ON THE STAND | Michigan woman who allegedly tortured, killed 15-year-old son testifies in court

[@MH-yj4qq]

First red flag, a child cannot steal food from their own house. I will never understand withholding food from a child

[@erinmarie2789]

I couldn't even "withhold" food from my dog when he was overweight & needed to lose 10lbs. Doc said one cup less a day & I just couldn't do it, had to change his diet to natural food instead. Lost the weight no problem. Cannot friggin imagine not feeding a child. Insane. That B is pure evil.

[@LeeLeeCRN]

Agree with both of u! My boys (one being special needs) eat like crazy! They are always hungry. teen n tween boys need more calories than girls n even adults. I literally have to get groceries every 5 days! They eat me out of house n home n it's expensive but idc. I can't even imagine denying my kids food when they are hungry.

[@sheilafoley9119]

Even worse when she calls it stealing how is it stealing its there home

[@jasmineogden4495]

SAME. That's absolutely crazy, and she expects us to just be chill about that

[@juliebrownlie5330]

@@LeeLeeCRNhe never got breakfast, lunch or evening meal. Just friggin hot sauce on bread. Forced to eat it by Paul. Now I wonder how that ‘forcing’ happened. They hated him. He was in adult nappies because they couldn’t be bothered to supervise his ‘needs’. How could he ask to use the loo when nobody was there. She was trying to train him like she did the dogs. When she gets jailed forever it’s justice for Tim and gets her away from the poor dogs.

[@1diagram]

It is not a symptom of PTSD to “forget” every horrible thing you’ve ever done.

[@sarahreid3467]

I thought that the point of having PSTD is that you 'Remember' awful things, not forget them.

[@Hummingbirds2023]

She is a liar! She is trying to save her own neck. The dry heaving was her acting for the jury. Nobody bought it that has a brain.

[@gotohellenwaite6371]

Selective memory

[@leesh2684]

There is disassociation with ptsd. Temporarily dissociate from being present.

[@z.m7483]

Yes there is, but only if you are a victim, not a perpetrator. She is the abuser, she remembers everything, except of course when it hurts her case. She is one of the most cold hearted, evil mother I've ever watch/ witness @@leesh2684

[@LisaLaRue]

Pisses me off seeing her drink the hell out of water. When she deprived her son of every basic human need.

[@eljen247]

Same 💯

[@lavkyn]

This!! and the fake "Can't remember" uuggghhhh😡😡😡

[@lsr69wontquit64]

Me too, Lisa I get kicked off

[@lousinetatarian6371]

OMG me too ​@@lsr69wontquit64

[@JessiCat1980]

I notice that after being made to answer the difficult questions, she almost always follows her answers with taking a drink from her water bottle.

[@jpgypsyxo]

Where was that weak stomach when her son was literally rotting and decaying away in front of her face?! Sick. 🤢

[@rmrdrgz]

Exactly my thought

[@ladybuglwaw4050]

And that NASTY house .

[@CatnessStrange]

🎯

[@annamcgovern7898]

😢 she's a 😈

[@pugachevskobra5636]

A really effed up thing; apparently Timothy had regurgitated food in his mouth and possibly smelled of decomp while Paul attempted CPR on him; you can literally hear him gag on the audio tape. That's how long he was dead for before they finally discovered him; long enough for his body to start breaking down internally. Utterly vile shitheads. Paul was just as calloused and culpable in his murder.

[@jaihemphill6768]

She needs the same sentence she gave her son...ice baths, hot sauce sandwiches, A closet....this is just heartbreaking and had her son to carry out the punishment! Sad situation. So many ways to correct bad behavior. Bless you Timothy and RIP angel.

[@misscappiello3277]

Don't forget she hates hot sauce 😊

[@JenJenChronicallyChIll]

Yes, I feel she was abusive to Paul as well. I actually felt bad for him when he was giving his testimony. His body language is be telling.. So sad.. he is guilty as well but needs major therapy. This (so-called) woman is a devil in disguise!

[@Kate-tz8ed]

She hid evidence too. That's SNEAKY AND DECEITFUL.

[@Abby-wq3vx]

Yes. Oh, yes.

[@Kidnappingfreezers]

I'm a firm believer in corporal punishment for offenders like this. People make mistakes or do stupid things, sometimes sober sometimes not, each case is of course different which is why we have hearings. This woman did nothing impromptu. She was not in poor mental health, nor intoxicated (despite some remarks).Everything she did or instructed was planned, intentional, and meant to inflict harm both physically and mentally to Timothy. When they brought Paul in and he agreed to testify even after being told he would NOT receive any leniency, I got the impression that he was truly remorseful. As his questioning went on his behaviours were very telling. Before he was even asked if he had any disabilities I could tell something was off. He constantly flicked his eyes to his mother, sometimes in a defiant manner, primarily fearfully. He knew what he did was wrong and he wasn't hiding it. Total honesty. While I'm repulsed that he did the things he did and allowed those things to happen and continue in the first place, I respect him for being truthful. When he was asked about disabilities it really tied things together. You just know that he suffered abuse from his mother as well and pleasing her was a way to keep it at bay even though, age wise, he's an adult. I'd be interested in them testing him, surely his mental age is still rather low. I haven't seen anything about his trial yet if it's public (want to finish hers) but I really hope that he gets real help. He deserves punishment but he shouldn't be treated like a run-of-the-mill abuser. The young man needs serious therapy and counseling, direction and rehabilitation with frequent required check ups. He will forever live with what he did and it obviously already pains him. His mother is only concerned with herself.

[@sourgummiez]

She says he "snuck" to the bathroom and that he "stole" a pop tart. So freaking heartbreaking and evil!!!!

[@Bubbly20205]

Honestly no words to how awful this is 😢 What this poor boy went through and we obviously are never going to know the half of it but what little we do know is just sickening to think how a mother can treat her flesh and blood her baby this way but she obviously hasn’t got a heart n it’s scary to think there’s people out there like this more than people realise behind closed doors just heartbreaking 💔 😢

[@gunt-her]

I don't think Timothy's intellectual disabilities (couldn't talk, clumsy, etc) were as bad as she makes out: his methods for sneaking food were somewhat creative, and show capacity he shouldn't have. Sure, he may have been difficult, but I have my doubts on how bad he really was.

[@gunt-her]

It should also be noted the malnutrition and mistreatment can only have worsened his existing conditions, so yes, I blame the parents entirely.

[@Serenitynow958]

My nephew has mid -functioning autism. Some things he does are mindboggling . Knows every detail of dinosaurs and Mediaeval times and The Flintstones and memorizes maps. But could not be allowed alone to eat food as he would eat a raw chicken. My brother has to have locks on the fridge and freezer or he actually WILL “ sneak” food to his bedroom. Would literally eat ANYTHING like taco seasoning packets and heat up a container of BBQ sauce in microwave if allowed. Of course he is FED MEALS . If someone isn’t watching the fridge or cupboards for a second he will go in at 3am and gorge on things he will take up to his room. Once he ate a charred and burned casserole that looked like a briquet. I know just how difficult it has been for my brother to live with and take care of this type of autism. This teenager seems more advanced in highschool although it sounds like he was failing. My nephew can do math problems but could not ever take “ regular “ subjects. There is a condition called Prader Willi (sp?) where people will eat until they explode and exhibit mental and emotional processing similar to this spectrum. I have a bit of understanding for what this woman meant when she said “ sneaking” the food. But they have nothing really healthy in that freezer by the looks of it. Tater tots and ice cream sandwiches, etc. How about a peanut butter and banana sandwich on whole wheat? An apple ? This woman is obviously very high functioning Asperger’s. Lots of “ tells” to me with her eye movements and logic. The older son definitely has a sensory processing disorder too. We went through an entire year of my nephew wearing a blanket over his head. He suddenly hated wind. Then hats. He can “ feel” his hair growing. Will shave his head and eyebrows. I’m not excusing her behaviour by any means. Just observing that the entire bunch definitely have autism. They are able to lie and be creative. Paul “ parrots” his mother’s words. My nephew will parrot entire beginnings to tv shows or the news. Repeats whatever you say to him back to you verbatim. How old are you? How old are you? This family hasn’t had resources. If she actually had him taking courses at home and was marking them “ fairly” was she trying to kill him? The destruction he would exhibit is identical to my nephew: take apart furniture, etc. Break his bed. Go up on roof and be on edge with a cape. We spent $40 K a year with specialists to work on a lot of this stuff. I feel like this entire family went under radar.

