TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Amish mother accused of drowning her four-year-old son, is scheduled to have a hearing in New Philadelphia Municipal Court Friday morning.

Ruth Miller, 40, is charged with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of domestic violence, and one count of endangering children.

Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell said Miller drowned her son, Vincen Miller, at Atwood Lake during a “spiritual delusion.”

According to Sheriff Campbell, Ruth and her husband Marcus Miller, 45, brought their family from Holmes County to Atwood Lake the weekend of Aug. 23.

Sheriff Campbell said around 1 a.m. on Aug. 23, the husband and wife, who believed God was speaking to them, went to the dock and jumped in the water.

The sheriff said they were carrying out tasks to

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