REPORT: Black Catholic Haitian Holdout Juror In Lindsay Clancy Case Goes Into ‘Hiding’

The lone juror who prevented an acquittal in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has reportedly gone into hiding with his family as supporters of the Massachusetts mother continue to seek him out.

The unidentified juror, described by another panelist as the only Black member of the jury, refused to join the other 11 jurors in finding Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. His refusal produced a deadlock and prompted Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial on September 4.

The man’s brother now says the family has been bombarded with calls and visits from people angered by the outcome. Notes have reportedly been left outside their mother’s home, while relatives have become afraid to leave the house.

“My family cannot leave the house,” the brother told the New York Post. “They are leaving notes at my mother’s house. They won’t leave us alone and we don’t know anything.”

“People have been calling me like crazy. It’s crazy,” he added. The family reportedly did not know the man had been serving on the high-profile jury until the proceedings ended and his role became public.

The juror’s brother said his relative listened to the evidence and independently reached his conclusion. He also denied speculation that the man’s Catholic faith dictated his vote. The family comes from a Catholic Haitian immigrant background, and acquaintances reportedly described the juror as a regular churchgoer.

“He looked at the case, and he made the call,” the brother told The Sun. “I don’t think religion had anything to do with it.”

Another juror, Paula Devlin, previously identified the holdout as a Black man in his 30s. She said the 12-person jury, consisting of nine women and three men, initially entered deliberations more divided before eventually reaching an 11-1 split. Eleven favored finding Clancy not criminally responsible, while the remaining juror supported a murder conviction.

Devlin suggested the man might have become more entrenched after feeling attacked by the rest of the panel. Other jurors have accused him of refusing to properly apply the reasonable-doubt standard and failing to identify evidence supporting his position.

Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, sought to have the holdout removed after the foreperson informed the court that one juror had acknowledged having reasonable doubt but refused to apply it. Sullivan declined to dismiss the man and instead repeated his legal instructions to the entire panel.

The jury remained deadlocked after more than 36 hours of deliberations across seven days. Massachusetts’ highest court also declined an emergency defense request to intervene before Sullivan formally declared the mistrial.

Clancy admitted to killing her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, inside the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023. Her attorneys argued that postpartum psychosis left her unable to understand the wrongfulness of her actions. Prosecutors maintained that she planned the killings and knew right from wrong.

The holdout’s background has also come under examination since the trial. Court records showed he was charged with domestic assault and battery following a 2021 allegation involving his then-wife. He pleaded not guilty, and the charge was later dismissed.

A judge has since ordered the jurors’ identities to remain sealed indefinitely due to what the court described as a “real and present” safety risk. Clancy’s attorneys are seeking to have the mistrial thrown out, while prosecutors have not announced whether they will pursue another trial. The parties are scheduled to return to court on September 29.