Published: 20:21 BST, 4 September 2026 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 4 September 2026
Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz was heckled outside of court after the Lindsay Clancy case was ruled a mistrial.
Cruz addressed members of the media moments after Judge William Sullivan announced a mistrial at a court in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
As he was talking, a woman standing behind him said: 'You only cared when the kids were dead – why didn't you care about the mother?'.
Cruz kept a straight face as others around him backed up what the woman shouted, chanting: 'Amen'.
As journalists continued to pose questions to Cruz, the woman continued to heckle him, causing him to ask a reporter to repeat their question.
She was also seen shaking her head as he spoke and kept on shouting over him before walking away. Others shouted that he was corrupt. Another woman stood behind Cruz was seen shaking her head every time he spoke.
When questioned over whether his prosecutor's case was insensitive, he responded that killing three children was insensitive.
'Insensitive is ignoring those facts, we have an obligation to stand up for those people and seek justice', he added.
Cruz addressed members of the media moments after Judge William Sullivan announced a mistrial at a court in Plymouth, Massachusetts
As he was talking, a woman standing behind him, seen here in pink over his right shoulder, said: 'You only cared when the kids were dead – why didn't you care about the mother?'
Cruz maintained Clancy's killing of her children was cold-blooded murder, but that he refused to be drawn on whether he would push for a retrial and said the decision was yet to be made.
Prosecutors may also ask for the verdict to be decided by a judge, rather than a jury trial.
The jury panel of nine women and three men spent over 37 hours deliberating the case after five weeks of evidence.
They sent four notes to the judge this week saying they had been unable to reach a verdict.
