Shanda Vander Ark Sentenced in Tortured Son Murder Case
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2024
- Shanda Vander Ark was sentenced to life in prison without parole for starving and torturing her special needs son to death. Timothy Ferguson was 15 years old and weighed only 69 pounds at the when he died after months of forced ice baths, blindfolds, and much more.
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Sad thing is there are probably hundreds if not thousands of children being severely abused right now. I despise that woman. She does not deserve to share the same air as most of us.
My mother would starve me for weeks at a time when I was a child till my hair hair started to fall out. If she caught me stealing food from the kitchen she would beat me with a curtain rod. That's just a sample of my childhood. People judge me now that I'm a adult because I won't associate with her they say u only have one mother your supposed to love ur mother well they should watch this video and try and tell me that. Your 💯 percent right this is going on all over the world right now. I'm convinced this world is evil
You are absolutely right. Not all of us have baby blue eyes and unfortunately some lives worth more than anothers... ✌️🤮
@@tommymack4372My mom found guys who s abused me in order to get us rice and milk in South America 30 years be before I ended up in Los Angeles...I think I would choose to starve to death instead of living afraid of AIDS up to the day. ✌️🥳❤
@@tommymack4372 I am so sorry that happened to you and grateful that you are ok. Don’t feel bad for not associating with her. Relationships are formed with love and trust and she shattered both of those things. I say this as a mother of two boys. It breaks my heart to hear stories like this. I agree with the judge who said something was broken in her but it doesn’t negate what she did. That’s true of your mother as well. Parents are supposed to be the first line of protection against all the things that could hurt their children. I’ll never understand how a parent can be the biggest threat in a child’s life.
@@goodlooking6704I’m so sorry that happened to you and I am so happy that you got away from it! Best of wishes to you and to everyone else who suffered as children.
Her sentence should also include a strict diet of bread and hot sauce
well said
and a hour of ice baths too during winter!!!
Timothy actually had to drink straight hot sauce, the hottest in the world bought online apparently. I really hope the cook in jail fk’s get up Every meal.
@@melbabustillo4868Ice baths 365 day/year every year.
🙌
Now go after the father of Timothy. He had custody and she was not supposed to have him. The father had no authority to give this child to her.
He had a severe stroke and was put in a care facility
@@winterlongmire501no, that was Timothy’s step father. The biological father told Shanda to take Timothy or he was putting him in foster care.
Isn't it a disturbing thought that corruption can be so deeply rooted in some legal systems?
@@praytogodus "corruption"?? What are you talking about?
@@rachelackerman6954 his stepfather was a good man, as long as he was in the house Timothy could have food, he did not allow Shanda and Paul to abuse Timothy. As Paul said in the police interview Timothy took advantage of that .
This judge was absolutely spot on with what he said and the sentence. 🙌🏽
Yes but... Why not show people what she did to her son, a side by side comparison would expose her evil. The judge is being too soft on her. We can handle it, the Judge saw the photo, it did not send him into a mental hospital. Show us the Crime she committed.
Shandra didn't just kill him. She did everything possible to make every minute to of his life as miserable and painful as you possibly could. 💔
Sadly agree 😢
This judge respectfully said everything we wanted to
❤ rest in peace timothy ❤
Good. Now they should prosecute the dad. He illegally left him with her after she lost custody. It is sickning to see him get away with that.
She has no remorse for what she did. She looks like she does not want to be there. This is an inconvenience to her. So glad she got life without parole
She probably thinks that Timothy was so determined to "win" that he died trying, instead of just submitting to her. Even though it was physically impossible for anyone to satisfy her demands. Let alone a child with ssvere concentration issues. Agree, I see no remorse. Just anger came out, how he sneaked food.
@@ulyaka4781”win”? What kind of game was this woman playing? What competition was she in with her own child? Sound like narcissistic abuse to me
@@dylans0630 in the evidence she was texting to Paul "he (Timothy) is not going to win". For her Timothy trying to evade her torture was not submitting to her. So she felt like he was playing. But if you listen to her, it was physically impossible for anyone, let alone a person with bad concentration to satisfy her demands. She was setting Timothy up for failure, then tortured him for that.
