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A Michigan mother and her son are on trial for the unthinkable.

Shonda Vandevander-Ark, who was once a promising law clerk, was charged with murder and child abuse

when her 15-year-old son, Timothy Ferguson, was found dead in her home, weighing just 69 pounds.

But was her eldest son a willing accomplice in this case of torture and starvation,

or another victim, manipulated by a monster. I'm Vinny Polytan and welcome to the

Court TV podcast. This week we're diving deeper into the cases against

Shonda van der Arck and Paul Ferguson with an audio edition of our original series

Accomplice to Murder with Vinny Polytan.

This is the Court TV Podcast with Vinny Polytan.

The call came in as a boy not breathing and felt cold to the touch.

He was sneaking. not breathing and felt cold to the touch.

He was sneaking food that was not necessary.

It was solved by placing locks on the fridge, freezer, and pantry.

His weight was 69 pounds that was essentially zero

percentile. That was a 15 year old child in Michigan in July at

I can close my eyes to see those photographs.

I'll see them forever.

Shonda was always very calculating, like our mother.

Something's wrong, but it's not hurting.

Every time we turned around he was stinking something.

Do they ever hear any of his feelings hungry? Just outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan in Norton Shores stands an ordinary looking house on a quiet cul-de-sac,

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