"Genius Lawyer" Mom + Her Gargoyle Viciously Torture Autistic Son
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The Story of Timothy Ferguson + Shanda Vander Ark
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Ige she wouldn't had pretended to vomit it would not make her look as guilty... if she would have acted normal..it would have seemed she really couldn't see how thin he was..that it was "normalized" in her eyes... that just make her look even more guilty
The fact you never run out of cases for your channel says a lot about our society.
Depressing thought. Right, tho 😢
evil always has and always will exist, but giving up on society isn't the answer.
We're also talking about it a lot more and recognizing the abuse that used to be acceptable, like corporal punishment.
I was saying that to a friend the other day and there's a lot of channels
this is the result of taking the Christian God out of school and homes.
@Tatiana-cp-1fc I Have To Disagree With Your Comment, I And My Children Go To Church Every Sunday, My Kids Are Even In Church Groups During The Week!! This Woman Had No God In Her Life , She's. A Evil Monster Period That Should Never Had Children!!! At Some Time In Her Life She Was Going To Church, She Even Blamed Those In Church For Turing Her In To CPS!! So Don't Us Going. To Church, She's Not The VICTIM HERE!!
For someone who did so well on their law exam, she sure failed the mother award! She knew she was breaking the LAW!
She always thought she was the smartest person in the room. But she wasn't able to fool the jury or judge!
Right? Next-level dumbest smart person status!
When a defendant is lying, they tend to blink a lot (as they are trying to mentally keep their story and their lies straight) Watch as she's trying to explain the reasoning behind locking up the food to the prosecutor...blink blink blink.
Some people choose their career paths to exploit it.
Atleast she can’t say she didn’t know it was wrong
Timothy's father also needs to be held accountable for this. He gave Timothy to his mother knowing he had neglected and abused him in the past and has no legal parental rights for him. Then did nothing to check on him while he was being horribly tortured to death by his mother.
The fact that he has said nothing after his own sons death showed how much he really cared about his son as well. Literally everyone failed poor Timothy
I wonder why Timothy's father gave Timothy away.
Timothy's step mother Trish took care of Timothy well. But when he got older he was becoming harder for her to handle and she asked Eric for help. So instead of helping her he sent him to Shanda who wasn't supposed to have him in the first place. And how he's remained silent tells me he is an ass. And he really should be held accountable.
@shadow8276 So his lazy butt didn't want to take care of his own son who he was responsible for and dumped him on his abusive mother? What a crappy father. I'm so mad just thinking about it.
@@antoinettenyuurnibe3302 that's what I heard, yes.
Not everyone wants to or feels the need to broadcast their emotions so a bunch of rubber neckers can have an orgiastic cryfest over something that really doesn't involve them..
I think starvation has to be the worst form of abuse. People are sick....
everything they did to him was some of the worst abuse I can imagine, the food restrictions and using spice as a way to hurt him, the baths, the standing it’s beyond abuse it’s full on torture
I call it evil.
@helixmoore7636 Exactly and I call it the Same thing!! 💯👿👿
My mom was very fond of starving me as punishment. For extended periods of time. I dropped enough weight, the school called CPS on her. CPS is the absolute worst. My mom told her, she had to put locks on the fridge and cupboards, because I was jealous of my siblings and would throw all the food away at night. CPS believed her, didn't talk to me, didn't even ask questions about why I was so dangerously skinny. She said, to my mom, IN FRONT OF ME, that my mom had amazing patience to deal with my 'behavioral issues'. This was how my mom came up with the apple diet. I was allowed 1 apple a day, and I had to eat it outside so the neighbors could see me eating something.
@Dubhain Omg I am so very sorry you went thru that! 😢 I can't even say a mean thing against her out of respect for YOU! All I Can say is, I hope and pray that you received therapy and are doing better, in the present, because you deserved So Much Better than what she did to you!! I send you a Huge Virtual Hug and Lots of Love 🤗 hoping you're doing better 💖💕💖💕✨️✨️✨️✨️
As an autist, whose mother didn't want me as well, these cases break my heart. Rest well, brother, may the ancestors welcome you with open arms. You are safe now, you can tinker with archimedes and feast with the romans. My heart goes out to you and your memory.
DILLY DILLY.
As a fellow autistic person who’s parents didn’t “believe” in autism for years-
We are not hard to love, friend. People like us just need extra help sometimes.
I cried at your comment that poor timtim is “tinkering with archimedes and feasting with the Romans”
I can tell you have a good heart. We will do better with the next generation than what was done with us.
Dilly Dilly
Lovely statement, thank you!
The witch couldn’t get her law license because she owed over 50k in child support.
Didn'tknow that. Couldn'tunderstand how you would pass bar exam that high up in your class, but could only get a job as a law clerk?
That's mental. If she was allowed to make positive career moves in her life, she might have been able to pay it back.
I mean, she's indefensible, but that's a ridiculous reason to hold someone back from financial success...
Happens to men all the time
@anythingforselenas806 I Need To Watch This Video Again, Didn't They Say She Was Only To Have 3 Hours Supervised Visits?? When Did She Get Her Boy's Back, I Think The Daughter Stayed With The Grandparents??
