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The father of three children who were allegedly strangled by their mother has given an emotional tribute to them after crossing the Boston Marathon finish line.
'They had short lives - but they had good lives,' Patrick Clancy said after he completed the famous 26.2-mile course through the Massachusetts capital while raising more than $75,000 for the hospital which treated them.
'I love my kids, they're wonderful people. They had a lot of friends, everybody loved them,' Clancy, 33, added as he finished the iconic race in 3:59:19 on Tuesday.
The marathon was a form of therapy for the devastated father. His partner, depressed midwife Lindsay Clancy, allegedly killed their three kids in January 2023.
She is accused of strangling Cora, five, Dawson, three, and baby Callan with exercise bands in the basement of their home in Duxbury, MA, after Patrick left the house momentarily to pick up a takeaway.
Patrick Clancy (pictured), the father of three children who were allegedly strangled by their mother has given an emotional tribute to them after crossing the Boston Marathon finish line
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. (Pictured: the mother in court)
Lindsay tried to kill herself afterwards, slashing her wrists and jumping out of an upstairs bedroom window. She survived, but was paralyzed from the waist down and is still undergoing treatment.
Patrick forgave his wife for the alleged atrocities last year, citing her struggle with postpartum psychosis.
'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 $75,000.
'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.'
