Pa. Mom Strangled Son, 11, So He Wouldn't Face Family Financial Struggles, Authorities Say
A Pennsylvania mother has been accused of strangling her 11-year-old son with a belt while he slept so he wouldn’t have to grow up with the family’s financial struggles, authorities say. Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, 50, was charged with the murder ofMatthew Whiteheadafter the child’s body was found in their Horsham home on Tuesday, according to a statement from theMontgomery County District Attorney’s Office. The boy’s father called 911 about 7 a.m. local time after he noticed the door to the primary bedroom was locked and the family’s Toyota Highlander was missing....