TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, Ohio — The Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a man and his young son were found dead in Atwood Lake in what authorities called an "unusual tragedy."

The sheriff's office says the incident began around 10:30 a.m. Saturday when a woman and her three children crashed a golf cart into the lake near Atwood Marina West.

Rescuers pulled the woman from the water, and officials say she made troubling comments about speaking with God. Her 15-year-old daughter and twin 18-year-old sons were able to get out of the water on their own and were physically unharmed.

"She made the other kids go through some ritualistic type stuff," said Sheriff Orvis Campbell. "Then at some point, she decided that she had to drive them into the lake, and honestly, she flipped

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