Montgomery County District Attorney's Office

Mother charged with murder after allegedly strangling son over financial struggles

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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 …

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Mom shot dead in ‘targeted murder’ while at Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru with her son

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A Pennsylvania teacher and mother was tragically killed in what authorities are describing as a “targeted murder” while she waited in line at a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru with her young son in the Philadelphia suburbs. Rachel King, 35, was fatally shot on April 11 around 7:40 a.m. at the Melrose Shopping Center in Cheltenham, according to a press release from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. Responding officers discovered King’s lifeless body in the driver’s …

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