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Judge Keeps Frankfort Mother Charged in Toddler’s Death Behind Bars, Orders Psychiatric Treatment

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A Will County judge has ruled that Corie Walsh, the Frankfort mother charged with murdering her 2-year-old son Barrett, is too dangerous to be released before trial. The judge also ordered that Walsh immediately begin receiving psychiatric medication after her attorneys said she had gone days without treatment despite a hospital recommendation for around-the-clock psychiatric care.

Walsh, 40, remains held without pretrial release following a detention hearing earlier this month. Prosecutors argued she should stay in custody not only because of the allegations surrounding Barrett’s death, but because she allegedly threatened to kill her husband after her arrest. The judge agreed, finding Walsh posed too great a risk to release while the case proceeds.

Walsh is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege she believed the toddler was the devil and that she also threatened to kill her husband and the couple’s three surviving children after she was arrested. She has not entered a plea, and the case remains pending.

Judge Keeps Frankfort Mother Charged in Toddler’s Death Behind Bars, Orders Psychiatric Treatment

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