INSANITY Plea: Amish Mom Who Drowned Son Says It Was “God’s Will” — Courtroom Bombshells

INSANITY Plea: Amish Mom Who Drowned Son Says It Was “God’s Will”
— Courtroom Bombshells

After shocking police with her “in a fish” bodycam confession,
Ruth Miller now faces the courts. Charged with drowning her
4-year-old son after her husband walked to his death in Atwood
Lake, Miller’s attorneys have entered a plea of not
guilty by reason of insanity. But will the court believe
she didn’t know right from wrong — or will religious extremism be
viewed as no excuse for murder?

In this Hidden Killers Live breakdown, Tony Brueski, Stacy Cole,
and Todd Michaels take apart the defense’s strategy and what it
means for justice. Attorneys argue Miller’s actions were driven
by a severe mental illness, pointing to bodycam footage as proof
she was experiencing delusion in real time. Prosecutors,
meanwhile, will push the question of whether this was truly
psychosis — or simply religious belief taken too far.

The panel compares Ruth Miller’s case to infamous “doomsday mom”
Lori Vallow Daybell, asking: does growing up in an isolated Amish
community change the way we view accountability? If a person is
indoctrinated from birth, do they see murder as sacrifice instead
of crime? And how much leeway should the law give when faith
collides with reality?

This segment also pulls back the curtain on Amish culture itself
— a world often hidden from outsiders, where abuse and mental
health issues can go unchecked for years. The hosts debate
whether this tragedy was the result of one woman’s breakdown or
the natural outcome of a system that discourages outside
intervention.

The show ends on a surreal but fitting note — with dark humor,
broken fish props, and a Billy Bass tangent that underscores the
absurdity of finding levity in the darkest stories.

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#InsanityDefense #LoriVallow #OhioCrime #ReligiousExtremism
#FaithAndCrime

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