[@abelis644]

​@@Serenitynow958 She pretends to cry because she didn't want Timothy to go to a foster family, but she murdered him.🤦🏻 She had choices. Many choices. She could have allowed him to placed in a group home for example. I'm a retired RN, I worked in Psychiatry and lsi with children with disabilities, yes, clients with various diagnoses can have various and very upsetting quirks, but no parent I ever met killed their child. She hates Timothy, loathes him, even here 2 years later. She blames him for everything. She describes her own horrifying acts, like having Timothy stand with his arms above his head or giving him ice baths and hot sauce with a 2 MILLION Scoville Heat Rating, the hottest possible (a jalapeño has a rating of 5000 to 8500...) as if it's normal!!! She is SICK! At the start of the trial she mouthed to her lawyer "I'm sooo cold!!!" while wearing 3 layers of clothing apparently. But skin and bones, naked Timothy had literal ice baths, one at least lasted 9 hours!!!. 9 hours. She absolutely disgusts me. Peace! 👋🇨🇦🌠

[@patriciastrassner4883]

She has no memories of what she did but has a PERFECT memory about everyone else's behavior.

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

Selective memory but I think it’s safe to say she’s full of kitty litter if she thinks she’s fooling everyone with her memory problems.

[@paulaclark7989]

Yes

[@abelis644]

I bet Timothy never tasted a fcking tasty "frappé" from McDonald's right? She is repulsive.

[@elizabethfort657]

I love this Prosecutor he's not playing no games with her and every word comes out of those little lips is a lie

[@michellestrachan372]

I couldn't agree more!!!! She infuriates me

[@sam-xb9yc]

She monitored him every minute of the day but didn’t notice he was starving to death.. 😡 she’s so full of it

[@cruzkerin3121]

She thought she is so intelligent,but actually she is so stupid evil

[@reginamushi6582]

❤❤❤ best comment of this trial

[@justchillin6117]

She’s a monster!! As a monster she will never admit she’s guilty.

[@iveliserojas612]

And when she working it crazy at least she not saying insanity like Leticia and Lori Val-low her defense I don’t remember because PTS so she can remember mothers plant how he gain on Mother’s Day and her scores but nothing about Timmy it’s disgusting

[@iveliserojas612]

@@justchillin6117 but she loved adored her little G man because he at least got Happy meal and Timmy got hot sauce in bread how evil but as u see Paul he looks like he was starving to not from food but to have to do as mom tell he looks afraid of her I don’t put it past her that she abused Paul to the two older was taken why wasn’t Paul makes no sense that they left Paul with her after the two oldest taken I believe she was abusing Paul after he’s brother and sister was taken took out on him and he was afraid then Timmy came and the abuse stop on him so then he became an abuser himself it sad they took the two oldest but not Paul same dad I wonder I think she been an abuser for along time with her eldest kids so why wasn’t Paul taken from her two

[@lauraditchburn1857]

There is something very cold and creepy about the way she delivers her evidence. There is no sorrow, no shock, no love, no warmth, no empathy, no regret, concern, guilt, responsibility or care.

[@brianagarcia7387]

I know right no shame or embarrassment with her statements

[@danielleburke87]

That's because she's on the spectrum as well

[@KarisPigNose]

She's a psychopath.

[@KarisPigNose]

@@danielleburke87, No, she isn't. She's a stone cold psychopath.

[@rmaria517]

Kind of reminds me of that character nurse in that movie with Jack Nicholson. ( One flew over the Cookoos nest.) Just like you said, emotionless and cold.

[@TalaCon-213]

I find it interesting that she tried to be relatable by saying” go ahead and judge me” For yelling at the TV while watching a sports team. No, we’re going to judge you for torturing , abusing and killing your child. Nice try with that.

[@chasd2756]

😂

[@HallelujahBK]

I have NEVER wanted to slap someone through the screen as much as I did when she said that. 🤮

[@southerngraceglamour]

Yes! Like what about you is likable?

[@TalaCon-213]

@@southerngraceglamour I just thought it was funny that she felt a need anything to say that. Your son is dead and you’re on trial for his murder but you’re worried about the jury and the country judging you for that?? it hit even harder that she did this in my home state

[@SheanaOBrien1985]

​@@TalaCon-213hey at least you can find a little relief in the fact that at least she isn't from your home state and was just a resident, she's from the pitts of hell.

[@Michelle-dh5gs]

I have watched thousands of true crime trials etc and I have never wanted anyone to get found guilty more than this woman.

[@lyndalisten254]

Agree

[@kristibell3295]

100%

[@charlenesinger5872]

Her and Al McLean in Takota Collins

[@Jane-gt4qf]

And Amber Heard.

[@mollycote1021]

Ditto

[@tru2harris998]

PUNISH THE FATHER WHO SENT HIM THERE ILLEGALLY.

[@CatnessStrange]

Exactly. He still hasn't been arrested or charged with anything.

[@abelis644]

@@CatnessStrange Right! I don't understand it.

[@SunFlower-x3]

And his stepmom! She suggested Tim go to her, then his Oklahoma teachers said when he was with his father, he smelled of urine, was dirty, and hungry! Tim was scared to death of going to the toilet and showed signs of S-AssT he was very helpful but needed a lot of help but overall he was a pleasant young man, but maybe the 🖤 🐑 of the family. They left out a lot of her family dynamics.

[@456swagger]

And let her go? Are you crazy?

[@Oldschoolnana]

​@@456swaggerNo the father also needs to be charged. The demon mom will stay right where she is until she goes back to hell which is where she came from.👿👿

[@stevesand8845]

this lawyer is a master at subtle digs

[@AlannahBennington]

Love how she doesn’t realise too

[@eioinmclove]

Love it when he said "the plants never missed a feeding?"

[@prettycolorsish]

He has not one time ask her about a normal meal at any time...

[@stevesand8845]

@@prettycolorsish holy shit that’s weird…i’ve watched this a bunch of times and never even noticed, the defense stipulated that 3 meals a day was never a thing in that house

[@ew7512]

"Wow, you do have some memory issues don't you?" 😄

[@tatianagranger2427]

Thank goodness she has clarified again and again that she would NOT check her phone unless she was at a stop light. Yep, bc that’s the crime we are all worried about! What a horrific monster.

[@sharkbaitblu]

My thoughts exactly. Oh I'm a responsible driver. I only texted the instructions of torture while stopped at a red light!!!

[@Diametricallyopposed00]

She’s used to be scrutinized, she’s doing CYA at all times. I wonder how she’ll do in prison.

[@Diametricallyopposed00]

I will say, caring for a special needs child is an immense burden. I haven’t been watching much of this trial, so I don’t know what kind of support system she had to care for him, but I can certainly understand how it would really wear you down. I don’t know what a person is to do if you really just can’t take the responsibility anymore, or need a break. I’m not defending her in any way, but I do wonder what someone does in that case. She clearly has a personality disorder and lacks any sort of empathy. Her child really drew the short stick being born with a disability and then getting her as a mother. Wowza.

[@megmeyer7563]

I know, she is so ridiculous it's infuriating.

[@michelpeereboom4650]

​@@megmeyer7563 Yes, like following traffic rules is a get out of jail card for murdering your son.

[@ianstrange5674]

Vander Ark really is a one woman freak show. Her extreme coldness and lack of emotion suggests she's a cold-blooded psychopath.

