How Connecticut’s ‘lax’ homeschool regulations may have aided stepmom accused of years of house-of-horrors abuse
The woman accused of keeping her starving stepson locked away in a house of horrors for decades may have gotten away with the ...
Connecticut man held captive by stepmom for 20 years weighed only 68 pounds: Police
A woman allegedly held her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forced ...
Deranged Connecticut mom who allegedly kept stepson captive for decades posts $300K bond just day after arrest
The deranged stepmom who allegedly tortured and held her stepson captive in their Connecticut house of horrors for more than ...
Disturbing details emerge after man says he was held captive in room for 20 years by father and stepmother
The man, now 32, told authorities his confinement began when he was about 11 years old. He said he was locked in a room nearly all day and night and given limited food and water.
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 ...
Connecticut police detail over 20-year abuse captive man suffered from stepmom
An emaciated 32-year-old Connecticut man was held in squalid conditions by his stepmother for over two decades, in what ...
32-year-old rescued after setting fire to the home where he says stepmom held him captive for 20 years
Sullivan was evacuated safely from the home. But a second resident, a 32-year-old man identified as Sullivan's stepson, ...
How the system repeatedly failed Connecticut house of horrors victim for 20 years — despite warnings right from the start
Everyone really was concerned with this child since he was 5 years old. You knew something was wrong. It was grossly wrong,” ...
Stepson held captive by stepmom for over 20 years set fire to get ‘freedom,’ CT cops say
He had been provided with only minimal amounts of food and water which led to his extremely malnourished condition.” ...
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.
Man sets house on fire to escape 20 years of captivity by stepmother, authorities say
WATERBURY, Connecticut — Firefighters responding to a house fire found a man who claimed he intentionally set the blaze to ...
‘Malnourished’ man held captive by stepmom for decades set fire to home to escape: ‘I wanted my freedom’
A man held captive by his stepmom for 20 years deliberately set fire to their home in Waterbury, Connecticut, last month to escape because he wanted his freedom, police said.