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Frankfort mom texted about Clancy hours before son’s killing: Docs
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Key Points:
- Corie A. Walsh, a mother, is accused of killing her 2-year-old son Barrett by hanging him in their basement, then attempting to harm herself; she was found in a tub of bloody water with self-inflicted cuts.
- Walsh had been closely following and discussing the Lindsay Clancy trial, involving a mother who killed her three children, just hours before the incident in her home.
- Walsh told police she killed her son because she believed he was the "devil" and the "anti-Christ," and later admitted to the act in the hospital; the child died from asphyxia due to ligature compression.
- At the time of the incident, three other children, including an infant and two school-aged kids, were in the home and remained unharmed; Walsh's husband was out of state.
- Walsh faces three counts of first-degree murder and is in custody undergoing medical treatment while authorities continue their investigation, including forensic analysis of her phone.
