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An Amish father in Ohio and his 4-year-old son are now dead following a deluded attempt by him and his wife to “prove their worthiness to God,” authorities say.
In a case of what authorities in Tuscarawas County have called a “spiritual delusion,” police said 45-year-old Marcus Miller and his 4-year-old son, Vincen Miller, are now dead, according to Fox 8.
Sheriff Orvis L. Campbell of the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office said that at about 10:39 a.m. Saturday, they responded to an incident at Atwood Lake where a woman and three of her children — her 15-year-old daughter and her twin 18-year-old sons — crashed a golf cart next to Atwood Marina West.
“After helping the woman out of the water, the woman made concerning statements about conversing with God,” Campbell said in a press statementSaturday. “It was evident that the crash into the water was intentional by the mother.”
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In a case of what authorities in Tuscarawas County have called a “spiritual delusion,” police said 45-year-old Marcus Miller and his 4-year-old son, Vincen Miller, are now dead, according to Fox 8.
Sheriff Orvis L. Campbell of the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office said that at about 10:39 a.m. Saturday, they responded to an incident at Atwood Lake where a woman and three of her children — her 15-year-old daughter and her twin 18-year-old sons — crashed a golf cart next to Atwood Marina West.
“After helping the woman out of the water, the woman made concerning statements about conversing with God,” Campbell said in a press statementSaturday. “It was evident that the crash into the water was intentional by the mother.”
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‘Spiritual delusion’ leads to death of Amish father, 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake, police say
An Amish father in Ohio and his 4-year-old son are now dead following a deluded attempt by him and his wife to prove their worthiness to God, authorities say
