The Illinois case against Corie Walsh has drawn national attention because of reported references to other high-profile cases.

A Will County judge rejected a request from defense attorneys that Corie Walsh be committed to inpatient psychiatric treatment.

The mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son in a horrifying scene that unfolded inside a suburban Chicago home also made statements about killing her husband and other children, prosecutors said during her first court appearance Tuesday.

An Illinois woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son last week was ordered to be held in jail during a court appearance Tuesday morning as she faces three counts of first-degree murder.

Court documents allege that Walsh said her son was the "anti-Christ" and had been texting about Clancy before his murder.

WARNING: Details in this story are graphic and may be disturbing for some readers. A mother accused of killing her 2-year-old son before trying to harm herself in her Frankfort home is set to appear in court for the first time Tuesday,

Corie Walsh, the Lindsay Clancy-obsessed mother who allegedly killed two-year-old son, has retained Casey Anthony’s former lawyer, Andrea Lyon.

The Lindsay Clancy-obsessed mom accused of hanging her 2-year-old son before trying to kill herself has retained notorious “tot mom” Casey Anthony’s former lawyer, known as the “Angel of Death Row.” Mother-of-four Corie Walsh,