She didn't get them back through the courts. Paul came to live with her bc he was kicked out of dads house at 18. Timothy came a yr later, once again bc his father couldn't handle him anymore. I've never heard any mention of unpaid child support .
The food obsession for double chin Shanda was insane to me. The smartest person in the world but she didn’t know living in pee and poo was not ok? And she didn’t know you have to feed children so they stay alive? You can’t tell me Timothy was a bad kid when he stayed in a cold tub to please his abusers. Love you kiddo, you were not a burden.
I don't think she's that smart!! I graduated law school and had plenty of "dumb" classmates and her school was second rate.
@@THEMADHATTRESS I’m not the smartest person and taking tests is super cool but it doesn’t make you a genius. I also really don’t like this person so I’m biased.
Hey she kept her plants alive.
I think the last ice bath was to keep Tim’s body chilled overnight so she could sleep & then act like she was giving cpr in the morning. She didn’t want to deal with a cleaning up dressing him, making his bed & staging everything alone ,lazy creep. So if she kept Tim’s body chilled ,the time of death would be off. That’s why she lied about giving him a warm bath when she got home. She never did the baths ,she couldn’t big brother did.
yup so she was not so smart. It would have never worked!
I've listened to hours of Paul and Shanda's jail calls. U would be disgusted to hear how often they complain about food. Shanda asking her friend for money, constantly, bc she's "not eating this crap". And fussed at another inmate for making her food for her and putting pepper in it. She "can't have ANYTHING SPICY"
Wow
Holy shit that’s fucking even worse on so many levels!!!
How DARE she?
I don't use that term lightly but how dare she have the nerve to complain about spiciness after what she made poor Timothy eat?
Where can you find the those Phone calls?
@@tarawedge1982A simple search of ‘Shanda Vanderark’ will give you all you want to see…
When u feel like people are doing better than u, remember, the snob working alongside the judge had her son shackled and starving to death at home
When people describe "fish out of water" breathing, it's the agonal breathing at the time of death.
RIP Timothy 😔
RABERNACK SCAVERN!!!🤠🤠
@@jacobboyington6606 um...
That "fish out of water" breathing, is the start of cheyne-stokes breathing, or the last breaths. The mouth opens because the muscles loosen. My grandmother would have done the same, and when we got home, she was at the kitchen table and "snoring" the death rattle. Timothy would be going through that at the time he was found and told see, you don't need to open your mouth to breathe, dummy. Those words were the last ever spoken to Timothy. Heartbreaking. RIP Timothy.
"Paul is on his way to being a psychopath.." , the judge said.
On his way?! He’s there.
🎯👌@@hiddenhand6973
His GPS said he’s reached his destination.
If she didn’t sleep much anyway, why would she punish Timothy for keeping her awake, by keeping him awake? That doesn’t make any sense.
abusers think nothing is ever their fault
The prosecuting attorney asked her that very question.
She was so obsessed with making his life a living hell she was monitoring and torturing him. She's that sick.
Abusers are completely irrational beings, logic is thrown out the window for them
Control freaks never make sense!
It drives me bats how so many of those in office are concerned more with abortion than with the kids who are alive...
They don't care either way about abortion. It's just a thing they use to get we serfs divided.
This!
Where else are they going to get a steady stream of inmates and wageslaves than from parent(s) who are forced to have kids they never wanted?
There's a huuuge correlation between Roe being enacted and crime rates dropping 10-15 years later.
Quarter assed CPS assessments now will only get worse. Only being done to say "Well we checked and the kid ain't dead time to go to the next one." and no agent gets in trouble, much less a judge when they deem an unsafe home 'safe' and they advertly murder the kids via parental violence and neglect.
They truly only care if the kid makes it into the workforce or behind bars and the lack of kids from abortion or birth control hurts their bottom line. By banning abortion they're comfortable sacrificing the few that die to keep the rest of the cogs turning.
Great comment. Yep. ❤
What an ignorant comment.
"Those in office" 🙄
OBVIOUSLY there are already laws against torturing children.
Being prolife means caring about ALL innocent lives...at the very same time
OMG what a faker!!! Pretending to vomit after being shown photos of what SHE, and her pathetic son, Paul, had done to Timothy would NEVER nominate her for any award!! She just pretended to vomit to garner pity from the jury. I’m hypoglycemic, and I’ve been hypoglycemic for over 30 years, and I remember what I had done. The ONLY time that I didn’t remember was when my glucose levels dropped to a 28. I was in a coma, and I woke up, after 8 hours, in the hospital and not knowing how I got there, because the last thing I remember was boarding the train to go to work. I was scared crapless. I had to monitor my glucose levels, and when they dropped below 70, I had to drink orange juice; I was warned not to drink, or eat, anything that had a lot of sugar in it such as: soda, candy, chocolate bars, donuts, etc.
This heathen, along with her son, should NEVER see the outside of the prison walls!!! Paul COULD have snuck Timothy something to eat and drink, but he CHOSE to continue torturing Timothy!! He MADE the choice to abuse his younger brother, so he should NOT be released!!! Shame on him!!! I hope they BOTH are haunted by the images of what they BOTH done to Timothy, and I HOPE that food is withheld from them by other inmates!!