[@kohedunn]

she is...

[@joannaradke6029]

Totally! Nuts!

[@juliebrownlie5330]

One woman freak show… lol

[@SoulDelSol]

Not one woman no. She had tag team partner in crime Paul

[@kathypaul-c5l]

Yeppppperrrr

[@JustMomHere]

Her flippant reply: “If that’s what the text says.” Is cowardly and morally repugnant. She is beyond evil

[@Nagaeem]

100%. It's her way of dissociating from what she did. Cowardly is the perfect word for it. This woman is incomprehensible.

[@justchillin6117]

@@NagaeemI think she’s related to Alex Murdaugh

[@angelsavita524]

It’s so irritating

[@NooniePop]

Very cowardly

[@vivn5526]

Thats code for “yes I did that”

[@rozdoyle8872]

Rip Timothy, your Mother hated you but you are loved Dear Young Man by strangers on the Internet. I wish somebody had come to your rescue .

[@eva1480]

God the Creator Jehovah Gid is going bring him back here on new earth paradise like Gid had planned before Satan and ppl turn against Him. Gid did not changed His orinal purpose for humble human and our earth.we just need ti be on God's side Jesus said the love of Gid means that we are observing His commandments

[@ronniemead805]

Wish his older brother was not such a weakling.

[@rozdoyle8872]

@@ronniemead805 I find it hard to comprehend how Paul didn't loose his head with the Mother or could it be that his head was so wrecked that he was in a Catch 22 , damned if he did and damned if he didn't. She seemed to have him under her spell , like an abused spouse, Her husband got a stroke and went home to his Mammy , the Woman is deadly dangerous, notice how gaunt and hungry Paul looks.

[@xziztortheeternal6471]

Birds of a feather

[@lenkajf7816]

@@ronniemead805no child would chose to do certain things. When you grow up in bad environment, you sometimes do what you have to to survive 😢

[@jasmineogden4495]

That part when she said "I didn't eat for the month I was in jail." THE AUDACITY

[@paulaclark7989]

Right!

[@Oldschoolnana]

Too bad so sad. As if anyone feels sorry for the demon.👿👿

[@janetphillips3208]

I would have to say to her oh my did you go on a hunger strike?

[@Deborah-er8zr]

She doesn't look like she's starving

[@tamaravasselin8978]

Shes realizing people are looking at her in a way which reveals that her attempts to reconcile them with her are failing miserably...she's really starting to squirm Good to see

[@jintyc9133]

This lawyer is absolutely amazing

[@salimahtolbert5560]

The BEST I SEEN WITH ALL THE TRAILS I WATCHED but her LAWYER this has to be his first case😂 case he as well is no helping her case out

[@esindirik4447]

@@salimahtolbert5560 it was really her defense lawyer's first case? wow, are you sure? I thought he was an experienced one as this is a murder case. only the experienced public attorneys are given murder cases as far as I know.

[@bangboom177]

​@@salimahtolbert5560 i think her lawyer just did the minimum to be called her "lawyer". Even the questions he asks Paul are useless. I assumed that he just refused to put any more effort than needed in defending her.

[@sarahmurphy8030]

​@@bangboom177..He said after the trial he was happy thr right verdict was reached.

[@sorryimelijah]

@@salimahtolbert5560 what the hell are you trying to say

[@StephanieCrooks777]

This is sickening. And she keeps saying he was stealing food like it wasn't his right to eat. Disgusting

[@exoticprairie]

How does a defendant like this think think they would be found not guilty? Unbelievable.

[@SouthTX511]

Only she thinks she’s Not guilty! She’s the cruelest person I’ve seen as a mother; yet loves to brag on how smart she is!!!! I’d be too embarrassed to admit it! Narcissist ‼️‼️‼️

[@nancygreen1655]

Narcissist.

[@nancygreen1655]

Dunning Kruger effect.

[@DeeRodriguez_BallerinaFaLife]

Straight up narcissism.

[@LCx829]

She’s now acting like she didn’t know anything about the abuse.

[@Hotchochero]

She is a control freak. She likes to train dogs and people. She has no empathy and is self centred. She saw Timothy as a burden. The way she treat this poor boy is evil and heartbreaking.

[@elizabethrodgers8616]

No doubt the dogs she trained were treated much more humanely!

[@louisehicks3285]

I'm a dog trainer and I watch true crime It's horrifying to see think what this woman has done to dogs when no one was around. She is one of the most awful criminals ever!!! She literally actively tortured a child for 6 mos straight until he died. I wouldn't trust my garbage cans with this woman.

[@Decades-pl2kl]

Yeah, poor Timothy. Her mission was to break him at any cost

[@Kidnappingfreezers]

​@@Decades-pl2klWhen he could have been surrendered to get appropriate care and, hopefully, a family that would truly love him. Even if it wasn't a conventional family and just care takers and others working in the system. But no... this woman chose to torture Timothy, already at a disadvantage with autism and various other disabilities. He stood no chance of standing up for himself. He wasn't able to truly process and understand what was happening. He died unwanted, unloved, and broken beyond belief. I'm glad they weren't able to resuscitate him at the home but sadden they weren't able to bring him back once EMS and police were involved. He will still have those horrors but they would still have been caught and he would have gone somewhere he'd be truly cared for.

[@jay-on2qy]

​@@elizabethrodgers8616 She's a Sadist, if not Timothy she would have found someone to torture sooner or later one way or another. The woman is deranged but calculating and crafty. Highly dangerous individual.

[@sammyt6461]

Does she know she makes no sense? Timothy gets 1-2 minutes in the bathroom, isn’t allowed to leave his “room” but then isn’t supposed to pee or poop in his pants. She set him up to fail every time so she could issue these cruel punishments. I think she didn’t like having a special needs child to take care of and wanted him gone. She’s a piece of work.

[@krissikrissi4844]

Exactly

[@euneta]

She remember what she wants. A calculated wicked Delilah who did not love her child nor herself. I can’t understand the look on her face, it has no soul nor remorse.

[@cassier3544]

She’s vermin. RIP Timothy

[@juliebrownlie5330]

Her job is more important than her kids will ever be. When Paul went to work to start at 4pm, who was watching G??? G was locked in his room too so he couldn’t create havoc in the rest of the house. That’s why there was a camera in Gs room. She was watching her house from work. G was left without supervision for 2.5 hours everyday. I do believe she could speak through them cameras to G or Tim. ,

[@lynneserman6054]

Exactly

[@jacquielevine637]

Having him hold his arms over his head. Giving him freezing baths. Not being allowed to sleep?? The worst tortures. She is evil.

[@Oldschoolnana]

Pure evil. She's a demon.👿👿

[@robingagan6288]

And Paul said Timothy wasn’t even allowed to be as comfortable as possible in the tub. He couldn’t rest his head on the rim of the tub and he couldn’t rest his head on his own shoulder

[@MarieBonser]

So right horrible woman would said more but get banned 😒

[@robingagan6288]

And no remorse at all

[@sarahmurphy8030]

Timothy had no fat and barley any muscle from the starvation..The cruelty and sadistic torture he endured was horrific 😢

[@annyoung6560]

She tortured this kid because she didn’t love him. She is so freaking guilty but she thinks she’s too intelligent to get convicted. She claims to not have enough time to be aware of a lot of what was going on, but she had enough time to train dogs. Installing alarms because your child took a pop tart is an extremely concerning. She starved him to death.

[@TheAaronuk10]

She knows its not going well. She's might be evil and a sadistic scumbag. But she still knows its not going well.

[@jamesmccabe1702]

why aren't you giving evidence if you know all that you say is true?

[@KimmyP813]

She hung herself via text message. She is the most narcissistic psychopathic person I have ever seen. The fact that she passed the bar and still believes that she can outsmart a jury with her own testimony.

