I Heard Patrick Clancy’s 911 CALL – LIVE WITH LAUREN

“Buds in. So, I don’t know if that’s going to work well. I’m going to take those out. All right. Can everybody hear? Hello. Hello. Live from the courtroom. Welcome to live chat. Making sure people are here. I can’t quite see anybody yet in the chat. Okay, well, I’m going to tell you what I saw in the courtroom.”

“I was hoping to actually maybe take some—Uh, there we are. There’s the chat. So, I’m happy to take some questions, too, because I think there’s a lot of questions and a lot of rumors swirling around about Patrick Clancy’s 911 call from the courtroom this morning. I am in Plymouth, Massachusetts. I’m in the car, our rental car right outside of the Plymouth County Courthouse.”

“I heard the 911 call inside the courtroom. It is the saddest call I’ve ever heard in my entire life. Um, I’m clearly not alone. Many, many people in the jury were crying. Uh, person next to me was crying. Lindsay herself was sobbing. Her parents were crying. Patrick was not there. Jurors were crying. I have heard that the pool photographer with Law & Crime Report TV was crying.”

“[Clears throat] My cough remains. Thanks for your patience. Um, I honestly just had to process a lot. I’m glad I had a little bit of time. Uh, we’ve been on lunch for a little bit, but I just wanted to take some time um to share what I heard in there, to share what it was like in there. Just so you know, Patrick came back on the stand right away this morning.”

“Again, we’ll have a bigger, longer, more detailed update tonight live on YouTube as well as on our podcast after our live if you prefer podcast. So, we’ll be live on YouTube later tonight with everything, but Patrick gets back on the stand. And he’s, you know, people ask, ‘Does he look at Lindsay when he walks in?’ He doesn’t.”

“Patrick looks straight ahead like he knows why he’s there. He goes straight to the stand and you can tell he’s just trying to hold it together. They’re going through everything that happened up until the moment he finds Lindsay to the moment he gets on the phone with 911 to the moment he goes down to the basement, finds his children.”

“I keep mentioning this word stoic, but you can tell he’s holding it together. [Clears throat] Essentially, he gets through it all answering all of the prosecution’s questions. And at that moment there’s a sidebar right when he’s kind of done but before he’s off the stand. And they’re mentioning that there’s going to be a 911 call and there’s a sidebar and the white noise goes on so that they can all go talk.”

“And at that moment he bends his head down and you can tell he finally can’t be strong anymore. And he starts crying clearly. And he’s trying to pull himself together. And a bailiff comes over. This is all during white noise, so this is just me watching. It’s not like your average court proceedings. A bailiff comes over, kind of asks him something. We can’t hear.”

“I’m sure it’s, ‘Do you need something?’ He says, ‘No.’ Trying to bring himself back together. And then the sidebar is over, the white noise is turned off, and then um the judge excuses Patrick from the stand before the 911 call is played. And at that moment Patrick gets up off the stand, and he walks right in front of me, and I—I have—He walks right in front of me and in front of me.”

“Like I have the view of watching Patrick. Again, he does not look at Lindsay. He doesn’t. But he is trying to control things, and he is breathing heavy. I can hear his breath and his shoulders, and he is breaking down as he walks out. Like you can tell he’s just done holding it in, and he’s not okay. And he leaves. I look over at Lindsay’s parents, and her dad is taking off his glasses to wipe some tears.”

“Her mother grabs her purse, and I thought for a second that they were maybe choosing to leave the courtroom before the 911 call was played, but they didn’t. They stayed. The judge then talks to the jury and says to the jury, ‘Look, there are going to be emotions. You’re going to hear emotions.'”

“‘You cannot let the emotions decide the evidence. The emotions are not part of the evidence, and you have to weigh the evidence without the emotions.’ And to me, that was just like one other sign or example of what we knew was about to come. And also, I’m sure they just saw Patrick Clancy right on the stand keeping it together, and then probably not being able to keep it together. One second.”

