Dark Details Emerge in 'Lindsay Clancy-Obsessed' Mom Case

What was going on in the mind of an Illinois mom who allegedly strangled her toddler? This is not a case of first degree murder. It's anything but that. Her defense says she's mentally ill and they have proof. Prosecutors claim this mom is a cold calculated killer who had even darker plans for other members of her family. She stood very still. She looked kind of like with her head looking down a little bit. Corrie Walsh made her first appearance in court and cameras were not allowed inside, but we are breaking down what happened with someone who was there. Also, what Corrie Walsh's attorneys have to say about the comparisons between their client and Lindsay Clancy and what they said about Corrie Walsh's husband, what he may have to say about his wife and what she allegedly did. We're on the case presented by Law & Crime. I'm Chris Stewart. Some people have already dubbed the case that we're talking about today. The allegations against Illinois mom, Corrie Walsh, a copycat of Lindsay Clancy, but you'll hear why the attorneys representing this mom high profile attorneys say it is unfair to make that comparison. But also in court, we heard some new details about the alleged mental state that Corrie Walsh was in at the time that she allegedly murdered her two-year-old son. But I thought it was really interesting that the defense attorney, the male one, I believe his name is Kerr, he said that she hasn't had any kind of psychotropic medication since she was at the hospital. So I'm sitting there thinking, okay, she has this huge, you know, psychotic break, apparently. And then she's given this diagnosis and she's given a few days of medications, but in that courtroom, you never would have thought. That's true crime content creator Abby Blabby. She was in the courtroom for the hearing in Juliette Illinois to determine whether Walsh should be granted bond as she is accused of strangling her two-year-old son. These are courtroom sketches from that hearing per artist L.D. Chuckman. Walsh's attorney is named Andrea Lyon. If that name is familiar, you're probably someone who follows true crime closely because she is a high profile attorney. She was part of the legal team that defended Casey Anthony. The Florida mom found not guilty of killing her daughter in 2011 and you'll hear from that attorney in just a moment. Now before we get to what happened in the courtroom, here's what prosecutors are laying out in an 11-page petition. They filed arguing that Corey Walsh should not be allowed out of jail as this case moves forward. And let me tell you, it is a very disturbing read to see what allegedly happened inside the Walsh home on Tuesday, September 1st. This family lived in a very nice neighborhood in Frankfurt, Illinois, which is a suburb south of Chicago. Police say it was a neighbor who called 911 from Corey's home. And I'll warn you, the next part of this is incredibly dark. This neighbor allegedly found Corey in a bathtub hurting herself. Corey then allegedly said that bear was in the basement. Bear was the nickname for her two-year-old son, Bearin. According to court records, that neighbor went downstairs and found the boy he had been strangled allegedly from a rafter. They say his official cause of death was asphyxia. When officers arrived just after four o'clock in the afternoon, the neighbor was doing CPR on the boy according to court records and that boy was taken to the hospital where he passed away. An infant was also in the house just eight months old, but was unharmed. Corey had two other children. They arrived home from school law enforcement say around the same time they got on scene. Corey's husband, he was out of state on a trip, but he came home that night after hearing about what happened. Of course, the big question, how could this happen? What would drive this mom to allegedly do this? Here's what police say. Corey told them on scene. These statements will be critical to this case going forward. Corey allegedly said that her son was quote, the devil and the anti-Christ. She also allegedly screamed at first responders. We're going to talk more about that here in just a moment. And these first responders also alleged that Corey told them that she had drowned her other children. And that's not true, but listen to what we heard over dispatch mom admitted to. Drowning one of the child somewhere else in the house here, so we're just giving a look here. Right now we have two pages. Again, that didn't happen. The other kids are safe. Prosecutors argued though that Corey had allegedly plans for other members of her family. They say that she was planning to poison her husband to death after he returned home from that trip. And they allegedly say that there was prescription medication on the counter. They say that she wanted to put something in his drink. Now, defensitaries say that Corey's husband actually supports her, even though she allegedly put a threat on his life. And of course, is now facing charges for allegedly killing their son. Now, we're told that Corey's husband was not in court for her bond hearing because he and other members of her family were attending. Bears funeral. So let's talk about how the Lindsey Clancy case may factor in to the case that we're following here in Illinois because in writing, in the 11-page petition that prosecutors presented to the court saying that Corey Walls shouldn't be granted bond, they mentioned her interest in the case of Lindsey Clancy. They say she was very invested in the case. Now Corey Walsh is attorney fired back at that comparison after the bond hearing. Here is what the attorney said per Fox 32 Chicago. But that speculation that this has anything to do that it's a copycat or anything like that is baseless and cruel. But let's talk about this paragraph that was included in the petition. I want you to see it for yourself because it's been in a lot of headlines, but this is specifically what we know from law enforcement about Corey Walsh and her interest in the Lindsey Clancy case. The paragraph reads quote, witnesses informed the officers that the defendant had recently