Amish mother makes startling confession to cops after drowning son, 4, in lake

Shocking body camera footage shows an Amish mother admitting she drowned her four-year-old son to ‘give him to God.’

Ruth Miller, 40, was arrested last week following the drowning death of her four-year-old son Vincen Miller, who was tossed into a lake in rural Ohio on the morning of August 23. 

Her husband, Marcus Miller, 45, was found dead earlier in the day at around 8.30am after he told his wife he needed to take part in an alleged test of faith by jumping in the lake and swimming out as far as he could. 

The Old Order Amish Church and the extended Miller family issued a statement to WOIO confirming the couple were ‘misinterpreting passages of the Bible’ and that their actions do not reflect the church’s teachings.

‘As a church of Christian faith, we believe that we are saved by grace, through faith in Christ, and the events of this past weekend do not reflect our teachings or beliefs but are instead a result of a mental illness,’ the statement read in part.

‘The ministry and extended family had been walking with them through their challenges, and they had also received professional help in the past.’

The church thanked law enforcement and rescuers for their response and is now focusing on the ‘family directly affected’ by the tragedy.

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