“Okay. You guys there? [Clears throat] I got some texts, and I realized I didn’t have my phone on do not disturb. So, I am sick, and also I’m just not used to this weather in Massachusetts, but it’s beautiful. I’m enjoying the cooler weather. It’s raining right now. I’ll show [clears throat] you guys.”

“See. So, so then Patrick’s out of the room. The jury’s been sort of warned by the judge. You can’t, you know, ignore the emotions. So, the call starts. We’ve heard a lot of this call, right? A lot of this call, it’s been in court records, you know, pieces of this call. We know about this call. But to hear it, first off, I’ll say this.”

“Patrick isn’t just strong and stoic on the stand. He is when he discovers his wife and calls 911. And we learn more about how he found her and how he had looked for her and what happened. And he runs to her and he’s on the phone with 911 and he’s actually maintaining this sort of level-headed calmness.”

“You can tell that he is the calm for Lindsay probably during all of her mental health, right? Because he’s like, ‘Stay calm, Lindsay. Lindsay.’ He’s on the phone with 911. ‘My wife tried to commit S.’ Can’t always say that word on YouTube. So, I often [clears throat] switch it for self-harm, but you guys know what I’m trying to say.”

“‘My wife, she’s not okay. She—She jumped out of the window. It was about 20 ft. She’s—’ How old she is. Everything. And he’s saying, ‘Lindsay, can you talk to me, Lindsay?’ It is a stable, calm voice. Almost like if it’s a father. Like you can see how Patrick acts in an emergency. He is—He is like probably the ideal caller for a 911 operator.”

“He is—and probably the ideal person for Lindsay to lean on during mental health issues because he is steady. He is calm. He’s like, ‘Lindsay, can you hear me?’ He’s explaining that there isn’t really blood coming out of the wounds that he needs to put pressure on. There was a lot of blood upstairs that he explained in his testimony.”

“He said there was a puddle. And it was like it was sprayed everywhere, is what he said. Blood everywhere. But on the phone with the 911 operator, he’s explaining there isn’t really, cause the 911 operator is recommending that he put pressure on the wounds. And he’s like, ‘There’s not really anywhere. They’re—They’re open wounds, but they’re not actively bleeding.'”

“You know, ‘Lindsay, what did you do to your neck? Lindsay, can you talk to me? Can you talk to me?’ The sirens—you can hear the sirens start to come. The sirens are coming and you can hear them and you’re like, ‘It’s getting closer.’ And all you’re thinking about though is we know what’s downstairs and at what point is he going to say, ‘I got to go find my kids. I’ve got to leave.'”

“But you know what? He doesn’t leave his wife’s side. He’s there. He is focused on Lindsay. Like he knows that his children can wait. This is about Lindsay. ‘My wife tried to kill herself,’ explaining. And he’s also telling Lindsay stay calm. He’s staying calm. He’s like, again, this reassuring, stable voice.”

“So you kind of know the man that Patrick Clancy is on this phone call. When there is an emergency, he is the one to take charge and keep everybody calm, safe, reassuring. And I say that because—and I saw that on the stand too—because I want to point out what happens next is the most horrific thing I have ever heard. So then once people are there, only once people have arrived, only once first responders are at Lindsay’s side, does he say, ‘I’m going to go check on the kids.'”

“And you know, and he asked where the kids are. She says, ‘In the basement.’ She doesn’t tell him what she’s done to the kids. So, he only leaves his wife’s side once first responders are there. And then you can hear him walking down. And you hear him walking down. And you hear, ‘Cora, Cora.’ And he explained on the stand that Cora was the first he saw.”

“And he saw Cora. And he was like, ‘Cora, Cora.’ And you can hear, ‘Oh my god. Oh my god. Cora, Cora.’ But other than those words, you hear screams. And I can’t even explain the screams. And after getting to know Patrick on the stand and getting to know him on this 911 call, those screams mean even more because this is a calm, collected human being.”

