'It was her mental illness': Lindsay Clancy’s ex-husband forgives her for killing his 3 children in first TV interview

Patrick Clancy, the former husband of Lindsay Clancy. (AP Photo) Patrick Clancy, the former husband of a US woman accused of killing their three children, has said he forgave her for their deaths, saying he would have been “eaten up inside forever” if he had not.In an interview with CBS News, Clancy said he believed his former wife Lindsay Clancy’s severe mental illness was responsible for the killings. The BBC reported that Lindsay has not disputed that she killed the children, but her lawyers argued that she should not be held legally responsible because she was suffering from severe mental illness.Lindsay, now 36, was accused of strangling their children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on January 24, 2023. She later jumped from a second-floor window and was left paralysed.A judge declared a mistrial earlier this month after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Lindsay was criminally responsible for the killings. Prosecutors have not yet said whether they will seek a retrial.‘I believe mental illness caused it’Patrick said he had struggled to understand Lindsay’s condition in the months before the killings and a...