Illinois mother charged with murder after son found dead in basement

A Frankfort, Illinois, mother has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder following the death of her 2-year-old son, who was found hanging from a basement rafter. Police were alerted after a neighbor discovered the child and subsequently found Walsh in a bathtub of blood, with self-inflicted wounds on her thighs and wrists. Prosecutors said Walsh had been actively discussing the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial in a group text with friends in the hours preceding the incident. Court documents indicate she told officers she killed her son because she believed he was the "devil" and the "anti-Christ," and later admitted the act while in hospital. The child's death was ruled as asphyxia due to ligature compression of the neck, though a final cause and manner of death remain pending. Walsh, whose husband was out of state at the time, is being held for medical treatment while a forensic analysis of her phone continues. An investigation is ongoing.