“And these are screams of agony. And you can hear the 911 operator going, ‘What’s happening? What’s happening in the basement?’ And he can’t even say. He’s screaming. Like he—like screaming as in like there’s even some high-pitched screams. Like it’s just like he—he’s just—It is—it is absolute torture agony.”

“Like you would think that he was being tortured. I mean, he was being tortured emotionally in that moment, but it’s—it’s how you picture someone maybe being physically tortured. What—what does someone do when tortured? Those were his screams. And nobody—And then he goes from that person that’s telling the 911 operator everything they need to know to not being able to say anything.”

“He is just screaming. And we know from his testimony, though, at this moment he’s saying that he’s untying the—the bands from Cora’s neck and—and from Callan’s necks. And he finds Dawson last. And he did say on the stand that he could tell Dawson was gone. And so it must have been—I’m picturing in my mind, I don’t know, but I’m picturing in my mind that it was when he saw Dawson and knew he was gone and took the band that he was finally able to muster, ‘She killed the kids.'”

“And then you hear someone say, ‘Oh, shit.’ And like that ‘Oh, shit,’ like you kind of hear in the background. And then there’s more screams and he’s screaming and screaming and screaming. And then, ‘She killed the kids,’ and you hear, ‘Oh, shit.’ ‘Oh, shit,’ like you—person—Now, at first I thought it was a 911 operator.”

“I think now that it was maybe a police officer first responder coming down in that moment. It was like they realized the gravity of what he just said. Like, ‘Oh, my god.’ And when that ended again, Patrick’s not in the room. Lindsay is shaking inconsolably. She is sobbing. Crying in that courtroom uncontrollably. The gallery is crying, jurors are crying.”

“I—I learned that the photographer’s crying. Her parents are crying. Her parents also very much keep it together in that courtroom until they, you know, not—and they are crying. Everybody is crying. Everybody is trying to process what they just heard. Being with Patrick in that moment that the unthinkable, the unfathomable happens. The most painful moment of his life, and it’s—it is horrific.”

“It is—It was—It is just like, I don’t know how to explain it, but I—I’ve never heard pain from a human like that before. I don’t know, that’s the only way I can explain it. It was clear that after that call that the courtroom needed a break and the judge allowed us to break. Lindsay—the jurors had left. Sorry, the jurors left quickly and I think also another reason the judge wanted to—to have a break is because Lindsay was sobbing uncontrollably.”

“So I think he—he wanted to get the jurors out of there, is my guess. And so the—we stood for the jurors. The jurors [clears throat] were ushered out, and as soon as the jurors were ushered out, Lindsay broke down even more, and I think it was because she has also been told to try to keep it together for the—for the jurors, for the courtroom, right? So the moment the jurors left, Lindsay just breaks down as well.”

“And then the judge is kind of like saying, ‘Okay, everyone, let’s—let’s leave the courtroom.’ And—and we were all honestly a bit slow, I think, to leave. First off, we were just drained and like processing what we just heard. And then you have Lindsay who’s just crying like vocally, you can hear her. You know, she can’t move and nobody’s like—kind of leave—Everybody’s like getting their stuff together, but it’s very slow and—and the bailiffs are like, ‘Go! Go! Everybody, go!’ And it’s just like this slow movement.”

“And I think everyone—So they finally actually wheel Lindsay out of the courtroom and kind of take her—take—take her out of the courtroom before all of us are out. Because she’s crying so hard. And I think that that did help. Everyone was finally kind of able to like gather themselves up and get out of the courtroom, but it’s like you have—it’s a large courtroom.”

“You have a lot of people in there and I just think it was like this like kind of nobody knew what to do. It was like we just needed to be pushed and—and the push was like getting Lindsay out of the—out of the courtroom. And then we were all able to leave. Once we were all out of the courtroom, like nobody spoke to each other either.”

