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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: AMISH MOTHER FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY IN 4-YEAR-OLD’S DROWNING A Tuscarawas County judge has ruled that 40-year-old Ruth Miller is not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning death of her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake. The decision came Tuesday following a bench trial before Judge Michael Ernest, who reviewed findings from three separate mental health evaluations before issuing the verdict. Miller had faced charges including aggravated murder and child endangering. Prosecutors said that in August, witnesses saw her drive a golf cart into Atwood Lake with her three teenage children. The teens were able to escape the water. Authorities said Miller later told responders she had thrown her 4-year-old son into the lake to “give him to God.” Dive teams later recovered the bodies of the child and Miller’s husband, whom she reportedly said had gone for a late-night swim. Investigators previously described the couple as experiencing what they called “spiritual delusion,” believing the lake posed no danger and that they could walk on water. All three court-ordered experts concluded Miller was suffering from severe mental illness at the time of the incident. Now that she has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, a separate hearing will determine what treatment she will receive and where she will be placed. (Source: WJW Fox 8) #RuthMiller #OhioNews #TuscarawasCounty #AtwoodLake #CourtVerdict #BreakingNews #TrueCrime

TRIAL BEGINS FOR AMISH MOTHER ACCUSED OF DROWNING 4-YEAR-OLD SON AT ATWOOD LAKE Ruth Miller begins this week in Tuscarawas County. Prosecutors say the 40-year-old Millersburg mother drowned her 4-year-old son, Vincen, at Atwood Lake last August, then drove a golf cart into the water with her three other children inside. The older children escaped. Miller was pulled from the lake. Body-cam footage captured Miller making disturbing statements, including, “I threw him in the lake and I gave him to God.” Dive teams later recovered the bodies of Vincen and her husband, Marcus Miller. Investigators previously described the couple as experiencing what they called “spiritual delusion.” Miller has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Her attorney says three psychiatric evaluations concluded she was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions that day. A judge — not a jury — will decide whether she is guilty, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity. If found NGRI, a separate hearing would determine treatment and placement. A tragic case now moves into the courtroom. #RuthMiller #OhioCrime #AtwoodLake #TuscarawasCounty #CourtUpdate #TrueCrime

🚨 TRIAL BEGINS FOR AMISH MOTHER ACCUSED OF DROWNING 4-YEAR-OLD SON AT ATWOOD LAKE Ruth Miller begins this week in Tuscarawas County. Prosecutors say the 40-year-old Millersburg mother drowned her 4-year-old son, Vincen, at Atwood Lake last August, then drove a golf cart into the water with her three other children inside. The older children escaped. Miller was pulled from the lake. Body-cam footage captured Miller making disturbing statements, including, “I threw him in the lake and I gave him to God.” Dive teams later recovered the bodies of Vincen and her husband, Marcus Miller. Investigators previously described the couple as experiencing what they called “spiritual delusion.” Miller has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Her attorney says three psychiatric evaluations concluded she was unable to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions that day. A judge — not a jury — will decide whether she is guilty, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity. If found NGRI, a separate hearing would determine treatment and placement. A tragic case now moves into the courtroom. #RuthMiller #OhioCrime #AtwoodLake #TuscarawasCounty #CourtUpdate #TrueCrime