Police launched a homicide investigation after a two-year-old child died and their mother was hospitalized after trying to self-harm.
The death of a child in Frankfort , Illinois, has sparked fears, with Netizens calling it a “Lindsay Clancy copycat” murder.
Frankfort incident sparks fears
The case is eerily similar to Lindsay’s case, where she killed her three children and attempted suicide but survived. Officers arrived and found a two-year-old being given CPR by the teenager, per CBS News. Officers later found the child’s mother trying to harm herself at the home. She was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. The toddler’s death was the result of an apparent homicide, but the final manner and cause of death are pending autopsy, toxicology and police reports. Frankfort police believe it was a domestic-related homicide and they are investigating it as such. The exact circumstances surrounding the child’s death were not immediately known. Police call it a domestic-related homicide. His mother was found in the home trying to harm herself. Another child. Another mother. Another home that should have been the safest place on earth. Pray for that baby. I am genuinely worried we are going to keep seeing more of this,” another user wrote .
The Massachusetts mother faces three counts of murder in the killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson , 3; and Callan, 8 months. Officers were called to a home in the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court around 4 pm Tuesday, September 1, after a 17-year-old girl called 911 for help, according to Frankfort police. The Will County Coroner’s Office said they performed an autopsy Wednesday, September 2. “A 2-year-old boy is dead in Frankfort, Illinois.
