Trigger Warning: This article contains references to the alleged physical abuse that some readers may find distressing.
An Amish mother who drowned her four-year-old in an Ohio lake and harmed her other children pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in court. The incident happened on August 23, 2025, when Ruth Miller and her family were at Atwood Lake campgrounds.
A witness called 911 after seeing the woman drive a golf cart with three children, aged 18, 15, and four, into the water. During the incident, the father of the children, Marcus J. Miller, also drowned while trying to swim to the shore…