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Cases we track
The cases the desk follows day to day: the record so far, the timeline, what is on the docket, and every edition that touched them. Nobody who has not been charged is speculated about here; what the record says is what these pages say.
The Clancy case — Duxbury, Massachusetts
Lindsay Clancy is charged with murdering her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — at the family's home in January 2023. Her defense does not contest that she killed them; it says postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible. A five-week trial ended in a mistrial on September 4, 2026, with a jury deadlocked after seven days.
Updated Sep 25, 2026The Horsch house — 417 West Chew Avenue, Olney
Seven women linked by police to a Philadelphia rowhouse; five feared dead on the strength of recovered video; the man police describe in the footage died in 2025 and was never charged. His son is in federal custody on weapons and fake-credential counts only.
Updated Sep 25, 2026The Walsh case — Frankfort, Illinois
Corie Walsh, 40, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her two-year-old son, Barrett, at the family's home on September 1, 2026. Prosecutors say she told officers he was "the devil"; her lawyers say she was psychotic. She has pleaded not guilty and is held without pretrial release in Will County.
Updated Sep 25, 2026