Latest / Crime Stories with Nancy Grace / Lone Juror Breaks Silence in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial After Mistrial | Crime Alert 09.23.26
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
- 0:04Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. New developments emerge in the tragic and
- 0:08Speaker 2: highly publicized case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused
- 0:12Speaker 2: of strangling her three young children, Cora, Dawson, and Callen,
- 0:16Speaker 2: in their family home in 2023 before attempting suicide. The
- 0:21Speaker 2: lone juror who fought to convict Clancy of murder has
- 0:24Speaker 2: spoken out publicly for the first time since a deadlocked
- 0:27Speaker 2: jury forced the judge to declare a mistrial on September 4th.
- 0:32Speaker 2: In a statement released on X by his attorney, Edward Palczyk,
- 0:36Speaker 2: The juror declared he was absolutely certain of Clancy's guilt,
- 0:40Speaker 2: but insisted that fellow jurors refused to listen to his
- 0:43Speaker 2: arguments during deliberations. Eleven of the 12 jurors were prepared
- 0:47Speaker 2: to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility, concluding that the mother
- 0:51Speaker 2: was experiencing postpartum psychosis when she killed her children. However,
- 0:56Speaker 2: the juror aligned with prosecutors, who maintained that Clancy knew
- 1:00Speaker 2: exactly what she was doing and carefully planned the killings.
- 1:04Speaker 2: The lone juror directly refuted claims made by the jury
- 1:07Speaker 2: foreperson in an earlier media interview where the foreperson asserted
- 1:12Speaker 2: that he had admitted to having reasonable doubt but wanted
- 1:15Speaker 2: to convict Clancy anyway. The juror pushed back against that narrative,
- 1:20Speaker 2: writing that every time he attempted to explain theories based
- 1:23Speaker 2: on the physical evidence, key witnesses, and the prosecution's presentation,
- 1:28Speaker 2: he was cut off as if he had doubts. He
- 1:31Speaker 2: maintained that the evidence clearly showed Clancy was fully aware
- 1:34Speaker 2: of her actions. As Plymouth County prosecutors decide whether to
- 1:38Speaker 2: try Clancy again, the juror faces intense public scrutiny. Media
- 1:43Speaker 2: outlets and online sleuths have exposed his personal background, revealing
- 1:47Speaker 2: an active restraining order during jury selection, an impending eviction
- 1:52Speaker 2: over $ 12, 000 in unpaid rent, and a 2021 domestic violence
- 1:56Speaker 2: charge that was ultimately dismissed. Despite public backlash and online harassment,
- 2:02Speaker 2: conservative figures have rallied behind the juror. Florida Governor Ron
- 2:06Speaker 2: DeSantis publicly offered asylum, while an online fundraiser to cover
- 2:11Speaker 2: his legal and security expenses has raised over $ 289, 000. The
- 2:15Speaker 2: juror's attorney confirmed that his client is currently hiding in
- 2:20Speaker 2: an undisclosed secure location in rural northern New England. More
- 2:25Speaker 2: crime and justice news after this. Tragedy strikes the University
- 2:31Speaker 2: of Massachusetts Dartmouth community following the fatal stabbing of an
- 2:36Speaker 2: 18-year-old freshman football player. Providence Police Patrol officers responded to
- 2:41Speaker 2: emergency calls reporting a stabbing in the parking lot of
- 2:44Speaker 2: a Wendy's restaurant in Rhode Island around midnight on Saturday,
- 2:47Speaker 2: September 19th. Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez detailed the initial
- 2:53Speaker 2: response during a news conference. The deceased victim was later
- 2:57Speaker 2: identified as Marvin Antoine, a freshman running back at UMass Dartmouth.
- 3:02Speaker 2: A second victim, 19-year-old freshman defensive back Kensley McKeon, suffered
- 3:07Speaker 2: injuries to his head, neck, and left arm. McKeon is
- 3:10Speaker 2: currently recovering in the hospital from non-life-threatening injuries. Initial investigations
- 3:16Speaker 2: revealed the fatal stabbing stemmed from an altercation involving several individuals,
- 3:21Speaker 2: including members of the football team who had lost against
- 3:23Speaker 2: Framingham State just hours before at a nearby nightclub, Mezzo Lounge.
- 3:28Speaker 2: Chief Perez explained how the confrontation shifted locations.
- 3:32Speaker 1: There was an altercation between a female and some of
- 3:36Speaker 1: the victims that were in line, and then the altercation
- 3:40Speaker 1: moved over to the parking lot of the Wendy's, but
- 3:42Speaker 1: we have no indication that they knew each other.
- 3:44Speaker 2: Authorities identified 19-year-old student Chakunanso Uzoma Eze, who is not
- 3:50Speaker 2: on the football team, as the suspect. He was located
- 3:53Speaker 2: in charge with murder. Chief Perez expressed profound sympathy during
- 3:57Speaker 2: the news conference, reflecting on the unimaginable pain felt by
- 4:00Speaker 2: parents mourning a child who had moved into college mere
- 4:03Speaker 2: weeks earlier. Following the tragedy, UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark Fuller
- 4:09Speaker 2: addressed Antoine's death in a statement, sending prayers to Antoine's
- 4:12Speaker 2: loved ones and wishing McKeon a swift recovery. Antoine's younger sister, Stacy,
- 4:18Speaker 2: created a GoFundMe to raise funds for funeral expenses, sharing
- 4:22Speaker 2: that her brother was smart, easygoing, and deeply devoted to
- 4:25Speaker 2: his loved ones. In Arizona, an 82-year-old grandmother was killed
- 4:30Speaker 2: when a suspected drunk driver struck her family on the
- 4:33Speaker 2: emergency shoulder of a highway. According to local news outlets,
- 4:37Speaker 2: Ruth Acuna de Valenzuela died on U.S. Route 60 in
- 4:41Speaker 2: Mesa on September 16 around 1 a.m. The Arizona Department
- 4:46Speaker 2: of Public Safety stated that Ruth and her cousin pulled
- 4:49Speaker 2: over due to a flat tire while driving home from dinner.
- 4:52Speaker 2: Ruth's aunt and uncle arrived to help change the tire.
- 4:56Speaker 2: Just as they finished and prepared to leave, an impaired
- 4:59Speaker 2: driver crashed into both parked vehicles. The crash critically injured
- 5:03Speaker 2: the aunt and uncle, requiring multiple surgeries, while the cousin
- 5:06Speaker 2: suffered a broken collarbone and severe trauma. Authorities arrested 21-year-old
- 5:12Speaker 2: Zachary Robert Penrod, booking him into the Maricopa County Sheriff's
- 5:16Speaker 2: Office jail. Penrod faces charges of manslaughter, two counts of
- 5:20Speaker 2: aggravated assault, and endangerment. Grandson Javier Valenzuela says that the
- 5:25Speaker 2: tragic loss has left the family traumatized, while daughter Alma
- 5:29Speaker 2: Rosa Valenzuela paid tribute on Facebook. A GoFundMe page has
- 5:33Speaker 2: been created by Javier to assist the family during this
- 5:36Speaker 2: heartbreaking time. For more crime and justice news, be sure
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- 5:47Speaker 2: With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.