{"id":593996,"date":"2026-09-08T15:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/593996\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:02:18","slug":"us-mum-charged-with-killing-2yo-was-closely-following-lindsay-clancy-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/593996\/","title":{"rendered":"US mum charged with killing 2yo was closely following Lindsay Clancy trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Illinois woman charged with killing her 2-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy<\/a> and was texting friends about the case just hours before her son was found dead, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Corie Walsh, 40, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after her son, Barrett, was found dead in the basement of the family\u2019s suburban Chicago home on September 1, according to court records obtained by NBC Chicago.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Walsh had become \u201cvery invested\u201d in Clancy\u2019s nationally watched trial<\/a> and was discussing it with friends until about 12.30pm that day. A neighbour found Barrett less than four hours later.<\/p>\n

\"Lindsay<\/p>\n

Lindsay Clancy listens to a witness on video during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass. (Source: Greg Derr\/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

Walsh was found elsewhere in the home with injuries authorities said were self-inflicted. Prosecutors said she later told investigators that she killed her son because she believed he was the \u201cdevil\u201d and the \u201canti-Christ\u201d. Her attorney, Andrea Lyon, told reporters Walsh was experiencing a psychotic episode and called the boy\u2019s death a tragedy for the entire family.<\/p>\n

Police were called to Walsh\u2019s home in Frankfort, about 56 kilometres southwest of Chicago, shortly before 4pm after a neighbour discovered Barrett in the basement, according to prosecutors\u2019 petition seeking to keep Walsh jailed before trial.<\/p>\n

The neighbour found the boy and began CPR while calling 911, prosecutors said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined that he died from asphyxia caused by ligature compression of the neck.<\/p>\n

Police searching the house found Walsh fully dressed in a bathtub containing bloody water, prosecutors said. She was taken to a hospital with injuries authorities described as not life-threatening.<\/p>\n

\"Lindsay<\/p>\n

Lindsay Clancy reacts to news that a woman was arrested for recording images of the jury at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

The disclosure that Walsh had been following Clancy\u2019s trial came days after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in that case when jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.<\/p>\n

Clancy, a former labour and delivery nurse, was accused of killing her three young children in 2023. Her lawyers argued that she was legally insane<\/a> and suffering from postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors maintained that Clancy understood what she was doing and knew it was wrong.<\/p>\n

Authorities in Illinois have not alleged that Clancy\u2019s trial played a role in the killing of Walsh\u2019s son, and no evidence made public so far establishes a connection beyond her discussion of the case.<\/p>\n

\"Where<\/p>\n

Where to get help. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Illinois woman charged with killing her 2-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,42,43,64,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-593996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}