@@ulyaka4781 Yup. Sadistic Narc, as I suspected. I can’t stand them
@@ulyaka4781 He was a child diagnosed with Autism. I doubt "winning" ever entered his mind. He was severely abused and hunger driven. I am probably alone, but I am glad he is with the Lord. No more pain, hunger, rejection, fear. Only love and the perfection of God's Grace.
How the HELL can a mother kill their own child. We are supposed to protect our children from harm! Just despicable!
Only in good ole USA 🤦♂️
@@bbginc694 Bad bot.
A shitty person will still be a shitty parent. It takes an absolutely despicable human to hurt the person they’re biologically programmed to love and protect.
@@bbginc694oh please. Plenty of parents have killed their kids in other countries. You're ignorant
@@krispeekreamhe should fight back 😂
How the hell did family not think something was wrong. Seriously.
Easily
She kept him hid pretty well I believe
The other kids didn’t like the mother I think. So maybe no phone calls to her house and no visits, maybe no landline and Timothy didn’t have a mobile. And the father dumped Timothy on the mother so he obviously wasn’t checking in on him. I think they lived a long way from Shanda the monster.
R.I.P Timothy Ferguson 🙏🏾
everything her attorney stated is exactly why she knew better. A law degree....
What a cute little boy. Rest in Paradise Timothy. You don't have to suffer anymore. 🕊
Resting in bosom of GODs unconditional loving arms.🙏✨
That poor baby. 😢Rest in peace Timothy.
Thank you Judge and Jury for your service.
Tortured that boy until he died - She doesn't deserve any comforts in life! RIP Timothy 💔 She can't get to you now 💔
She looks well fed and well cared for
I agree with you
Sadly unlike her children
@@Viewpoint11 she will also have access to the internet.
@@dalesmithies9051 dude, paul is also insanely skinny. have you fuckin seen him? ive seen people speculate that the reason he worked at applebee's was because they give employees one free meal per shift
She’s so intelligent that she thought frozen chicken nuggets was raw chicken 🤦♂️
I watched the entire trial and I can't wrap my brain around how MASSIVE her ego really is. And a masterful pathological liar. She's a disgusting human being.
Her daughter has to be one of the bravest people I've ever seen. Keep up with your therapy because it can save and change your life.❤
@luxsalesmariak8867 they didn’t know this was happening.
They didn't know because they didnt check on him@@I-serve-you-tea
@luxsalesmariak8867 millie was 16 years old when this was happening. Please do not blame her. You are just adding to the abuse in my opinion. None of these accusations are going to bring timothy back. If you want to make a difference lobby for more funding for social services
I think she’s a weak little girl who did nothing to help .
@luxsalesmariak8867they knew, the sister talked about it in her impact statement. She remembered her & Timothy sitting in the back seat. I also have a hard time understanding why nobody, not the dearest dad, not the other kids, not her siblings. Really strange-IMO.
This case is actually worse than shown in the trial, dearest dad needs to be behind bars also.
ZavGirl has several videos, with the court docs from when she lost custody in Oklahoma. Unbelievable!
Timothy's father needs to be arrested NOW!!
Why? Was he involved???
@@LB-pg3no Yes! He knew that Shanda had her parental rights taken away because of abuse! She was not supposed to have Timothy!
The Judge knew what he was dealing with, a pos.
R.I.P. Timothy 💜
I cried watching this trial. I cried listening to the prosecuting atty and the judge in this sentencing hearing today. I hope to NEVER see this despicable woman's face ever again. I hope to never hear her NAME again, unless it's that she is taken out in prison.
This!!!! 🤌🏼 all of THIS!
into the abyss she goes forever.
I don't understand why they didn't notice what he was going through
leading up to his death ! Where was everyone?
I also was wondering that..If the grandparents couldn't see him why didn't they ask for a welfare check...Its sad all around
All of them could have seen him as she worked all day. They simply didn't want to
The anxiety of a witness in a protection program is often unspoken; how can their safety and well-being be ensured?
They both live in other state(s).
@@DD-dq1ed you would think at least one of them could of gone to see him or spoke to him on the phone, I just don't understand there thinking in this case at all 💔
Awwe❤ Thank you Judge ❤ Thank you for allowing him the dignity he deserved ❤️
She could care less what the judge had to say.
I agree with you
Literally did not affect her in any way. That's why she belongs in a cage for the rest of her life.
