A look at potential changes in the prosecution of Lindsay Clancy
Constitutional law attorney Jonathan Turley discusses Plymouth County Superior Court Judge William Sullivan declaring a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case after the jury remained deadlocked and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied the defense’s emergency appeal, breaking down the legal implications of the ruling, the prosecution’s options moving forward and what to expect if the case heads to a second trial on ‘America Reports.’
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An Illinois woman has been charged with three counts of murder in the death of her 2-year-old son in a case that has already drawn comparisons to the Lindsay Clancy trial, authorities confirmed.
Corie A. Walsh, 40, was being held for medical treatment on Friday after she was found with wounds believed to be self-inflicted but non-life-threatening when police responded to her home Tuesday, the Frankfort Police Department said in a news release.
Frankfort is about 36 miles southwest of Chicago.
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An investigator works behind police tape outside a Frankfort, Ill., home where a 2-year-old boy died. (FOX 32 Chicago)
Once she’s released from treatment, she will be transferred to the Will County Adult Detention Facility to await a hearing.
Frankfort police officers responded to Walsh’s home Tuesday afternoon and found her son unresponsive. He was given CPR and transported to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Walsh was closely following the Clancy trial and was discussing the case in an online group chat as the jury deliberated just hours before her son was found, prosecutors said, according to FOX 32.
Walsh allegedly believed her son was the “anti-Christ” and the “devil,” court documents said, the station reported.
The boy was found by a neighbor hanging by the neck from a rafter in the basement, FOX 32 reported.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Frankfort Police Department.
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, their loved ones and everyone affected by this heartbreaking tragedy,” Frankfort police said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital. “We ask our community to keep them in their thoughts and prayers and to respect their privacy as they navigate this profoundly difficult time.”
Lindsay Clancy listens to testimony at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., last month. (Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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Carolyn Pappas, who lives nearby, told NBC Chicago earlier this week that the boy’s death has left residents stunned. She told the station that the circumstances brought to mind the case of Clancy, a Massachusetts mother who admitted to killing her three children before attempting to take her own life.
“This is just absolutely devastating, that this could be another Lindsay Clancy situation in our neighborhood, in our community. You never think it’s going to hit so close to home,” she told the station. “And, so, yeah, that absolutely makes us think of that. And, again, just more people, I think, are struggling than we realize, and, so, we just need to be there for one another.”
Police tape surrounds the Frankfort, Illinois, home where officers found an unresponsive 2-year-old boy. (Fox 32 Chicago)
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Three other people who were unharmed were found inside the Walsh home on Tuesday, police said, according to FOX 32.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
