’s trial, Patrick also mentioned having a brother and sister-in-law, per .
Erin described Lindsay as “just lovely”
Lindsay Marie Clancy and family.Facebook
Patrick first introduced Lindsay to his family in the summer of 2013, when he took her to their Fourth of July party.
Erin described her first impression of her future sister-in-law to The New Yorker as “sweet, and a little quiet, but just lovely.”
Lindsay remained connected to Patrick’s family after the couple married and had children.
During the trial, Christopher testified that Lindsay was “very close” with his daughters and daughter-in-law, while Susan told the jury that she and Lindsay had “a very good relationship,” per .
“Lindsay was very nurturing, very loving, wonderful mother,” Patrick’s mom said, per Boston 25. “She loved her children, all of them, very very much.”
The three siblings started a foundation to honor Patrick’s children
Patrick Clancy and his kids.GoFundMe
In 2024, Patrick, Erin and Laura started the Heard Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission to establish the first postpartum treatment center in Massachusetts and support families affected by Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs).
“What began as a family promise became a community-powered movement — one grounded in empathy, action, and love,” the foundation’s website reads. “Every initiative, partnership, and act of care carries forward the light of Cora, Dawson, and Callan, ensuring their memory helps shape a more compassionate future for families everywhere.”
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