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Mom, who used her husband’s beIt to strangIe her son to death, claims she kiIIed the boy because ‘she did not want him to grow up with money problems, but the prosecution maintained it was because ‘her husband was not giving her the life she signed up for’; convicted

by Gavin Wright
February 18, 2024
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Mom, who used her husband’s beIt to strangIe her son to death, claims she kiIIed the boy because ‘she did not want him to grow up with money problems, but the prosecution maintained it was because ‘her husband was not giving her the life she signed up for’; convicted

According to the court documents, the mom, later identified as 51-year-old Ruth, was convicted and now faces a mandatory life sentence for killing her son Mathew. Prosecutors said the mother used her husband’s beIt to strangIe her 11-year-old son to death because ‘she did not want her son to grow up with money problems.’

But, according to prosecutors, the mother kiIIed her son because ‘her husband was not giving her the life she signed up for.’ The mother’s attorney reportedly claimed that the 51-year-old mom had a psych0tic break born of financiaI problems, experienced men0pause and took care of an elderIy mother who had dementia.

But, during the investigation process, authorities reportedly revealed that the mother searched ‘how to strangle someone and looked up mental iIInesses that caused mothers to kiII their children, just days before she strangIed her son to death.

During the trial, prosecutors claimed that the woman killed her young son to ‘hurt her husband because he was not giving her the life she wanted.’ The boy’s dad, DanieI, reportedly told investigators that he was sIeeping in his son’s room and his wife and son were sIeeping in the parents’ bedroom. He reportedly found the boy’s body and called the authorities. 

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