'Killer moms' like Lindsay Clancy are ‘unlike other murderers’ says lawyer who defended Andrea Yates
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DUXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS: The case of the Lindsay Clancy who killed her three children, has shocked the whole of the US. It has also brought back the haunting memories of a similar case involving Texan mom Andrea Yates, who killed her five children in 2001. Lindsay Clancy is accused of taking the lives of her three children, five-year-old daughter Cora, son Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan, last Tuesday, January 24. She also reportedly tried to kill herself but survived.
It has been said that the 32-year-old is now facing charges that includes two counts of murder, three counts of strangulation or suffocation, and three counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Though more details about the case are yet to be revealed, speculations suggest Lindsay was a victim of postpartum depression, which led to the tragedy.
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Yates’ lead attorney, George Parnham, has expressed his views on the case. “I put nothing past the minds of mothers who engage in this type of activity,” before asserting that these kinds of crimes are “totally unlike any other type of homicide,” he told Fox News Digital.
The attorney reportedly shared, “It's not a bar room brawl gone bad or a drug deal gone bad. This is the very essence of our own existence. And when I see [such] situations ... it's an overwhelming experience for a mother to do that.” He then went on to mention the case of Yates and claimed that hers “laid a blueprint on motherhood and mental health of women."
Parnham also pointed out that such cases are delicate to handle, remarking, “It’s so subjective, not only on the part of the person charged but also on the part of the judge and the prosecutors. If you can get a prosecutor who's aware of the reality of this type of situation, it may well impact how that prosecution moves forward on the case. And that's going to be up to the defense lawyers to be able to weigh up on those issues.”
Parnham said he’s still in touch with Yates, who is at the Kerrville mental facility. “Twenty-years plus, and there's not a day that goes by that I don't think of Andrea,” he shared and stated that he also regularly goes to Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster to pay a visit to the woman’s children. “The kids’ legacy is so important. It’s one of those matters that can never go away,” he added.
Why did Lindsay Clancy's husband ask for public's forgiveness?
Lindsay’s husband, Patrick, has reportedly asked for forgiveness for his wife. “She’s recently been portrayed largely by people who have never met her and never knew who the real Lindsay was. Our marriage was wonderful and diametrically grew stronger as her condition rapidly worsened. I took as much pride in being her husband as I did in being a father and felt persistently lucky to have her in my life,” he wrote on his GoFundMe campaign page.
The grieving husband added, “She loved being a nurse, but nothing matched her intense love for our kids and dedication to being a mother. It was all she ever wanted. Her passion taught me how to be a better father. I want to ask all of you that you find it deep within yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have. The real Lindsay was generously loving and caring towards everyone — me, our kids, family, friends, and her patients. The very fibers of her soul are loving. All I wish for her now is that she can somehow find peace.”