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Breaking Down Bodycam of Amish Mother Accused of Drowning Son | Closing Arguments Podcast

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Vinnie Politan and a panel of guest experts break down bodycam footage from the case against Ruth Miller, an Amish mother accused of drowning her 4-year-old son and telling police, "I gave him to God."

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0:00.0

The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.

0:04.8

Opinions.

0:05.8

All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.

0:09.8

Sensitive topics are discussed.

0:11.8

Discretion is advised.

0:16.6

Donna Adelson's dramatic reaction to being convicted of murder was the second time in Adelson was convicted by a Tallahassee jury.

0:25.6

Two years before Donna, her son Charlie, was convicted.

0:29.4

Now all the attention of the public has turned to Wendy Adelson, who won her custody battle after her mother and brother orchestrated the murder of her ex-husband

0:41.7

Dan Markell. But now the question is, will Wendy be next? Tonight we take a look at some major

0:50.0

developments that may give us that answer but first in the still darkness of

0:58.1

August 23rd a chilling tragedy unfolded at an Ohio campground authorities

1:03.9

say Marcus and Ruth Miller convinced God was commanding them leapt into the

1:09.6

lake to prove their faith.

1:11.6

Hours later, Marcus returned to the water alone.

1:15.6

By morning, Ruth placed her young son Vincent on a golf cart,

1:19.6

drove him to the dock, and drowned him, claiming she was giving him to God.

1:25.6

Later, she plunged a golf cart, carrying her three teenage children into the lake.

1:30.3

They escaped, but the act drew first responders who uncovered the horror.

1:36.3

Ruth spoke in broken, unsettling phrases as deputies pieced together the truth.

1:42.3

Vincent's body was recovered that evening, Marcus's the next morning.

1:47.6

And what began as a desperate quest for divine affirmation ended in tragic death for a small

1:55.1

child and his father.

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