[@wendyhenschel.]

her other son doesn't look like he fared well either. kid looks anorexic. never seen bones pop out of a boy that bad.

[@julesservantofjesus972]

​@@jamesmccabe1702It's in the text messages!

[@chelbyxokay]

The worst part about all of this is how long this went on… and every second of every day realizing Timothy probably wondered “why are they doing this” and feeling so helpless… this woman gets under my skin more than any other true crime I’ve read and watched…

[@JulieHannah-lg7fy]

Me too, I'm an older woman and this is the worst abuse case I've ever heard of in 50+ years! I don't use the word "hate" much but I HATE this monster 🤬

[@Sunshine134_]

Heartbreaking

[@sarahmurphy8030]

She reminds me of the female Natzie guards cruel and enjoyed the power of torturing innocents

[@sabrinashelton1997]

I mean, the cases that involve babies and toddlers and SA are worse imo.

[@aliciaroseredleaf946]

I’m right there with you 💯 she is worse than tiffany moss!

[@petakucas7389]

She is the most brutal, controlling, nasty, angry, liar I have ever seen!!!!

[@Michelle-tr5sq]

Yes she is

[@maryjaskiewicz2342]

He never knew what a hug from a mother feels like 😢

[@susanmergenhagen5004]

I don't recall my mother ever hugging me

[@latrinagibson6264]

​@susanmergenhagen5004 do u recall your mother starving you to death...😒😒

[@jennaolbermann7663]

The way she responds with “if that’s what the text says” who did she think wrote her texts??? SHE did!! This woman is vile!!!!!

[@kawehionalani]

She’s blaming it on Siri 😂

[@Kate-tz8ed]

She can't bring herself to admit it so is using every phrase in the book to say yes without admitting it.

[@cassier3544]

She’s Not a woman, not even a monster , even that’s too nice of a title. more like vermin, dog crap, insert any disgusting adjective here. Poor Timothy, RIP ❤😢

[@jay-on2qy]

​​@@Kate-tz8edVery typical behaviour from a Narcissist. Impossible for them to admit to any wrong-doing.

[@jaimeaugusta2567]

Irritates me too.

[@candacenalley9282]

It just blows me that she actually thinks people believe her. Shes a horrible liar. She can rot in prison.

[@ohmightywez]

Did she have the effrontery to say to the jury "you'll probably laugh at me for this, but this is just who I am" about cheering loudly for a college football game? Lady, there's not a single, sickened, horrified, scarred, person in either the courtroom or watching these videos from home who has the ability to laugh at anything you've done or said.

[@jlb56]

So very true

[@crazymomwife4]

And saying judge me or not ...no one here is judging you about football....

[@patsypopejoyCO]

That really really made me sick to hear her proudly declare that she yells and cheers during college games!!!

[@Prawnlet]

Like diane downs on Oprah

[@kohedunn]

Psychopath...No cure ..

[@Trudene1]

The thought that she will get 3 meals a day in prison sickening.

[@sarahmurphy8030]

She also receives $150 a week from friends and her brother a week. She cant eat prison food it's not good enough for her but she loves her luxuries food and snacks and tells everyone she wants nothing spicey. Listen to her jailhouse phoncalls she doesn't even talk about Timothy .

[@courtneybryant2406]

I love how she remembers everything except things that are incriminating to her

[@paulaclark7989]

Yeah

[@CatnessStrange]

That's when she has tunnel vision and blacks out. But remembered that Paul ordered the leg weights or restraints as it was off his Amazon account not hers.

[@aribellex]

“I only tracked it when stoped, I wouldn’t do it while driving” good to know she understands roadway safety but not child safety

[@CanadianErin]

Also she would NEVER put G outside by himself and, judge her if you want, but she yells at the TV.

[@warialdasue]

Model citizen

[@Shymeen]

😒

[@kathypaul-c5l]

Oh, she was so fast on her reply on that one

[@karenbrown6348]

That was so pathetic.

[@nansmith8703]

The prosecutor is impressive. She tries to get by him with her snappy answers but she does not succeed. He’s too good for her.

[@wandaiden1414]

She has a very weak stomach and she didn't want to throw up. What about how Timothy's stomach felt after being forced to eat nothing but bread and hot sauce?? This woman literally makes me gag!!

[@littleangel5101]

And not just regular hot sauce but a hot sauce that comes with serious warnings

[@karenmartin4221]

She is a horrible human being.

[@smciuha3254]

In one of the messages she tells paul to "make him (Timothy) throw up" because he ate some crust

[@michelleselby122]

I am blown away at this Woman’s evilness. Her heart is black.

[@ronniemead805]

sadly, there are many walking among us with even blacker hearts. Watching these cases makes me want to have nothing to do with humans.

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

@@ronniemead805I agree.. and I feel the same way you do

[@joyceanderson8648]

Any so is the son that helped her!!

[@amyschmidt8164]

​@DontHurtM39

[@Decades-pl2kl]

So is her soul

[@KarisPigNose]

Imagine being imprisoned and tortured every waking moment of your life, and never shown love and comfort, nor touch from a loving embrace. It's horrific, I'm physically shaking. I may develop PTSD just from these videos; imagine the jurors who had to view photographs of the crime scene. RIP Timothy.

[@theresahenderson3534]

I don't have any mental problems but the lack of physical and emotional contact from my parents when I was growing up. My father tried to kill me when I was a baby. He admitted it. When I was less than a year old he threw against the wall and dislocated my right hip and my left arm. I grew up as Cinderella and rarely able to leave the house. I was the cook and cleaner for eight siblings and my parents. My siblings were very mean to me. One sibling in particular was physically abusive. I have scars to prove it. I was kept out of school for a year to rehab my brother's after an accident. I dream about leaving and disappearing from them. Yet, I was able to obtain multiple degrees and live a good life, after leaving my family behind.

[@Diametricallyopposed00]

@@theresahenderson3534god bless you. ❤ it’s good when adversity makes you stronger. I have been through some grueling health challenges and immense pain, it has definitely made me a stronger person. Cheers 🍻

[@ShayJaxson-m2z]

​@@theresahenderson3534Why are you making this about YOU???

[@cindyoconnell2471]

I just heard of this case and only watched the son testify against his mother. It made me absolutely sick. The poor boy wasn’t suppose to have a moment of comfort! Imagine dangling a good dessert in front of a starving person. I will not watch anymore.

[@arty04]

​@@theresahenderson3534I am so so sorry you had to go through that! I am so proud of you for making a life for yourself even though it wasn't easy. ❤

[@JPCollier]

She had plenty of money to purchase cameras and motion censors.

[@KEENDARLING]

I know!

[@xziztortheeternal6471]

And everyone knows you can get a check for a handicapped kid!

[@autumn111155551]

@@xziztortheeternal6471not when he’s under 18 if you have more than a few thousand in savings

[@MadeOfQuestions]

The problem wasn't that she didn't have insurance. It's that she didn't have the card.

[@jennylope1]

Exactly!

[@nathanpitts5297]

The attorney getting her to read her own words in her own voice for the jury was a good move. He seems intelligent.

[@TiffTheTyrant]

Oh Timothy 😢 if you can see this just know that we all hurt with you, cried for you, and love you, and want Justice for you. This thing is not a mother. She is a monster. We all wish we could have saved you from this. ❤ RIP

[@shamrawilliams1619]

❤100 😢

[@kohedunn]

Tiny tim is in heaven ..and any bad dreams he had with this woman , will be as if nothing happened at all....Wiped away..

[@suckmaballz257]

He can’t see this

[@suckmaballz257]

@@kohedunnidk ab that but it’s nice to think that

[@TizAtx]

Timothy is free now, of all pain and suffering. He’s with his Heavenly Father, now and knows eternal love and peace. 🙏🕊

[@JT-sl3ui]

How that defense attorney could listen to this woman without losing it is quite remarkable.

