Corie Walsh was the quintessential suburban mom who was planning a Disney World dream vacation for her family — especially the 2-year-old son she is now accused of murdering, according to her lawyer.
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Defense attorney Robert Kerr revealed the details during a court hearing earlier this month in an attempt to show that the Lindsey Clancy-obsessive was an otherwise normal mom who was in the throes of a “psychotic episode” when she hanged little Barrett from the rafters and then tried to kill herself on Sept. 1.
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Barrett had delayed speech, but his first words were “Bluey” and “Mickey Mouse,” Kerr said during the hearing.
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Walsh “could not wait, she told her mother, to see [Barrett’s] face when he met Bluey and Mickey,” he said.
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Her defense attorneys, however, said that just hours before the killing, she excitedly told a family member about their upcoming Disney trip.
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Walsh and her mother had started planning the vacation – which was to include the Walsh, her husband, their four children and both grandmothers – back in January, Kerr told a Will County courtroom during Walsh’s Sept. 8 arraignment.
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“They reserved flights, rooms.
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They made dinner reservations.
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They obtained park passes,” Kerr said.
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“And of all of her children – she told her mom this, Judge, hours before the incident…[Walsh] was most excited for [Barrett], given his age and his affection for these characters, to go to Disney.”
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In the weeks since the alleged slaying, Walsh’s stunned friends, family and neighbors have struggled to reconcile the allegations with the woman they knew.
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She was remembered as “a very highly-involved, highly-functioning mother, a good mother, a loving and doting mother,” Kerr told the court.
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Other mothers within her circle even “trusted Corie to care for their own children at times,” he said.
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Walsh’s husband, mother and other loved ones were still publicly standing by her this week, growing teary-eyed as they watched the pale, jail garb-clad mom from the front row of the gallery during a preliminary hearing on Thursday.
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Outside the courtroom, Michael Walsh’s loved ones offered him comfort, with one supporter saying, “She will get through this, she’s strong.”
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The devastated husband, who wore a pained expression and wiped away tears, told another supporter he had been “packing up” the family home – where The Post saw stacks of boxes piled up in the living room through the front windows.
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Walsh’s attorneys, Andrea Lyon and Kerr, are still seeking to have her released from jail and transferred to a hospital for psychiatric treatment, despite a judge’s refusal earlier this month.
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Lyon told reporters outside of the courthouse Thursday that her client’s jail records had been subpoenaed “to see whether or not she’s getting the treatment she needs.”
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Her “whole family” continues to support her, according to the defense attorney.
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“They love her and this is not — she’s never been violent… she was psychotic.
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They all know that and want her to get better.
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This is not who she is,” Lyon said.
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The horrifying events unfolded around 4 p.m. on Sept. 1, when Barrett’s two older siblings allegedly returned home to find him with a rope around his neck and feet off the ground before running to a neighbor’s house for help.
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The frantic neighbor called 911 and tried fruitlessly to perform CPR on the tot, who didn’t have a pulse and was cold to the touch.
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He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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An autopsy later confirmed that Barrett – who was affectionately called “Bear” – died of “asphyxia due to ligature compression of the neck,” according to court records.
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Walsh — whom cops discovered fully clothed, soaking in a bathtub full of bloodied water at the house – tried to take her own life by slashing her wrists and thighs with a dull kitchen knife.
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She allegedly confessed to killing the youngster, claiming he was the “anti-Christ” and “devil,” the documents state.
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Her 8-month-old son was also found unsupervised on the home’s main floor, according to cops.
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A heartbreaking obituary released this week remembered Barrett as a happy-go-lucky child who loved playing games with his siblings.
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The tragic toddler “will always be remembered as a joyful, funny, entertaining, rambunctious 2-year-old who loved singing and dancing to Super Simple Songs and Miss Rachel,” reads the obit, which was first reported by The Post.
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He also enjoyed “learning his colors with Pingfong and Hogi, kicking a soccer ball with his friends and counting out loud to 5 Little Duckies.”
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Most importantly, Barrett was a “cherished little brother” to Grady and Anna and a “caring big brother” to a baby boy, Cormick, the devastating webpage states.
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A heart-wrenching tribute to the tot — including stuffed animals, flowers and hand-written notes of remembrance — sat outside of the Walsh’s home this week, while blue ribbon was wrapped around all nearby trees in his honor.
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