Investigators said the mother drove the family SUV into the ocean in New Jersey after the murder.
A child was found dead in a Pennsylvania home on Tuesday, and investigators say the mom's SUV was discovered partially submerged at the Jersey shore.The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said 50-year-old Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Matthew Whitehead.
Police were called to the family's home just after 7 a.m. Tuesday after the boy's father found him dead.Investigators said DiRienzo-Whitehead killed her son after he went to sleep around 9:30 p.m. Monday, then drove the family's SUV to Cape May, New Jersey.She drove the vehicle into the ocean, investigators said, and once the vehicle could no longer be driven, she walked to Wildwood Crest, New Jersey.
That's where DiRienzo-Whitehead was taken into custody. She was then questioned by Montgomery County detectives and Horsham, Pennsylvania police. A search of the SUV turned up a black men's dress belt on the driver's side floor of the vehicle, the D.A.'s office said.DiRienzo-Whitehead is currently being held in Cape May County and is awaiting extradition to Montgomery County.
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