The prosecutor and judge spoke perfectly on behalf of Timothy. Glad this MONSTER (NOT mother) was sentenced to the maximum.😢
She never once cried for her son, or hearing her other children speak. I was appalled hearing her say, "I was so traumatized my 1st month in jail I didn't eat." Her son never ate unless he managed to take something knowing he'd be punished. How she could starve, abuse and chain her son up like some wild animal is beyond me? Shanda is pure evil and I can only hope she suffers like her son suffered at her hands the rest of her days.
Some people should not have children.
I love the judge, so compassionate & sincerely cared about Timothy.
The children spoke with conviction and expressed their love for their brother.I hope the young person is at rest now free from hunger and pain.I am crying now.
Seeing his precious face makes it so much more real and heartbreaking. 💔
Not that what she did to him wasn't already horrendous to begin with.😢
I hate that she is probably looking forward to being the prison lawyer and continuing to bully people.
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Man, the judge talking about preserving that last shred of human dignity brought instant tears to my eyes.
Why do these women withhold food and water from children who are unable and incapable of getting food and water on their own? How can they put food and water in their mouths while they look at a starving thirsty child? It is criminal.
He COULD get food. She made it impossible. She had him locked in a closet or otherwise under constant supervision to torture him. He was denied food WITH INTENTION. This baby boy was handcuffed to the wall. His ankles chained together. The fridge and pantry were locked.
Saw this live yesterday (here in Sweden) before I fell asleep. I cried listening to this amazing Judge🙏
Vila i frid Timothy🕊💛
Impossible to cure a psychopath, absolute evil, Unbelievable and pure horror.
Hope karma finds her in prison
I am having to fast for 1 day and I am starving my stomach feels hallow … I can’t even imagine the pain he went through. So hungry he ate raw ground beef and frozen nuggets. 5’8 and 69 lbs 😢 made to wear a diaper.
There are no words for what she is . I hope Paul has to serve a lengthy sentence . He could have called 911 at any time.
When children testify against their own mother, that speaks volumes.
How can a mother do something like this to their own child…justice is served
I couldn’t watch this trial or follow it, it was just too heartbreaking. This Judge seems amazing - again just based off this clip and the fact he denied photos in open court to preserve Timothy’s dignity made me tear up. And for handing down a life sentence and putting SVA in her place. TY Judge.
what a relief she can never do this to another person.
Why did she hate him so bad? Her own child? Sad just horrible. They is a special place for her and it’s not jail.
Why did the older siblings not report this
They did not live with her and Timothy and they were estranged from her too. The brother said he thought she had changed 🤷♀️
The courts declared her unfit to be a parent and gave custody to the father. Unfortunately the father was a POS too and gave the custody back to mom. It’s very rare that courts don’t give custody to the mother and there must have been evidence of her poor parenting, likely corroborated by the older siblings. The older siblings knew, I blame them too.
I really wish I our state had the death penalties in cases like this. This woman ain't a mother this woman is a monster thank God they gave her life without parole.
Well, sometimes inmates take care of these kind of people. (I've heard😏😉)
Oh man. These 2 made me cry. SUCH SWEET WORDS. I am so glad after all this time I got to hear all about Timothy and imagine in my mind who he really was and when I remember him I will remember him the way his two incredibly amazing siblings describe him.
You two are HEROS!
Do not blame yourself and do not let her win, Timothy is in the best place possible now. Do not let her win and destroy you. Your brother would most certainly want to see you happy. And if he is around to see you now, I'm positive he would want to see you smiling and succeeding.
Beautifully put ♥️
May you rest in peace sweetheart. Thank you to the judge for giving her life without parole
I relate to these adult siblings. I also escaped my abuser who was my parent when I became an adult and also foolishly thought my younger siblings were OK because I thought there were people around them who could protect them. But as soon as I learned that wasn’t true I stepped in and luckily we’re not dealing with this type of hurt today. My heart goes out to these two.
What excuse can you have to hurt your child like this? Kids love their parents so much and are innocent.
I am sobbing here listening to the victim impact statements. How was there a dry eye in the court? I loved the judges speech as well and that he chose to share only photos of Timothy when he was alive and happy and healthy.
