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Mother Charged with Murder Was in Psychotic State at Time of Son’s Strangling, Attorney Says
Police say Corie Walsh strangled her son and faces three first-degree murder counts as prosecutors cite evidence of a psychotic episode.
- Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, will appear in court Tuesday to face three counts of first-degree murder in the strangling death of her 2-year-old son, Barrett Walsh.
- Court documents reveal Walsh 'had recently become very invested in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial,' and police reported she allegedly called Barrett the 'devil' and 'anti-Christ.'
- Police discovered Barrett in the basement on Sept 1 while Walsh was found bloodied upstairs; an infant and two school-aged children in the home were unharmed.
- Attorney Andrea Lyon said Walsh was 'experiencing a psychotic episode at the time this happened,' and she remains held without bond at the Will County Adult Detention Facility.
- The Will County Coroner said 'Final cause and manner will be determined following Autopsy, Police and Toxicological reports,' as prosecutors pursue charges based on legal theories of 'probability of death or great bodily harm.
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