become very invested in the Lindsey Clancy murder trial. At the time of this occurrence, the jury was still deliberating on the matter. The Clancy trial involving a mother who had killed her children was widely covered and discussed in the media and on social media. The defendant had been actively discussing the case via group chat message with her friends up until 12 30 p.m. on September 1st, 2026, about three and a half hours before the scene was discovered. The defendant's phone was located in the bathroom near the defendant and a forensic analysis of that phone is currently being conducted. Now Corey Walsh is facing three counts of first degree murder for the alleged murder of her son. She is next to back in court on September 24. Mental health is going to be a huge part of this story going forward and her attorneys argued yesterday during this bond hearing that Corey Walsh has been diagnosed with some sort of psychotic disorder. Join us now to talk more about what happened in court. Abby Blabby, true crime content creator. Thank you for being here. You're absolutely you're in the courtroom and saw Corey Walsh yesterday. I mean take us inside like what was it like to see her in person for the first time? Yeah, so she walked in wearing a red jump suit. She had her attorneys on both sides of her. She didn't say a word. I think at one time there was the judge had asked her a question and I didn't hear her say yes or no. I saw her nod her head. She was just very still very quiet. It's just like to go from it's like one of those stories and like we see them a lot where like you see her picture with her family and then it's like to see the mug shot and it's like how is this how is this same person? Right total 180 and I mean apparently she was normal you know just the evening before and even I believe that morning her friends in that group chat that has been referenced said that regarding the Lindsey Clancy case this whole time she's apparently thought that Patrick has been responsible for the deaths of the children but they said at around 930 that morning suddenly she didn't feel that way anymore. So it seems like and the friends thought it was really odd and noticed that her text just didn't sound like her. I guess she would usually use emojis and exclamations and even her texts were just really bizarre and odd so it sounds like something started to change just that morning. Yeah and I know in like the the petition to deny her bond that prosecutors put in it was like 1230 she was in this like group chat talking about Lindsey Clancy and I think on that day it was like and it was like before we learned a lot about that one juror hold out in the Clancy case like they were still in deliberations what it was all all happening on Tuesday like one of the big pieces of information that came out of the hearing yesterday was her attorney saying that she already had like a diagnosis for a psychotic disorder like how did that come up like how did how did that like how did they deliver that news to the courtroom? Yeah so they said that when Cory was hospitalized I believe she was there from the first which is the day day of the incident until the fourth, but they said three out of those four days, she was evaluated by a psychiatrist who ultimately diagnosed her with brief psychotic syndrome. They said it last a day to a month with appropriate medications, counseling, you know, whatever else treatment that people usually return completely back to their normal state of mind. So I'm sitting there thinking, okay, she has this huge, you know, psychotic break apparently. So is it gone? Is this brief psychotic syndrome gone? You know, he was trying to get her to go to an inpatient psychiatric facility, but if if it's already relieved, you know, the alleged psychotic episode, which even need in patient psychiatric treatment. Well, and so were they talking about like after the first, like she's taken into custody and I know that like she was receiving medical care and all of this and then, you know, through the weekend and then the day after Labor Day, she's in court. Like did they, was she seeing any sort of like mental health treatment prior to anything on September 1st, I mean, they said that she had a, they said that she had a, imagine setting your makeup, then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new grippy setting mist from Mavily New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours with flexible all day comfy grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue. Just plump, dewy, hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new grippy setting mist from Mavily New York. Maybe it's Mavily, on slur, um, but I don't know if she was on any kind of medications, even just like an anti depressive, I've heard that she was not on anything, but of course I don't know if that's true, but I mean, I would think that this counselor didn't see anything that was alarming or raised red flags. And it's even the fact that she was seeing a counselor like that brings in more of like a Lindsay Clancy type connection, because like that was such a big part of that trial. And I saw it, I think it was in one of the posts that you had up yesterday, you know, clearly in the Clancy case, you're talking about potential postpartum psychosis and there was so much attention on like women's health postpartum, like that's not necessarily what the attorneys are saying that she has in this case. No, um, he said, he said something along the lines of it not being postpartum psychosis I believe he said, because that is not an actual diagnosis in the DSM five, um, I think that's why he said it wouldn't be postpartum psychosis and it was diagnosed as this brief psychotic incident syndrome. Well, because, you know, you do hear like the D and I'm not a doctor by any means, um, but, you know, some of the details that they're laying out, like of what, you know, we know that she was in the bathtub, you know, according to like the court records and, and calling her son, the devil and antichrist is like other allegations, but you also have the scene that like played out apparently with first responders and