[@mariewalshe1228]

i thought the same untill his interview

[@merrybluegirl8930]

Do you mean her defense attorney? He drove me crazy wondering how he could possibly defend this woman. I need to watch his interviews after the verdict.

[@Alicia-h5z]

He’s struggling though, you definitely can see and hear that. This is just so disturbing.

[@sabine9209]

​​​@@Alicia-h5z yes, he is definitely struggling. It shows when you hear him laughing after her most ridiculous answers, helps to release some tension.

[@MRSFeeX]

She had it on cctv etc.. she saw everything, and want to be sure..she had every move...made in her house.. secure it, not a home, but her place to control like .a prison .. guarded.

[@bees5461]

Does she honestly think the jury is going to say "well, if she doesn't remember it, then it's OK"? OMG.

[@Claudia-lq3ns]

Ikr? I commented on the same thing. Sociopathic scumbag.

[@gingerwoo5589]

You never know....look how stupid the jury was in the OJ trial....

[@edda682]

I don't think it was stupidity, they didn't want to convict him, so they didn't.@@gingerwoo5589

[@Juliaaa_vine]

@@gingerwoo5589jury wasn’t stupid, OJ’s lawyers were very talented

[@isabelllindsay1056]

I know that’s her war cry “Can’t remember “

[@Whol3NothaL3v3l]

Shanda Vander Arks greatest hits: 1. I Don't Remember 2. If That's What It Says 3. It Was Paul's Idea 4. I Don't Know 5. Stressed Out She sounds TREMENDOUSLY STUPID, to keep saying "It was Paul's idea". You're the parent but you killed one of your kids because it was the other kid's idea?

[@LadyGetDown]

I have some tracks to add to the record... 6. Magna Cum Laude 7. 2nd in my class 8. Motion sensors 9. Lies & Deceit 10. Disassociation 11. What the heck?? 12. FROZEN chicken nuggets 13. Check my Amazon history

[@Elizabeth-1970]

Don’t forget she says honestly a lot. No idiot, the prosecutor wants you to lie

[@MelitsaDuff-Tytler]

😂

[@robingagan6288]

And she said she never saw him and didn’t look when he was in the tub. She had to have seen his face which was gaunt

[@ew7512]

Imagine throwing your own kid under the bus after manipulating him into helping you murder your other kid.

[@PineBaskets]

I want to weep for this poor child. Heartbreaking.

[@gaynordicksoncooper6108]

Same hun it’s so sad! 😞

[@escapegoat3673]

It's so sad. He died cold, hungry, and at the hands of the people who should have loved him

[@carvalone3076]

My heart bleeeeeeeeeds! Heavenly Father!! The torture she inflicted on that boy! Hell awaits her for sure

[@memdy7452]

It is so heartbreaking! We can only hope there was a Heavenly Being waiting to embrace and love him on the other side. Dear child Timothy, RIP.

[@terrytownsend5583]

You want too?

[@mayamohamed9847]

Disgusting how many times she keeps drinking..we understand you monester you are so nervous but you deprived that boy from food and you don't deserve this water

[@Yamimommy300]

I thought the same thing she don’t deserve water 💯

[@louisecoulter5882]

@@Yamimommy300 l thought she should have had the water taken away from her in the beginning, she,s using it to cover her nervousness, disgusting woman.

[@paulaclark7989]

I agree

[@andreatakaki]

Remember in history people “stoned” people as punishment? I’m just asking, What about throwing “full, sealed” water bottles as a daily punishment for someone’s entire life? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@memdy7452]

She's awful! Despicable! She doesn't have any sorrow or shame for her extreme abuse of her child. She's very contolling and manipulative. She needs life in prison w/no parole.

[@carolyndee4565]

I feel sorry for Paul. The poor guy spoke with fear in his voice. He was most likely threatened if he did not do what he was told. I think he was a little mentally challenged. He seems like he would be a nice person if not manipulated

[@carvalone3076]

Yeah, in her mind she feels justified for whatever SICK reasons. Horrible Horrible person

[@kima260]

Punishing her in prison like she punished her poor young son sounds about fair.

[@MA-nb8gw]

Agree, she is vile and evil, very cunninging

[@nansmith8703]

She needs the death penalty.

[@Tamilyn70]

How heartbreaking that the very last words Timothy ever heard on this earth, by his own “mother” was “see, you don’t have to breathe through your mouth dummy” and forcefully shuts his mouth closed. That truly broke my heart.

[@Nagaeem]

I recently watch someone pass away, in their final hours they solely mouth breathed. It was like it was the bodies last ditch effort to take in oxygen and breath as long as they could. I'm sure Timothy was so near the end at this point when he was breathing from his mouth, it was his bodies response. So horribly sad

[@cc-terfay]

@@Nagaeemthis is a really great perspective. I 100% agree. My grandpa had the same open mouthed breathing as his body was completely shut down and I’m sure timothee was in that space. All I can hope is that his body was shut down enough that he didn’t hear her cruel words

[@tiahenry4743]

The only consolation is that Timothy is in the arms of angels protecting him.

[@judepower4425]

@@tiahenry4743 Pity they didn't protect him a lot earlier ... oh sorry, I forgot, angels don't exist

[@tiahenry4743]

@@judepower4425 They do but sometimes these things happen.

[@justinrudedude]

Her talking about cuffing/zip ties as if it was something normal was chilling. Hope they never let her out of prison

[@paulafauth-fl1cj]

They wont

[@maryellenbeale2188]

The pathetic part is she will be treated better in prison compared to how she treated him. She is truly a sadistic monster

[@Crackhead_Betty]

So true !

[@jefflinder3146]

Once those women in prison find out what she’s done: they will have their way with her.

[@jbee1686]

As an ex-con, female, women don't like baby killers in the joint. No matter the age of the baby

[@fuller8705]

@@jbee1686but she still gets to live so thats better than Timothy

[@gointothedogs4634]

not necessarily. She may not last long when the women get word of what she did

[@frano6160]

She says that she never tried the extreme hot sauce she administered on her son because she didn't want to throw up!! She just sealed her fate.

[@gingerblair2932]

👌

[@michelpeereboom4650]

Don't forget! She had a week stomach. The gall of this woman.

[@dianamayo673]

Judge you for screaming at college football????? No we are judging you for torturing and starving your son

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

Like all psychopaths, she's the victim.

[@cynthiahagerman5718]

Shes narcissistic and a sadist to boot.

[@Midge0314]

Yup! She thinks she’s the smartest one in the room.

[@eleanoraquitaine2966]

@@Midge0314 Here's what's funny about people who think they're the smartest person in the room. They actually might have the highest IQ and from several perspectives may actually BE the smartest person in the room keeping in mind that in her case, she IS exceptionally brilliant, BUT they are never smarter than a bunch of detectives, forensic evidence, teams of lawyers, etc etc etc. all working together. It's their biggest mistake.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Oh, this poor woman! Someone stole her pop-tarts and gave her ugly braids! How will she recover?

[@barbiegirll7299]

It’s the feminist spirit she’s hated men

[@sararahman7731]

The disdain she had for that boy was palpable...and the deadpan justification of her actions show just how evil she is. I hope each and every prisoner knows what she did.

[@jennylope1]

Oh, they will what she did!

[@sararahman7731]

@@jennylope1 imagine that control freak who not only has no more control but is now going to be the one being told what to do 24/7

[@MandyAltamirano]

You don't have the beginning of a start of a clue. Your intelligence is superficial.

[@paulaclark7989]

Right

[@dawnatkinson7704]

Its so chilling. She goes to work whilst keeping constant eye on her son and directing the other to torture him. No bed for him to sleep on, no food, no love. I mean this woman is totally twisted. Stealing? Eating food is stealing? In your own family home?

[@VictoriaMarch13]

He wasn't even allowed to sleep.

