Tortured Son Murder Trial: Opening Statements, MI v Shanda Vander Ark

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • (MI v. Shanda Vander Ark, 2023) Shanda Vander Ark is accused of torturing her 15-year-old son to death. In openings, the State said the mom forced Timothy Ferguson to eat hot sauce, take ice baths, and much more. The Defense claims Vander Ark and her other son, Paul Ferguson, "had no idea they were hurting this boy."
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 129

  • @Indgirl57
    @Indgirl57 6 місяців тому +93

    Why are we watching this AGAIN??? Isn't there enough new trials? I sure can't watch this nightmare again.

    • @donnamason354
      @donnamason354 6 місяців тому +14

      You took the words right out of my mouth!

    • @martinleitch1147
      @martinleitch1147 6 місяців тому +8

      Same someone intelligent let us know!?

    • @cjdodgeprimecrime
      @cjdodgeprimecrime 6 місяців тому +7

      Me either!!!

    • @kdw7714
      @kdw7714 6 місяців тому +7

      I think it's just court TV, Vinnie Politan is having an episode of Accomplice to Murder on Sunday night about MI vs Shanda Vander Ark. The episode is about Paul's involvement

    • @MsLoriGA
      @MsLoriGA 6 місяців тому +5

      Reason number 10,000 why Law & Crime is better.

  • @iffyangel3380
    @iffyangel3380 6 місяців тому +59

    She got life without parole, plus 100 years! WHY are you playing this again?

    • @phuck8627
      @phuck8627 6 місяців тому

      and he possibly only has 30 years

    • @reginagilby1101
      @reginagilby1101 6 місяців тому +8

      Not everyone knows about this tragedy

    • @DoubleX77
      @DoubleX77 6 місяців тому +5

      Guess what - you don’t have to watch it again .

    • @JanesBlonde-007
      @JanesBlonde-007 6 місяців тому +2

      The better question is why are you watching it?

    • @iffyangel3380
      @iffyangel3380 6 місяців тому +5

      @@JanesBlonde-007 I'm not! I just stopped to see if it was something new about her! I see you're living up tp your name. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sinead187
    @sinead187 6 місяців тому +50

    Don't call that demon a mother.

    • @ToyotaGuy1971
      @ToyotaGuy1971 6 місяців тому +2

      dont call that narcissist a demon

    • @Ultra54able
      @Ultra54able 4 місяці тому

      @@ToyotaGuy1971 call her a maggot.

  • @christas.7608
    @christas.7608 6 місяців тому +11

    Ya’ll who seen this before don’t have to watch it again! They’re not forcing u to! Geez! I’ve never seen this case before so I actually appreciate this! Keep scrolling if it’s so bothersome that they posted the same case 2xs. World doesn’t revolve around u!!

    • @CatnessStrange
      @CatnessStrange 6 місяців тому

      Exactly. Thank you

    • @michelerenem
      @michelerenem 5 місяців тому

      Really... So sick of people that click on something, then just do nothing but complain in the comments. Keep scrolling!

  • @Lotus-ox6is
    @Lotus-ox6is 6 місяців тому +14

    First time hearing about this. I will look it up. Just reading the details caused me to remember my abuse. I was 10-12 years old and my stepmother did everything she could to harm me. Like forcing me to hold my urine and not using the bathroom. I was severely malnourished and weighed nothing. She is gone now. But I can’t believe people still do this and think they will get away with it!

  • @LinJimenez-gf8gb
    @LinJimenez-gf8gb 6 місяців тому +14

    Brilliant lawyer & opening statement ‼

    • @TrayKe
      @TrayKe 6 місяців тому +3

      Agreed 👍

  • @kdw7714
    @kdw7714 6 місяців тому +7

    I think they're showing this again because Accomplice To Murder is showing an episode sunday night of MI vs Shanda Vander Ark. The episode is focusing on Pauls involvement

  • @OneLaw214
    @OneLaw214 6 місяців тому +7

    This is relevant considering that there are new horrible cases similar to child torture. Should be DP case as only option. New case stapled child to the wall in a pen, until he passed. How have we gotten to this point of child torture by parents. Like animals sanitizing litter.

