A judge declared a mistrial in the trial of Lindsay Clancy on 2026-09-04, after jurors indicated they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three young children. ^[1] Police and Will County prosecutors said on 2026-09-01 that Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort, Illinois, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son Barrett Walsh. ^[2] Will County prosecutors said a neighbor found Barrett Walsh hanging from a beam with a rope around his neck in the basement of the family's home in Frankfort, Illinois, on the afternoon of 2026-09-01. ^[3] Will County prosecutors said Walsh told officers she killed Barrett because he was the 'devil' and the 'antichrist'. ^[4] A day before the mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's trial, the jury foreperson informed the judge that one juror refused to follow court instructions on reasonable doubt, offering an unusual glimpse into a conflict within the deliberation room. ^[5] The judge in Lindsay Clancy's trial initially said he would declare a mistrial on Friday, but then reversed and gave Clancy's defense attorney the opportunity to present an appeal to the state's highest appeals court. ^[6] The mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's trial, declared on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to retry Clancy. ^[7] According to prosecutors and the Will County coroner's office, the neighbor performed CPR and called 911, but Barrett was cold and had no pulse, and he was later declared dead at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Illinois. ^[8]