Images from the inside The 'House of Horrors' where a man was reportedly kept in captivity by his stepmother for 20 years, have emerged for the first time, because further details of the decades of the abuse campaign are revealed in an application of the police.
Kimberly Sullivan, 56, Van Waterbury, Connecticut, is accused of abuse, kidnapping, illegal reluctance, cruelty and reckless threat. She was lived and held on Wednesday with a bond of $ 300,000.
Her lawyer, Ioannis Kaloidis, indicated that Sullivan is planning to strongly defend the charges and says, “She is adherently that she has not done the things she is being accused of.”
The victim, 32, whose name was not announced, claims that he had been imprisoned since he was about 11 years old, according to a statement from the police obtained by MailOnline.
He claims that Sullivan would lock him up in a room of 8 feet by 9 feet without heat or air conditioning for 22 hours a day, so that he only has the household chores completed, the police statement states.
The victim, who was starving and weighed only 68 pounds – despite the fact that he was 5'9, “says that he was only 'outside 1 minute a day' outside to let 'the family dog ​​in the back of the building dogs', says the sworn explanation.
Sullivan would only allow the victim to eat two sandwiches a day and provided him with the equivalent with 'two small bottles of water', he told the police.
The man claims that he remembers that food and water is limited from the moment he was three years old and remembers how when he was once so thirsty that he drank out of the toilet bowl, the explanation states.
He would also steal food from classmates and eat from the school waste bins, which gave rise to investigations of child protection services, which he claims led to Sullivan pulling him out of school.
Images from the inside the Connecticut House of Horrors, where a man was said to be imprisoned by his stepmother Kimberly Sullivan for the first time for 20 years
Kimberly Sullivan (photo taken in custody) has been arrested and accused of keeping her stepson in a situation in a situation so terrible for 20 years that he set fire to his room in a final attempt to escape; She denies the charges
The victim says that he could only be 'about 1 minute a day' outside to let 'the family dog ​​in the back of the building', according to a sworn explanation obtained by DailyMail.com
The victim finally escaped Sullivan's alleged reign of abuse after he had put his small bedroom on the second floor of their Waterbury, Connecticut Home on 17 February.
When the first response arrived to extinguish the fire, they discovered the emaciated man. Prosecutors said he was 'related to a survivor of the Auschwitz skull' when he was saved.
While he was treated for breathing in smoke, he trusted in rescue teams that he deliberately set the fire as a means to escape.
“I wanted my freedom,” the man reportedly said to the police.
A thorough investigation has now led the authorities to believe that the man had been detained in captivity for more than 20 years, so that long -term abuse, hunger, serious neglect and inhumane treatment endure. “
During that time, according to the police, he had not received any medical treatment or dental care.
The victim, whose doctors claim that it has 'serious tooth decay', the researchers said that if he ate, “pieces of his teeth would break,” said the statement.
Researchers also noted that there was “clearly a problem with his hygiene,” where the victim claimed that he “hadn't bathed in a year or two.”
The victim claims that Sullivan would lock him up in a room of 8 feet by 9 feet without heat or air conditioning for 22 hours a day, so that he can only be completed away from household tasks
A thorough investigation has now led the authorities to believe that the man had been detained in captivity for more than 20 years, so that long -term abuse, hunger, serious neglect and inhumane treatment endure. ” Displayed is the backyard of the Waterbury of the family, Connecticut Home
The police statement includes that he said he would try to bathe his room with the help of a bottle that he kept in space. Every day the man is said to save part of his drinking water in this bottle and once it was full, use it to clean himself.
The man also revealed that it was forced to urinate in bottles and go to the toilet on newspapers because he had no access to the right facilities.
He told the authorities that he would pee in a bottle and then lead the liquid in a tube that he made with straws, says the sworn explanation. He would then lead the straws through a hole in his window to empty the bottle.
He also stated that he would squat about the newspaper, he on the ground to relieve himself, then roll up and bind with rope that he unraveled from old T-shirts. He removed his waste in the kitchen pricker bin when he was left out of the room to do odd jobs.
The police chief of Waterbury, Fernando Spagnolo, said: “The suffering that this victim has undergone for more than 20 years is both heartbreaking and unimaginable.
'This case did not require the dedication of our officers and the office of the state of the state of Waterbury.
“Their relentless deployment ensured that justice is served and the perpetrator is held fully responsible for these horrible crimes.”
Sullivan (depicted in the court with her lawyer on Wednesday) is held with a bond of $ 300,000 after she was charged on Wednesday. Her lawyer, Ioannis Kaloidis, indicated that Sullivan is planning to defend strongly against the charges
Connecticut -Vrouw Kimberly Sullivan, 56, was lived on Wednesday on a large number of disturbing charges, including abuse and kidnapping
According to a statement to support the order for the arrest of Sullivan, the living conditions of the victim deteriorated when his father died last year.
Supervision assistant -State lawyer Don Therkildsen described the 'facts of the case' as 'frankly, something from a horror film'.
“That's without exaggeration,” he added.
According to WFSB, the victim lit a fire with some hand disinfector [and] Some paper from a printer. '
For the judiciary, the court said during the preliminary guide of Sullivan, that the man who very well lit. knowing that he could die.
“But he was locked up in the room for 20 years and he tried to leave that room for 20 years.
“He was … related to a survivor of the Auschwitz skull.”
Tom Pannone of the man of the man of the man told NBC 'The tragedy of the whole thing' is that school authorities warned the police when the boy stopped taking lessons.
“We knew. We reported it. Nothing has been done damn, “he said.
The prosecutors told the court during the preliminary guide of Sullivan that the victim was 'related to a survivor of the Auschwitz skull'. A photo was made on the site
Pannone said he and his staff at the Extended School noticed that the boy seemed thin, and when he investigated, he told teachers that he was not allowed to eat at home.
'Everyone was really busy with this child since he was five years old. You knew something was wrong. It was rude, “he said.
Teachers would even take lunches for the boy after they had seen him stealing or eaten from garbage cans, said Pannone, revealed that he and his team called the Department of Children and Families (DCF) at least 20 times.
Pannone said he had not seen the alleged victim since the early 2000s when he was in first class.
After the boy stopped taking lessons, Pannone was initially told that he was switching to Wolcott Public Schools, but later he heard that he was home schooled.
The police have established that the victim 'eventually trained himself'.
According to the statement, he had access to around three to four books. The man said he would read the books and every word he encountered that he did not know he would look up in the dictionary. “
He also claims that he was able to stay 'semi-stream' about world problems, follow the date and keep track of the sport by listening to local radio stations on a radio that was kept outside his bedroom.
