Posted on 12/16/2023 11:25:42 PM PST by Morgana
A Michigan law clerk vomited in court after she was showed horrifying pictures of her emaciated disabled son who she starved to death.
Shanda Vander Ark, 44, was on trial for the murder and torture of Timothy Ferguson, 15, who died at their home on July 6, 2022 weighing just 69 pounds. An autopsy found he died from malnourishment and hypothermia.
Prosecutor Matt Roberts showed pictures of the teenager's frail body to Vander Ark in court on Thursday afternoon and she began to throw up.
She tortured Timothy, who had autism with speech and motor impairment, by feeding him only bread covered in hot sauce, deprived him of sleep and forced him into ice baths as punishment.
Vander Ark did not turn up to the trial on Friday due to a 'medical issue' but a jury found her guilty of first degree murder and first degree child abuse in her absence. She is due to be sentenced on January 29 and faces life in prison.
Vander Ark took the witness stand on Thursday and began hyperventilating and showing signs of a mental breakdown.
Prosecutor Roberts handed her pictures of Timothy's emaciated body and asked: 'Did he look like that when you put him the bathtub?
She immediately began retching, before vomiting out of view of the jury. She then apologized to court, asked for a moment and started to cry.
The next day, Vander Ark, who has five biological children including a nine-year-old boy, was found guilty of torturing and murdering Timothy.
Timothy's older brother Paul, 20, has also been charged with first degree child abuse, but testified against their mother in court.
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Do exactly the same to her, feed her only hot sauce bread, allow no sleep and give her ice baths. Repeat daily. Have pictures of her deceased son plastered all over her cell.
Vomiting can be a sign of demon possession.
People were stoned to death for less. Bread and hot sauce? Why that? I hate hot sauce. I would haunt this bitch till eternity froze over.
The headlines are so big nowadays there’s no reason to read the article.
She’s dumb like a fox….a clever, evil psycho. Hang her.
death is too good for her.
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