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Patrick Clancy and his new wife have revealed they are starting a family together around three-and-a-half years on from the day that his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy strangled his three children with exercise bands inside their suburban Massachusetts home.
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wife → join → home
Patrick and his new wife Dr Rachel Danis sat down with 60 Minutes to share news of their future plans together in their first interview since Clancy’s case ended in a controversial mistrial earlier this month.
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case → sit → mistrial
While the newlyweds didn't confirm if they are currently expecting, when correspondent Ross Douthat asked if they are 'starting a family,' Rachel confirmed 'yeah.'
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Rachel → confirm → family
The couple, who married this April in New York City, said that they plan to tell their child about Patrick's late children Cora, Dawson and Callan.
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they → marry → children
'I think every parent can agree, you have different relationships with your kids, but they're all your kids.
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they → think → kids
And I can't wait to tell them about their brothers and sister,' Patrick said.
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Patrick → wait → brothers
The couple spoke out just weeks after Patrick had an emotional courtroom reunion with his ex-wife during her high-profile murder trial.
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Patrick → speak → trial
Clancy was charged with three counts of first-degree murder for killing Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months old, inside the family home in the wealthy town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, on January 24, 2023.
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Clancy → charge → January
The 36-year-old labor and delivery nurse strangled the children with exercise bands in the basement after sending Patrick out of the home to pick up medicine from CVS and a takeout order from a local restaurant.
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nurse → strangle → restaurant
Patrick and his new wife Dr Rachel Danis sat down with 60 Minutes to share news of their future plans together in their first interview since Clancy’s case ended in a controversial mistrial earlier this month
Patrick and fertility specialist Dr Rachel Danis revealed they are starting a family together around three-and-a-half years on from his children's deaths
She then tried to kill herself, cutting her wrists and neck and jumping from the second-floor bedroom window.
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She → sit → window
Clancy survived but was left paralyzed from the waist down.
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Clancy → survive → down
The mom-of-three did not deny killing her children but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, saying she was suffering from severe postpartum depression and psychosis at the time.
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she → deny → time
Her six-week trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, sparked a national conversation about postpartum mental illness and criminal responsibility - quickly capturing attention all across the globe.
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trial → spark → globe
Ultimately, after seven days of deliberations, a mistrial was declared after the 12 jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
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jurors → declare → verdict
In an unprecedented move, it emerged during deliberations that a lone male holdout - since identified as Michael P Desronvil - was refusing to join the other 11 in finding her not guilty by reason of insanity.
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her → emerge → insanity
Several jurors have since spoken out to accuse him of showing reasonable doubt but refusing to apply it to the law.
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jurors → speak → law
Desronvil has hired an attorney and released a statement pushing back on their claims, saying he believed Clancy ‘knew exactly what she was doing.’
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she → hire → what
Patrick became one of the key witnesses in the trial, testifying to his then-wife's spiraling mental health in the months leading up to the killings and the devastating day when he found his three children dead.
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he → become → children
A few months after the killings, Patrick moved to New York City, sold the family home and filed for divorce.
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Patrick → move → divorce
The Daily Mail exclusively revealed in July that the 38-year-old tech executive had since found love and remarried Rachel, a fertility doctor.
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executive → reveal → Rachel
Lindsay, Patrick, Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy pictured together just weeks before the killings
Clancy's trial ended in a mistrial after a lone holdout refused to join the other 11 jurors in finding her not guilty by reason of insanity
The couple wed this April in an intimate ceremony at the historic Ladies Pavilion overlooking Central Park's lake before celebrating with family and friends at Sarabeth's restaurant.
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couple → picture → restaurant
Speaking to 60 Minutes, Patrick and Rachel revealed that they first met in the same Manhattan park back in January 2024 - one year after his children's deaths.
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they → speak → deaths
They met at a run club in Central Park and Rachel quickly learned about the tragedy that had brought Patrick to New York.
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that → meet → York
They had gotten coffee together after the run club and Patrick pulled out his phone to pay, she said.
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she → get → phone
She noticed an 'adorable photo' of children as the wallpaper and asked: 'Who are those cuties?,' Rachel recalled.
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Rachel → notice → wallpaper
When Patrick told her they were his children, she said she first asked if they lived in Massachusetts.
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they → tell → Massachusetts
'And Pat said, "They died."
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They → say → ?
And this is just at the cashier,' Rachel told Douthat.
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Rachel → tell → Douthat
'I guess I had so many questions, and yet at the same time I didn't know exactly what to ask.'
Patrick, who shared in the interview that he had become suicidal after his children's deaths, said that meeting Rachel changed his life 'in such a positive way.'
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meeting → guess → way
'I always try to take some of the weight from Pat.
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I → try → Pat
I always want to strive to do that,' Rachel added.
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Rachel → want → that
Clancy was charged with three counts of first-degree murder for killing Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months old, in 2023
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Clancy → charge → 2023
I know I can't fix, I can't bring his kids back.
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I → know → kids
But if I can honor them and allow Pat to grieve but also just continue to honor them in the present, I guess that's all I can do.
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I → honor → present
A longtime friend of Rachel's family previously told the Daily Mail that, as a reproductive expert, Patrick’s new wife understands the issues at the heart of the family tragedy - perhaps more than most.
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wife → tell → most
Speaking to 60 Minutes, the couple also spoke out about the vile, baseless accusations and rumors they have faced in recent months.
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they → speak → months
As Clancy’s trial drew attention all across the globe - with postpartum mental illness taking center stage and pink-clad supporters staging rallies outside the courthouse - with it came a groundswell of online conspiracies.
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groundswell → draw → conspiracies
Patrick’s testimony was picked apart online with some going as far as to accuse him of possible involvement in his children’s deaths.
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some → pick → deaths
Since the trial ended, the 38-year-old’s attorney has issued a warning to conspiracy theorists that ‘this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop’ or ‘there will be consequences.’
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spread → end → falsehoods
Speaking to 60 Minutes, Rachel hit out at the story becoming 'so twisted' as she described Patrick as the ‘most selfless father and supportive partner.’
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she → speak → father
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