[@chevynovascotia3301]

I lived in a home where I wasn't allowed to have what I wanted when I wanted. You were given a meal and dessert that's it

[@SLConnley]

She’s a sadistic monster

[@Holly_Fae]

Ok, I can understand alarms and sensors for safety. I can understand video to watch him. If you have a child with special needs and you can't be there it's reasonable to want to keep an eye on him. But she doesn't use these things for safety. She uses them for torture. Then she drags hers other son into it. She is despicable.

[@laurelwood791]

Jodi Arias, Amber Heard, Susan Smith, Lori Vallow Daybell have nothing on this sub human. This took YEARS.

[@alisianead7783]

She keeps blaming that baby even after death. There are no reasons or excuses for what they did. NONE

[@jcfrisch58]

This woman is disgusting. That poor baby. How a Mom could torture her own flesh and blood to death. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about how that poor baby suffered.

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

It's the saddest case iv seen... my heart bleeds for that poor boy.. how he must have suffered knowing he wasn't loved and the torture and no food as well... she will go straight to hell.. 😢

[@KarisPigNose]

I don't think in terms of flesh and blood. A person who does this to anyone is a threat to everyone.

[@JohnSmith-cf4gn]

​@@Gabriel-hf1yyFor sure for sure.

[@marthaMGEA]

This small life this child had and it suffered to death by the hands of his own protector and she turned out to be evil! My heart bleeds

[@DaniK0903]

I’m expecting my son next month. Twice I had scares that I might lose him. He’s not even on this earth yet and If I wasn’t carrying him inside my body I would have sacrificed myself for him. I can’t explain the insurmountable desire to protect your babies. I can’t fathom whatever the hell this woman is. She is evil. Poor baby may he rest in peace being free from his torture.

[@kimbanner4182]

This is as bad as it gets. The worst of the worst. A mother who enjoys inflicting pain on their child.

[@christinasharkoski876]

I SAID THE SAME. Me being a crime junkie, I have come across some horrific stories, but this takes the cake!!!!!!! Hands Down!

[@rosesmyth-stewart3747]

Josef Mengele reincarnated. Pure evil

[@ayabokti161]

No....there is worse....much worse.....and some are in authority worldwide

[@veronicaleon8075]

Unfortunately for young Timothy his mom is a monster. She is a predator, evil inhuman to Timothy. Using her power over him who could not defend himself. So excruciating to hear her try to talk herself out of it.

[@MyMinaBobina]

​@@veronicaleon8075 She wasn't his biological parent??

[@Estellbel1968]

Her eyes are so cold empty no remorse or regret it’s sickening

[@Dan-g8h9o]

She didn't want him to be like a zombie she wanted him to be full aware of his torture

[@22vah]

The Evidence against her is insurmountable... and the fact that she elected to testify speaks to her belief that a jury of her peers would actually feel sorry for her but I don't think so...

[@1harmless1]

She is assuming that the jury is dumber than the rest of us.

[@screwyou2]

Right? Another highly educated moron.

[@kaecake9575]

"She's a victim of the patriarchy" -Women

[@heatheranderson4475]

She's trying to pull an amber heard on everything. Lie til you can't see straight.

[@megmeyer7563]

She still talks about her dead son with distance. And the way she answered questions are without any emotion.

[@clascaulfieldjr3653]

Licensed psychologist here Finding out that someone had a stroke is absolutely not a traumatic event that qualifies for ptsd in the DSM V.

[@laurensnakes]

Thank u so much

[@assistanttotheregionalmana349]

I love when professionals comment and you can find out ACTUAL info. I was just sitting here wondering if someone having a stroke would leave a person with PTSD. Even if someone had PTSD, would that make them forget certain things and not others? What I mean is would Shanda forget everything pertaining to the mistreatment of Timothy but seem to remember everything else? It just seems ludicrous.

[@andreatakaki]

And PTSD doesn’t make you forget ONLY the bad things.

[@sarahmurphy8030]

​@@andreatakaki..She was never diagnosed with ptsd ocd reactive disorder or hypoglycemic.

[@laurieritchie9574]

My son 4 months ago passed away from a stroke and it is most definitely a traumatic event!

[@cameroncurry6027]

It's traumatizing listening to her testimony and the absolute lack of compassion and empathy. May her punishment be fitting for the crimes of starvation, torture, and extreme neglect of her special needs son. The hell he endured until his death at her hands is unimaginable.

[@margaretshull4423]

it is my belief that in instances, Jesus is with those kids. and by the time Timothy quit breathing, he was already in heaven because God loves his children

[@jackievanray]

@@margaretshull4423 where was God when he was being tortured by his own mother, where was God that allowed this monster to mother children?

[@jeanniepiller3421]

​@jackievanray Same place as when His own son was tortured and murdered for our sins. If you really want a detailed explanation there are plenty of books on that subject that get into that and more if you are interested.

[@adrinneladrinnel0403]

​@@jeanniepiller3421 Amen and AMEN! Excellent and truthful answer! HALLELUYAH and all praises to our Savior Yahushua The Most High Yah👏🏾

[@rhondajackson22]

Agree

[@QuarianQueen]

The sad thing is he would be alive if he was sent to foster care instead of her house of horrors.

[@kelleyabitbol6156]

Yes , just give the child up… give him to someone who could handle his issues while you could not! He was not pretending… he was not trying to WINnnnnn!! Gosh you are one sick evil being. Whyyyyyyyyy

[@stephwiller9089]

Is dad being charged as well? Since the last custody papers said she was only allowed supervised visits, yet he handed this kid over to this psycho. He needs abandonment or negligence charges as well.

[@wilsal2485]

I wonder if he somehow thought she wasn't as bad coz she kept cutody of the young one. Someone said the father & step-mum were having a really hard time with Tim, it was foster care or this woman :( All of this in 6 months I can imagine this will haunt the father.

[@stephwiller9089]

@@wilsal2485 Well that sucks for them. But if there is an order in place that is a legally binding order. His opinion about the order doesn't matter. He should have contacted CPS to verify. I don't understand why parents seem to think they can just pass their kids off like nothing, especially to someone that has already been deemed unfit to care for them.

[@beachnut4449]

The fact she says “yes sir” and continues to call him “sir” I think she thinks she’s coming across in a good way because of how she speaks. She’s a piece of garbage. “If that what it says”.

[@Ravenousbeauty89]

I was curious how that amount of time went by without dad Checking in on the kid.

[@gointothedogs4634]

@@wilsal2485 Yes she said when she got Tim he was completely over drugged, so it seems they were having issues with him.

[@angelinaanderson481]

Wow this woman is totally void of any empathy

[@carvalone3076]

This is psychopathy manifest! She's sick from the inside all the way out. See her skin and eyes

[@MandyAltamirano]

She's an Aspie

[@greg8938]

Narcissist.

[@jenn2115]

This is the mind of a psychopath

[@andreatakaki]

She has no heart. She has no soul.

[@traceycurtis1005]

She really believes all these horrible things she's done are completely reasonable. Its just beyond the pale. Working in law she knew everything that she did was abuse/torture.

[@marioncannon9924]

She doesn't believe they are reasonable. She's trying to cover her back

[@Mammaj1963]

@@marioncannon9924she is pure evil

[@lolainma3218]

No she doesn’t…. She is even throwing her oldest under the bus to save her! Evil

[@lolainma3218]

She has an answer for everything

[@lynnjackson8367]

i grew up in the 80s when most parents spanked...sometimes beat on us............i remember feeling scared sometimes but it was so normal..........nothing like this though and my parents had to be provoked so i cant really say i ever thought i was in danger and always had unlimited food, soda, etc. i cant imagine my parents being angry over food.

[@ka3rii]

So at around 29:00 she remembers using Siri to send the texts but she doesn’t remember sending texts? This is straight up bs

[@hurricaneriki]

So she can remember that he stole a POP TART, but can't remember HANDCUFFING A CHILD!!!!

[@nursingeducationtutor6480]

I am still traumatized by the bread and hot sauce. What a monster.

