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Mother murdered young child after becoming 'very invested' in Lindsay Clancy trial: police
WKRC • • nation
Key Points:
- Corie Walsh, a 40-year-old mother in Frankfort, Illinois, allegedly murdered her 2-year-old son by asphyxiation with a cord around his neck on September 1.
- A neighbor discovered the child hanging in the basement and attempted CPR, but the child died shortly after being taken to the hospital; other children in the home were unharmed.
- Walsh was found upstairs with self-inflicted knife wounds and told police she killed her son because she believed he was the "devil" and "anti-Christ."
- Prior to the incident, Walsh had been closely following and discussing the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, where Clancy was accused of killing her children amid claims of postpartum psychosis.
- Walsh was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder, and her husband was out of state at the time of the incident.