May Timothy rest peacefully in his eternal slumber, and may he fly high and free with the other angels!!
That judge read over 2000 pages of Paul and Shanda's text messages. He read them THREE times! How he kept his composure is a testament to his professionalism and guttural fortitude. The prosecuting attorney was top-notch.
@MarkSentMe - Thank you for taking the time to read my comment, and replying to it. I truly appreciate it.
I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been for that judge to read those text messages, over and over and over, and still had the professionalism and decorum towards these 2 monsters!
I agree with you 100% that the prosecutor was top notch, and didn’t put up with her fakery.
I am glad you are doing better? I don't know much about being hypoglycemic, your comment has been insightful.
Shander Vander Ark was constantly per her messages to Paul,talking about needing Dr Pepper or not having enough of it,she had an obsession with this sugary drink,yet claimed to need a service dog,due to being hypoglycemic. Yet another thing that she faked to Garner sympathy.
When she pretending to get sick, even the judge looked done with her bs, he could probably see from where he was standing that she was faking.
What a wretched, pitiful excuse for a human, let alone daring to call herself a mother.
she tried any excuse to get out of this. a blessing in disguise that monitoring system was. it was her complete undoing. none of her lies were worth a grain of salt at that point when so much evidence is staked against you
I think that was her guilt when she threw up
@@playghurl_dymund She doesn't have guilt.
She failed as a human , let alone a mother !! How sick is this monster
RABERNACK SCAVERN!!!🤠🤠🤠🤠
I watched most of her trial on CourtTV. That woman is cold and evil.
Was there any input from the father etc in the trial? I'm not familiar with this case atall
@@melissakelly9629 None at all. The father seems to be trying to stay out of the spotlight. He doesn't seem to want to draw any attention to himself due to the fact that he sent Timothy to go live with Shanda and Paul who he undoubtedly must have known had bullied Timothy while he was growing up, and then afterwards from what I've heard he didn't check in on him at all.
@@NikkiC777 Paul calls the father from jail and asks "Daddy" for money for his commissary account.
@@melissakelly9629
No one from his family showed up for trial, his oldest brother and older sister showed up to give victim Impact statements, they were very powerful 😢 and sad.😞
I watched it, too. I held it together until the end when the judge put up the picture of Timothy and said that that was how Timothy was to be remembered.
25 minutes in and already you've done this case far better than any other channel on TH-cam. Drewby and Yergy, keep being you.
Agreed.
I thought I knew everything there was to know but the first 20 minutes I didn't really know or see extra photos.
Despicable.
Same. I've followed this case since Shanda trial and I found out lots of information I did not know. Info that others have not mentioned. Love your channel.
Agreed
Agreed
😢 completely agree.. I followed this case extensively as I live in Michigan. I've seen it covered on MANY channels and this is the most informative and compassionate coverage 😢
As a mother with an autistic child (non verbal), this utterly disgusted me. Yet alone as a mother, how could anyone hurt a child (autistic or not) but especially autistic… even more so, your very own flesh and blood… is truly evil. RIP Timothy 🕊️🩵🧩
Agree. I have a nonverbal autistic nephew and his mom is absolutely wonderful. She is a blessing to our family. I can’t imagine mistreating that sweet boy. This breaks my heart. As a woman who tried to have a child for 14 yrs it breaks my heart that people waste that precious gift of children. Poor Timothy. He was absolutely tortured.
I work in high school special ed. This case hurt my heart; I worked with several non-verbal teenagers who have autism. I cannot imagine my students being treated like this at home.
It's like something about this lady/case just don't sit well with me; when I close my eyes, all I can think of is: she really hated her son/Timothy;
My question is: why did she dislike "him" so much?
Right?!? I have three autistic kids...two of them are Level 2, and my baby boy is Level 3. If anything, I think them being autistic makes them even MORE lovable than typical kids!
@@morningprayers19 Maybe she thought him being autistic made her look bad? Since she clearly placed extreme value on academic achievement and being considered "smart?" Maybe she thought he was "stupid," and not worthy of being her child? 🤔
Genuinely can’t understand how people can be so evil to torture children, let alone people in general
demons
@@JesusChurchFamily demons they invited in. It doesn’t happen by accident. And if it’s not demons, it’s their sin darkening their conscience.
My autistic son is an adult and not potty trained despite still getting therapy and being in an autism group home. Tinkering is probably stimming to release sensory overloads. They knew nothing about autism.
My son will be 15 in two weeks. He has asd, adhd, non-verbal, idd nos, dmdd, global developmental delay, intermittent explosive disorder, anxiety and pica. He is also no potty trained. His major stims are pacing and hand flapping. I totally understand that even with all the therapies and tools it's a slow process and might not work. I know I get frustrated so I can only imagine how you feel. I know my little guy doesn't mean what he does. He is just trying to communicate. I couldn't imagine hurting him. I think that lady and her other son has a special place in hell. I wish you the best❤
@@elainashelley1636 Give him a high five for me if he's OK with it? 💖
It’s not that they knew nothing, they didn’t care about his spectrum!
