Amish woman accused of killing her 4-year-old son by throwing him into an Ohio lake

Amish woman accused of killing her 4-year-old son

An Amish woman who told authorities she was testing her faith when she threw her 4-year-old son into an Ohio lake was charged Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder in the boy’s death. Authorities said Ruth R. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, told investigators she believed she was acting at the direction of God when she allegedly killed her son Vincen at Atwood Lake early Saturday. The lead investigator with the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s O…

Amish mom charged with murder after claiming God told her to throw son in lake

An Ohio Amish mother who claimed God told her to throw her 4-year-old son into a lake has been charged with murder in the boy’s drowning. Ruth Miller, 40, was under care at a mental health facility when authorities charged her on Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of domestic violence and one count of endangering children. Both murder charges are related to her son Vincen because of Miller’s “prior calculation and design”…

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Ruth R Miller, 40, has been charged with aggravated murder following the death of her four-year-old son Vincen Miller, who drowned in Atwood Lake in Ohio in the US

'Spiritual delusion': Officials share details after drowning deaths of father, son

Officials are calling it a “spiritual delusion” following the drowning deaths of a father and his 4-year-old son in northeast Ohio. | WLWT via CNN Newsource USCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (WLWT) — Officials are calling it a “spiritual delusion” following the drowning deaths of a father and his 4-year-old son in northeast Ohio. It all happened over the weekend at a lake in Tuscarawas County, south of Akron. According to the sheriff, the incident was “int…

Amish mom charged with murder after throwing 4-year-old son into Ohio lake to prove "worthiness to God," police say

Ruth Miller told investigators she believed she was acting at the direction of God when she allegedly killed her son Vincen at Atwood Lake, authorities said.

Ohio Amish mother charged with murder after drowning son in spiritual test

Ohio’s Ruth Miller, 40, faces murder charges after throwing her 4-year-old son into Atwood Lake as part of a “spiritual test.” Her husband also drowned hours earlier in a similar trial.