A juror in the high-profile Massachusetts murder trial of Lindsay Clancy defended the lone male holdout after the jury declared a mistrial with an 11-1 split, admitting that other panelists were also unwilling to see perspectives beyond their own.

"The stand-alone juror was not the only one that was unwilling to see things from the other side," the juror, who spoke to WBZ-TV on condition of anonymity, told the outlet. "There were some big personalities in that room. But at the end of the day, it just came down to an inability to move past your convictions."

Clancy acknowledged strangling her three young children, Dawson, 3; Cora, 5; and Callan, 8, with exercise bands in January 2023 at the family home in Duxbury. Her defense argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings. The prosecution presented its case, but the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, leading Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial on Friday.

The anonymous juror, identified as juror No. 5, stated that from the outset of deliberations, the majority of the 12-person jury, comprised of nine women and three men, attempted to persuade the lone holdout. However, she conceded that the lack of unanimous agreement was more widespread than just one individual.

"The majority of people, it doesn’t matter what side they were on, were very firm in their stance and their belief from the beginning," the juror said. "At the end of the day, there was so much doubt."

She characterized the case as having "too much gray area," explaining that "the prosecution didn’t have a figurative smoking gun." The juror added, "There was not a single moment throughout the presentation of that case where you could say ‘Yup, 100% I’m certain she did it’ or that she didn’t do it."

Initially, the juror believed Clancy should be held accountable for her children's deaths. However, she was swayed by the defense's claims of postpartum psychosis, stating, "Maybe I still believe that in a certain way. I think that this is a woman who was not mentally healthy. She was someone who was in the throes of a significant mental health crisis."

She expressed empathy for Clancy, noting, "I really just felt like she was so deep in it that she couldn’t see her way out."