Mother charged with murder after allegedly strangling son over financial struggles
Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, a 50-year-old mother from Pennsylvania, has been charged with the murder of her 11-year-old son, Matthew Whitehead. According to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, the boy’s lifeless body was discovered in the family’s Horsham home on Tuesday morning. The criminal complaint states that DiRienzo-Whitehead informed investigators that her son had been intermittently crying throughout the day due to their family’s financial difficulties. She admitted to strangling the child, claiming she wanted to …