Add The New York Post on Google A 2-year-old boy allegedly murdered by his Lindsay Clancy-obsessed mother was found hanging by his neck from the rafters by a horrified neighbor — who then discovered the mom-of-four upstairs in a bathtub trying to kill herself, officials said.
Corie Walsh, 40, is charged with murdering little Bennet Walsh — whom she described to police as the “anti-Christ” and the “devil” — just hours after discussing the trial for Lindsay Clancy.
The Clancy case has captivated the nation over her claim that she was legally insane due to postpartum psychosis when she strangled her three children to death with exercise bands. Her murder trial ended in a hung jury and mistrial on Friday.
Similarly, Walsh’s lawyer is claiming she suffered a psychotic episode before she killed her young son.
Walsh’s unnamed female neighbor found the toddler’s lifeless body hanging by a rope around his neck and his feet off the ground in the basement of the family’s home in Frankfort, Ill., a suburb southwest of Chicago, around 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
Mom of four Corie Walsh is accused of murdering her 2-year-old son Bennet. Facebook/Corie Walsh She removed the ligature, lowered him to the ground and began performing CPR while calling 911. First responders rushed Bennet to the hospital where he died.
The same neighbor also discovered Walsh upstairs in a bloody bathtub “actively harming herself” with a knife with slashes to her wrists and thighs, according to court documents.
The neighbor took the knife out of Walsh’s hands and threw it into the sink. She then pressed a towel over Walsh’s thigh wound.
Walsh asked the neighbor why she took the knife away as she was trying to kill herself, according to court documents.
Walsh 5ole cops she believed he was the “devil” and the “anti-Christ.” WILL COUNTY ADULT DETENTION FACILITY “Bear” — Walsh’s nickname for her slain son — was in the basement, Walsh told the neighbor.
Walsh spoke with police officers while she was being treated in the hospital and described how she killed Barrett, which prosecutors say was “consistent with the evidence in this case,” according to court documents.
Walsh’s lawyer told ABC 7 Chicago that the mother of four “was experiencing a psychotic episode.”
“This is a tragedy, for the Walsh family all of whom are mourning the loss of this child,” attorney Andrea Lyon said.
“It is our hope that through a thorough presentation and investigation of the facts, that all of us will come to see this heartbreak for what it is.”
Clancy’s trial, which has gripped the nation for more than six weeks, ended in a mistrial on Friday after a jury could not reach a verdict to convict her of murdering her three children with plastic bands or whether she should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Clancy’s defense team claimed she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and overprescribed powerful psychiatric medications.
