A mother from Frankfort, Illinois has been accused of killing her two-year-old son, after reportedly developing a fascination with the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Walsh was found inside her home Tuesday afternoon when Frankfort police responded to a report of an unresponsive child. The child was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead, with Walsh also transported for treatment for non-life threatening injuries at a local hospital.
Walsh, who was listed as 40 years old by Frankfort police, has been charged with three counts of First-Degree Murder, and is currently “in custody and being held for medical treatment,” according to a release from the Village of Frankfort Police Department. Recently released court documents revealed the scenes officers encountered at the large Brook Stone Court home in suburban Frankfort. "When officers arrived, a neighbor was performing CPR on a toddler, later identified as two-year-old Barrett Walsh, born March 26, 2024," read one, cited by NBC Chicago.
Another excerpt quoted by CBS News said that Walsh’s son was found “hanging in the basement on a device from a rafter.” Walsh allegedly told police she had murdered her son because he was the “anti-Christ,” according to prosecutors, who said that Walsh had also "recently become very invested in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.” The trial of Clancy—accused of murdering her three children in early 2023—has garnered national attention in recent weeks, and ended in a mistrial on Friday. Walsh "had been actively discussing the case via group text message with her friends," until shortly before the death of her son, prosecutors said. This is a developing story.
Extract — continue reading at the source.
