Ohio Amish woman found not guilty by insanity in son’s drowning death

Judge will decide on Friday what's next for mother found not guilty of son's murder by reason of insanity

NEW PHILADELPHIA – A Judge will decide on Friday what’s next for the Holmes County mother who drowned her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake in August after finding her not guilty by reason of insanity last week. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Mike Ernest made that ruling last Tuesday morning at a bench trial after three mental health evaluations concluded she had a “severe mental disease” and “did not know the wrongfulness of her actions…

Ohio Amish woman found not guilty by insanity in son’s drowning death

NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — An Amish woman who authorities say killed her 4-year-old son last year at Atwood Lake while in the grip of a severe mental health crisis was found not guilty by reason of insanity by a Tuscarawas County judge on March 3. Ruth Miller, 40, of Millersburg, was acquitted on charges including aggravated murder, murder and felonious assault in the death of her son, Vincen Miller. Medical experts concluded she was suffering fro…