09/05/2026
I don't even know how to introduce this one..
Mom Charged in 2-Year-Old's Death – Prosecutors Say She'd Been Following the Lindsay Clancy Trial
A 2-year-old boy in Frankfort, Illinois is gone. His name was Barrett Walsh. His family called him Bear. He was born in March 2024, so he'd just turned two.
Police were called just after 4 p.m. Tuesday for an unresponsive child. When officers got there, a neighbor was already doing CPR on him. He didn't survive.
His mother, 40-year-old Corie Walsh, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder. And here's the part that has everyone talking. According to court documents, prosecutors say Walsh believed her son was the "anti-Christ." Witnesses reportedly told police she had recently become very focused on the Lindsay Clancy case, and that she'd been discussing it in a group text just hours before.
Walsh's attorney says she was experiencing a psychotic episode. His statement called it a tragedy for the entire Walsh family, all of whom are mourning the loss of this child. She's in custody and being held for medical treatment.
I want to be really clear about something. Nothing here has been proven. She hasn't been convicted of anything, and prosecutors noting what she was reading isn't the same as anyone establishing why this happened. That's for a court to sort out.
I just keep coming back to the fact that there's a two-year-old at the center of this. Rest easy, Bear. 🤍