Mum Strangles Her 11-Year-Old Son Over Family Financial Struggles

Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, 50, told detectives that her son Matthew Whitehead was “crying off and on all day over the family’s financial difficulties”, according to an affidavit obtained by WPVI.

Ruth added that she did not want her son growing up “with these struggles” and therefore used her husband’s belt to str^angle him in his sleep.