The lone juror who blocked an insanity acquittal in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has been identified as Michael P. Desronvil, a 48-year-old conservative Catholic from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, who says he voted guilty because the evidence showed the former labor-and-delivery nurse knew exactly what she was doing when she killed her three young children.
Desronvil, the only Black member of the 12-person jury, has now broken his silence in an interview with Fugitive TV host Ray Marcel. He described eight of his fellow jurors as “activists” who wanted Clancy found not guilty from the first day of deliberations — before they had even fully weighed the evidence.
“He said that from day one, eight of them were going for Lindsay Clancy not guilty,” Marcel recounted. “Those eight felt like they were activists.” By the end, Desronvil said only he and one other juror still voted guilty. That second juror “caved in at the last moment.” He did not.
Clancy, 36, admits she strangled 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan inside the family’s Duxbury home on January 24, 2023, while her husband Patrick was sent on an errand. She then tried to take her own life and was left paralyzed. Her defense argued postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder meant she lacked criminal responsibility and should be sent to a hospital, not prison. Prosecutors said she planned it, acted rationally, and should answer for first-degree murder.
Desronvil told Marcel he never had reasonable doubt. He believed Clancy was sane, citing the evidence of preparation presented at trial. “He felt that she was sane when she did it,” Marcel said. “He knew Lindsay was guilty based on the evidence.”
The jury of nine women and three men deliberated more than 38 hours over seven days before telling Judge William Sullivan they were hopelessly deadlocked “with a heavy heart.” Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington made last-ditch attempts to have the holdout removed and even appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Those efforts failed.
Cora was a “girly girl” who loved princesses and taking care of people. Dawson was into firefighters, trucks, and “Paw Patrol.” Callan was described as a happy baby. Their father testified about ordinary family moments that ended that January afternoon. Those children never got to grow up. That fact, Desronvil indicated, was not something he could set aside.
After the mistrial, Desronvil’s identity spread online. He has said he has received threats and that people have come to his home. A fundraiser was launched to help cover security, legal costs, and lost work. He maintains he disclosed a past arrest on his jury questionnaire and was selected after being questioned about it. The 2021 charge involving his then-wife was later dismissed. He has an active restraining order related to a separate family dispute and was facing eviction proceedings during the trial, details that have fueled debate over how he was seated in the first place.
Desronvil has said he believes he is being targeted in part because he is a Black Republican with conservative values sitting on a jury he described as dominated by Democratic-leaning voters. He is not an immigrant, he said, though he previously married a woman who was in the country illegally without his knowledge at the time.
Clancy remains held at Tewksbury State Hospital. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not yet announced whether his office will retry the case. A status hearing is set for September 29. Clancy’s legal team has added attorney Martin Weinberg and is preparing arguments that a second trial would violate double jeopardy protections. Cruz has previously said children were murdered and it is the job of prosecutors to seek justice
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