  • @jeneraljax29
    @jeneraljax29 6 місяців тому +27

    Didn't this already happen?

    • @danrussell3439
      @danrussell3439 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes

    • @Pinkcandy777
      @Pinkcandy777 6 місяців тому +1

      @@jeneraljax29 yup

    • @michelerenem
      @michelerenem 5 місяців тому

      And? keep scrolling! Why did you click on it?

    • @jeneraljax29
      @jeneraljax29 5 місяців тому

      @@michelerenem what about that question triggered you and got you so angry? 🤔😄🤦‍♂️

  • @ifcatshadthumbs...664
    @ifcatshadthumbs...664 6 місяців тому +7

    Defendant: outward appearance of Dorothy and the black soul of the Wicked Witch. A wolf in sheep's clothing. Evil

    • @danrussell3439
      @danrussell3439 6 місяців тому +1

      I think the correct wording is pure evil and the lawyer has the terrible task of trying to defend the undefendable

  • @DoubleX77
    @DoubleX77 6 місяців тому +4

    Y’all are so controlling - who cares if it’s an old story . Some people haven’t seen it or would like to watch again . Get over yourself already .🙄

    • @CatnessStrange
      @CatnessStrange 5 місяців тому

      My thoughts exactly. I never saw this part until now.

  • @mzcorinnecole
    @mzcorinnecole 6 місяців тому +25

    This is old

  • @kreyes8515
    @kreyes8515 6 місяців тому +2

    Oh poor Timothy looks so small in those videos. He was 15 but he was an autistic small child. I can’t believe those monsters would do that to him.

  • @Janadu
    @Janadu 6 місяців тому +14

    Slow news day? This is old...

  • @karenedwards9510
    @karenedwards9510 6 місяців тому +1

    I WISH that the Jury could Say" Pathetically Guilty!" Unfortunately they can't. There are cases that I have watched and those cases deserve the same verdict, " Pathetically Guilty!", " Disgustingly Guilty!".

  • @LinJimenez-gf8gb
    @LinJimenez-gf8gb 6 місяців тому +8

    Watched whole heartbreaking trial 😢😢😢

  • @PJEC
    @PJEC 6 місяців тому +3

    The state nailed those opening statements. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I'm not going to say what I wanna say about that thing of a mother.

  • @TinyGrandma
    @TinyGrandma 6 місяців тому +3

    I watched the trial. She really is pure evil. God bless the prosecution, the judge, jury and all who were involved in this horrific case. R.I.P. sweet boy. You’re with the angels now. 💙🙏🏼

  • @lesleyhughes3174
    @lesleyhughes3174 6 місяців тому +7

    So much old news here lately, rehashing and rehashing. One way to lose subs, that's for sure.

    • @BeStrong4ever
      @BeStrong4ever 6 місяців тому +1

      Just unsubscribed!

    • @JacinthaDAnjou
      @JacinthaDAnjou 2 місяці тому

      So go ahead and unsubscribe, is someone forcing you to stay here?

  • @wendykrehder4125
    @wendykrehder4125 5 місяців тому +1

    Why are y'all complaining? Shut up or go somewhere else. You really stop and take the time just to complain? For the love of...
    move ON

  • @Bookitty4792
    @Bookitty4792 6 місяців тому +3

    There is another horrific child abuse case just coming out of Michigan “Chulo Jennings”. Absolutely heartbreaking 😢

  • @francinejones2524
    @francinejones2524 6 місяців тому +1

    How can she be “A highly intelligent individual” on the one hand, then in the next breath “She didn’t see what she was doing, she doesn’t get it. She doesn’t get what she was doing to him is wrong.” 😑

  • @CatnessStrange
    @CatnessStrange 6 місяців тому +1

    There could not of been a better Prosecutor and Judge to handle this case.