@@kristentrep5038 This channel has covered a lot of stories of children on the spectrum. Stimming has many synonyms so who cares what terms they used. What we should care about is that Timothy was a venerable person and his mother and brother failed him miserably.
I really wish this channel would cover the case of Calista Springer. That was another heartbreaking story of torture and child abuse in the state of Michigan, involving someone with developmental disabilities that resulted in the child's death. I don't know, it seems like her case doesn't get as much attention as some of the others. I understand that the creators of this channel do not take requests, but I really wish they would consider covering her story. That's just my two cents.
Timothy sounds like he was such a sweet, smart boy with a mother and brother that severely failed him. He could have been a successful adult if only he was cherished the way he deserved. Poor boy.
i was hoping y'all would cover timothy's case. this story is one of the few that's genuinely horrified me. youd think that once a kid becomes a teen theyre somewhat safe from this kind of thing happening. the way they made it so everything he did warranted punishment, used his mental disabilities against him, claimed that he was faking it when he was DYING, its just unfathomably evil
Yes, and the prosecutor accidentally gave the cameras a quick peek at a picture of Timothy that Paul took the day before he passed. He looked like a holocaust survivor. Seriously he was a strong boy to hold on as long as he did. He needed love compassion and patience. And the mom is a hypochondriac. That’s not even the way ptsd and dissociation works. I should know I have ptsd. She’s full of shit. She’s sadistic. Monitored bathroom time?!
This is one of those most heartbreaking cases I've heard about in recent years. Every case of child abuse leading to the death of a child horrifies me, but what happened to Timothy has taken over my mind and I feel so upset and heartbroken.
@@jamiepender6667Yes that's right. I agree with you. She doesn't have any real health problems, and she certainly didn't need 2 great dane service dogs which I am pretty sure is what she had or maybe it was 3, 2 great danes and one lab? I've heard different things.
@@TiffWafflesI feel the same way. It is one of the most shocking cases I have ever heard. Maybe the most shocking, it's hard to say. There's so many horrible cases. I'm glad both Shanda, and Paul are locked up, hopefully for the rest of their lives. I am glad that the judge and the doctors who did his analysis saw through Paul's attempts at manipulating everyone into thinking he was also disabled. Now I just wish all these people who are fans of the 2 of them, and are reaching out to them in prison, sending them both money and calling, being their penpals, and starting relationships with them will stop that nonsense. They are both in prison and they are both guilty of horrific crimes. I don't know why anyone would want to speak to either of them ever again.
@@jamiepender6667 i have almost every issue shonda has, including dissociation. her saying that she only lost her memory exclusively when she was doing bad things is such bs, being traumatized doesnt work that way. id call her a joke but shes too pathetic to classify as one
The evil that these people possess in their hearts never ceases to amaze me.
It is sadly common for autistic lives to be devalued. Extremely so.
Not people.
Monsters.
They lost their right to be called people after what they did.
@@erikdentremont2891 then i must be lucky that my parents are not monsters.
I watched the court proceedings on Court TV. Horrific. Paul made his brother eat Scorpion and Carolina Reaper-type hot sauce-soaked bread. Not Texas Pete or Frank's Red Hot or even Tabasco, but some million Scoville sh**. Paul made Timothy run up and down deck stairs- a child who had physical limitations. They locked him in a closet. The judge said Timothy looked like a concentration camp victim when he died. This case made my physically ill to know that there are people who are just as evil as Takoda's "father". I hope Paul and Shonda spend the next 30 years in jail wondering what's in their food.
Shanda got life no parole plus 100 years. She's done.
What's the point of her having custody when she's in prison? She really is crazy.
She wasn't in prison when the biological father dumped Timothy on her. Shonda was court-ordered NOT to have custody of Timothy (I guess Daddy's new wife didn't want him in their home) Daddy dumped Paul on her when he was a youngster and Paul became Shonda's little minion.
@@MarkSentMe I think they were talking about Gabriel. She tried to fight losing custody of Gabriel after she was convicted of torturing and killing Timothy.
My guess is she wants a say in who is taking care of Gabriel, like someone in her family. Since I image her exs family doesn’t let her see him, even tho Gabriel said he doesn’t want to see her, she most likely assumes that isn’t true. So control.
@@anniehoward7333 yes, for as book smart as she is she certainly can’t read a room.
@@I-serve-you-tea : She can't even act upset about Tim. Both of them have been caused psychopathic inability to feel empathy.
As soon as you mentioned that the beautiful boy had autism my heart sank. I have a son with autism and the thought of anyone hurting a vulnerable child breaks me . If you can't cope, let them have a chance to be in a loving family 😢😢😢😢
Same my daughter is 5, has autism, an intellectual disability and is nonverbal, and it's heartbreaking to think someone could harm any child with or without special needs and knowing they couldn't communicate with anybody to help them is soul destroying 💔
@gracelou91 🩵🩵🌷 it really is terrifying when the child can't tell you what's going on or how they are feeling 💔 no child should have to suffer 💔😪
I have autism and my parents love me so much.
I have autism and my parents love me very much.😊
Bless you for being an autism momma, I personally don't think I could do it, but I'd never hurt my child.
