(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester woman was sentenced to just over 27 years in prison for a murder in Mayo Park.

Ruth Miller pleaded guilty to a count of 2nd-degree murder–with intent, not premeditated.

According to court documents filed Aug. 30, Miller told Rochester police she’d strangled Marcus Martin Jr. to death in Mayo Park a week and a half after his body–blood- and foam-flecked, with pockets pulled out–was found.

Miller contacted Rochester police and described strangling Martin Jr. with a cloth belt, placing her foot over his face and pulling for “two to three minutes” until he foamed at the mouth.

Miller received a sentence of 326 months, or just over 27 years.

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(ABC 6 News) – Ruth Ann Miller appeared in Olmsted County Court for a settlement hearing Tuesday, Dec. 17, wherein another settlement hearing was scheduled for Jan. 28, 2025.

Miller is scheduled to appear for a pretrial hearing March 11, followed by a jury trial March 17 for the alleged murder of Marcus Martin Jr. in Mayo Park June 15.

She remains at the Olmsted County ADC on $1 million bail with or without conditions.

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(ABC 6 News) – Ruth Ann Miller was officially arraigned in Olmsted County Court Friday morning on charges of 2nd-degree murder–with intent, not premeditated; felony theft; and gross misdemeanor interference with dead body or scene of death–conceal evidence.

Miller was released pending autopsy results, which arrived Aug. 28.

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She is held in the Olmsted County ADC on $1 million bail with no conditions.

Miller’s defense requested a much lower bail, citing the months Miller spent out of custody after speaking to law enforcement, as well as pending job and college applications.

“She was out there for quite some time, so public safety could not have been a concern with this individual,” Miller’s defense said at the Aug. 30 arraignment.

According to court documents, on June 26, Miller contacted Rochester police and described strangling Martin Jr. with a cloth belt, placing her foot over his face and pulling for “two to three minutes” until he foamed at the mouth.

She said Martin Jr. had asked her to kill him and said he “couldn’t do this anymore,” according to court documents.

Miller told police she had hidden Martin Jr.’s phone, wallet, and vape pen at the Rochester Public Library, but had disposed of the belt under the 4th Street Bridge.

Rochester police read Miller a Miranda warning, then took them to the 2nd floor of the library where she retrieved Miller’s ID, a headphone, a mobile phone, and a vape, according to documents.

Court documents allege that Miller also repeated her statements about strangling Martin Jr. and demonstrated the supposed method post-Miranda.

Police then released Miller until the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office finished its investigation.

Miller’s next court appearance is scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept. 11.

According to Friday’s court proceedings, Miller has previous assault convictions, as well as two pending property damage and obstruction of justice cases in Blue Earth County.

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(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester woman is in custody for allegedly killing a man in Mayo Park June 15.

Ruth Miller, 25, allegedly told police she had strangled 28-year-old Marcus Martin, who was later found by law enforcement.

The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office later determined that Martin’s cause of death was homicide.

Miller was taken into custody in Chaska Aug. 29.

ABC 6 News will update this story as more information is available.