Ray Marcel says Lindsay Clancy holdout juror never wavered: ‘He felt that she was sane when she did it’

A 36-year-old Massachusetts mother saw a mistrial declared after a sole holdout juror maintained she was criminally responsible for killing her three children, television reports stated.

Lindsay Clancy, 36, never denied killing the children, though her defense attorney argued that she had been suffering from severe postpartum depression and bipolar disorder.

On September 4, Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial following an 11-to-1 deadlock among jurors.

The proceedings centered on the January 2023 killings of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.

The lone holdout juror who believed the defendant should be held criminally responsible subsequently disputed claims that he ever doubted her guilt, according to a televised interview.

The juror, who asked to be identified publicly only as Michael, spoke directly with true crime streaming host Ray Marcel.

Marcel, who hosts the streaming series Fugitive TV, released an interview video on Tuesday, September 15, partly titled “He Told Me Everything.”

On Wednesday, September 16, Marcel told Chris Cuomo on NewsNation that the juror never wavered in his assessment of the case.

“He felt that she was sane when she did it,” Marcel said. “He said, from day one, that he always felt that she was guilty, and he never displayed or said anything about reasonable doubt.”

Those remarks followed public statements from jury foreperson Roni Carlson, who told NBC 10 Boston that the holdout had acknowledged harboring doubt during deliberations.

“He admitted he had reasonable doubt,” Carlson told the station, adding that she became “so excited” upon hearing his words.

Carlson recalled that the juror swiftly qualified that admission during their discussions. “But I’m still not going to say that she’s not guilty by reason of insanity,” he allegedly told fellow panelists, according to Carlson.

Although the juror sought to keep his surname private, another panelist disclosed his full identity to The Boston Globe.

The newspaper confirmed his identity through further verification and reported that he had faced a domestic violence charge years earlier.

The holdout had also faced a restraining order in connection with an alleged assault on his nephew, the newspaper reported.

Fellow juror Paula Devlin told The Boston Globe that the man should have been disqualified from sitting on the Clancy panel because of his alleged violent history.

Reporters were unable to reach the juror directly for comment regarding his background.

His brother, Michel Desronvil, told the newspaper that the juror remained entirely qualified to serve and noted that he was unaware of any prior assault allegation.

“He’s never been violent to me,” Michel said. “My view is that if they put him on the jury then he must be qualified to be there.”

Judge Sullivan initially issued an impoundment order keeping all juror identities concealed from the public until at least September 18, according to NBC 10 Boston.

The judge subsequently ordered that the names of all jurors remain withheld from the public for an indefinite period.