# Illinois mom accused in son's death

> Prosecutors are probing whether Corie Walsh's focus on the Lindsay Clancy case played any role in her son's death.
- Title: Illinois mom accused in son's death · Fox News | Shortify
- Summary: Prosecutors are probing whether Corie Walsh's focus on the Lindsay Clancy case played any role in her son's death. The case centers on whether Walsh was…
- Keywords: corie walsh, barrett walsh, illinois, frankfort, will county, first-degree murder, lindsay clancy, wizard of oz, copycat case, andrea lyon, news, politics
- Source: Fox News — https://foxnews.com/us/clancy-fixated-illinois-mom-sang-wizard-oz-tune-allegedly-killing-2-year-old-son-report
- Author: Louis Casiano
- Published: 2026-09-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: corie walsh, barrett walsh, illinois, frankfort, will county, first-degree murder, lindsay clancy, wizard of oz, copycat case, andrea lyon, news, politics
## A mother charged
Corie Walsh, 40, is accused of killing her 2-year-old son Barrett in Frankfort, Illinois. Prosecutors charged her with three counts of first-degree murder.
## A basement discovery
Barrett was found hanging from a rafter in the basement of the family's suburban Chicago home. His siblings discovered him after returning from school on Sept. 1.

> found hanging lifeless from a rafter
## Claims about the devil
Investigators say Walsh told officers she killed Barrett because she believed he was the devil and the anti-Christ.

> the "devil" and the "anti-Christ"
## Singing in questioning
Court documents cited in the report say Walsh sang her own version of "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" while detectives questioned her.

> Follow the Yellow Brick Road
## Clancy trial fixation
Before Barrett's death, Walsh had been closely following Lindsay Clancy's murder trial and texted friends about it the same morning, according to the report.

> very invested
## Defense rejects link
Walsh's attorney, Andrea Lyon, said her client was psychotic and denied that interest in the Clancy case explains the alleged killing.

> She was psychotic. And this is not a first-degree murder
## Key takeaway

The case centers on whether Walsh was legally responsible for murder or was in a psychotic state when her 2-year-old son died.