She definitely pretended to vomit
A show indeed
@@lyndadelarosa8090 these 2 repulse and disgust me!!!
Like she didn't see him when she had him in front of her?
@@jturtle5318 exactly
I dont know how people can know the details of this case and side with Paul. He's not a "fragile autistic soul 🥺🥺" he is a MONSTER will every option available to get out and get help. He lived with his mother as an adult out of GREED because he didnt want to pay for rent. Absolutely horrid. Rest in peace, angel ❤❤❤🙏
You are so right! I believe Shanda is probably riddled with mental illnesses (no excuse!) but Paul is simply a disgusting evil human. He’s a sadist who enjoyed tormenting his little brother. He always loathed Timothy. A real pos!
Btw, he also bullied an autistic cell mate while in jail!
That story of her's that he "was on a hunger strike", is one of the worst lies I've ever heard, I don't think most people have the willpower to starve themselves to the point their body cannibalizes itself, that has to be forced upon them
And the fact that she tried to say she didn't noticed cause he would wear baggy clothes. This lady was a terrible fucking liar. Hunger strike my ass she put that poor thing on a hunger strike
Do you know that monster is complaining about the food in prison?
She’s such a moron. Typical mathy, book smart chick.
Are you bloody serious? I'm so mad right now?
@@antoinettenyuurnibe3302 Yes. AG Tactical's channel has jail phone calls. Paul has a "fiancée" and calls his family and they've been putting money in his jail account so he can buy junk food. How crazy is that? He complains about the lack of video games and the quality of food.
@@antoinettenyuurnibe3302 Id say cover all of her food in that extreme hot sauce she forced Timothy to eat
Momster.
I'm from Michigan and this hit all of us in Michigan, my heart hurts for this boy.
Right, I'm from Lansing.
Me too. First time hearing about this though. Wayne county here.
From Grand Rapids 😢
I've been following this story very closely. She is seriously evil and demented. The condition of her house was atrocious and she constantly texted her GARGOYLE(i died @ this btw) to be sure Timothy was suffering. They made sure the hot sauce caused severe pain. They starved that boy and called him a thief when he tried to nourish his body. They put him in stress positions and put a motion sensor ON HIS PANTS. Shanda is sick and Paul is completely brainwashed, to this very day. I mean, he's against his mom but he still doesn't admit he fucked up.
I think Paul actually made up things to purposely get Timothy in trouble so he'd have an excuse to do these "punishments" to him. I don't believe Paul is brainwashed. He admitted he enjoyed doing all of it, and he admitted he was "drunk on power". He seems pretty manipulative to me. I've followed the case and listened to his jail calls. They also said he was abus!ng animals when he was growing up. I think he is every bit as evil as Shanda is, based on what I've read and heard about him and the case. Plus it's not like he was a minor. Paul was a full grown adult when he went to live with Shanda.
Neither Paul or Shanda take any responsibility in causing Timothy's death.
If you watched the trial you'd know Paul was just as evil to ALL of his siblings, long before he lived with Shanda. He was a willing participent in these acts, not brainwashed.
@@mellowmia4303 i watched the trial. Paul was raised with this while Shanda created it. There's a big difference in culpability.
Thank you both for pointing out she fake vomited. Other people say she really vomited but that was the worst attempt at making yourself throw up. This judge was amazing honestly. I wouldn't be able to control my anger and tears ...
She should know how to pretend vomit when she's the one who had Paul stick his finger down Tim's throat&made him vomit!
This story made me so mad! As a mother of a special needs child, I just can’t imagine this! Fly high ANGEL
ALL BRAINS NO HEART !!! What an EVIL woman!!!! She even had the nerve to force the older brother to punish him. That poor baby already suffered enough with his disability how dare she torment him by making him a prisoner for her tormenting pleasure this story sickens me to the core
He could’ve chose not to. He could’ve called someone. He is just as liable.
There are a lot of us who grew up with adhd etc whose parents (in the 80's in my case) couldn't handle a neurodivergent child and who terribly abuse them. I just happened to survive. I'm one of the hardest of the hard... but I'm also even more neurodivergent because of daily childhood-long physical and emotional abuse.
I agree, I’m NOT saying that what he did was ok because what happened to Timothy was evil and vile, but Paul was also a victim and abused by her. At least he showed remorse and it seemed genuine to me.
@@Zhana808I don't think his remorse is genuine at all. He is the most manipulative person. I've listened to his jail calls. He is always trying to get money out of everyone, and he was saying before his sentencing that he was going to try and get them to find him to be autistic or disabled, and he said he might never see the inside of a prison. So they had a couple different doctors do an analysis on him and they didn't find anything wrong with him at all. They, (the judge) did say during his sentencing that he may be a psychopath and is not safe to be around people out in society. He targets those who are vulnerable and his sisters said that he bullied Timothy his whole life before they ever went to Shanda's. He feels remorse for himself, because he is in prison, but that's it.
