Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Ohio Amish Mother Enters Insanity Plea in Atwood Lake Deaths After Bodycam Release

Bodycam recordings depicting a claimed 'spiritual delusion' put Miller's mental state at the center of the case.

Overview

  • A Tuscarawas County grand jury indicted Ruth Miller on seven counts, including aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, three counts of domestic violence and one count of endangering children.
  • Miller pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at her Sept. 8 arraignment and is being held in the county jail after an earlier psychiatric hospitalization.
  • Recently released body-worn camera video shows Miller telling officers, "I gave him to God," and speaking about her husband being swallowed by a fish.
  • Investigators say Miller experienced a 'spiritual delusion' during the Aug. 23 incident at Atwood Lake; dive teams later recovered the bodies of her 4-year-old son and her husband.
  • Authorities say three older children survived after a golf cart went into the water and are now with relatives, and a bond hearing is scheduled for Sept. 25 at 1 p.m.