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The father of Cora, Dawson and Callan says his former wife never asked for forgiveness — but he decided he had to give it to her anyway.
Patrick Clancy has revealed why he forgave former wife Lindsay for killing their three children, saying he believes mental illness was responsible for the horrifying events inside their Duxbury home and that holding onto his anger would have eventually destroyed him too.
Speaking to 60 Minutes in his first televised interview since Lindsay’s murder trial ended in a mistrial, Patrick said she has never asked him to forgive her. “No. But I gave it to her,” he told correspondent Ross Douthat. Patrick rejected descriptions of Lindsay as a “Monster” and “Baby Murderer,” saying he believes “it was her mental illness that caused that.” He added: “If I didn’t get there, I would be eaten up inside forever.”
Patrick also described the final days of 8-month-old Callan, who survived for four days after Lindsay strangled him and siblings Cora, 5, and Dawson, 3, on January 24, 2023. Patrick said he was able to hold his youngest son, lie beside him and eventually have Callan die in his arms. “I’m so grateful for those four days that I had with him,” he said. Patrick later asked Lindsay whether she remembered killing the children, and says she described the experience as being “like a dream.”
Lindsay’s trial ended September 4 after 12 jurors could not agree whether she was criminally responsible for the killings. Eleven reportedly favored finding her not guilty by reason of insanity, while one disagreed. Patrick says he has since sought help from survivors and perinatal mental-health experts and condemned conspiracy theories accusing him of involvement in the deaths as “deeply harmful to the legacy of my children.” Lindsay’s defense is now seeking to prevent prosecutors from trying her again.
Hot Take: Forgiveness belongs to Patrick Clancy. Justice belongs to the courtroom. He can forgive the woman who killed his children, love her, pity her or believe illness took her away before the marriage ever ended. None of it answers the question twelve jurors couldn’t settle. Some debts are personal. Others belong to the law.
The FBI director says artificial intelligence is helping agents stop school shootings, process mountains of evidence and fight criminals building AI systems of their own.
FBI Director Kash Patel says use of artificial intelligence inside the bureau has increased by a staggering 605 percent since he took charge, with the technology now being deployed to triage information, analyze evidence and identify potential threats. Patel says AI has already contributed to interventions against possible school shootings in North Carolina and roughly half a dozen other states.
There is evidence of a major expansion, although the precise basis for Patel’s 605-percent figure remains unclear. Publicly reported FBI AI use cases have increased substantially, and Patel has said major technology companies are working closely with the bureau. The FBI has also described using AI for tasks including call transcription, summarizing information and correlating contacts across complaints — work that could otherwise consume weeks of analyst time.
Patel says the expansion is partly necessary because criminals are embracing the same technology. “AI, when used lawfully, is a critical tool to triage data,” he said. The FBI now separately tracks AI-related crime, while Patel has credited technology including facial recognition with helping improve missing-child recoveries and child-abuse arrests. What remains unanswered publicly is exactly what the 605-percent statistic measures: approved applications, usage, computing capacity or something else.
Hot Take: Six hundred and five percent sounds terrific under the television lights. Trouble is, percentages without a baseline are numbers wearing trench coats. The FBI is plainly going big on AI. Patel still needs to show us what, exactly, got 605 percent bigger.
Owens wants to know who preserved years-old video of Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin — and why it surfaced after the killing.
Candace Owens has opened another front in her scrutiny of the Charlie Kirk murder case, questioning how footage of accused killer Tyler Robinson from an apparently unremarkable 2022 car crash survived for years before suddenly emerging after Kirk’s assassination.
Owens credited YouTuber Zach Costello with drawing her attention to the recording but rejected his focus on similarities in Robinson’s body language. Instead, she asked who collected and preserved footage of a then-unknown 19-year-old and how it eventually reached Scripps News. She also questioned whether Utah retention rules should have resulted in the footage being deleted and argued that images repeatedly showing Robinson wearing maroon may have helped implant a particular visual identity in the public mind.
Owens went considerably further by floating possibilities including deliberate preservation of the recording, someone mimicking Robinson’s distinctive walk and even a potential blackmail angle. She presented no evidence establishing those theories and acknowledged she was speculating. Robinson remains accused of assassinating Kirk, and the provenance of an old crash video does not itself establish anything about his guilt or innocence.
Hot Take: Asking who kept the tape is a fair question. Find the custodian, find the retention record, find who handed it to the press. Follow the paper trail first. The shadows will still be there afterward if they’re real.
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Five missing women, apparent human ashes and footage of seemingly lifeless victims have drawn investigators into an increasingly disturbing case — but nobody has been charged with murder.
Philadelphia investigators are confronting the possibility that something far worse happened inside an Olney home after recovering more than one million digital files, five urns believed to contain human ashes, chemicals, drugs, weapons and fake federal credentials. Police say five missing women have been directly linked to material recovered from the property, while investigators are reportedly only around 30 percent through the enormous digital collection.
The women include Blair Tonzelli, Gabrielle Amarando, Maribel Fresses and Amy McHale, while another unidentified woman appears in footage involving a zip tie being placed around her neck. The family of another missing woman, Nicole Fusaro, believes she may also be connected. Investigators say some women appear alive in recordings and later unconscious or possibly dead, while another video allegedly depicts an apparent strangulation. Police have also recovered a handwritten note referencing serial killer Ted Bundy and methods of disposing of trash.
But there is an enormous distinction between suspicion and proof. No bodies have been recovered, none of the missing women has been legally declared dead, and Eugene Horsch, 44, has not been charged with murder or any other violent offense. His late father, adult-film producer Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, allegedly created much of the material, leaving investigators with the grim task of establishing what was staged, what was real and what happened to the women afterward.
Hot Take: The words “serial killer” are already circling the block, but homicide detectives need more than a creepy house and a million ugly pictures. They need names, bodies, timelines and cause of death. Somewhere inside that digital mountain may be the answer. The cops have barely opened the first drawer.
Friends say the former prince is making the most of his exile at Sandringham but cannot resume a normal life while detectives investigate suspected misconduct in public office.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is reportedly “making the most” of his new existence in Norfolk while a police investigation connected to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein continues to hang over him. The former Duke of York moved to the Sandringham estate after his February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office and was released under investigation.
Thames Valley Police are investigating allegations concerning Andrew’s period as Britain’s special representative for international trade and investment, including claims that confidential diplomatic and commercial information was shared with Epstein. Detectives have also appealed for a woman who says Epstein sent her to Britain for a sexual encounter with Andrew in 2010 to contact them. Andrew has strenuously denied allegations of wrongdoing, while police have said the investigation is complex and will follow the evidence.
Friends say Andrew is relieved to be away from Windsor but is effectively “living in limbo” while the inquiry continues. One obstacle is reportedly access to original material held in the United States, with British investigators seeking documents from the Justice Department. Despite having no formal restrictions preventing him from traveling, Andrew has largely remained around his Norfolk home while the investigation grinds onward.
Hot Take: Once there were palaces, titles and men opening doors. Now there’s a Norfolk farmhouse and detectives waiting on paperwork from America. The wheels of justice turn slowly, especially when the road runs through Washington. But Andrew can hear them turning all the same.
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