“I WAS NOT IN CONTROL OF MY ACTIONS”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PROSECUTORS SAY LINDSAY CLANCY KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING WHILE KILLING HER THREE CHILDREN… AND A JURY DELIBERATING HER FATE HAS ALREADY REPORTED A DEADLOCK TWICE.
Randy Yates has compared his ex-wife Andrea Yates’ murders of their children to the crimes of Lindsay Clancy.
He stated that Clancy’s case is “not quite as clear” as that of his former wife.
On Wednesday, September 2, Rusty, 61, weighed in on Clancy’s trial while speaking to News Nation.
He told the outlet that Clancy’s case “is a little murkier” than Andrea’s was.
“It’s not quite as clear as Andrea’s was,” he told the outlet.
Rusty pointed specifically to the extensive medical documentation that existed for his ex-wife.
“I mean Andrea had hundreds of pages of medical records, you know?” he said.
Those records documented Andrea’s recurring history of postpartum depression.
The files also detailed her postpartum psychosis leading up to the killings of their children.
Rusty added that Andrea had a “pretty well documented history” of mental instability before she killed their five children.
In 2001, Andrea drowned Noah, 7, John, 5, Paul, 3, Luke, 2, and Mary, 6 months.
In 2002, Andrea was initially found guilty of capital murder.
But a new jury found her not guilty by reason of insanity during her retrial in 2006.
Andrea, 62, currently lives at the Kerrville State Hospital.
By contrast, Rusty pointed out that Clancy had “sparse” medical records.
Rusty also recalled the extent of the state’s inquiry into Andrea’s character during her proceedings.
“And you know the state went far and wide to find anyone who’d say anything negative about Andrea, and they couldn’t,” Rusty continued.
“They couldn’t find anyone because she’s such a sweet person,” he said.
In January 2023, Clancy killed her three kids.
Clancy, 36, is currently on trial for the killings.
She has not denied the murders.
Her defense argued she should not be held criminally responsible due to her mental health struggles.
On August 27, closing arguments took place in her trial.
Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, cited the expert opinion of forensic psychiatrist Phillip Resnick.
Reddington argued the defendant should not be held criminally responsible for the deaths of her children.
Resnick examined Clancy prior to the trial.
The psychiatrist testified that Clancy was “frankly psychotic” when she killed her children.
He testified that she was not in control of her actions.
“He indicates clearly in his opinion that she was in a state of psychosis at the time of this death, times three,” Reddington said.
“Has any of the government doctors rebutted that?” Reddington asked.
“She’s not criminally responsible,” Reddington concluded.
“The burden is on them,” the defense attorney told the court.
But prosecutor Jennifer Sprague argued that Clancy should be held criminally responsible.
Sprague claimed Clancy knew what she was doing while killing her kids.
The defense claimed Clancy had been overmedicated in the months leading up to the killings.
The defense also argued that Clancy had received inadequate medical care during that period.
Sprague addressed those defense claims directly.
The prosecutor insisted it “wasn’t the fault of the providers that she was struggling with this or that she wasn’t getting better.”
“They were doing the best they could with the information she provided them, and that wasn’t always accurate information,” Sprague said of the healthcare providers who treated Clancy.
“That wasn’t always the full picture,” Sprague said.
And the jury is currently deliberating in Clancy’s trial.
Jurors have told the judge twice that they were deadlocked.
Yet Judge William Sullivan instructed them to keep working towards a unanimous verdict.
Help is available for anyone who is pregnant or just had a baby and is facing a crisis.
The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline offers free, confidential support 24/7.
Support is available in English and Spanish.
Individuals can call or text the hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA, or 1-833-852-6262.
The jury continues its work.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
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