Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: Hot Sauce Bread Dinners, Ice Bath Punishments - The Shocking Life and Death of Timmy Ferguson
07 Jan 2024
Timothy Ferguson's mother calls police. Her son is unresponsive. Timothy Ferguson is also 15-years-old weighing just 69 pounds when he died of malnutrition and hypothermia. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they detail -Timothy Ferguson's painful life at the hands of his evil mother and brother. The teen lives on a diet of water and bread soaked in hot sauce, followed by ice baths. Subscribe to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan : Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Transcript Highlights 00:00:00 Joseph Scott Morgan shares memories of Grandmother cooking chicken 00:04:15 Discussion of Timothy Ferguson, 15, starved to death by his mother 00:05:37 Discussion of food being used as mechanism for torture 00:06:52 Talk about Shanda Vander Ark fled Oklahoma with children 00:08:56 Explanation of how using food as a ‘kindness’ 00:11:05 Talk about dark choices made by Shanda Vander Ark regarding her son 00:13:05 Discussion of Timothy’s older brother Paul being involved in the abuse 00:14:51 Joseph Scott Morgan describes “impact: injury – slapped, punched. 00:15:28 Talk about how common that one child will be chosen for abuse while other siblings abuse victim as well 00:16:14 Discussion about abuse, malnutrition impossible to hide 00:17:15 How to determine how long Timothy was abused 00:18:35 Description - malnutrition can “stunt growth”. 00:20:40 Discussion of Shanda Vander Ark Defense, claims she had PTSD 00:21:51 Joseph Scott Morgan explains how Timothy Ferguson was digesting his own fat cells due to malnutrition 00:22:58 Timothy Ferguson’s body already compromised 00:26:41 Timothy Ferguson was given bread and water, and hot sauce for torture 00:27:56 Talk about hot sauce “Carolina Reaper” being placed on bread for Ferguson to eat 00:29:00 Discussion of Timothy Ferguson being kept in tiny room under stairs, developing bed sores 00:30:56 Description of Timothy Ferguson breathing out of his mouth like fish out of water 00:32:09 Discussion of Ice Bath’s used to punish Timothy Ferguson 00:33:28 Timothy Ferguson never recovered from last Ice Bath, cause of death – hypothermia and malnutrition 00:36:02 Discussion of food – mother chained refrigerator and cabinets in kitchen 00:38:00 Verdict - Shanda Vander Ark, guilty of murder, son Paul guilty of Child Abuse See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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