Patrick Clancy Starts New Chapter With Wife After Tragedy
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What happened
On Jan. 24, 2023, Patrick Clancy returned to his home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and found that his then-wife, Lindsay Clancy, had fatally strangled their three children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and 8-month-old Callan — and jumped from a window in a suicide attempt. Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial later ended in a hung jury. Patrick Clancy subsequently moved to New York City, met infertility specialist Rachel Danis while running in Central Park in January 2024, and married her in April. In a CBS “60 Minutes” interview after the trial, the couple said they are starting a family and intend to tell a future child about the slain siblings.
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ONE-SIDED THIS WEEK.
Only right-leaning outlets have covered this story in the last two days;
The Guardian reported it on 2026-09-21.
Omitted — what each side leaves out
Unpacked
The story of Patrick Clancy's remarriage is absent from left-leaning coverage entirely. Right-leaning coverage reports that he married Rachel Danis and appeared with her on CBS after Lindsay Clancy's trial ended in a hung jury, including Danis's account that her loved ones paused when they learned she was seeing him. Readers who never see that side miss that the father has left Massachusetts for New York and that the couple say they are starting a family they want to tell about the three children who were killed.
Right-leaning coverage leads with "people were worried" and holds the news that they are starting a family until later in the same account.
What, if anything, did Clancy say on camera about a retrial after the hung jury?
Bottom line
The New York Post is publishing Clancy's remarriage and the CBS interview after the hung jury; a left-leaning reader would not know that new family chapter exists.
The receipts — 5 facts one side's coverage lacks
- Patrick Clancy married Rachel Danis in April
- Rachel Danis is an infertility specialist
- Patrick Clancy moved to New York City seeking anonymity
- The couple first met while running in Central Park in January 2024
- Clancy said his life has changed since he met Rachel in such a positive way
The Right View
The New York Post and other right-leaning outlets have focused on the “60 Minutes” sit-down, highlighting Rachel Danis’s account that friends and family were initially “worried” when she began dating Patrick Clancy and that she answered those concerns by describing her happiness in the relationship. Coverage also reports the couple’s plans to have a child and to talk with that child about Cora, Dawson, and Callan. Center-leaning NewsNation coverage of the same interview emphasizes Clancy’s statements that his life has changed “in such a positive way” since meeting Danis and that he is ready for a new chapter as a father.
Our Take (balanced)
The core story is substantive: named people, a public criminal case with an established trial outcome, a documented “60 Minutes” interview, and a reported marriage and family plans. Independently established facts include the 2023 killings, the hung jury, Clancy’s move, and the couple’s on-camera statements. Danis’s description of loved ones’ “worried” reactions is her uncorroborated account from that interview, not independently verified by those relatives. No left-leaning outlet has reported this. Watch for any further on-the-record comments from relatives, additional interviews, or court and vital records that corroborate the marriage and family plans.
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