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

WATERBURY, Connecticut — Firefighters responding to a house fire found a man who claimed he intentionally set the blaze 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.

Millions of people never receive one red cent from their parents — because their parents simply didn’t have anything left to ...

A woman has been charged over holding her stepson captive and starving him for 20 years. The incident came to light after the ...

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.

The man who was held captive for 20 years was rescued after setting fire to his room and told first responders he did it to ...

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.

Police said the man told them he set the fire because “I wanted my freedom." His stepmother denies the allegations.

so I decided to have a conversation with my stepmother asking her if I’m going to be in her will, because she talks about how she’s leaving everything to her two children. I had a wonderful ...