like the look, like just kind of the description of like her face and like, I guess she had a weird giggle, like what stood out to you is they were kind of breaking down like how she was allegedly acting during all of this after first responders got on scene. Yeah. So, one of the things they said that really raised my curiosity was they said in the bathtub, she was going in and out of consciousness and that her pupils were fixed and dilated and I'm just trying to figure out what would cause that because regarding the pupils, that's something you typically see with, you know, certain drugs, you know, I've never heard of a, I mean, I'm not a doctor, I'm a nurse, but I'm not a doctor, but I've never heard of a psychotic break changing your pupils. So that was odd to me. So it made me wonder if maybe there was something in her system again, I, I have no idea. But that was interesting. But regarding her statements, they said that she was saying things like that she took her children and drowned them one by one. And of course, that sounds like Andrea Yates. And obviously Corey did not drown her children. So they said she was saying things that either didn't make any sense at all or just simply warm not true. They said, I believe it was in the ambulance that she was asking them if any of them have children, she asked them if any of them had ever raped little girls. She was apparently calling them all bad dads. Yeah. It's just bizarre. It's really weird. Where is that coming from? They said that she just randomly started screaming out the names of different fruits. And then like, which is just a completely other like left turn, yeah, everything she's saying. Yeah, just so wild. And then they also said that at some point she just started singing, you know, follow the yellow brick road. Well, yeah. And it's just like, it is some, and again, like, I, I have no idea like how these type of, you know, psychotic breaks, like all it works out, but it just seemed, it was all over the place from like what they're saying. And yet like from the prosecutor's side of things, you know, is there a alleging that this is a murder like her husband plays such a big role in this because like apparently according to like what's been reported out of the courtroom, like that she had alleged plans to take his life. And like there was evidence of that. Yeah. She allegedly said she was planning on poisoning him when he got home from his work trip. They said she was going to use a drink. And I guess there was a drink out, and they saw several prescription medication bottles sitting out on the counter. And of course, it makes me wonder what those medications were and who they were prescribed to. But the defense attorney said basically that all of the statements she made that day shouldn't be relied on because she clearly didn't know what she was saying since so many of them were completely untrue like that she had just drowned her children. So her it really sounded like her defense attorney isn't wanting any of that to be considered. But I mean, I personally feel like it's important dialogue. Absolutely. And it's interesting with like the Lindsey Clancy part of it, which is hard to ignore because it's in the petition like in the words like they brought up the fact that she was talking about Lindsey Clancy or that day she was heavily invested. Like I wonder like obviously there's the comparison here because of what she's now accused of. But I mean, all of us were heavily invested in the Lindsey Clancy trial like everybody was. It's like what was her statements, her text messages that were enough for a detective or whoever wrote that to be like we need to include this like in the argument that like she was potentially at a level higher than like most people were in like covering that case. Like when Lindsey Clancy part of it came up like in the hearing and I know her attorneys are really like pushing back on that. What did they say to the judge about that comparison that's out there and the fact that it was in in this petition that was presented to the court? He said and I quote it's frankly insane, the comparison. He said that you know there's all this focus on the fact that she was so invested in the Lindsey Clancy case, but who was it, you know, he said a lot of people were really invested in the Lindsey Clancy case. So he thinks to make any sort of comparison is, you know, irrelevant and he thinks there should be no comparison at all simply given the fact that she was so invested with the case because so many of us were. He said being interested in that case does not mean she wanted to be like her or tried to carry out a crime like her or that she did this with any kind of purpose or intention or even any knowledge of what she was doing. So yeah, he really fought against that comparison. And I know that I can't imagine what Corey Walsh's husband is going through. But you know, after the hearing, her attorneys say that he is supporting her, that her mom is supporting her. They, I guess, weren't there because the funeral for their sons was being held, but like what more do we know at this point about the support on Corey's side? I mean, it's so, I mean, all of this just happened a little more than a week ago. And it's like, I'm sure all these people are still trying to just comprehend everything. And yet, you know, there's talk of a lot of support being on her side, even though she's accused of this. It sounds like she has a tremendous amount of support. Like you said, her husband, Michael is apparently supporting her family members on his side, her side, other moms in the neighborhood, friends. It sounds like she has a ton of support in that everybody's basically saying the same thing that she is a very loving, kind, supportive, attentive person. and mother. Everyone's allegedly saying that this is a total 180. This is not like Corey at all. At one point yesterday, one of her attorneys says something along the lines of her loving children and actually wanting to have more children. They said that her friends and other moms in the neighborhood have trusted her to watch and care for their children. So it sounds like