  • @James_Doyle83
    @James_Doyle83 6 місяців тому +1

    I cant believe she and paul are appealing their sentences its disgusting

  • @MarieVanWyk-u7n
    @MarieVanWyk-u7n 6 місяців тому +6

    Old stuff yo😂

  • @dorijohnson9266
    @dorijohnson9266 6 місяців тому +2

    I feel sorry for the defense lawyer as nothing he can come up with is going to make anyone have any pity for these two. That mother and son see this kind of thing on the news every day, just like the rest of us. To try to pretend not to know what abuse is just as evil as the deed.

  • @gvitrano
    @gvitrano 6 місяців тому +2

    Deplorable

  • @charlottewinn3843
    @charlottewinn3843 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank you, Jesus, for her Judgment

  • @Grrrfrend
    @Grrrfrend 6 місяців тому +1

    They had no idea, my left foot!! They knew exactly what they were doing was causing harm. That was their goal.

  • @AngeleyesLinda777
    @AngeleyesLinda777 6 місяців тому +4

    Are you that desperate you are playing this AGAIN?

    • @danrussell3439
      @danrussell3439 6 місяців тому +2

      It’s new to someone reading the comments

  • @JeanieF
    @JeanieF 6 місяців тому +3

    Come on , we just went thru this whole trial not long ago !

    • @JacinthaDAnjou
      @JacinthaDAnjou 2 місяці тому

      Jeanie use your brain. Not everyone has seen this including me. If you have seen it. Don’t watch it!

  • @susiefoxy8130
    @susiefoxy8130 6 місяців тому +2

    This was months ago

  • @eucliduschaumeau8813
    @eucliduschaumeau8813 6 місяців тому +4

    I refuse to even listen to the defence opening statement. He’s full of sh*t right up to his ears. How do these defence lawyers even live with themselves?

  • @BridgetSluck
    @BridgetSluck 6 місяців тому +1

    I live in Michigan and never heard of this.

  • @daffydill5590
    @daffydill5590 6 місяців тому +1

    Now we have another 6 year old here in Michigan. Mother and boyfriend arrested Fri. Aug 9th. Boy had a ruptured bowel internal injuries had his clothes stapled into the corner so he couldn't move his face out of the corner. The wall had been hit with and embedded with bee bees and one found in his leg. They to had camera's to watch him! Unfortunately the Lil guy didn't make it! What is wrong with these women that put these men ahead of their children?

  • @lauramalerich5129
    @lauramalerich5129 6 місяців тому +2

    Why @COURTTV ?!??

  • @sharnie528
    @sharnie528 6 місяців тому +1

    15 and weight 69 pd, 😮 malnutrition, 😢what for, camera, didnt she want him, was she filming a movie😢

  • @botanicalbunny
    @botanicalbunny 6 місяців тому +11

    Yawn, old news 🥱

    • @BlueTickCH
      @BlueTickCH 6 місяців тому +1

      @@botanicalbunny old news is . New news to someone else

  • @WillemVenter-e4p
    @WillemVenter-e4p 6 місяців тому +2

    As old as the hills. Get new material.

  • @janhill2079
    @janhill2079 6 місяців тому +2

    I'm confused? I thought this trial was done and dusted, found guilty and sentenced several months ago. I thought Court TV dealt with current cases?/

    • @JacinthaDAnjou
      @JacinthaDAnjou 2 місяці тому

      Sir, or maam, did it occur to you that they uploaded it again for people who haven’t seen it as yet? That thought NEVER crossed your mind?

    • @janhill2079
      @janhill2079 2 місяці тому

      @JacinthaDAnjou NEVER.... because all the original video coverage is still there. Just a waste to rehash it. Did that never occur to YOU.
      You replied very rudely by the way. I could hear your tone of voice in every single word

    • @JacinthaDAnjou
      @JacinthaDAnjou 2 місяці тому

      @@janhill2079 so you don’t have common sense? If you have seen the video then good for you, just go watch another one. It’s as simple as that! SIMPLE

  • @lucyo.4397
    @lucyo.4397 6 місяців тому +1

    Why in the world are you showing this again. Don’t you have any new cases to show?

