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The husband of the woman who was has been accused of strangling their three kids to death while suffering with postpartum psychosis ran the Boston Marathon in memory of his late children today, raising over $70,000 for the hospital that treated them.
Patrick Clancy completed the race in 3:59:19, crossing the finish line at around 3.15pm.
Last January, his wife Lindsay strangled their kids - five-year-old daughter Cora, three-year-old son Dawson, and Callan in the basement of their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts on January 24, 2023.
She tried to kill herself afterwards, slashing her wrists and jumping out of an upstairs bedroom window. Lindsay survived, but was paralyzed from the waist down and is still undergoing treatment.
Patrick forgave his wife last year, citing her medical struggle.
'In the short time there were here, my kids brought me so much joy and couldn't have made their dad prouder,' Patrick said on his donation page which has raised more than $72,000.
Patrick Clancy, the father of the three children who were allegedly killed by their mother and his wife, Lindsay Clancy, participated in the Boston Marathon on Monday in memory of Cora (left), Dawson (right) and Callan (middle)
Patrick Clancy completed the race in 3:59:19, crossing the finish line at around 3.15pm. He is shown in an old photograph, running with his children
Patrick decided to raise money for Boston Children's Hospital, where the couple's youngest, Callan, spent his last months before he died when he was seven-months-old
Lindsay was charged with the children's murders after they were discovered in the basement of their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts on January 24, 2023. She remains in Tewksbury Hospital after she harmed herself following the incident
'In many ways, I’m just trying to be more like them. Their passion in life was infectious.'
'With Cora, Dawson, and Callan in spirit, see you at the finish line,' he said in an update just before the marathon kicked off on Monday.
Patrick said that the money raised through his fundraiser is set to go toward the 'very best medical care, breakthrough research and vital support services for sick kids and their families.'
In October, Lindsay was being held without bail and committed to psychiatric care because she is 'at imminent risk of self-harm,' a judge ruled.
Judge William F. Sullivan ordered that Lindsay had to be held on psychiatric care at Tewksbury Hospital for six months during a court hearing conducted via Zoom.
Dr. Karin Towers, a forensic psychiatrist reported during the arraignment that Clancy is experiencing 'unbearable depression and trouble getting through each day.'
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