“Everyone just like stood there. I know I didn’t even want to talk to anyone because I was like, ‘What is happening?’ I—I ran down to a bathroom. I went—I went to a different floor to use the bathroom. And cause it’s easier that way, and—and then I just like wrote my first initial thoughts on my phone, kind of like the emotion of it.”

“I—I posted it on YouTube here and on our other social media. Um, Twitter X, excuse me. Um, TikTok, um, some few other places. So there was—and I’m going to read your questions cause I want to clarify any rumors, too. There’s already a rumor going around that Patrick said, ‘You murdered the kids,’ and that is absolutely, I want to clarify, not true.”

“At one moment he said, ‘She killed the kids.’ But—and we’ll have—we actually took really good notes in there and we’ll have a more detailed transcript today when we go live. We also saw right before this too, because we’re all sort of overwhelmed with that 911 call, we also saw the murder weapons today in the courtroom.”

“They showed each—each band with Patrick in there that was wrapped around his three children’s necks. He explained with a home diagram where each of his children were found and what rooms. Which color band each of them had. We saw what each child was wearing. Cora was in a little fluffy pink robe. And the gallery sort of like gasped when they showed Cora’s robe.”

“It was, you know, so sweet. Dinosaur underwear for Dawson. And—and a onesie pajama set that we had actually seen Callan wearing in earlier photos from that day. So, yeah. So, we saw a lot. We heard a lot. We’re all going to head back in. But, that’s the latest. And of course, again tonight we will—we—we took detailed notes.”

“I will have like the full sort of description and go play-by-play over the phone call. We do have that. But, I did want to get on here and share exactly what I remember right after hearing it. So, I—I don’t forget and recap for all of you. Um, yeah. And then after that, there was sort of, I think, just some witnesses to kind of set the stage and confirm that Patrick did come in that day.”

“Lindsay did call CVS. Patrick did go pick up the Mediterranean power bowl and risotto from 3V. Two meals that were never eaten because of what he went home to. But, two meals that he’ll never forget. So, I’m going to go ahead back in there. There was a long line. It’s very intense. Um, I learned someone was kicked out earlier today [cough and clears throat] because there is no videos or photography allowed inside the courthouse.”

“I don’t know if everybody knows that, but it’s very strict in there. Which is why I’m out here doing this live. And Grayson, my amazing producer, is inside. So, I’m going to go meet her in there. She’s here in chat. I see that. Um, I will try to keep updates as I can. I’m sort of focusing in there. Um, I put on X a great—a great um—There’s a great X, I—I want to say thread, Twitter thread, and I don’t—There’s a great X lineup on X with Jess.”

“She’s doing an [clears throat] excellent job. If you guys want the play-by-play so you’re not able to watch the live stream, she’s doing a great job doing a play-by-play from inside the courtroom and she has an excellent seat. Um, very close. She can hear a lot and see a lot. Lindsay’s uh nursing team is in there today as well.”

“So, there you go. Um, and Grayson is also sharing things that she saw and heard as well. Um, Grayson or anyone, is there anything I need to answer before I head in? Um, thank you everyone for your suggestions. Um, Grayson, is there anything you feel I need to cover? I’ll just look for Grayson.”

“It’s—it’s harder to see this chat than when I’m on my um computer. Yeah, Patrick was breathing very heavily as he walked out. Like, yeah, it did sound panic attack worthy. Mhm. All right. K, I will see you guys um later tonight live. Some people ask what time we will be going live with everything. That’s to be determined because these—these lives are so—so detailed and researched and we—we put everything together and prepare.”

“It’s [clears throat] hard to know. But Susie, I’m so glad you’ve been a—a gem for 26 months. But as soon as we do know the live, we will let you know. Hit notifications. Hit subscribe on our YouTube channel and just thank you for supporting us while we do this. Thank you. I have a lot to say tonight. I do.”

“So I hope you guys will join with us tonight. So we’ll see you. Bye-bye.”