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- The accused is Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, an Illinois village southwest of Chicago, who is accused of strangling her son Barrett to death.
- Witnesses told police Walsh had recently become very invested in the Lindsay Clancy case, talking about it regularly in a group chat with friends almost until her son was found unresponsive.
- Police discovered Barrett Walsh in the basement of the family’s home on September 1, with a cord around his neck, and Walsh was found upstairs bloodied after cutting herself with a knife.
- Walsh told police her son was the “devil” and “anti-Christ,” and an infant and two school-aged children were in the home but unharmed.
- Walsh was held without bond after prosecutors argued she poses a specific, real, and present threat to her husband and living children.
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“Police found Barrett in the basement with a cord around his neck, and Walsh upstairs bloodied after cutting herself. Prosecutors argued she poses a 'specific, real, and present threat' to her husband and living children, leading to her detention without bond.”
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“An Illinois woman accused of killing her 2-year-old-son last week will be in court Tuesday morning to face three counts of first-degree murder.”
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