Beautiful child. RIP Timothy ❤
Yes Timothy is SO beautiful 💙
He beat that monster in the end.
Timothy’s soul is in peace now. Shandas will never be. It’s Jail then straight to Hell for her 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Well said thank you judge
Even her elder girls were effected by her evil gaslighting as demonstrated by the fact that even she, in her victim impact statement referred wee Timmy as "he could be annoying at times".... Dogging on this child, even in death, was completely normalised by that diabolical mother, and further mimicked by her children in order to deflect her attention off themselves. Rip young man, your senseless death will not be in vain.
I hate how her lawyer blocked her face
I agree.
Impressing speech of this judge! Clear words, very clear.
RIP Timothy 🙏🏼 You’re now safe with our Heavenly Father 🙏🏼
The brother's speech made me cry....sweet baby boy. 😢 Heaven has him now. This horrible woman will also face God's wrath and judgment "do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked"
I'm sorry but the brother & sister and his biological father & the grandparents failed him. Where were they??? Everyone in his life let this happen. It's sicking 😢 she should be buried under the jail. RIP sweet boy. Rest in the arms of our father. 💙🕊️💙🕊️💙🕊️💙
@@Annie-so3cb im sure you are a lovely person but your comment angers me. You don’t know the full situation. As if millie and nolan dont already feel bad enough. Now they have to be plagued by this attitude. No one saw this coming. And she only had timothy for 6 months. The father i feel is responsible though. He was abusive too. Paul too.
Evil and demonic. There's two words. Sad to me that some great people can't have kids and this demon was able to have many.
What a brilliant judge. When the judges get to finally say what they think of theses defendants for the first time, having sat through all the details of these tragic cases, and they really beat these people down with their words, is satisfying to a sense. Not all judges do it. I guess that’s the personal choice of the judge. But it’s good to see when they do.
Justice was served
What I would like to know, is HOW any lawyer could defend that piece of crap.
She's so smart that she outsmarted herself.
Her calm demeanor today proves she was faking all her histrionics at her trial
That whole throwing up act she pulled was the cringiest thing I've watched take place in a trial.
No it doesn't. She knew coming in that she was going to get life. What was there for her to react to? She knew she was going to get told how awful she was. She very likely is medicated.
@@MandyAltamirano she showed no emotion whatsoever. Nothing when her own kids spoke. Nothing when the judge spoke and showed Timothy's picture that she couldn't even look at. Shes an evil sociopath. It's not about being surprised but more about being human.
Where were that "bad hair" sister and "humpty dumpy" brother when Tim was being tortured?!?! Nowhere to be found. And they looooved him so much! Yeah right. Actions speak LOUDER than words!!!
I hope inmates will welcome her properly.
Unfortunately, she will be kept in solitary confinement.
Timothy's brother said "I thought things were different than when I was younger" and "I thought my mother had changed for the better". He knew his mother was abusive and did not proactively respond.
Right! Same with the sister crying hysterically. Woman, blame yourself too.
Why wasn’t ANYBODY helping? His siblings, grandparents, father, teacher’s?
She sat writing as though she was at work, during the judges sentence. Whilst her lawyer sat and listened. Disgusting woman !!!!😡 That beautiful boy💕
Explain to me, why Casey Anthony did not see justice for throwing her daughter in a garbage bag?
Life in prison isn't the death penalty, but oh boy will she be taken care of in prison. . .
Unfortunately women get let off more easily then if men kills children in prison
With that attitude and face and what she did, yeah they’re gonna have a field day with her 😅
No she wont. I have studied prisons and women don’t do trophy kills like men do
Where were they all those months he was tortured?
Staying away from shanda
It bothers me too. But they probably got the heck away from their mom the second they were of age, and naively thought that he would be okay. Maybe Shonda wasn't targeting him during the time that they were around, and they hoped it was still the same way. Maybe they assumed someone would report her if something was wrong.
Where was Timothy’s father in all of this?
He handed Timothy over to her . He had full custody of him before…
Stop feeding her
"Most Mothers but not all..." so very sadly true. I share that bond with Timothy only I did not have special needs and I survived. I hope you are happy now, perfect in the presence of the Creator.
If I was the judge, the last thing I would have said to her, is “the only thing you said that was true, is that you are intelligent.” I wouldn’t even give her that. Especially since she boast about it!
wow, she is a monster... RIP Tim... God Bless !!!
