When Timothy Paul Stone collapsed alone in a Phoenix motel bathroom, his three sons — Winston, Timothy Jr. and Marcel — had already been taken by police and handed to a woman their grandparents say was a stranger. Today, Timothy is dead and the boys are still missing.

In this update to our original Timothy Stone episode, we break down the Stones’ newly filed federal wrongful‑death and civil‑rights lawsuit. The complaint names the State of Arizona, Governor Katie Hobbs, Attorney General Kris Mayes, and multiple agencies and officers, and argues that officials “let him die to cover up a kidnapping” and could face liability under Arizona’s felony‑murder rule.

In this episode, we walk through:

• The key allegations in the 1st Amended Complaint

• How the felony‑murder rule works, and why the family believes it applies

• The timeline from the motel welfare check to Timothy’s death

• What we still don’t know about Winston, Timothy Jr., and Marcel’s whereabouts

If you have any information about the whereabouts of Winston Stone, Timothy Paul Stone Jr., or Marcel Orion Stone, please contact the FBI at 1‑800‑CALL‑FBI (1‑800‑225‑5324) or the/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1‑800‑THE‑LOST (1‑800‑843‑5678).

Court documents and source links are available at NoTearsForBlackGirls.com (see the Resources section for the Timothy Stone case).

All individuals and agencies named in this episode are entitled to the presumption of innocence. The lawsuit described here contains allegations only.