@@HollyMacNaughton these stories, and then hearing other peoples experiences of how rough the childhood went, breaks my heart. I’m sorry to hear that one of my sons and one of my stepsons are adhd and autistic. There are days that are really hard but me and my wife we do everything we can to show them love compassion and patience. We both have learned that showing love compassion and patience over frustration calms the kids down and honestly feels like almost always shuts down a breakdown.
What the judge said at sentencing was so on point. You want to try to find some reasoning, but you realize there is none, shes just evil. Especially if youre a parent and have your own child. Some people are just evil for no reason, and us regular people who feel empathy and sympathy will NEVER understand how someone can do this..
His remarks to her, about the situation, about her lying the whole way and hiding him from family, him listing what that baby went through, it all had me tearing up.. RIP Timmy. 😢
You won. ❤
Not "for no reason." Demons take advantage of vulnerabilities, to possess, live through, and use humans
That poor sweet angel baby had absolutely nobody in his corner fighting for him in life and the judge cared more about him than the people that was supposed to
I followed this case through the trial of both of those monsters! How does a person come up with these methods they used to torture of this handsome little man? RIP Timothy, you will be remembered. 💜💜💜
This case has really grabbed me...I think because there were just so many ways that poor Timothy slipped through the cracks, over and over. I also have a lot of non-neurotypical people in my family with sensory processing issues, so it breaks my heart knowing that his disabilities were deliberately used against him by his mother, despite the fact that she claims to share the same issues.
This leaves me with the thought that the only answer is that Shanda is simply a vicious sadist, and I agree with the judge that she didn't intend to kill her son, if only because his death took away her ability to torture him. She should never, ever be free again.
I agree. Sadist. She complains about food in jail being too spicy, notice her obsession w punishing, and extreme control.
After watching this i'm speechless that people are still putting money on their commissary accounts and are so friendly to them on the phone. Absolutely disgusting!
Meanwhile, Shanda has been heard on prison calls, complaining about the quality of the FOOD in prison and how COLD her cell is. Read that again.
I think it was her I heard had roomed up with someone and they’re sleeping on the same bunk so they can cuddle and stay warm.
I love when you upload because it means a case that gets the recognition they deserve.
I hate when you upload because it means that someone who should be around still, isn't. At least they're all in a better place now.
Thank you, both of you. For all the work that you do.
When the judge said he was worried no one was going to be there for Timothy to talk for him he was calling everyone out. The family. So sad. That poor baby.
My heart actually sank when you started talking about scovilles. That poor child. I don't understand how someone can inflict such cruelty upon another person, much less a child.
its wild to me all the effort she went through to torture her kid. Like she went out of her way.
Demons take advantage of vulnerabilities, to possess, live through, and use humans
she sounds like a sadist
Literally sat plotting and scheming on ways to make an already tired, weak, bullied little boy feel worse . What a woman
When your compulsive urge to control someone else lands you in prison for the rest of your life.
Thank you for covering this story! I followed it in real time from the very start
Rest in peace sweet Timothy ❤
Same
Me again,
You both did an impeccable job with this case. I watched everything I thought yet still learned more.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to our children in America.
So devastating.
I've been subbed for many years so can't help you there. I do promise as soon as I start earning money my intention is to send you two money from first paycheck.
That's a promise.
I remember seeing this on the news I live about 50 miles from where it happened. She won't like prison in Michigan because those other women don't like child abusers and little Timmy will finally get real justice
I still believe Eric needs to answer for WHY he sent Timothy to someone who should NOT by court order have had him.
Hey guys I just wanted you to know that for the couple years I've been watching your channel the way you give the victims a voice is unparalleled.
Your compassion is needed in the true crime space
Other than mispronouncing Shandas name, this was a good account of what happened. Adam and Shanda DID meet online. There's no way that Paul actually fed Timothy the one time he said he did as this would have made Tim violently ill. He would have had to go through refeeding in a hospital. G is not being raised by his grandparents but he does have two great new parents.
Omg
The texts between her and Paul paint a horrific picture.
This happened less than a mile from where I’m sitting right now, I could walk there from my house straight down the rail road tracks. This was also within a mile of the disappearance of Jessica Heeringa if you’ve seen that case. We deal with a fair share of violence around here but these cases just didn’t seem real to happen in such a small town like this.
The subject here is Timothy, have some respect.
My heart is broken for this young man. He was so vulnerable, and these two evil beasts, Paul Ferguson and Shanda Vander Ark, treated him like nothing but an old, unloved dog toy. They murdered him in cold blood by starving him over the course of 7 months. As early as January ‘22 Shanda was preparing to end his life. She ordered the zip ties, shackles, hot sauce, alarms, motion sensors, cameras etc that eventually found their way on to torturing Timothy. I have never felt such rage, such sadness as I felt with this case as the details unfolded. Godspeed, friend.
As a mom, this vile woman believing frozen chicken nuggets were raw, blows my mind. “I think you Jedi would have more respect for the difference between knowledge and wisdom" Dex, Star Wars Episode II.
Graduating second in your class from law school, clearly, doesn't mean you are smart. She did not deserve motherhood.
