Brother of the lone holdout juror who deadlocked Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial reveals their family cannot leave the house

A mother admitted to killing her three young children before a lone holdout juror forced a mistrial in her murder trial, according to court proceedings.

The defendant, Lindsay Clancy, was tried on murder charges following the January 2023 killings, records show.

The victims were identified as 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan, according to the report.

On September 4, Judge William Sullivan ruled a mistrial in the case, according to court records. Jurors deadlocked 11-1 after failing to reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity, the record states.

The defense argued throughout the seven-week trial that Clancy should not be held criminally responsible for the killings, court records show.

Clancy admitted to the killings, but her attorneys cited documented mental health struggles including postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder, according to the proceedings.

The prosecution argued that Clancy was capable of differentiating right from wrong at the time, court records show. Prosecutors claimed she engaged in the premeditated murder of her children regardless of her documented mental health issues, according to the report.

A lone male juror voted that the mother was criminally responsible, resulting in the deadlock, according to court proceedings.

The holdout male juror decided to withhold his identity from the public following the mistrial ruling, the report states.

Online claims subsequently alleged that Catholicism impacted the holdout juror’s decision, according to the New York Post.

The juror’s brother spoke to the outlet on Tuesday, September 15, to dispute those assertions, the newspaper reported.

“I don’t think religion had anything to do with it,” the anonymous juror’s brother told the New York Post.

The brother said he believes his sibling voted the mom criminally responsible based strictly on the case, according to the outlet.

“[He] looked at the case, and he made the call,” the brother said.

“For me, that’s how I would do it,” the sibling added. “I would just listen to the case with all the evidence, and go from there.”

The brother revealed he had no idea his sibling was serving on the jury until the case ended in a mistrial, according to the interview.

“We didn’t know,” the brother said. “That’s why I was shocked.”

“He didn’t tell us anything,” the sibling told the newspaper.

The brother acknowledged that the holdout decision was met with mixed public responses, according to the report.

“His choice was good for some people, but not good for other people,” the brother said.

Both the juror and the rest of his family have faced scrutiny in the wake of the trial, the brother said.

“My family cannot leave the house,” the brother claimed, adding that critics “are leaving notes at my mother’s house.”

“They won’t leave us alone and we don’t know anything,” the brother continued.

“People have been calling me, like, crazy,” the sibling claimed to the outlet.

While the juror has not come forward publicly following the trial, his background has come under scrutiny, according to court records.

The man comes from a Haitian immigrant family, the report noted.

In 2021, the juror was arrested after he allegedly attacked his then-wife over the couple’s crying infant, records show.

Those domestic violence charges were later dropped, according to court records.

Four years later in 2025, he was accused of beating the teenage nephew who called police on him during the alleged domestic violence attack, according to court records viewed by the outlet.

The juror had an active restraining order against the nephew when he was selected to serve on Clancy’s jury, records show.

That protective order expired during the trial, according to court records.

Several other jurors have since stated they do not understand why the holdout refused to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity, the report states.

The holdout juror allegedly admitted during deliberations to having reasonable doubt, according to fellow panelists.

“There were several times I would ask him to show us, like, evidence or, you know, describe a witness testimony that helped to prove what he was saying, and he couldn’t,” juror Nick Dargie told ABC News on September 9.

“There wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was, which is why we ultimately sent in that note,” Dargie said.

“Otherwise, there’s nothing wrong with somebody having a completely opposite opinion,” Dargie added. “That would be a hung jury. That is our justice system.”

Support is available through the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline by calling or texting 1-833-TLC-MAMA for free, confidential support 24/7 in English and Spanish, according to resources provided with the report.

The prosecution has not publicly announced if it will retry the case, according to the report.