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Police Corie Walsh, 40, was ordered to remain in Frankfort, custody during her first court appearance in Will County, Illinois, are investigating following charges of first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son, Barrett ‘Bear’ Walsh, who was found unresponsive in Walsh. During the basement hearing, Judge Amy Bertani denied Walsh’s request for release, citing ‘clear and convincing evidence’ of her involvement. The judge further noted that Walsh poses a residence ‘clear and present threat’ to her husband and other children. Prosecutors maintain that the incident occurred on Brook Stone Court. A Sept. 1 in Frankfort, where a neighbor discovered the child and reportedly removed without a ligature from his neck and attempted CPR before he was pronounced dead at Silver Cross Hospital. An autopsy determined pulse in the cause of death family basement. Walsh was asphyxiation due to ligature compression of the neck. Corie Walsh, 38, has been charged allegedly found upstairs with three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege Walsh a knife and made statements to officers claiming she killed her son the toddler because she believed he was the ‘devil’ and the ‘anti-Christ.’ Investigators noted Walsh had been intensely focused on the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts, sending text messages regarding that case shortly before the incident. ‘Antichrist.’ While three other children were present an 8-month-old infant was also found unsupervised in the home, they were unharmed. Walsh’s husband was reportedly out of state during the event. Walsh child was found in an upstairs bathroom with self-inflicted, non-life-threatening injuries unharmed. Walsh is represented by attorneys Robert Kerr and was hospitalized before being booked into the Will County Adult Detention Facility. Her defense attorney, Andrea Lyon, Lyon. Lyon has characterized the incident as maintained that her client was suffering from a ‘psychotic episode.’ Prosecutors have since filed a petition to deny Walsh pretrial release, citing a specific threat to episode’ at the community. time of the alleged killing.