It boils my blood that so many innocent children have to suffer this way? I have 2 children (21 & 22) years old and 2 grandchildren (9 mos and 15 months old) I couldn’t imagine ever causing harm to them. 😢
If Timothy did ever get to actually listen to his laptop and he played it loud, he was likely stimming from it and trying to drown out something else. Probably her voice. I feel so angry and sick. I’m so sorry Timothy. You deserved far better. Rip
She is the most wicked monster I've heard of in these cases. And I've sat through a lot of them. That poor child never stood a chance. I cannot believe that the grandparents never tried to gain access to see him. Didn't they thi nk it was odd that they always had to pick Gabriel up from outside. Crazy.
I watched another programme on this case. And it's completely sickening to see how far they took this tirade of abuse and torture. She couldn't even let him sit on the loo for longer than a minute. Her malevolence runs really deep, I don't think I've come across anything as bad as that.
I don't feel sorry for Paul, because I believe he was party to it and he wrote that he enjoyed himself while inflicting torture on Timothy. In fact, the judge said he was worse than his mother.
I believe they both hated Timothy for some banal reason. And yes, I believe that Paul should serve 30 to 100 years. If he comes out in 30 years, he'll be close to 50. And I don't believe he's safe on the streets. I watched when he was sentenced and his head jerked up and I honestly think he thought he was going to walk free or get a light sentence.
It doesn't surprise me in the least that she wants a lighter sentence snd also to gain custody of her children. The arrogance with these sub humans never fails.
Thank you for showing this. RIP Timothy❤❤
The grandparents were only the step grandparents. Tho one could say how come they never asked about Tim they probably assumed he was ok given that G was "well looked after". However begs the question how well he really was looked after seeing he was basically illiterate when he went to live with his grandparents despite being homeschooled . Ppl failed this boy. All the adults in his life failed him and put blame and responsibility on each other. Disgusting.
I've been waiting for you guys to cover this. This story is so insanely heartbreaking but both of you cover it with the empathy it deserves.
I almost didn't watch this video because I followed this case as it was happening, so I thought I had heard it all... ( & it took me weeks to "recover" from hearing the horror poor Timothy was put through)
But I learned some things I didn't know about before, by watching your video.
The most sickening part of this your case was that she had the nerve to complain about low blood sugar/being hungry after her son just died of being starved to death!?! 😡
That reaction to those pictures the DA put in front of her is a ruse.
Timothy never had clothes on except for an adult diaper. Plus cold baths a few times a day.
She knew full well what Timothy looked like.
I work as a behavior therapist with children who have autism and it absolutely breaks my heart to hear this story. A mom who was fully capable of providing a loving and fruitful home for her child instead decided to torture him. There are no words to describe how malicious it is to treat a child this way, especially a child with special needs. I think that Paul is just as much to blame as the mother. He knew right from wrong, but chose to please his mother. He claimed to have Stockholm syndrome, which is ridiculous. Paul is dangerous due to his lack of morals and restraint. So disturbing. I think the judge did a wonderful job and honored Tim's memory. ❤
Also, thank you for covering this story! Love you guys ❤
She is an Evil demon on earth. How could you do this to your baby. This is sick and twisted. Poor Adam.
Demons take advantage of vulnerabilities to possess humans
Timothy*
I watched a short portion of this trial. If the pictures of Timothy are online, I never looked for them as the description is enough to make a sane person retch. I'm glad you covered this and covered it well.
RIP Timothy Tim Tim❤ Thank you for telling us his story 👍✌️🙏❤️
Thank you for covering this case & bringing attention to all the victims of abuse❤️it is absolutely horrifying what Shanda & Paul did, I’m glad they both are locked away & revealed as the sadists they are! Your compassion and kindness for Timothy and all of the people taken too soon is wonderful❤
The fact that amazon LITERALLY has almost everything is both hilarious and dangerous....i didn't even know they had legit handcuffs and leg irons...
I know 😵💫
The judge knew that saying “Timothy won” would be another thing that the mother would hate. What a monster she is!😢
I cannot believe they had the audacity to complain about being hungry!
OMG!! I'm here within 10min of y'all uploading!! Thank you so much for what you do!! These kids stories need to be heard,even though its difficult to hear.
It always boggles me how there’s multiple children but there’s that one to be abused and mistreated. I just can’t wrap my head around it. No child should have to endure this 😢
I have heard of this case before but this was a whole new way. It's heartbreaking.
I’ve been following is case closely.. I didn’t realize Adam was in a wheelchair when they met. I thought it was due to his stroke
She wanted somebody with low self worth that would feel lucky to have anyone interested in them in the first place, and therefor be easy to manipulate into doing horrible things due to fear of losing the one "normal" person who gave them a chance romantically.
It was a meticulous and calculated move.
That's an insult to the gargoyle species.
Not her pretending to be throwing up after seeing her handy work…wow just wow
i'm not going to say who i am but im related to timothy. i denounced my family after the very first phone call to our house happened. im so sorry tim. you didn't deserve this.
Sorry for your loss .Paul was bragging about getting 100 a week in his commissary, if the other inmates know his people send him money they will beat him up unless family sends them money on their books.
Tell Nolan(Eric Jr) to grow a pair and stop suger coating what Paul did to Timothy. If he really loved "TimTim" he wouldn't have NOTHING to do with his MURDERER 😢. Paul was complicit in the torture of Timothy.
