{"id":19663,"date":"2026-09-07T21:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=19663"},"modified":"2026-09-07T21:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:50:48","slug":"illinois-mom-charged-in-2-year-old-sons-death-what-she-told-police-raised-more-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/?p=19663","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Mom Charged in 2-Year-Old Son\u2019s Death \u2014 What She Told Police Raised More Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A devastating case in Illinois has taken an even more disturbing turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corie Walsh is charged with murder in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son. According to prosecutors, Walsh allegedly told police that she <strong>\u201cdid this to her baby\u201d because he was the \u201cdevil\u201d and the \u201canti-Christ.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But investigators also uncovered another detail that has drawn attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors say Walsh had been closely following the nationally watched trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy\u2014and was allegedly discussing the case with friends in a group text until around <strong>12:30 p.m. on September 1<\/strong>, just hours before authorities discovered what had happened at her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timeline and the statements attributed to Walsh are now central parts of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walsh has been charged, but the allegations have not been proven at trial. Her defense will have an opportunity to challenge the prosecution\u2019s evidence and account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, friends of the family have organized support for Walsh\u2019s three children as they face the aftermath of the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating case in Illinois has taken an even more disturbing turn. Corie Walsh is charged with murder in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son. According to prosecutors, Walsh allegedly told police that she \u201cdid this to her baby\u201d because he was the \u201cdevil\u201d and the \u201canti-Christ.\u201d But investigators also uncovered another detail &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19665,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19663\/revisions\/19665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehre.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}