Holdout Juror Breaks Silence After Lindsay Clancy Mistrial: Says Fellow Jurors Acted Like “Activists”

The lone holdout juror whose vote helped prevent a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial is speaking out, offering a striking account of what allegedly happened inside the jury room.

Michael P. Desronvil, 48, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, says he became convinced Clancy was guilty based on the evidence presented at trial and believed she understood what she was doing at the time of her children’s deaths.

His fellow jurors, he claims, saw things very differently.

Desronvil spoke with Fugitive TV’s Ray Marcel after the trial ended in a mistrial on September 4. According to Marcel’s account of the interview, Desronvil described eight members of the jury as behaving like “activists” who favored a not-guilty verdict from the beginning of deliberations.

The jury spent more than 38 hours deliberating over the course of approximately a week but repeatedly told Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan that it could not reach a unanimous decision. After the jury reported being deadlocked for a third time, Sullivan declared a mistrial.

According to Marcel, Desronvil said the divide was apparent almost immediately.

“He said that from day one, he said eight of them were going for Lindsay Clancy not guilty,” Marcel recounted. “Eight were going not guilty. Two were for guilty. And two didn’t know. They didn’t make up their mind.”

Desronvil reportedly believed those eight jurors approached the deliberations more like advocates than neutral fact-finders.

“He said to him those eight felt like they were activists,” Marcel said. “Every day they would vote. … The eight that felt that Lindsay was not guilty were trying to convince the other four, ‘Hey, Lindsay is not guilty.’”

Desronvil ultimately refused to budge.

According to LifeNews’ account of the interview, he believed the evidence showed that Clancy was not legally insane at the time and understood the nature of her actions.

His comments provide a rare glimpse into the deliberations behind one of Massachusetts’ most closely watched criminal cases, but they represent Desronvil’s account of the jury-room dynamics. The other jurors may characterize those deliberations differently.

Clancy was accused of killing her three young children in the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023. Her defense centered on her mental state, including the argument that she was legally insane at the time of the killings.

After weeks of testimony, the case ultimately came down to a jury that could not agree.

Now, with Desronvil publicly describing a deeply divided jury room, the mistrial may not be the final chapter.

Clancy’s next court hearing is scheduled for September 29.