Both Shanda and Paul are a waste of oxygen and space
That woman is the oddest looking thing
Her outer appearance matches her inner appearance.
Right? She looks like she came from inside of a cult, not like any normal person who interacts with the public.
It makes me so mad how she's actually super intelligent and successful in her education, but couldn't even bring to herself to spare a crumb for Timothy...This case is so heartbreaking and screw Paul who could've ACTUALLY done something. RIP Timothy, we won't forget you.
Another 1 hr+ video by Yergy and Drewby! So excited to listen to this while I’m at work! I really enjoy your videos, and respect you both for the kind of content you produce. You both are the voice for those who have no voice. Thank you for your dedication to making excellent content! Also, love your Discord community as well! ❤
I am from Michigan and this case infuriates me…there are several recourses that evil woman could have utilized for that sweet boy…😢
It's just so sad. Who does this?? 😞😞😞
I don’t know how she was so heart less to harm her child. I started working as DSP (Direct Support Professional) with individual with developmental disabilities during a very depressive period of my life.
Our clients were so filled of joy and happy for life that they got me out of my depression. I looked forward to every day that I got to work with them and assist them with their ADLs.
Rest in peace, Timothy.
This has got to be one of the most horrific cases I’ve seen you guys cover. I’m left so sad for Timothy. I wish he had more help from people in his family and services, there is no reason for his neglect and torture to go unnoticed. Heartbreaking to hear from the sister as well.
I hope that psychopath is treated in prison the way she treated her son. The fact that they had the capacity to complain about the food 🤦♀️
Not sure if I fully agree with the charges of the other son, but I haven’t met him to understand his possible mental health issues, so maybe life in prison is deserved. Tough to say since he was also quite young and under that dictator. Complicated and sad all around. I think he should get at least 15-20 though if he indeed does have intellectual issues and extreme, lifetime counseling. Or lifetime in a mental facility, and more charges for the people that made him a monster.
I’m autistic (Asperger’s) myself. (And have a B.S. in biopsych) Autism is no excuse. Social conditioning could perhaps be the bigger problem here. Idk. Thank god the youngest kid is with his grandparents, hopefully it’s not a situation of a intergenerational cycle of abuse from the family.
Thank you for this video. I live in Michigan and am ashamed someone who is disgusting and evil as Shanda lived in our beautiful state. I know there are so many evil people who live in this state, like that couple who starved their 1 yr old Mary Welch. Very sad 😢
My son is 15. I can't even imagine. This is so heartbreaking. Sounds like she hated him from the day he was born.
She didn't hate G, nor appear to hate Paul. Seems like Tim's disabilities annoyed her to hate him.
Thank you for telling this sweet child’s story, and for taking the time to humanize him. This is a particularly agonizing case. There was such beauty in Timothy’s heart, his sibling’s statements speak volumes in that regard. His life mattered, and his passing was a tragic injustice.
Fly high, Timothy.
The judge and his words hit me… like a brick in the face 🥺 this case is unbelievable but so sadly true. I’ll never forget the judges closing speech.
May this beautiful boy never be forgotten 💜
Yes! I'm finally here with in the first minute. Thank you guys for everything you do! You guys keep the victims memories alive and still make no one forgets these monsters and what they've done.
Hello from Wisconsin, unfortunately.
I am 20 minutes in and I feel sick.. I watch a ton of disturbing content yet this one’s getting to me. Prison sounds straight up luxurious compared to what Timothy went through
Thank you for your focus on Timothy as a person. I’ve heard this case a couple of times but I teared up when the judge spoke. 💯. So tragic.
I have been waiting for you two to do a video on this case! Your intel is seriously unmatched. I actually check daily for your videos now… that's how great your work is because I only do that for your videos and EWU. 😊
TH-cam deleted my comments. That's how angry I am about what she and her boyfriend/other son did to this innocent boy (her own son). I almost didn't make it through this story it makes me so angry 😤 😒 😑
mine got deleted too and I didn't think I said anything particularly salacious. kind of frustrating.
Same 😡😡 (but used a letter F)
Paul is the older brother
congrats on 500k! thank you for spreading awareness about these cases, it is so so important that these monsters are held accountable!
Over 1k ppl watched (or at least clicked the "like" button) within ONLY ab 9 MINUTES. Thats impressive to me so congrats to tha' Machine ❤️ keep telling victims stories & we'll keep supporting yall in our combined quest for awareness & justice (esp. for the many lil kids, like TimTim. RIP buddy; u matter, u STILL matter)
Listen to jail/prison phone calls between Paul and other people including Shanda.. They both deserve to be where they are.
Tysm for telling sweet Timothy's story! May he RIP. ❤ 🙏
This woman is a sadistic, heartless psychopath!!! For Gabriel’s sake I hope he never has to see her ever again. Why is Timothy’s father not being held accountable for sending him to live with his “mother” after she lost custody of him years ago? He clearly never bothered to check on Timothy’s well being either or he would have seen he looked like a holocaust victim. RIP beautiful boy. You will never be forgotten. Nobody can hurt you now. x