A woman allegedly held her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forced ...

An emaciated 32-year-old Connecticut man was held in squalid conditions by his stepmother for over two decades, in what ...

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.

A 32-year-old man in Connecticut was rescued after setting his house on fire to escape 20 years of captivity and abuse by his ...

The woman accused of keeping her starving stepson locked away in a house of horrors for decades may have gotten away with the ...

In a disturbing case, a severely malnourished Connecticut man claimed he intentionally started a house fire to break free from his stepmother's alleged long-term abuse and imprisonment.

A 32-year-old Waterbury, Connecticut man burned his stepmother's home down last month, revealing to police he had done so to ...

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.

Everyone really was concerned with this child since he was 5 years old. You knew something was wrong. It was grossly wrong,” ...

After nearly two decades, he wanted his freedom, he told police, as he recounted a hellish tale laid out in an arrest warrant ...

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.

The deranged stepmom who allegedly tortured and held her stepson captive in their Connecticut house of horrors for more than ...