The judge was almost speechless that says a lot what terrible people
She definitely deserves her sentence and more. Sad that she had to ruin Paul's life also she's a monster.
Good never getting out 🎉
The father should be heald accountable for giving Timothy to his mother. She was deemed unfit to have custody. Therefore, the father shouldn't have given him over to her. Everyone in his life failed him.
Where were these siblings when needed?
Halfway across the country, with no access to him or knowledge of what was going on.
They both live in other state(s).
Why these GROWN UP CHILDREN didnt rescue Timothy instead of watching him being murdered??????????
They didn't watch. They didn't live with her
Even the Judge sounds he wants to cry
applaud this judge for what he said. good job!
Where was everyone all these months this child was tortured? No one called him or stopped by? Not his sister, brother, father, grandparents? Unreal. When my mother was alive she saw my kids every single week. This is crazy how no one checked on this child.
Shanda and Timothy were in Michigan and the rest of the family were with her ex-husband in Oklahoma.
@@mycrazyfamilyid They had no other family or friends that came by or visited?
@@stuff2047 Watch the interrogation. She kept him hidden and the neighbors didn't even know he was there.
@@mycrazyfamilyid I watched it. Was just wondering if there was something more I missed as far as family went. What a shame this poor boy didn’t have anyone on the outside looking out for him since the person who should have been doing it the most was his worst enemy. Just glad she has been put away for it.
Where were the police, the school, or CPS?
There are so many parents out there that have absolutely no business being parents. Most honestly.
Why in the world didn’t the older sibling report this???? How horrible
I’m upset at the children. They had know how he was being treated. I just don’t think that he would pass away. They should be embarrassed to even say they were so sorry they didn’t know what was going on. All they had to do was visit him periodically and they would have seen his condition. They all should spend some time in prison for at least being an accessory to the fact. They knew what the mother was capable of. This has my blood boiling.
Who designed a courtroom with a column dead center in the middle of the room and right in front of the judge?
This breaks my heart..
My daughter is autistic, non-verbal, has ADHD, and I could never treat her like this mom did. I have never hurt her.
Life gets hard sometimes when your child has behavioral issues, but it is cruel and unusual to harm your sweet child just because they misbehave like she did to her son.
This mother, beyond not ever worrying about him, didn't even take him to the doctor and starved him...
I just don't understand how you can hurt a disabled child. They don't understand things the way most others do...
It seriously hurt my heart to hear the testimony and the interview tapes that I did.
Honestly, I can't help but hope the other inmates aren't kind to her.... People who torture others don't deserve kindness, if you ask me.
I don't buy the siblings act! The older brother knew what a monster she was. Why in the world would you leave your disabled little brother that you supposedly love with this monster? What I see is complacency, and no regard for your little brothers safety. If you loved him, why didn't you check on him more often? why didn't you call the police or CPS or be more proactive to make sure he was OK. The siblings may have not participated in the torture, but they might as well have. They allowed it to happen, knowing what their mother was capable of!!!!! 😡😡😡
Cases like this are why we need capital punishment!
A case where an eye for an eye would be justice.
I'm hoping that people in prison, will help her remember who Timothy was.
Judge sometimes a monster is just a monster. You wasted a lot of words a monster doesn't even hear.
His words are not wasted if even one single person watching this trial and sentencing has their own heart moved and affected to never think or do the same to any child because they themselves are frustrated and angry.
We never know how overheard words, while maybe having no affect on the primary person spoken to, can have a deep affect on others.
The fact that none of the family checked on Timothy but everyone wants to cry over him now that he’s gone is puzzling. It’s takes time for someone to become that malnourished. Timothy went through tons of abuse throughout which someone could’ve visited and reported the mistreatment/abuse or raised alarm. Nobody had any indication apparently that he was suffering and starving all this time but nobody inquired either. Charge the daddy too. Disabled or not (think he had stroke) that’s his child and he’s responsible for his well-being as well as giving custody to this witch.
I hope the judge who knew all’ the in depth details heals too and his family will help him repair too, thankyou sir for your service and this message goes to all involved in this case bringing Themis horrific thing to trial and thankfully prison, I hope you all heal