GUILTY FL - Boy in a Box abuse trial - Parents, Timothy & Tracy Ferriter Arrested, Jupiter, Feb 2022

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FL v. Timothy Ferriter: Boy in a Box Trial

last updated 6:47 PM, October 12, 2023
 
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ConcernedVA said:
I carefully rewatched the post-verdict body language this morning. Tim Ferriter's inner terror became harder and harder to mask as time went on, even with the gentle treatment of the guards, who seemed to be taking extra care with him.

I hope he will get a long opportunity to relearn how to be a human being.

Also- I laughed aloud when the defense attorney said how sad it was for her client to lose his freedom.
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What I loved about the guards interaction before Tim was cuffed was how they just seemed to be going about their regular day, interacting with each other, sometimes ignoring him. He became very ordinary.
 

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Boy in a Box Trial | Prosecution Discusses the Next Steps​



#TimFerriter was found guilty of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment for locking his adopted son in a box-like room for up to 18 hours a day. The prosecution tells #CourtTV's Julia Jenaé what the next steps are for Tim and his wife #TracyFerriter.
 
RickshawFan said:
What I loved about the guards interaction before Tim was cuffed was how they just seemed to be going about their regular day, interacting with each other, sometimes ignoring him. He became very ordinary.
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Yeah I feel like this is common in all trials and it’s always jarring even to me as a viewer. Even when judges read a guilty verdict for murder when you know it’s gonna be automatic life and they turn to the jury and start thanking them and making light jokes I’m always like but wait the defendant just found out his life is over!!!! It all becomes so ORDINARY in front of the defendant. Up until then he’s the bride, but once the verdict is guilty he’s persona non grata.
 
Teche said:
It's amazing how TF turned around and gave his wife a long, long hug without asking permission.
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Yep, I so wanted that not to be permitted. They should have stood him up and placed the cuffs, like they do other places. IMO
He had been chatting with her the whole time, but since they weren't in custody, I guess that was allowed.
 
Ferriter’s lawyer says they plan to appeal, that the couple was at their wits' end dealing with a troubled child and tried to handle the problems themselves.

"Where did he get the idea to build a confinement-type room in the garage — where did that idea even come from?" asked WPBF 25 News Investigative Reporter Terri Parker.

"I don’t have that answer for you," Murad said.



Timothy Ferriter's attorney says he is upset at guilty verdict in child abuse trial

Updated: 7:28 PM EDT Oct 12, 2023
 
After re-watching testimony from one of the victim's siblings, the jury's decision was unanimous. [...]

www.wpbf.com

How jurors describe the trial of Timothy Ferriter and what's next for his wife's case

A jury convicted Jupiter father of four Timothy Ferriter of aggravated child abuse, neglect and false imprisonment inside a West Palm Beach courtroom Thursday.
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Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Oct 12, 2023

[...] Tracy Ferriter is facing the same charges as her now-convicted husband. Though a trial date has not been set, Kuvin said if she were his client, they would explore a plea agreement.

Timothy Ferriter turned down the state's offer of a two-year plea.

Kuvin said Tracy Ferriter's defense may come down to blaming her husband.

“What I would try to focus on is that all the decisions that were made regarding the child’s care were made by the child’s father and that she had no say in the matter and she had no control in any of the decisions that were made by the father,” he said.
 
There are some people you can tap on the shoulder, point out the behavior they need to correct and they do so. Then there are people like this guy, who needed a flippin' 2x4 knocked upside his head to get the point to sink in.

If you're offered a 2 year plea deal, what part of this is 100% the best outcome you'll get, did this idiot not understand?! He was 1,000% convinced he was in the right to have turned that down. Surely, his defense team could explain how reasonable his behavior was, right?!

I hope the wife gets time too. She's no less culpable. While there are some super traditional, old fashioned marriages where the wife was submissive, I don't get that vibe from this couple. She is not a victim. The children are.
 
arielilane said:
After re-watching testimony from one of the victim's siblings, the jury's decision was unanimous. [...]

www.wpbf.com

How jurors describe the trial of Timothy Ferriter and what's next for his wife's case

A jury convicted Jupiter father of four Timothy Ferriter of aggravated child abuse, neglect and false imprisonment inside a West Palm Beach courtroom Thursday.
www.wpbf.com www.wpbf.com

Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Oct 12, 2023

[...] Tracy Ferriter is facing the same charges as her now-convicted husband. Though a trial date has not been set, Kuvin said if she were his client, they would explore a plea agreement.

Timothy Ferriter turned down the state's offer of a two-year plea.

Kuvin said Tracy Ferriter's defense may come down to blaming her husband.

“What I would try to focus on is that all the decisions that were made regarding the child’s care were made by the child’s father and that she had no say in the matter and she had no control in any of the decisions that were made by the father,” he said.
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Wouldn't that just be priceless after he turned down the plea deal so as not to put her in the crosshairs? :D
 
arielilane said:
After re-watching testimony from one of the victim's siblings, the jury's decision was unanimous. [...]

www.wpbf.com

How jurors describe the trial of Timothy Ferriter and what's next for his wife's case

A jury convicted Jupiter father of four Timothy Ferriter of aggravated child abuse, neglect and false imprisonment inside a West Palm Beach courtroom Thursday.
www.wpbf.com www.wpbf.com

Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Oct 12, 2023

[...] Tracy Ferriter is facing the same charges as her now-convicted husband. Though a trial date has not been set, Kuvin said if she were his client, they would explore a plea agreement.

