MINERAL CITY ‒ A 4-year-old Amish boy was found dead in Atwood Lake and his mother has been hospitalized after she was accused of intentionally crashing a golf cart into the lake with three other children aboard on Aug. 23.

The woman's husband is also missing and authorities are concerned for his safety, Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell said in a prepared statement.

He said the woman, who was not identified in a news release, drove the golf cart into the water at 10:39 a.m. near Atwood Marina West. Deputies and Atwood rangers responded.

"After helping the woman out of the water, the woman made concerning statements about conversing with God," Campbell said in a news release. He said the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has asked the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office

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