{"id":2664764,"date":"2026-09-19T06:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-obsessed-with-lindsay-clancy-trial-accused-of-killing-her-son-and-plotting-to-poison-husband\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:11:11","slug":"woman-obsessed-with-lindsay-clancy-trial-accused-of-killing-her-son-and-plotting-to-poison-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-obsessed-with-lindsay-clancy-trial-accused-of-killing-her-son-and-plotting-to-poison-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Obsessed with Lindsay Clancy Trial Accused of Killing Her Son And Plotting to Poison Husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-obsessed-with-lindsay-clancy-trial-accused-of-killing-her-son-and-plotting-to-poison-husband%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2664764&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A woman, Corie Walsh, is accused of murdering her 2-year-old son, Barrett, by asphyxiation, after allegedly being influenced by her obsession with the Lindsay Clancy trial.Walsh reportedly believed her son was the &#8220;devil&#8221; and &#8220;antichrist,&#8221; and during police questioning,she broke into song from The Wizard of Oz after learning her son had died.Court documents indicate she had a history of psychosis and attempted to harm herself beforehand. Walsh also threatened to poison her husband and may have discussed plans to harm their other children.Her husband remains supportive, asserting she was suffering a psychotic episode at the time. The case draws parallels to the clancy case, with legal considerations regarding Walsh&#8217;s mental state and the burden of proof for insanity defenses. Walsh&#8217;s attorney, experienced in other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-will-hear-boston-marathon-bomber-execution-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Will Hear Boston Marathon Bomber Execution ...\">high-profile cases<\/a> like Casey Anthony&#8217;s defence, emphasizes her mental health issues as a key factor. Walsh is scheduled for her next court appearance on September 24.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors now claim that a woman who was obsessed with the Lindsay Clancy trial plotted to poison her husband on top of killing her 2-year-old son, reports say \u2014 even as her husband stands by her.<\/p>\n<p>The case of 40-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clancy-copycat-mother-accused-murdering-2-year-old-confirmed-obsessed-lindsay-clancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corie Walsh<\/a>, who admitted to law enforcement that she asphyxiated her son, Barrett, on Sept. 1 \u2014 hours after talking about the Clancy trial on a group chat \u2014 has claimed she was also in the throes of psychosis when the death occurred.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/husband-stands-wife-accused-killing-son-plotting-poison-clancy-trial-obsession-attorney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> report, court documents indicate Walsh told officers that she thought her son was the \u201cdevil\u201d and \u201cAntichrist\u201d when they responded to the family\u2019s home in Frankfort, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/15\/us-news\/lindsay-clancy-obsessed-mom-sang-wizard-of-oz-tune-after-hanging-2-year-old-son-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> says that when she was informed her son was dead during police questioning, she broke out into the song \u201cFollow the Yellow Brick Road\u201d from \u201cThe Wizard of Oz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initial court reports indicated that officers entered the home after a neighbor found Barrett hanging from a rafter in the basement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe removed the ligature, lowered the child to the ground, and attempted CPR while calling 911. According to the neighbor, Barrett was cold and had no pulse,\u201d prosecution documents alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were then \u201cdirected to an upstairs bathroom located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-spreading-clancy-obsessed-mom-in-custody-after-neighbor-found-toddler-hanging-from-basement-rafters-court-docs\/\" title=\"Is It Spreading? Clancy-Obsessed Mom in Custody After ... Found Toddler Hanging from Basement Rafters: Court Docs\">master bedroom\u2026 reportedly due<\/a> to this defendant, the mother of the victim, attempting to harm herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh was found in the bathtub \u201cfully dressed\u201d and \u201csurrounded by bloody water.\u201d She was charged with murder after Barrett died later in the afternoon due to asphyxia, and reports said she had become obsessed with the Clancy case, even discussing it in text message exchanges just before the killing of Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>Now comes another similarity to the Clancy case: Walsh\u2019s husband is standing by his wife, even as authorities say she had plotted to poison him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/frankfort-mom-due-court-charges-murdering-toddler-corie-walsh-was-invested-lindsay-clancy-trial-witnesses-say\/19805324\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLS-TV<\/a> reported that Walsh was threatening to poison her husband when he returned from a trip, and that a drink and prescription medication were found on a counter at the house.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors further allege that Walsh had threatened to kill the couple\u2019s other three children.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lindsay-clancy-inspired-murder-hours-boy-2-found-hanging-rafter-mom-discussing-clancy-online-court-docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walsh\u2019s<\/a> defense team says that Walsh\u2019s husband and mother have \u201cunwavering\u201d love and support for her and insist she killed the child due to an episode of psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a tragedy for the Walsh family, all of whom are mourning the loss of this child,\u201d attorney Andrea Lyon told Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also a tragedy in that Corie herself was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time this happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Lyon said her client was \u201cpsychotic,\u201d it would be \u201cbaseless and cruel\u201d to describe what happened as a copycat Clancy incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are not correlated at all. It\u2019s just accidental.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is one difference in the case, which is the matter of the law: While both Massachusetts and Illinois use the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/model_penal_code_insanity_defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Model Penal Code<\/a> standard in insanity pleas, in Illinois the burden of proof is on the defendant\u2019s side to substantiate that they did not have the \u201csubstantial capacity\u201d to either understand that what they were doing was wrong or to conform their \u201cconduct to the requirements of law.\u201d Massachusetts puts the burden of proof on the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>WLS chief legal analyst Gil Soffer said that the ties to the Clancy case will be harmful to the defense in attempting to prove that their client is not guilty by reason of insanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defense is seeing it as a threat, as a problem to be contended with because the prosecution is arguing that she understood what was happening,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a harder road to here than it is for the defense in Massachusetts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s worth noting that Walsh\u2019s attorney, Lyon, has a connection to another high-profile case in which a not guilty verdict was reached: She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/crime\/illinois-woman-killed-son-casey-anthony-attorney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was<\/a> part of the defense team that got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-casey-anthonys-parents-take-lie-detector-test-refute-claims-granddaughter-caylees-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casey Anthony<\/a> acquitted in the 2011 murder trial of her 2-year-old daughter in Florida, which attracted national attention.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh\u2019s next appearance in court will be on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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