Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband explains why he forgave her over children's killings

Patrick Clancy testified during the trial about his ex-wife's declining mental wellness after giving birth. His legal team said she had postpartum psychosis, an uncommon condition that can cause mania, depression, or a combination in postpartum women. Speaking to CBS, the BBC's US news partner, Clancy said, "I didn't cognize however to negociate a postpartum illness. I deliberation intelligence unwellness has this quality to beryllium tragically deceptive," He explained that her mental wellness led him to forgive her later. "I saw headlines that said, you know, 'Killer Mom', and 'Baby Murderer', 'Monster'. And nary of them were accurate," he remarked. "I judge that it was her intelligence unwellness that caused that. So I shared those words. And I deliberation erstwhen it comes to forgiveness, I besides felt that if I didn't get there, I would beryllium eaten up wrong forever," he added. When asked if he felt he had failed in any way during the period leading up to the killings, he responded, "I deliberation I did the champion I could with what I had astatine the time. And I unrecorded with the outcome. I unrecorded with it each day." Clancy described living with grief in the weeks after the tragedy as a struggle and admitted having suicidal thoughts. "I didn't deliberation I would unrecorded to spot my 35th birthday. And I was wholly good with it," he said.