Timothy Ferriter turned down the state's offer of a two-year plea.

Kuvin said Tracy Ferriter's defense may come down to blaming her husband.

“What I would try to focus on is that all the decisions that were made regarding the child’s care were made by the child’s father and that she had no say in the matter and she had no control in any of the decisions that were made by the father,” he said.
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It took only 30 minutes or so after rewatching that video of the sister to come up with a verdict. That sibling is a hero. She told it like it was even though she's losing her parents. She was a victim as well.
 
Snoopster said:
It took only 30 minutes or so after rewatching that video of the sister to come up with a verdict. That sibling is a hero. She told it like it was even though she's losing her parents. She was a victim as well.
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She was definitely a victim. RF was in the same position: he was going to put his parents in prison. I marvel at both of their voices. They are both perceptive, courageous, and have a point of view. That's remarkable, since their parents did their best to snuff it all out.
 
arielilane said:
After re-watching testimony from one of the victim's siblings, the jury's decision was unanimous. [...]

www.wpbf.com

How jurors describe the trial of Timothy Ferriter and what's next for his wife's case

A jury convicted Jupiter father of four Timothy Ferriter of aggravated child abuse, neglect and false imprisonment inside a West Palm Beach courtroom Thursday.
www.wpbf.com www.wpbf.com

Updated: 6:10 PM EDT Oct 12, 2023

[...] Tracy Ferriter is facing the same charges as her now-convicted husband. Though a trial date has not been set, Kuvin said if she were his client, they would explore a plea agreement.

Timothy Ferriter turned down the state's offer of a two-year plea.

Kuvin said Tracy Ferriter's defense may come down to blaming her husband.

“What I would try to focus on is that all the decisions that were made regarding the child’s care were made by the child’s father and that she had no say in the matter and she had no control in any of the decisions that were made by the father,” he said.
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In that article - it hit me in the gut when the juror said when the victim testified “visually you could see abuse”. How very sad. I hope that this just and right verdict doesn’t cause the child any more damage. I hope that he knows nothing was his fault, but sadly children of abuse often always feel like everything is their fault. I hope he has an amazing support system around him,
 
arielilane said:
Ferriter’s lawyer says they plan to appeal, that the couple was at their wits' end dealing with a troubled child and tried to handle the problems themselves.

"Where did he get the idea to build a confinement-type room in the garage — where did that idea even come from?" asked WPBF 25 News Investigative Reporter Terri Parker.

"I don’t have that answer for you," Murad said.



Timothy Ferriter's attorney says he is upset at guilty verdict in child abuse trial

Updated: 7:28 PM EDT Oct 12, 2023
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Did anyone have moments where you thought about times your own kids were acting their worst and YOU were at your wits end? I did.

Especially when the lawyer mentioned that they were waiting for a counseling appointment. We can’t always get in to see specialists for our kid and are often left feeling like we’re on our own and no one understands. Sometimes you face a wall and you’re like, I have no script for this.

In those moments, we try to ask older family for advice and then creatively problem solve. I feel like they didn’t talk to people and they didn’t try too many things.

Just a one way path for the Ferriter parents to be obeyed.
 
ConcernedVA said:
Did anyone have moments where you thought about times your own kids were acting their worst and YOU were at your wits end? I did.

Especially when the lawyer mentioned that they were waiting for a counseling appointment. We can’t always get in to see specialists for our kid and are often left feeling like we’re on our own and no one understands. Sometimes you face a wall and you’re like, I have no script for this.

In those moments, we try to ask older family for advice and then creatively problem solve. I feel like they didn’t talk to people and they didn’t try too many things.

Just a one way path for the Ferriter parents to be obeyed.
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The parents never got their child counseling appointments. EVER. Years! This was a point made by the prosecution expert.

Any point made about "waiting for an appointment" is totally bogus IMO. They're waiting for what, 14 years?

IMO they needed psychological intervention themselves, way before the kids, but natch, they're too good for that from the looks of things. They are sadistic. If the kid gets hold of a knife collection from the kitchen, you don't have to look far to know where he got his impulses. Besides, how do you defend yourself from a couple of sadists who've ganged up on you?
 
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IMO the Ferriters wanted the image of "rescuers" in the toxic vein of "plucking 2 poor children from backwards countries, who'd never had any love or affection, and giving them a life to be envied. The Ferriters would turn it all around!"

IMO that attitude is a colonial relic, and would inevitably backfire, since the assumptions are unsound stereotypes. And the Ferriters are about the last people in the world to be capable of anything like this, as we saw from the trial.

How did they even qualify to adopt these children?
 
RickshawFan said:
IMO the Ferriters wanted the image of "rescuers" in the toxic vein of "plucking 2 poor children from backwards countries, who'd never had any love or affection, and giving them a life to be envied. The Ferriters would turn it all around!"

IMO that attitude is a colonial relic, and would inevitably backfire, since the assumptions are unsound stereotypes. And the Ferriters are about the last people in the world to be capable of anything like this, as we saw from the trial.

How did they even qualify to adopt these children?
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How? Look at the Magdalene laundries of Ireland. Money talked and the babies walked (carried) out the door.
 
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