[@verabolton]

I'm traumatized by her idea of the private parts... 😨 She had the audacity to say her stomach was too weak to eat that stuff, but she contemplated to put it on her son's private parts 😱 I had to pause the video there, it's just too much to comprehend. Poor jury 🥺

[@ivaanvlogz]

😢

[@salimahtolbert5560]

MOMMY DEAREST ‼️

[@aoifex4748]

Rest in peace Timothy, you deserved so much better 💔

[@paulaclark7989]

Yeah poor kid, I’m so sorry you were treated so horribly. Rest in peace.

[@TizAtx]

You can be assured he is at peace and feels no pain or sadness, with his Heavenly Father. Only eternal love and peace. 🙏🕊

[@noracollins2040]

This attorney is not giving her an inch she desperately scrabbles to cover up he is. Brilliant

[@Mabel1121]

Did she think her son being a “zombie” on his meds was bad or killing him was worse? She’s just evil. If there were bad behavior issues, you get help, not torture a kid.

[@CharvonR]

You take a child off his meds cold turkey and is baffled that he misbehaves? Wow. Unbelievable. I’m not buying what she is selling. Guilty .

[@CQ-369]

The poor guy was probably sick from withdrawal too.

[@alsie1882]

So cruel doing that with the medication, horrid woman

[@loopy1159]

That's if heeven does play up. He probably was starving and sad because he was tortured

[@Sara-xk1ns]

She did far more then just take him off meds. The abuse was years long. He was 96lbs (or close to that) when he died at 15 years old. That type of malnourishment doesn’t happen just bc of a med change/withdrawal. Her matter of fact tone as she says the cruelest stuff is sickening. I don’t remember if it’s in this clip or another I saw but she was asked about the date of something and she says she knows it was after Mother’s Day bc her mother in law gives her tomato and some other plants and they wear on her porch. She remembers seeing them on the date they’re questioning her about. But then she goes on this little monologue about how she doesn’t have a green thumb but she kept those plants alive. Like all proud of herself and I’m so glad the state caught it bc he makes a comment like “oh, so you made sure your plants never missed a meal” defense objected but that snarky comment made me happy. This lady is just heartless. And her fake panic attack earlier angered me, then she “threw up” when pictures of her son are put in front of her. Like what?? The sight of him makes you sick but you are the one who did that to him! Evil evil woman. And she ruined her other sons life by making him participate in this cruel behavior. At least he has come to his senses and knows he was wrong and is testifying against her, not for anything in exchange either, just to do the right thing.

[@mmarks1154]

He was only 69 pounds at 15 years old and 5'4" tall when he died, and was 104 pounds a little earlier at Mother's Day. 😲 And kept for hours in a bath tub of ice water, and starved. His autopsy showed that he had no fat inside his body, his weight was in zero percentile. And he was also very dehydrated. Very sickening and disturbing! 😟

[@deniseeugene1852]

The texts to and from her son are disgusting . She directed the torture .

[@littlepieceofleatherbossem7651]

Yes she did. And also she tortured him while she was in the home. Her text sounds like she literally hated her own child. She couldn't work from texting torture acts to her son. She didn't want him to eat or drink water. But she would stop and buy food for her younger child on her way home from work. She hated him. She made sure he got no food.

[@Deniseford-xj8wg]

Everytime she answers "yes sir" I wanna throw up...long time since SHE'S been in therapy?!?!?! well no shit!!

[@deniseeugene1852]

@@Deniseford-xj8wg 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

[@deniseeugene1852]

@@littlepieceofleatherbossem7651 The court ordered that she shouldn’t see Timothy without supervision. The father gave that child to his mother after the stroke. And within six months, he was dead.

[@VictoriaMarch13]

​@@deniseeugene1852 her husband, Adam, that had the stroke wasn't his father. His father had custody of him and then supposedly told her he couldn't deal with him anymore so he went to live with her in 2021. I think the torture began after the stepfather had the stroke.

[@beckyjohnson5969]

I will tell you there is NO teenager that goes on a hunger Strike. Both my 15-year-old boys ate me out of house and home as I used to say! They had bottomless pits, they could eat Breakfast, twice, Lunch Three times and Dinner four times!!!!! I don't care if you are mentally challenged or not, when your tummy says eat, you are going to eat. This is just an outrage. I cannot fathom.

[@junebyrne7497]

My four boys exactly the same, they are grown now with families of their own and always say “mam how did you do it with four of us, we ate so much” my answer was that’s what a good mother does, it breaks my heart to think what this poor sweet boy suffered, she’s a total monster, hope she rots in hell.

[@zuluexmachina2191]

​@@junebyrne7497That is exactly how I remember it was when my 3 brothers became teenagers. As the only girl, I could not believe the amount of food they could eat in a day. 😊

[@Oldschoolnana]

My son ate like a sumo wrestler. I'd worry when he wasn't hungry (which wasn't often) I can't stomach this woman.😡🤬🤬

[@michelpeereboom4650]

So true, boys that age need a lot of food. They will plunder the fridge even after a meal, and loving parents make jokes about how much they can eat and stock the fridge again, they're growing and that should make you happy.

[@karenbrown6348]

😂I actually thought about how my parents called us teens vampire's that ate all night long. Their food bills were through the roof but we were never cut off from eating that way because we were growing!

[@InvisibleVicky]

As an autistic mum of 4 autistic kids I totally understand autism. I have never hurt my kids. And never abused them. They are challenging and hard work. It doesn’t give an excuse for cruelty. She is beyond vile

[@anthonyrowland9072]

Do you know the suicide and murder suicide rates of long term caregivers? It's fucking grim. Some people crack under it. I almost did and I'm a shell of myself. This woman needs help not scorn.

[@InvisibleVicky]

@@anthonyrowland9072 she’s a cold blooded murderer!!

[@dwh751]

Gee, I sure hope you stop breeding, enough already

[@nutmeg5]

@@anthonyrowland9072I hear you with this. Yes it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do. I wonder though if she could have gotten help somewhere. She’s highly intelligent which doesn’t always mean anything if you’re heart is black. But still, she was more capable of accessing resources (if there are any. Sometimes there’s not) than a lot of people.

[@kimberlyskeen6489]

That just shows how evil she is. She was not going to get help, because she didn't think she was doing wrong. She felt all high mighty while torturing him.

[@yvonnebaars5801]

What bothers me is that she is NOT in handcuffs, while her son was when he was on the stand! Evil women...

[@artcreationsbydar]

Totally agree!

[@julesservantofjesus972]

Agree 💯

[@FloatingThroughTheRealm]

What!?!

[@averyshenandoah1637]

What?

[@averyshenandoah1637]

Why does that “bother” you?

[@1234OopsyDaisy]

I am shocked that this woman had any time left in the day to do her job… she was directing and monitoring her poor son’s torture day and night.

[@moniquegoss5778]

I think people complained about her constantly being on her phone and yelling at her kids instead of doing her job

[@jaynerobson317]

She tortured that boy with noise, knowing how bad it affected him, Paul needs pure prison time

[@angela5802]

Paul got 30 too 100 years in prison. ..

[@Angelina-pi2cc]

The distain she speaks of Timothy vs the endearing term of "little man" is so telling

[@lifeofatruckerswife]

I agree The investigators body cam caught her and Paul calling the youngest as...the miracle

[@LauraMatterazzo]

She believes her academic intelligence, and her job as a clerk, will impress the jury or better yet convince them that she is actually the victim having to deal with an out of control child, a husband who suffered a stroke, etc. However, she comes across as cold, strange, and almost robotic. The way she responds and shows no emotion when talking about her deceased child is so bothersome and cold. Her punishments and means of discipline are horrific. I found her to be psychotic. Her other son looks like he also suffers from malnutrition and is out of it. I believe he was and still is afraid of her and he did what she told him to do out of fear. Very sad, sad situation. That poor child died so alone at the hands of the person who brought him into this world who was supposed to protect him, not torture and harm him. May he be at peace. Tragically, I hate to say it, but he's actually in a better place, and that alone is just heartbreaking.