    • @CatnessStrange
      @CatnessStrange 6 місяців тому

      Who is forcing you to watch? Such an important case and not everyone has seen it.

  • @duchessmartinez2035
    @duchessmartinez2035 6 місяців тому +2

    Why is this being put on again?

    • @JacinthaDAnjou
      @JacinthaDAnjou 2 місяці тому

      For people who haven’t seen it! Einstein

  • @swptrace41
    @swptrace41 6 місяців тому +1

    Doesn't have to proove motive but may i present:
    "solipsism"
    the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist
    I learned this word today. Tim Furguson is hero to all abused and i found this opening very healing.

  • @stayclassybeautiful4530
    @stayclassybeautiful4530 6 місяців тому

    That evil murderers defense saying she had not intentionally or knowingly caused Timothy's death is ludicrous! What else could the outcome have been other than more and more suffering until ultimately dying anyway? GUILTY AS CHARGED, NEXT!

  • @kaimahealani9686
    @kaimahealani9686 6 місяців тому

    I think Everyone on here collectively feels the same: Why not say upfront THIS IS REPEAT for anyone who hasn’t seen it because we don’t feel like doing a new show.

  • @Monikavasq
    @Monikavasq Місяць тому

    She is pure evil. I hope she will receive prison justice.

  • @anitaashley8946
    @anitaashley8946 6 місяців тому

    You lawyers are wrong. They knew exactly what they were doing all along to Timothy. They were aware they were torturing him and enjoyed doing it.

  • @loveforeignaccents
    @loveforeignaccents 6 місяців тому

    Why on earth are you re-airing this??

  • @amandafisher4706
    @amandafisher4706 6 місяців тому

    Wasn't she already found guilty? Why are we seeing these again??

  • @anitaklamer3360
    @anitaklamer3360 6 місяців тому

    Repeat😮...why?

  • @Violet-uh9fj
    @Violet-uh9fj 6 місяців тому

    Castration, sterilization, and deportation.

  • @yournotthatimportant1032
    @yournotthatimportant1032 2 місяці тому

    Why no death penalty?

  • @ldolan4051
    @ldolan4051 6 місяців тому

    Doesn't say much for law schooling

  • @IainG81
    @IainG81 6 місяців тому

    Show something that's actually happening rather than old trails. Nobody should wabt to watch this horrific case again. She's found guilty and jailed for life. Show something new.

    • @JacinthaDAnjou
      @JacinthaDAnjou 2 місяці тому

      Why don’t you create a UA-cam channel and upload new trials. How about that?

  • @TerriKnight-x3s
    @TerriKnight-x3s 6 місяців тому

    She’s not in prison yet?

    • @Thunderrolls87
      @Thunderrolls87 3 місяці тому

      She is. Last january i think she was sent there. What a evil.woman. So twisted.

  • @marianneosullivan7971
    @marianneosullivan7971 6 місяців тому

    She looks like she could Rex 0:10 Heuermann's sister.

  • @marianneosullivan7971
    @marianneosullivan7971 6 місяців тому

    She looks like she could Rex Heuermann's sister.

  • @TheBadTam05
    @TheBadTam05 6 місяців тому

    He’s not riveting. Rather bland. Maybe with less evidence he would have tried harder.

  • @SammieLei-ss5mu
    @SammieLei-ss5mu 6 місяців тому

    That black solicitor needs locking up too, how these lawyers can stand up for evil for a pay check is sick
    If u dont feed someone and you see they are thin, you know

  • @auzzielosborne1336
    @auzzielosborne1336 6 місяців тому

    Must be slow at Court TV.

    • @BlueTickCH
      @BlueTickCH 6 місяців тому

      TV court at slow be must . 😂

    • @CatnessStrange
      @CatnessStrange 6 місяців тому

      They're revisiting the case because a new episode focusing on it is coming out.