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Shanda Vander Ark gets life in prison for torturing disabled son to death

A Michigan mother who starved a disabled teenage boy to death was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, with the judge cutting her to pieces for “systematic torture” of the boy. Shanda Vander Ark, 44, was found guilty last month in the death of 15-year-old Timothy Ferguson. Ms. Ferguson weighed […]

Michigan woman gets life without parole for letting disabled son starve to death

A western Michigan woman convicted of murder and child abuse in the starvation death of her disabled 15-year-old son, who weighed only 69 pounds, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ta. Shanda Vander Ark, 44, of Norton Shores, who was convicted in the July 6, 2022 death of Timothy […]