NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — A Tuscarawas County judge has denied bail for Ruth Miller , the Amish woman accused of multiple charges related to the drowning death of her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake last month.

Following a four-hour evidentiary hearing on Monday, Judge Michael Ernest ordered that Miller continue to be held in the Tuscarawas County Jail for the duration of the case.

Ernest said he reached the conclusion that the prosecution presented "clear and convincing evidence" that Miller poses "a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any other person or community," adding that there were "no release conditions that will reasonably assure the safety of of that person in the community."

Miller, the 40-year-old from Millersburg, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a s

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