[@inaty22]

St. Lazaro is with him and he is with the Lord surrounded by the purest love that exists. God bless him. When she passes she will be looking up from hell and seeing her son in heaven for all eternity. Nothing am I more sure of

[@truly3743]

This special boy is in heaven with His Father, Jesus Christ.

[@DD-wd7ku]

How often did she refer to him as "my little guy", not by his name?

[@beanj580]

Little man is referring to her youngest son whom she was not allowed to use his name due to him being a minor.

[@beanj580]

Paul was never denied food. He even said that the only punishment mom dished out to him was 15 minutes loss of devices. Stop excusing Paul

[@yvonnebaars5801]

Apparently she wants the jury to know that she was NOT texting and driving or watching her phone while driving : multiple times; convincing them that she is a lawful person......in the mean time reading tet messages that clearly show how she purpusly neglecting and abusing her child....OMG

[@inthelandofmorethansmall7582]

Oh yes! Well she knows better than to text and drive! And she would never let her 8 yr old outside without supervision! But she's shocked that a 15 yr old would starve to death if he wasn't fed properly? And she had no idea that body alarms, obsessively watching video cameras, hours long ice baths, and Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce was "bad"...

[@Melissadacruzz]

Bless the prosecution. I love how he would first ask for her question, wait for her lie, then bring out the text messages to prove her wrong.

[@KnitzyKitzy]

Why did her ex give her the kids then? If he is supposed to have custody and there were concerns of her previous behaviour then why would he do that?

[@TeaSpiracy]

Seriously. Where is this guy? Then and now? 🤬

[@tracyd693]

Sounds like he's a POS too!

[@kimberly1567]

He had a stroke

[@kazzkizznz]

@@TeaSpiracy The biological father? Have been wondering that too. It's like noone cared about Timothy.

[@nancywareham979]

The bio father should be checked out too! Why didn’t she have custody to begin with. A woman usually gets custody unless she’s unfit. He is as guilty as her for pushing Timothy off on her. They are both deplorable! This poor boy. He’s in a better place now. There’s a place for her too!

[@user-cash-]

How can she be so calm and secure in her answers ? It’s like she did nothing wrong and feels nothing about what she did.

[@Claudia-lq3ns]

Seriously! The house was a mess and that's why she tracked Grammy. The kid wasn't potty trained, so that's why we had motion sensors. I didn't have insurance. We didn't have a doctor. I didn't know that was an option. He stole Paul's Poptarts. What a sick ticket.

[@knothead35]

She's a psychopath

[@iveliserojas612]

Also blaming all on Paul and drinking water like nothing u can tell she used Paul I honestly don’t who he is to but he’s oxytocin listen to her she is a crazy nut

[@JosieJo2000]

I believe she is autistic

[@daniaatari4036]

she worries about herself and people seeing her as an honest

[@estherellis6032]

I know her older son was arrested, as well, but it was quite obvious, while he was testifying, mentally, he isn't sound, and lived under the threat and evil behavior of his ( so called) Mom. She is pure evil!! Plain and simply ...

[@xziztortheeternal6471]

He ain't any better. He could of told anyone what was going on. He's just as demented and as sadistic as she is. Quit pretending

[@itdontmattah]

@@xziztortheeternal6471 right, but there’s a chance he could’ve turned out like a normal, well rounded individual if he hadn’t been subjected to having Shanda as a primary caregiver. Hurt people hurt people.

[@chrismondrick5422]

​@xziztortheeternal6471 na you exactly correct his brothers dead n he knew exactly what was going on. Even tho he seems slow he isnt a dum mute

[@jennylope1]

I think the judge saw a disability in him. He was controlled by his "so-called mother." He just wanted to be loved by her.

[@tracy361361]

@@itdontmattahI think the older brother had only lived with his mom for a year.

[@ethelmertz1477]

Prosecutor is amazing. He trapped her in her own words. She dug her own hole. All Mr. Robert’s did was make her eat her own words. For a supposed intelligent woman and an attorney she sure was stupid.

[@Schimms]

She has certainly portrayed herself as innocent. The braids are laughable. Her demeanor makes me sick! She didn't want him in foster care but felt it was okay to treat him like she did. Heaven forbid that he should go into foster care.

[@ritaagopian4150]

That stood out to me too. Sure, bad things happen in foster care but not like this, my god!

[@Grammichal]

The braids act made me remember Amber Turd’s court theatrics.

[@chetyoubetya8565]

People like her never let others take their children because the kids are theirs like possessions and they feel they can do whatever they want to their things.

[@ShayJaxson-m2z]

​@@GrammichalI thought the braids looked silly on a woman her age.

[@auggiedoggiesmommy1734]

@@Grammichalyou have no concept of IPV. Depp is a monster

[@ciandrikleynhans385]

if this woman says "i dont remember" one more time, imma lose it

[@msthsngpryor5116]

She remembers everything she is sick

[@vivn5526]

“If that’s what the text says”

[@heatherfrank2768]

This lady is so far next level out of her mind in thinking anyone would believe her. She literally is so severely out of touch with reality. Wow. What a monster.

[@andreatakaki]

No. She’s not out of touch with reality. She knew/knows EXACTLY what she’s doing/saying.

[@winstonmitchell5605]

CRAZY...To hate your child so much is beyond my comprehension.

[@kemclau91]

Describing A child taking pop tarts that were “for someone else”…as “stealing” is INSANE

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

Right. There’s no such thing as a child stealing from from their own home.

[@armidafrankini3744]

Justice was served. This witch will now rot in jail and hell.

[@andreatakaki]

I’m a nice person. But in this case prison karma will be her hell.

[@TizAtx]

I believe her true justice will be awaiting her when she leaves this life…

[@sorryimelijah]

@@TizAtxi’ve been dead before. nothing happens. if i wasn’t revived i wouldn’t have known i even died. i woke up feeling peaceful though

[@native-qe2xj]

Not that I remember Not that I remember. What do you remember? He stole a pop tart and a chip, and for that, he got the death penalty. 😢 Poor baby, he never had a chance.

[@mskyn150]

She tries so hard to portray real emotions and seem relatable. "Go ahead and laugh and judge me, but I scream at college football." 🙄

[@YetiYell]

I wonder, was she hoping for a chuckle? What a freak.

[@janetmcginn907]

I'm mad that the prosecutor didn't jump on the fact that she remembered she sent the message through Siri, but didn't remember the content of the message. Which makes her statement unbelievable

[@amyholman354]

The way her face livens when describing the McDonald's Frappe Cup and the Walmart powder mix and how good it tasted to talk about the measurement, is astonishing in the context of defending herself on the stand during the trial of her son's starvation death. That she could digress to talk about a great product is chilling.

[@jarjarikobinks0409]

That’s what a liar does - stalling and elaborating on things that are neither here or there to loop you round and round to avoid getting at the truth.

[@Ben-fx8lg]

I know right…

[@nancifyme]

It was astonishing. Like she was sharing a tip with her good buddies on the jury.

[@hurricaneriki]

Right!?! I was so flabbergasted, I rewound it to watch again.

[@merrybluegirl8930]

Yes, it really shows how depraved her mind is. I almost believe that she honestly doesn't see the irony in her action there.

[@isaacbamba322]

so she remembers sending texts through siri and through her watch and she can remember that she was stalking a location on at red lights, but when it comes to text about torturing her son, she doesn’t remember. strange

[@Claudia-lq3ns]

Plus... that's a lot of red lights. And ain't nobody buying her "I don't remember" bs when it comes to her hard-core abuse toward that poor child.

[@lexiepixie9188]

This is possibly the most disturbing case i have ever heard 😢

[@aliaa3834]

Yes it is you should also watch the trails of gabriel Fernandez