Husband of Boston nurse Lindsay Clancy, who killed their 3 kids, details the moment he found them, insists he wasnt married to a monster

The anguished husband of the Boston nurse who strangled their three children in a fit of postpartum depression has opened up about what led up to the life-altering tragedy, insisting he did not “marry a monster” before the horrifying murders.Patrick Clancy, 33, the father of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, had left their Duxbury, Mass., home on Jan.24, 2023, to pick up medicine for one of the children and dinner for the family, he told The New Yorker in an interview published Monday.His wife, Lindsay Clancy, had been battling anxiety and insomnia brought on by her pregnancy with Callan since mid-November, but things appeared to be shifting back to normal in the family home.Lindsay had sought help from several postpartum-mental-health specialists, but Patrick said, to his knowledge, she never received more than a severe diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder.Just weeks before the tragedy, Lindsay was brought to the hospital on New Year’s Eve after telling her husband she was having “thoughts of wanting to die,” feeling “numb,” and confessed to having “intrusive thoughts” of harming them.She was admitted into an inpatient program at McLean Hospital, just outside Boston, the following morning — but days after arriving, she texted Patrick, “I don’t belong here.” Five days after being admitted, she denied having any more intrusive thoughts and was discharged with a prescription for an anti-depressant.Two days after being discharged, they hosted a party at a trampoline park for their daughter Cora’s fifth birthday.

Patrick noted that Lindsay’s mood during the party gave him “hope” that things were getting better, noting that she had been sleeping better and her mood was noticeably improving.“I think it gave her hope, too,” he told the outlet.On the morning of Jan.24, 2024, Patrick said he woke up to Lindsay and asked her the same questions he had been since she was dealing with her mental health struggles.“How are you...