How a man risked death by setting home on fire to escape after 20 years of alleged captivity
How a man risked death by setting home on fire to escape after 20 years of alleged captivity - The 32-year-old paints a picture of two decades of severe abuse, while his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan,
Man says he was held captive in room 20 years and set fire to escape, but stepmother denies all
An emaciated man, 32, says he was held in his room for 20 years and set it on fire to gain his freedom, according to police. His stepmother was charged with cruelty and kidnapping.
Waterbury, CT, Man Held Captive for Decades Sets Fire to Bedroom
Sullivan was arrested Wednesday morning in Southington on charges of second-degree kidnapping, first-degree assault, cruelty to a person, first-degree unlawful restraint and first-degree reckless endangerment.
How a man used printer paper and hand sanitizer to escape an alleged 20 years of captivity by his stepmother
After nearly two decades, he wanted his freedom, he told police, as he recounted a hellish tale laid out in an arrest warrant that describes a life of “captivity, abuse and starvation.”
Woman arrested in US for allegedly holding stepson captive for 20 years
Police say the man, who set a fire to escape, was held captive by his stepmother from age 11. He weighed 68 pounds when he was freed.
Connecticut man escapes 20-year imprisonment at stepmother’s house with printer paper, hand sanitizer, and a lighter
A Connecticut man says he set a fire in his room to escape a 2o-year-imprisonment at his stepmother’s house, according to the Waterbury, CT police department in a statement on social media. The man’s stepmother,
Connecticut man held captive by stepmother for over 20 years set house on fire to escape
A 32-year-old Waterbury, Connecticut man burned his stepmother's home down last month, revealing to police he had done so to escape 2 decades of captivity and abuse. 56-year-old stepmother Kimberly Sullivan was arrested on March 12 and has been charged with assault,
Man held captive by stepmother for more than 20 years, Waterbury police say
A man started a fire in an attempt to escape from a room in which he had been held captive for more than 20 years, police in ...
Woman locked up stepson for 20 years until he lit a fire to escape, police say
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A man says his stepmom locked him in a room for decades. He escaped by setting a fire
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‘Worst treatment of humanity’: Waterbury police details investigation into alleged captivity
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Trapped For 20 Years: Waterbury Police Detail Life Of Man Held Captive By Stepmom
The numbers are chilling. A 32-year-old man, standing five feet nine inches tall and weighing just 68 pounds, was forced to ...
Police twice visited Waterbury home in 2005 where man was held in ‘worst treatment of humanity’
Kimberly Sullivan, the woman accused of holding her stepson captive in a locked room for more than two decades, was freed on ...
Connecticut woman allegedly locked up stepson for 20 years until he lit a fire to escape
A 32-year-old man was “found in a severely emaciated condition” and detectives determined he had endured “prolonged abuse" ...