Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Speaks Out For First Time

The lone holdout on the Lindsay Clancy jury has spoken on camera for the first time since a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial. Michael P. Desronvil did not walk viewers back through the evidence. He asked the public to look at the three children who cannot speak for themselves.

Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, was charged in the January 2023 deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, inside the family’s Duxbury home. Prosecutors said the killings were planned. The defense said postpartum psychosis left her unable to form criminal intent and asked jurors to find her not guilty by reason of insanity.

After weeks of testimony and days of deliberations, 11 jurors favored a finding that she was not criminally responsible. Desronvil did not join them. The deadlock produced a mistrial on September 4. The case is now more than three years old and still has no verdict.

In a video aired on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Desronvil said, “I know the whole focus has been on me, but we want to reel everything back and put the focus on the three angels that’s at hand.” He named the children directly. “The ones that can’t speak for themselves, the ones that can’t defend themselves, and the ones that can’t fight the battles. Those are Cora, Dawson, and Callan.”

He thanked supporters and credited his Catholic faith. “I want to thank God for my Catholic faith. I want to thank God for blessing me with the ability to love my daughter,” he said. He also thanked people who offered “prayers,” “emotional support,” and “psychological support,” adding, “I do want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

He did not relitigate the medical testimony or answer every allegation that followed him out of the jury room. Fellow jurors had already spoken publicly after the mistrial. Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, asked the court to look into Desronvil’s conduct during deliberations. Desronvil and his attorney, Edward Paltzik, disputed those claims.

A separate fight over what happened behind closed doors is still moving through the courts. The defense has asked a judge to dismiss the charges. Prosecutors have not said whether they will try the case again.

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The legal uncertainty sits on top of a family tragedy that never left the center of the file. The trial was never only about a nurse’s mental health. It was about whether the state could prove criminal responsibility for the deaths of three young children.

Desronvil’s first on-camera remarks did not close that question. They shifted the frame. He presented himself as a juror who refused to treat the deadlock as a celebrity dispute and insisted the names that matter are still Cora, Dawson, and Callan.

Until prosecutors decide on a retrial, or a judge grants the defense request to end the case, the public record stops at a hung jury. The holdout has now given his first account. The children he named still have no verdict attached to their deaths.