The Michigan mother who starved her disabled teenager to death was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole — with a judge ripping into her for the “systemic torture” of ...

MUSKEGON, MI – Shanda Vander Ark continued to place blame on the son she tortured to death for “causing stress and chaos” in her life as the convicted murderer fights for a new trial. Vander Ark, 47, ...

Convicted murderer Shanda Vander Ark was denied a new trial again this week. Vander Ark was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole in January 2024 for the torture and death of her 15 ...

MUSKEGON, MI – Shanda Vander Ark, the mother convicted of torturing her 15-year-old son to death, will ask a Muskegon County judge this week to grant her a new trial. Vander Ark’s defense claims she ...

NORTON SHORES, Mich. — A Norton Shores mother has been found guilty of torturing and murdering her teenage son. Now she learns how many years she'll spend behind bars. Shanda Vander Ark is guilty of ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — A Norton Shores woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for starving her 15-year-old son to death. A judge on Tuesday sentenced Shanda Vander Ark to life in prison ...

Convicted murderer Shanda Vander Ark is back in court on Friday, continuing the evidentiary hearing where the defense is arguing the attorney who represented her in her original trial was ineffective.

MUSKEGON, Mich. — Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of a Norton Shores mother accused of neglecting her 15-year-old son with special needs so severely that he died in the basement of their home.