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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.\xa0

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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,\xa0 followed by ice baths.\xa0 \xa0

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Transcript Highlights

00:00:00 Joseph Scott Morgan shares memories of Grandmother cooking chicken\xa0

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 \u2018kindness\u2019\xa0

00:11:05 Talk about dark choices made by Shanda Vander Ark regarding her son\xa0

00:13:05 Discussion of Timothy\u2019s older brother Paul being involved in the abuse

00:14:51 Joseph Scott Morgan describes \u201cimpact: injury \u2013 slapped, punched.

00:15:28 Talk about how common that one child will be chosen for abuse while other siblings abuse victim as well\xa0

00:16:14 Discussion about abuse,\xa0 malnutrition impossible to hide

00:17:15 How to determine how long Timothy was abused

00:18:35 Description - malnutrition can \u201cstunt growth\u201d.\xa0

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\xa0

00:22:58 Timothy Ferguson\u2019s body already compromised\xa0

00:26:41 Timothy Ferguson was given bread and water, and hot sauce for torture\xa0

00:27:56 Talk about hot sauce \u201cCarolina Reaper\u201d being placed on bread for Ferguson to eat\xa0

00:29:00 Discussion of Timothy Ferguson being kept in tiny room under stairs, developing bed sores\xa0

00:30:56 Description of Timothy Ferguson breathing out of his mouth like fish out of water\xa0

00:32:09 Discussion of Ice Bath\u2019s used to punish Timothy Ferguson\xa0

00:33:28 Timothy Ferguson never recovered from last Ice Bath, cause of death \u2013 hypothermia and malnutrition\xa0

00:36:02 Discussion of food \u2013 mother chained refrigerator and cabinets in kitchen\xa0

00:38:00 Verdict - Shanda Vander Ark, guilty of murder, son Paul guilty of Child Abuse\xa0

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