she has a big support system. Yeah, and I know you drove through the neighborhood and like you can see all the ribbons that are on the really nice neighbors, you know, ribbons on the trees and like and all of all of that. Do we know why, you know, so you have this teenage neighbor who and I can't imagine what that 17 year old like saw. So it actually, so it actually was not a 17 year old. There was a there was a huge misunderstanding around that. So and it was either the 911 dispatch audio or the police scanner audio. They're furred saying and I can't quote it directly. I have it saved. But something along the lines of the 17 is still performing CPR. And I think when that was originally heard, people took it as or he said the 17 female. The 17 female is still performing CPR. So I think originally people thought it was a 17 year old girl. It was a 17 year old female who saw this and started the CPR and did all this. But come to find out, you know, police use those 10 codes. Sure, everybody's heard 10 for 10 17 refers to the caller. So somebody within the police department actually messaged me and they said, hey, there was no 17 year old girl on the audio where you hear the 17 female. It means the caller, the female caller. So and I just learned that a couple days ago this whole time. I've thought it was a 17 year old girl. I think that's what most people thought. But it was actually an adult in the neighborhood. Do we know how that adult knew that something was wrong yet? Has that been put out there? Yeah. So apparently the children got home from school that day at around four. Now I've been told that the daughter and the son take different buses. I haven't been able to confirm that. But apparently they take different buses and the daughter got home first. And Cory was not there at the bus stop. So I don't know if it was just the daughter who was walked back to the house by neighbor or if at that point the son, if they waited for the son and then he got off the bus and then they both got locked back by the neighbor. But the daughter or both of them had walked in the house, couldn't find their mom. They're hollering out for her. So then they start looking. So at that point, one or both of them go down into the basement and see their two year old little brother hanging there. Yeah, it's just horrible to even think about. And then ran out of the house and went and got a neighbor for help. So it's possible that those children are the ones who kind of made this discovery because I know in the petition that come talk about the children arriving home around the time police and I think police responded at like 404. So what did that a couple of months after all of that? What, you know, the moment that bond was denied yesterday, it still seemed like some of the things the judge said, like there was like a sense of and every judge is different, but like almost compassion for this situation. Like what do you make of just kind of the way it seemed the court approached someone who's accused of a horrific crime, but you have this defense team that seems to be arguing, you know, a pretty, I wouldn't say it's strong at this point. There's still so much we don't know, but like as far as like a mental health defense that they seem to have like a diagnosis and they seem to have some issues that there was that thing. I will say the defense gave an excellent argument. I, I've heard things about this defense team. As we know, Andrea Lyon was on Casey Anthony's defense team. Their argument was very strong and when it was all said and done, I was honestly really surprised that the judge sided with the state and chose to deny or I'm sorry, granted the petition to Imagine setting your makeup then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new grippie setting mist from Mabelie, New York. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue, just plump, dewy hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new grippie setting mist from Mabelie, New York. Maybe it's Mabelie. To deny free trial release. One of the things they asked of the judge was to have compassion and empathy and at some point they said something along the lines of giving Corey what all mothers allow or what all mothers deserve, which is you know, medical treatments, psychiatric treatment. I kind of felt like they were trying to, you know, do the whole like, oh, you know, what if what if this was your daughter, you know, kind of kind of play on her heartstrings a little bit. But the judge said, hey, I can't make a decision based on compassion and empathy. And she was very like, this is the law. And then she made her decision. I did not see that coming, honestly. Yeah, and I mean, you know, even if they make like this great argument with what she's accused of, it's just, it's hard to be a world where someone who is, you know, no matter what, and we'll figure out what happens is this goes forward. I know she's due back in court later this month, but it's just hard to put, you know, it's one of those cases where they can make the best argument ever. But it's like we, you know, the idea that she'd be walking out that day is right. The judge said, you know, I, she has committed an offense. I do feel that she's a risk to the victim, you know, her other children and her husband. And then the third prong was a risk to the, the community as a whole and the judge basically said she meets all three prongs of the Illinois Safety Act. So that's how she made her decision and decided to send her back to Wil County. And we'll see what, see what happens next. Abby Blavvy, true crime content creator, Abby Blavvy, true crime and news on social media. Where else can people find your stuff? You do a great job. Thank you. Pretty much everywhere. I'm on all platforms. Yeah, I'm all over the place. Well, thanks for taking the time to be with us in the long crime. Yeah, thanks for having me. We're going to keep a close eye on this case. Corey Walsh's due back in court on September 24th. That will do it for on the case presented by Lawn Crime. Subscribe to us on YouTube and Spotify. We're also streaming on Peacock. I'm Chris Stewart. See you next time.