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Wallace was talking about his 4-year-old son, Jordan Wallace, who, according to prosecutors, Tolbert stabbed more than 36 times, killing him on Independence Day morning. The mother also stabbed her two older children before setting their Logan Square home on fire, according to Chicago police. Tolbert attacked her children because she believed they were 'possessed by the devil,' according to Cook County prosecutors.
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