Black Catholic Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Case Goes Into Hiding

The lone juror who blocked an insanity acquittal in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has reportedly gone into hiding with his family after facing intense public attention over the mistrial. The unidentified juror was the only member of the 12-person panel who declined to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. The 11-1 split left the jury deadlocked, leading Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial on September 4.

According to the juror’s brother, relatives have since received repeated phone calls and visits from people angry about the outcome. Notes have also reportedly been left outside the family’s home. “My family cannot leave the house,” the brother said. “They are leaving notes at my mother’s house. They won’t leave us alone and we don’t know anything.”

He added, “People have been calling me like crazy. It’s crazy.” The family reportedly did not know their relative had been serving on the high-profile jury until after the proceedings concluded.

The brother defended the juror’s decision, saying he reviewed the evidence and reached his own conclusion. He also rejected speculation that the man’s Catholic faith influenced his position.

“He looked at the case, and he made the call,” the brother said. “I don’t think religion had anything to do with it.”

Another juror, Paula Devlin, previously described the holdout as a Black man in his 30s. She said the jury initially entered deliberations with broader disagreements before eventually reaching an 11-1 split, with the holdout supporting a murder conviction.

Some jurors later criticized the holdout’s reasoning and claimed he failed to properly apply the reasonable-doubt standard. Devlin suggested he may have become more resistant after feeling challenged by other members of the panel.

Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, sought to have the juror removed after the foreperson raised concerns about his handling of reasonable doubt. Sullivan declined to remove him and instead repeated the court’s legal instructions to the full jury.

Jurors deliberated for more than 36 hours across seven days without reaching a unanimous decision. Massachusetts’ highest court also declined an emergency request from the defense to intervene before the mistrial was formally declared.

Clancy admitted to killing her three children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan — at the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023. Her defense argued that postpartum psychosis prevented her from understanding the wrongfulness of her actions, while prosecutors maintained that she planned the killings and understood what she was doing.

The holdout juror’s background has also drawn scrutiny. Court records cited in the report show that he faced a domestic assault and battery charge in 2021 involving his then-wife. He pleaded not guilty, and the case was later dismissed.

A judge has since ordered the jurors’ identities sealed indefinitely, citing what the court described as a “real and present” safety risk. Clancy’s attorneys are seeking to overturn the mistrial, while prosecutors have not yet announced whether they will pursue another trial. The parties are scheduled to return to court on September 29.