AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Illinois mother charged with murdering toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say
An Illinois mother accused of hanging her 2-year-old son from a basement rafter allegedly told authorities she also planned to poison her husband, and prosecutors say she had been closely following the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in the hours before the killing. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, a suburb roughly 35 miles southwest of […] The post Illinois mother charged with murdering toddler allegedly plotted to poison husband, prosecutors say appeared first on American Almanac .
An Illinois mother accused of hanging her 2-year-old son from a basement rafter allegedly told authorities she also planned to poison her husband, and prosecutors say she had been closely following the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in the hours before the killing. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, a suburb roughly 35 miles southwest of Chicago, was arrested September 1 after her son Barrett, whom family called "Bear," was found dead in the basement of the family home. Will County prosecutors revealed the poisoning allegation during a court hearing this week, where a judge ordered Walsh to remain detained, citing a continued risk to her surviving children and her husband. The case has drawn immediate comparisons to the Clancy trial…Open